Deployment Engineer
UK
The median Deployment Engineer daily rate in the UK is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 381 | 490 | 546 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +109 | +56 | +57 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Deployment Engineer | 139 | 110 | 167 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.48% | 0.25% | 0.28% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.51% | 0.27% | 0.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 104 | 82 | 119 |
| 10th Percentile | £153 | £140 | £140 |
| 25th Percentile | £181 | £163 | £160 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £200 | £200 | £175 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +14.29% | -12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £235 | £250 | £226 |
| 90th Percentile | £338 | £338 | £306 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £200 | £200 | £170 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +17.65% | -15.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.50 | - | £17.86 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.51 | £11.75 | £18.40 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.76 | £12.50 | £20.35 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +50.04% | -38.57% | +16.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £19.63 | £13.25 | £22.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £19.85 | - | £22.70 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.76 | £12.50 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +50.04% | -43.18% | +25.71% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 27,050 | 40,453 | 56,471 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.52% | 92.79% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,687 | 26,352 | 39,474 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £409 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.55% | -1.50% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,031 | 2,658 | 1,569 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £12.86 | £14.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.51 | £16.30 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.07 | £36.00 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.25% | -20.00% | +91.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.75 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.75 | £38.50 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.32% | -9.41% | +117.95% |
Deployment Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Deployment Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Deployment Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Deployment Engineer.
Deployment Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Deployment Engineer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Deployment Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Deployment Engineer.
Deployment Engineer
Top 17 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Deployment Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | +81 | 111 | £200 | - | 24 |
| UK excluding London | +83 | 98 | £200 | - | 19 |
| London | +32 | 34 | £322 | +31.43% | 11 |
| South East | +47 | 22 | £195 | -22.00% | 1 |
| North of England | +36 | 19 | £200 | -16.67% | 7 |
| Midlands | +23 | 18 | £200 | - | 2 |
| West Midlands | +19 | 15 | £200 | - | 2 |
| South West | +54 | 13 | £200 | +11.11% | 4 |
| Scotland | +15 | 13 | £188 | -10.48% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +42 | 9 | £273 | -16.15% | 3 |
| North West | +11 | 8 | £200 | -16.67% | 4 |
| Yorkshire | +19 | 7 | £188 | -25.00% | 2 |
| Wales | +10 | 6 | £200 | +20.48% | |
| East of England | +33 | 4 | £155 | -52.31% | |
| North East | - | 4 | £200 | - | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | -10 | 3 | £200 | -20.00% | |
| East Midlands | +5 | 2 | £140 | -20.00% |
Deployment Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, Deployment Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Deployment Engineer in the job title.
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Deployment Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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