IT Engineer Contracts in Wales

IT Engineer
UK > Wales

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Wales is £145 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 45 71
Rank change year-on-year +21 +26 -33
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 24 17 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 5.88% 2.65% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.59% 2.79% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 2
10th Percentile - £107 £216
25th Percentile £143 £135 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £165 £288
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% -42.61% +69.12%
75th Percentile £169 £188 £341
90th Percentile £225 £203 £369
UK median daily rate £203 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +1.25% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile - £14.40 £12.42
25th Percentile £11.75 £14.63 £12.68
Median hourly rate £13.50 £15.00 £13.25
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +13.23% -1.87%
75th Percentile £15.25 £19.38 £13.69
90th Percentile - £22.00 £13.87
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £17.72 £17.50
% change year-on-year +1.58% +1.26% +10.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 364 610 976
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.22% 95.16% 96.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 472 716
10th Percentile £182 £165 £175
25th Percentile £319 £313 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 34 39
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.00 £11.15
25th Percentile £13.06 £15.25 £13.12
Median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +20.67%
75th Percentile £31.02 £19.98 £27.00
90th Percentile £86.54 £44.25 £46.98
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%

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 23 April 2024.

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 23 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
South Wales +29 19 £145 +6.62% 11
West Wales -1 3 - - 7
North Wales +1 1 £225 +66.67% 1
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 across the Wales region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (50.00%) Azure
2 12 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 5 (20.83%) Break/Fix
4 5 (20.83%) Windows
5 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
5 4 (16.67%) VMware
5 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (16.67%) Windows Server
6 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 3 (12.50%) Firewall
6 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (8.33%) SLA
7 2 (8.33%) Cisco
7 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (8.33%) LAN
7 2 (8.33%) WLAN
7 2 (8.33%) Dell
7 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (8.33%) WatchGuard
7 2 (8.33%) SonicWALL
7 2 (8.33%) SCCM
7 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (8.33%) Mac OS
7 2 (8.33%) Hyper-V

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 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (50.00%) Azure
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Firewall
2 2 (8.33%) LAN
2 2 (8.33%) WLAN
3 1 (4.17%) SAN
3 1 (4.17%) VPN
3 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Retail
4 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (8.33%) Mac OS
5 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
5 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (20.83%) Break/Fix
4 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (8.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (4.17%) ITIL
5 1 (4.17%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) Hyper-V
2 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) VMware
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.33%) Cisco
3 2 (8.33%) Dell
3 2 (8.33%) SonicWALL
3 2 (8.33%) WatchGuard