IT Engineer Contracts in Wiltshire

IT Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Wiltshire is £220, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 August 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
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 67 81
Rank change year-on-year +28 +14 -3
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 17 10 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 3.56% 1.29% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.97% 1.46% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 8
10th Percentile £145 £103 £129
25th Percentile £160 £105 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £200 £175
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +14.29% +34.62%
75th Percentile - £220 £291
90th Percentile £263 £358 £373
South West median daily rate £160 £200 £170
% change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £18.73 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
75th Percentile £22.01 - -
90th Percentile £25.15 - -
South West median hourly rate £18.87 £13.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +39.78% -23.81% -5.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 428 685 953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.54% 88.27% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 538 730
10th Percentile £266 £322 £325
25th Percentile £463 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% -2.27% +3.73%
75th Percentile £643 £638 £649
90th Percentile £688 £700 £720
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +2.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 12
10th Percentile £18.65 - £23.55
25th Percentile £18.87 - £56.06
Median hourly rate £22.00 £12.79 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.01% -79.70% +16.67%
75th Percentile £25.15 £20.03 £71.50
90th Percentile - £25.00 £77.50
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +3.17% +29.22%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Wiltshire

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in Wiltshire

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in Wiltshire

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in Wiltshire

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Corsham +30 4 - - 3
Salisbury +2 4 £220 +10.00% 1
Swindon +2 4 £155 -31.11% 3
Tidworth - 3 - - 1
IT Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 3 August 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 Wiltshire region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) SC Cleared
1 11 (64.71%) Security Cleared
2 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 6 (35.29%) Windows
3 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
3 6 (35.29%) Asset Management
4 5 (29.41%) ITIL
4 5 (29.41%) Ticket Management
4 5 (29.41%) Windows 10
5 4 (23.53%) Driving Licence
5 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (23.53%) HP
5 4 (23.53%) Dell
5 4 (23.53%) Software Licensing
5 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
5 4 (23.53%) Service Management
6 3 (17.65%) Migration
7 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
7 2 (11.76%) Workflow
7 2 (11.76%) EPoS
7 2 (11.76%) Workflow Management
7 2 (11.76%) ATM
8 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (5.88%) Windows 7
8 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement
8 1 (5.88%) Google Workspace
8 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
8 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity

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

Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
1 1 (5.88%) Google Workspace
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) ATM
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Driving Licence
2 2 (11.76%) EPoS
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Windows
2 5 (29.41%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.88%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Asset Management
2 5 (29.41%) ITIL
2 5 (29.41%) Ticket Management
3 4 (23.53%) Service Management
3 4 (23.53%) Software Licensing
4 3 (17.65%) Migration
5 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.76%) Workflow
5 2 (11.76%) Workflow Management
6 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
6 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) SC Cleared
1 11 (64.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Dell
2 4 (23.53%) HP