Technical Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Technical Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £313, 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 285 303 452
Rank change year-on-year +18 +149 +127
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 19 42 25
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.27% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.29% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 27 13
10th Percentile £208 £150 -
25th Percentile £232 £158 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £625 £305
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +104.92% +4.27%
75th Percentile £438 £756 £440
90th Percentile £700 £850 £530
UK median daily rate £425 £388 £325
% change year-on-year +9.68% +19.23% -10.34%

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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Technical Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Engineer.

Technical Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Technical Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Technical Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Technical 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 Technical Engineer.

Technical Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (63.16%) Ansible
1 12 (63.16%) Identity Access Management
2 10 (52.63%) PowerShell
3 8 (42.11%) Active Directory
4 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (31.58%) Okta
5 6 (31.58%) Private Cloud
5 6 (31.58%) Knowledge Transfer
5 6 (31.58%) Migration
6 5 (26.32%) Windows
7 4 (21.05%) SAML
7 4 (21.05%) LDAP
7 4 (21.05%) OpenID
7 4 (21.05%) OAuth
7 4 (21.05%) OpenLDAP
7 4 (21.05%) Agile
7 4 (21.05%) Storage Management
7 4 (21.05%) Keycloak
7 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (21.05%) GitOps
7 4 (21.05%) Secrets Management
7 4 (21.05%) RBAC
7 4 (21.05%) OAuth2
7 4 (21.05%) Kubernetes
7 4 (21.05%) DevOps
7 4 (21.05%) Cloud Native
7 4 (21.05%) Terraform
7 4 (21.05%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
8 3 (15.79%) Microsoft

Technical 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 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.53%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
2 2 (10.53%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) OpenLDAP
2 2 (10.53%) Firewall
2 2 (10.53%) Internet
2 2 (10.53%) iSCSI
2 2 (10.53%) LAN
2 2 (10.53%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (10.53%) SMTP
2 2 (10.53%) WAN
2 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (10.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.26%) GIS
General
1 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Banking
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Military
3 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) Keycloak
1 4 (21.05%) LDAP
1 4 (21.05%) OAuth
1 4 (21.05%) OAuth2
1 4 (21.05%) OpenID
1 4 (21.05%) SAML
2 2 (10.53%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Private Cloud
2 4 (21.05%) Cloud Native
3 2 (10.53%) IVR
3 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.26%) CMDB
4 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.26%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Windows
2 3 (15.79%) Android
3 2 (10.53%) Linux
3 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
4 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Identity Access Management
2 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (31.58%) Knowledge Transfer
3 6 (31.58%) Migration
4 4 (21.05%) Agile
4 4 (21.05%) DevOps
4 4 (21.05%) GitOps
4 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (21.05%) RBAC
4 4 (21.05%) Secrets Management
4 4 (21.05%) Storage Management
5 2 (10.53%) Customer Service
5 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis
5 2 (10.53%) Data Integration
5 2 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (10.53%) Fund Management
5 2 (10.53%) ITSM
5 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
5 2 (10.53%) SIEM
5 2 (10.53%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) PowerShell
2 3 (15.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
1 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 2 (10.53%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (63.16%) Ansible
2 4 (21.05%) Kubernetes
2 4 (21.05%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (21.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Okta
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Apple
4 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow