IT Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £265, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 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
5 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 287 385
Rank change year-on-year +23 +98 +94
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 37 61 91
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.38% 0.40% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.43% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 38 60
10th Percentile £202 £180 £150
25th Percentile £220 £210 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £265 £325 £250
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +30.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £413 £444 £491
90th Percentile £464 £731 £578
UK median daily rate £185 £200 £195
% change year-on-year -7.50% +2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 8
10th Percentile - £16.82 £14.23
25th Percentile £31.25 £17.00 £16.85
Median hourly rate £32.50 £18.00 £19.47
Median % change year-on-year +80.56% -7.53% +29.77%
75th Percentile £33.75 £19.00 £32.07
90th Percentile - £21.85 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £19.50 £17.72 £17.72
% change year-on-year +10.05% - +1.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,196 14,167 24,342
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.78% 93.50% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,297 9,496 17,179
10th Percentile £338 £325 £358
25th Percentile £413 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.97% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 227 575 559
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.33 £17.68
25th Percentile £17.21 £23.29 £25.71
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.60% -20.37% +54.29%
75th Percentile £66.75 £62.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.89% -18.89% +90.68%

IT Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing IT Engineer.

IT Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing IT Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

IT Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing IT Engineer.

IT Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 5 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 31 (83.78%) Windows
2 23 (62.16%) Microsoft
3 20 (54.05%) Active Directory
4 19 (51.35%) Azure
5 18 (48.65%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (37.84%) Service Management
7 12 (32.43%) Finance
7 12 (32.43%) Windows 10
8 11 (29.73%) ITIL
9 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Office
9 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
10 9 (24.32%) Slack
10 9 (24.32%) Asana
10 9 (24.32%) Onboarding
10 9 (24.32%) ITSM
10 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
10 9 (24.32%) SC Cleared
11 8 (21.62%) Entra ID
11 8 (21.62%) VMware
12 7 (18.92%) VPN
12 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Intune
13 6 (16.22%) Windows Server
13 6 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 6 (16.22%) DV Cleared
13 6 (16.22%) Software Licensing
13 6 (16.22%) Palo Alto
13 6 (16.22%) Firewall
14 5 (13.51%) SharePoint
14 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Exchange
14 5 (13.51%) Apple iOS

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (13.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 19 (51.35%) Azure
2 18 (48.65%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (24.32%) Asana
3 9 (24.32%) Slack
4 8 (21.62%) Entra ID
5 4 (10.81%) OneDrive
5 4 (10.81%) SaaS
6 1 (2.70%) AWS
6 1 (2.70%) GCP
6 1 (2.70%) Mimecast
6 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.92%) VPN
2 6 (16.22%) Firewall
3 4 (10.81%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (5.41%) SAN
4 2 (5.41%) Skype
4 2 (5.41%) VSAN
4 2 (5.41%) WAN
4 2 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.70%) DHCP
5 1 (2.70%) DNS
5 1 (2.70%) Internet
5 1 (2.70%) LAN
5 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.70%) Softphone
5 1 (2.70%) SSL
5 1 (2.70%) VoIP
5 1 (2.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) JIRA
General
1 12 (32.43%) Finance
2 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Local Government
4 1 (2.70%) Military
4 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 9 (24.32%) Onboarding
2 4 (10.81%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (8.11%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 31 (83.78%) Windows
2 12 (32.43%) Windows 10
3 6 (16.22%) Windows Server
4 5 (13.51%) Android
4 5 (13.51%) Apple iOS
5 3 (8.11%) Linux
6 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (2.70%) Solaris
7 1 (2.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Service Management
2 11 (29.73%) ITIL
3 9 (24.32%) ITSM
4 6 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (16.22%) Software Licensing
5 5 (13.51%) Investment Management
6 4 (10.81%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (10.81%) Asset Management
6 4 (10.81%) Customer Service
6 4 (10.81%) Identity Management
6 4 (10.81%) IT Asset Management
7 3 (8.11%) Incident Management
7 3 (8.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 2 (5.41%) IT Strategy
8 2 (5.41%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (5.41%) Roadmaps
8 2 (5.41%) Strategic Roadmap
8 2 (5.41%) Technology Strategy
8 2 (5.41%) Ticket Management
8 2 (5.41%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) SQL
2 1 (2.70%) Bash
2 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) SC Cleared
1 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.22%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.70%) Degree
3 1 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (54.05%) Active Directory
2 5 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.70%) Firmware
3 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.11%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.70%) Plesk
Vendors
1 23 (62.16%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.62%) VMware
3 6 (16.22%) Palo Alto
4 5 (13.51%) Zscaler
5 4 (10.81%) Cisco
6 3 (8.11%) Meraki
7 2 (5.41%) Fortinet
7 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow
8 1 (2.70%) Oracle
8 1 (2.70%) Rackspace
8 1 (2.70%) Remedy
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