Sales Engineer Contract Job Trends

Sales Engineer
UK

The median Sales Engineer daily rate in the UK is £110, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 554 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Sales Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.006% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £105 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £110 - -
75th Percentile £115 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

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 30,134 34,848 44,835
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.83% 92.98% 93.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,036 21,019 30,631
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,648 1,434 1,528
10th Percentile £13.75 £15.00 £14.60
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.05% -8.30% +69.81%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.08 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £42.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.18% -4.49% +97.78%

Sales Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Sales Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Sales Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Sales Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Sales Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, Sales 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 Sales Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Business Development
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Retention

Sales 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Development
1 2 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Retention
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery