Installations Engineer Contracts

Installation Engineer
UK

The median Installation Engineer daily rate in the UK is £170 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 694 832
Rank change year-on-year +126 +138 -170
Contract jobs requiring an Installations Engineer 18 22 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.036% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.038% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 20 13
10th Percentile £160 £205 -
25th Percentile £163 £248 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 £255 £300
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -15.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £227 £281 -
90th Percentile £307 £450 £458
UK excluding London median daily rate £170 £255 £238
% change year-on-year -33.33% +7.37% +18.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.82
Median hourly rate £18.27 - £16.37
75th Percentile - - £29.00
90th Percentile - - £37.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 - £16.37
% change year-on-year - - +11.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,501 57,364 85,821
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.55% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,442 40,011 60,276
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £748 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,615 1,620 2,120
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.33 £15.47
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.77 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%

Installations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Installations Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Installations Engineer in the UK

Installations Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Installations Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Installations Engineer in the UK

Installations Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Installations Engineer over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Installations Engineer in the UK

Installations Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Installations Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Installations Engineer in the UK

Installations Engineer
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Installations Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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 +74 17 £170 -33.33% 70
England +111 15 £213 -16.67% 77
North of England +41 6 £250 -1.96% 23
South East +14 4 £170 -62.22% 16
East of England - 4 £213 - 5
Yorkshire +23 3 £160 +14.29% 7
North West - 3 £305 - 13
Scotland +41 2 £165 -35.29% 5
Midlands +34 1 - - 14
West Midlands +27 1 - - 9
Wales - 1 £170 -

Installations Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Installations 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 Installations Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (27.78%) Driving Licence
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (16.67%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (11.11%) Project Management
4 2 (11.11%) Wireless
4 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.56%) Windows Vista
5 1 (5.56%) SCADA
5 1 (5.56%) CMDB
5 1 (5.56%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (5.56%) ITIL
5 1 (5.56%) Windows
5 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
5 1 (5.56%) Customer Service
5 1 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
5 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation

Installations 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (16.67%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.56%) CMDB
2 1 (5.56%) SCADA
2 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
1 1 (5.56%) Windows 7
1 1 (5.56%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.11%) Project Management
1 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (5.56%) Customer Service
2 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis
2 1 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (5.56%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory