IT Engineer
UK
The median IT Engineer daily rate in the UK is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 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 12 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 243 | 280 | 384 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +37 | +104 | +11 |
| Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer | 420 | 548 | 608 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.98% | 0.94% | 0.69% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.05% | 1.00% | 0.73% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 258 | 331 | 388 |
| 10th Percentile | £123 | £121 | £128 |
| 25th Percentile | £150 | £150 | £156 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £200 | £190 | £208 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -8.43% | +18.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £300 | £323 | £385 |
| 90th Percentile | £529 | £500 | £475 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £189 | £180 | £190 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.86% | -5.26% | +15.15% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 110 | 92 | 54 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.00 | £13.16 | £13.26 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.56 | £14.18 | £14.82 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.71 | £17.72 | £17.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.06% | +1.26% | +10.34% |
| 75th Percentile | £21.56 | £23.75 | £19.90 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.15 | £43.40 | £21.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.50 | £17.72 | £17.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.24% | +1.26% | +10.34% |
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 | 39,893 | 55,060 | 83,598 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.76% | 94.65% | 95.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,957 | 38,445 | 58,715 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £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 | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,673 | 1,534 | 2,047 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.89 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +88.21% | +5.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.08 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.94% | +110.39% | +2.56% |
IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer.
IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.
IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer.
IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Engineer over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.
IT 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 IT Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 May 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 |
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| England | +29 | 349 | £215 | +7.50% | 354 |
| UK excluding London | -8 | 269 | £189 | +4.86% | 290 |
| London | +96 | 145 | £275 | +37.50% | 76 |
| Work from Home | +88 | 60 | £325 | +30.00% | 91 |
| North of England | +5 | 59 | £200 | +15.94% | 69 |
| South East | 0 | 43 | £176 | -11.88% | 66 |
| Midlands | -26 | 40 | £150 | -52.38% | 59 |
| Scotland | +46 | 39 | £200 | +29.03% | 14 |
| South West | +4 | 35 | £200 | +19.40% | 54 |
| East Midlands | -11 | 31 | £150 | -52.38% | 33 |
| East of England | -4 | 28 | £250 | +29.87% | 27 |
| North West | +15 | 27 | £179 | -26.84% | 32 |
| Yorkshire | +12 | 24 | £285 | +67.65% | 28 |
| Wales | +25 | 23 | £145 | -12.12% | 6 |
| West Midlands | -3 | 9 | £200 | +26.98% | 26 |
| North East | +13 | 8 | £175 | +27.27% | 13 |
| Northern Ireland | -1 | 4 | £210 | - | 1 |
IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, IT 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 IT Engineer in the job title.
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IT 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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