Monitoring Engineer Contract Job Trends
Monitoring Engineer
UK
The median Monitoring Engineer daily rate in the UK is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 672 | 539 | 524 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -133 | -15 | +95 |
| Contract Monitoring Engineer jobs | 26 | 25 | 29 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.047% | 0.072% | 0.080% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.052% | 0.080% | 0.086% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23 | 13 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £425 | £511 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £515 | £513 | £397 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £675 | £540 | £581 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -7.10% | +16.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £713 | £552 | £627 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £619 | £650 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £675 | £540 | £581 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -7.10% | +40.91% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title | 50,460 | 31,417 | 33,739 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.64% | 90.97% | 92.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 29,656 | 19,914 | 20,338 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £278 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £402 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £620 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £725 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.06% | -2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4,303 | 1,775 | 1,276 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.22 | £14.02 | £15.08 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £17.60 | £20.19 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £25.15 | £37.39 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +59.05% | -32.74% | -16.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £51.14 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.55 | £69.65 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £25.15 | £36.08 |
| % change year-on-year | +59.05% | -30.30% | -18.92% |
Monitoring Engineer Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Monitoring Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
Monitoring Engineer Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Monitoring Engineer job vacancies in the UK.
Monitoring Engineer Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for Monitoring Engineer jobs over the 6 months to 4 November 2026.
Monitoring Engineer Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Monitoring Engineer job vacancies in the UK.
Monitoring Engineer Top 11 Contract Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Monitoring Engineer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 4 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -107 | 22 | £675 | +25.00% | 6 |
| UK excluding London | -98 | 21 | £675 | +25.00% | 6 |
| East of England | - | 14 | £675 | - | 4 |
| Work from Home | -72 | 8 | £484 | -10.46% | 2 |
| Midlands | -44 | 3 | £535 | -0.87% | 2 |
| West Midlands | -51 | 3 | £535 | -0.87% | 2 |
| South East | - | 3 | £515 | - | 2 |
| North West | -46 | 1 | - | - | |
| North of England | -59 | 1 | - | - | |
| London | -88 | 1 | £827 | +57.52% | |
| South West | - | 1 | - | - |
Monitoring Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 November 2026, Monitoring Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Monitoring Engineer job ads.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Security Cleared | 65.4% | 17 |
| 2 | DV Cleared | 61.5% | 16 |
| 3 | Analytics | 30.8% | 8 |
| 4 | ITIL | 26.9% | 7 |
| 4 | Windows | 26.9% | 7 |
| 6 | Log Analytics | 23.1% | 6 |
| 6 | SCOM | 23.1% | 6 |
| 8 | Azure | 19.2% | 5 |
| 8 | Azure Monitor | 19.2% | 5 |
| 8 | Microsoft | 19.2% | 5 |
| 8 | PowerShell | 19.2% | 5 |
| 8 | Windows Server | 19.2% | 5 |
| 13 | Anti-Money Laundering | 15.4% | 4 |
| 13 | Backtesting | 15.4% | 4 |
| 13 | Data Modelling | 15.4% | 4 |
| 13 | Data Quality | 15.4% | 4 |
| 13 | End-to-End Testing | 15.4% | 4 |
| 13 | Infrastructure Engineering | 15.4% | 4 |
| 13 | KYC | 15.4% | 4 |
| 13 | Model Validation | 15.4% | 4 |
| 13 | Scorecard | 15.4% | 4 |
| 13 | Validation | 15.4% | 4 |
| 23 | Data Ingestion | 11.5% | 3 |
| 23 | Observability | 11.5% | 3 |
| 23 | Problem-Solving | 11.5% | 3 |
| 23 | SC Cleared | 11.5% | 3 |
| 23 | Service Management | 11.5% | 3 |
| 23 | VMware | 11.5% | 3 |
| 23 | VMware Infrastructure | 11.5% | 3 |
| 30 | Active Directory | 7.7% | 2 |
Monitoring Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Infrastructure Engineer | 15.4% | 4 |
| 2 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 11.5% | 3 |
| 3 | Data Engineer | 3.8% | 1 |
| 3 | Network Monitoring Engineer | 3.8% | 1 |
| 3 | Platform Engineer | 3.8% | 1 |
| 3 | Splunk Engineer | 3.8% | 1 |