Industrial Engineer Contract Job Trends

Industrial Engineer
UK

The median Industrial Engineer daily rate in the UK is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 612 519 593
Rank change year-on-year -93 +74 -
Contract jobs requiring an Industrial Engineer 6 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.014% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.015% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £400
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 - £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37.50
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
75th Percentile - - £42.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £40.00

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 43,667 27,136 40,368
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 92.52% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,936 17,712 26,266
10th Percentile £315 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% -1.90% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +3.16% -3.55% -1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,813 1,033 2,668
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.14 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £44.00 £29.00 £36.02
Median % change year-on-year +51.72% -19.49% -19.95%
75th Percentile £66.00 £62.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.46 £28.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year +62.36% -29.11% -6.91%

Industrial Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Industrial Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Industrial Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Industrial Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Industrial Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Industrial Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Industrial Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Industrial Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Industrial Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Industrial Engineer
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Industrial Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 2026. 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
UK excluding London -99 6 £425 - 5
Scotland - 6 £425 - 3
Work from Home - 1 - - 3

Industrial Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2026, Industrial Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Industrial Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 6 (100.00%) Nutanix
1 6 (100.00%) Veeam
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto

Industrial Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 6 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Veeam
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto