IT Engineer Contracts in Worcester

IT Engineer
Worcestershire > Worcester

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Worcester is £700, 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 10 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 +1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 5 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcester 17.86% 6.90% 7.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.83% 6.90% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year +250.00% - -
Worcestershire median daily rate £700 £200 -
% change year-on-year +250.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.22 £21.25 £17.70
Median hourly rate £16.19 £22.50 £17.71
Median % change year-on-year -28.04% +27.05% +1.20%
75th Percentile £17.65 £23.75 £17.72
90th Percentile £17.94 - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £16.19 £22.50 £17.71
% change year-on-year -28.04% +27.05% +1.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Worcester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Worcester. 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 Worcester with a recognized job title 24 29 50
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.71% 100.00% 98.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 22 40
10th Percentile £133 £213 £302
25th Percentile £184 £306 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% -7.69% +39.29%
75th Percentile £750 £553 £591
90th Percentile £900 £665 £675
Worcestershire median daily rate £575 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +9.52% - +41.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 6
10th Percentile £15.22 £14.33 £15.82
25th Percentile £15.94 £18.78 £16.83
Median hourly rate £18.13 £46.25 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -60.80% +161.30% +3.13%
75th Percentile - £72.50 £17.72
90th Percentile £20.74 - £17.72
Worcestershire median hourly rate £17.64 £22.00 £17.70
% change year-on-year -19.81% +24.29% +11.60%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcester

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Worcester

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcester

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in Worcester

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcester

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in Worcester

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

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 Worcester region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) SCCM
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) BitLocker
2 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) NHS
2 3 (60.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 3 (60.00%) Nexthink
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
4 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (20.00%) Back Office
4 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) Dell
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Linux

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

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Stack
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Back Office
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Rocky
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (60.00%) BitLocker
3 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) Citrix
1 3 (60.00%) Nexthink
2 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (20.00%) Dell