IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in West London

IT Engineer
London > West London

The median IT Engineer daily rate in West London is £212, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 20 28
Rank change year-on-year -24 +8 +37
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 8 11 15
As % of all contract jobs in West London 2.01% 4.85% 4.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.14% 5.21% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 8
10th Percentile - £123 £171
25th Percentile £200 £173 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £212 £213 £230
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -7.61% +12.20%
75th Percentile £229 £248 £245
90th Percentile £238 £289 -
London median daily rate £240 £238 £265
% change year-on-year +1.05% -10.38% +32.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile - - £12.80
25th Percentile - - £14.45
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.15 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +43.71% -75.00%
75th Percentile £27.02 - £18.75
90th Percentile £28.13 - £20.53
London median hourly rate £25.77 £24.66 £22.00
% change year-on-year +4.50% +12.09% +16.22%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West London. 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 West London with a recognized job title 373 211 352
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 92.95% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 137 255
10th Percentile £240 £194 £200
25th Percentile £400 £275 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -15.79% -15.56%
75th Percentile £675 £478 £588
90th Percentile £788 £593 £650
London median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 25 31
10th Percentile £13.91 £20.24 £16.25
25th Percentile £25.15 £20.45 £18.13
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -17.11% -52.88%
75th Percentile £30.59 £32.50 £56.75
90th Percentile £32.47 £53.80 £65.00
London median hourly rate £38.25 £31.67 £27.81
% change year-on-year +20.77% +13.89% -22.75%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in West London

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in West London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in West London

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in West London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in West London

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West London

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 West London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hounslow - 3 £200 - 1
Ealing - 2 - -
Hammersmith 0 1 £223 -6.11%
Wembley - 1 - -
IT Engineer
London

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2026, IT 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 across the West London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (50.00%) Windows
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Windows 10
4 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) User Experience
4 2 (25.00%) Workflow
4 2 (25.00%) Workflow Management
5 1 (12.50%) Apple
5 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
5 1 (12.50%) Azure
5 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (12.50%) DNS
5 1 (12.50%) FinOps
5 1 (12.50%) Firewall
5 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
5 1 (12.50%) Information Governance
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) LAN
5 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) iPhone
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Windows 10
3 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) User Experience
2 2 (25.00%) Workflow
2 2 (25.00%) Workflow Management
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (12.50%) FinOps
3 1 (12.50%) Information Governance
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Apple
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
2 1 (12.50%) Samsung
2 1 (12.50%) VMware