IT Engineer Contracts in West Yorkshire

IT Engineer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median IT Engineer daily rate in West Yorkshire is £425, 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 50 61 88
Rank change year-on-year +11 +27 +15
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 12 16 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 2.19% 1.60% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.28% 1.72% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 11
10th Percentile £157 £157 £107
25th Percentile £274 £199 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £325 £170
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% +91.18% -10.53%
75th Percentile £547 £338 £238
90th Percentile £575 £357 £306
Yorkshire median daily rate £255 £285 £170
% change year-on-year -10.53% +67.65% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 5
10th Percentile - - £12.46
25th Percentile - £11.75 £13.16
Median hourly rate - £15.89 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.46% -11.05%
75th Percentile - £18.27 £17.25
90th Percentile - - £17.53
Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.51 £18.27 £15.25
% change year-on-year +1.31% +19.80% +8.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 526 928 1,593
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 92.89% 97.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 561 1,105
10th Percentile £255 £275 £327
25th Percentile £357 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -6.67% +6.60%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £641 £656 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £469 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -1.26% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 24 15
10th Percentile £19.61 £11.75 £12.46
25th Percentile £22.14 £12.25 £14.46
Median hourly rate £24.82 £14.34 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.14% -55.89% +92.88%
75th Percentile £55.29 £29.25 £66.88
90th Percentile £100.28 £53.75 £70.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.24 £14.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +51.71% -36.36% +25.71%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in West Yorkshire

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in West Yorkshire

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in West Yorkshire

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in West Yorkshire

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds +6 12 £425 +30.77% 11
IT Engineer
Yorkshire

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

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 West Yorkshire region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (66.67%) Cisco
1 8 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 7 (58.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (50.00%) SQL
3 6 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 6 (50.00%) Bash
4 5 (41.67%) Oracle Database
4 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
4 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
4 5 (41.67%) Oracle
4 5 (41.67%) Linux
4 5 (41.67%) Security Management
4 5 (41.67%) Windows Server
4 5 (41.67%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (33.33%) Server Management
5 4 (33.33%) Agile
5 4 (33.33%) Perl
5 4 (33.33%) PL/SQL
5 4 (33.33%) SOA
5 4 (33.33%) DNS
5 4 (33.33%) Azure
5 4 (33.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (33.33%) Microservices
6 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
6 3 (25.00%) Meraki
6 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 4 (33.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (25.00%) IaaS
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (25.00%) PaaS
3 1 (8.33%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) DNS
2 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 3 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (8.33%) ATM
3 1 (8.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) Oracle Database
General
1 3 (25.00%) Local Government
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (8.33%) EPoS
2 1 (8.33%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Linux
2 5 (41.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (8.33%) Android
3 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Security Management
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Microservices
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) Server Management
3 4 (33.33%) SOA
4 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 2 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (8.33%) Change Management
6 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
6 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
6 1 (8.33%) DevOps
6 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
6 1 (8.33%) ITSM
6 1 (8.33%) Migration
6 1 (8.33%) Performance Analysis
6 1 (8.33%) Security Patching
6 1 (8.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Bash
1 6 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (33.33%) Perl
2 4 (33.33%) PL/SQL
3 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
2 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 8 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco
2 5 (41.67%) Oracle
3 3 (25.00%) Meraki
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 3 (25.00%) Veeam
3 3 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (8.33%) Dell
4 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow