IT Engineer Contracts in Wales

IT Engineer
UK > Wales

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Wales is £147, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 21 43
Rank change year-on-year +1 +22 +28
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 23 24 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 7.85% 6.08% 2.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.33% 6.82% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 18 12
10th Percentile £123 - £102
25th Percentile £131 £143 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £147 £145 £150
Median % change year-on-year +1.17% -3.33% -47.83%
75th Percentile £195 £169 £184
90th Percentile £378 £225 £202
UK median daily rate £188 £200 £200
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £19.01 - £14.40
25th Percentile £19.76 £11.75 £14.63
Median hourly rate £21.01 £13.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.63% -10.00% +13.23%
75th Percentile - £15.25 £19.38
90th Percentile - - £22.00
UK median hourly rate £19.50 £17.72 £17.72
% change year-on-year +10.05% - +1.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 276 352 601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 89.11% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 250 463
10th Percentile £160 £187 £172
25th Percentile £255 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 28 33
10th Percentile £16.00 £11.75 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.29 £13.06 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.01 £19.09 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% +5.21% -8.89%
75th Percentile £41.25 £31.02 £19.98
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.54 £45.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Wales

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in Wales

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in Wales

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in Wales

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
South Wales +3 15 £153 +5.76% 7
West Wales +3 6 £133 -
Mid Wales - 2 - - 1
IT Engineer
UK

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 across the Wales region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (26.09%) Windows
1 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
1 6 (26.09%) Azure
2 5 (21.74%) EPoS
3 4 (17.39%) Break/Fix
3 4 (17.39%) Firewall
3 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (17.39%) Entra ID
4 3 (13.04%) Driving Licence
4 3 (13.04%) Windows Server
4 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
4 3 (13.04%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (13.04%) Dell
4 3 (13.04%) ITIL
4 3 (13.04%) Retail
4 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
5 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (8.70%) Autotask
5 2 (8.70%) ConnectWise
5 2 (8.70%) Asset Management
5 2 (8.70%) SAN
5 2 (8.70%) ATM

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) Entra ID
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Firewall
2 2 (8.70%) ATM
2 2 (8.70%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (8.70%) SAN
3 1 (4.35%) PBX
3 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.35%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 3 (13.04%) Retail
1 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) EPoS
2 3 (13.04%) Driving Licence
2 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.35%) CMDB
3 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) Windows Server
2 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
3 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.35%) Linux
4 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.35%) Rocky
4 1 (4.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (17.39%) Break/Fix
2 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
2 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (13.04%) ITIL
3 2 (8.70%) Asset Management
3 2 (8.70%) Ticket Management
4 1 (4.35%) Agile
4 1 (4.35%) Change Management
4 1 (4.35%) Containerisation
4 1 (4.35%) ITSM
4 1 (4.35%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (4.35%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (4.35%) Time Management
4 1 (4.35%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) DBS Check
2 2 (8.70%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.35%) NIST
1 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.70%) Autotask
3 1 (4.35%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) Dell
3 2 (8.70%) Cisco
3 2 (8.70%) ConnectWise
3 2 (8.70%) HP
3 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.70%) SolarWinds
3 2 (8.70%) VMware