Technical Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Technical Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 440 573
Rank change year-on-year +143 +133 -106
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 40 27 52
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.26% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 12 34
10th Percentile £150 - £210
25th Percentile £158 £210 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £328 £293
Median % change year-on-year +90.84% +11.97% -42.42%
75th Percentile £803 £443 £488
90th Percentile £850 £540 £600
UK median daily rate £425 £350 £366
% change year-on-year +21.43% -4.44% -21.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £45.20
UK median hourly rate £32.88 £17.75 £35.50
% change year-on-year +85.21% -50.00% +109.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 14,162 24,375 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.31% 95.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,491 17,215 30,853
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 559 603
10th Percentile £14.33 £17.97 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.75 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.60%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Technical Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Technical Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Technical Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Technical Engineer over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 4 May 2024, 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 24 (60.00%) SQL
2 19 (47.50%) Python
2 19 (47.50%) Finance
3 18 (45.00%) C#
4 15 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (35.00%) Front Office
5 14 (35.00%) Back Office
5 14 (35.00%) Banking
5 14 (35.00%) Asset Management
5 14 (35.00%) Derivative
5 14 (35.00%) Investment Management
5 14 (35.00%) Hedge funds
5 14 (35.00%) Mentoring
6 11 (27.50%) Telecoms
7 10 (25.00%) SLA
7 10 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (22.50%) Degree
9 8 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
10 7 (17.50%) Security Cleared
11 6 (15.00%) SC Cleared
11 6 (15.00%) Coaching
11 6 (15.00%) ITIL
11 6 (15.00%) Windows
11 6 (15.00%) BT
11 6 (15.00%) Public Sector
11 6 (15.00%) Police
11 6 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (15.00%) Line Management
12 5 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language

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 3 (7.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.50%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.50%) Azure
1 5 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (7.50%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
4 2 (5.00%) ChatGPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Power BI
1 3 (7.50%) SQL Server
General
1 19 (47.50%) Finance
2 14 (35.00%) Back Office
2 14 (35.00%) Banking
2 14 (35.00%) Front Office
3 11 (27.50%) Telecoms
4 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 6 (15.00%) Police
5 6 (15.00%) Public Sector
6 5 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (12.50%) Electronics
6 5 (12.50%) Manufacturing
6 5 (12.50%) Marketing
7 1 (2.50%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) .NET
1 4 (10.00%) RESTful
2 2 (5.00%) Hugging Face
2 2 (5.00%) LangChain
2 2 (5.00%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 14 (35.00%) Derivative
1 14 (35.00%) Hedge funds
2 4 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.50%) Linux
2 1 (2.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (35.00%) Asset Management
2 14 (35.00%) Investment Management
2 14 (35.00%) Mentoring
3 8 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (15.00%) Coaching
4 6 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (15.00%) ITIL
4 6 (15.00%) Line Management
5 5 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
5 5 (12.50%) Programme Management
6 4 (10.00%) API Development
6 4 (10.00%) API Integration
6 4 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 4 (10.00%) Data Analysis
6 4 (10.00%) DevOps
6 4 (10.00%) Economics
6 4 (10.00%) Machine Learning
6 4 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (60.00%) SQL
2 19 (47.50%) Python
3 18 (45.00%) C#
4 5 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
4 5 (12.50%) PowerShell
5 4 (10.00%) C++
5 4 (10.00%) VB.NET
5 4 (10.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (22.50%) Degree
3 7 (17.50%) Security Cleared
4 6 (15.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (7.50%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) BT
2 5 (12.50%) SAP
3 3 (7.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.50%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.50%) Dell