IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

IT Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Yorkshire is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 101 80
Rank change year-on-year -26 -21 +11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 30 12 19
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.05% 0.79% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 0.84% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 9 7
10th Percentile £143 £152 £165
25th Percentile £185 - £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £160 £200
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £373 £230 £350
90th Percentile £400 £304 £465
England median daily rate £200 £185 £225
% change year-on-year +8.11% -17.78% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 9
10th Percentile - £18.50 £14.53
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £18.27
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.51 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.65% -11.86% +27.27%
75th Percentile £21.25 £21.83 £22.00
90th Percentile £24.40 £23.82 £26.10
England median hourly rate £22.00 £25.15 £19.50
% change year-on-year -12.52% +28.97% +10.05%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,654 1,426 1,350
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 93.51% 90.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,605 930 836
10th Percentile £325 £250 £300
25th Percentile £413 £371 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £584
90th Percentile £669 £625 £653
England median daily rate £525 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 47 58
10th Percentile £15.60 £15.89 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.97 £18.10 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% +5.43% +2.44%
75th Percentile £35.00 £81.25 £38.75
90th Percentile £42.32 - £48.75
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £46.87
% change year-on-year +73.20% -46.34% +6.85%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 5 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in Yorkshire

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 September 2026. 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
West Yorkshire -19 8 £250 +12.36% 2
South Yorkshire -27 6 £190 +10.14% 7
North Yorkshire -7 4 £145 -9.38% 2
East Yorkshire - 3 £435 -
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 5 September 2026, IT Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (63.33%) Windows
2 16 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (26.67%) ITSM
6 7 (23.33%) Active Directory
7 6 (20.00%) ITIL
7 6 (20.00%) SharePoint
8 5 (16.67%) Android
8 5 (16.67%) Apple iOS
8 5 (16.67%) Azure
8 5 (16.67%) Customer Service
8 5 (16.67%) Data Protection
8 5 (16.67%) Entra ID
8 5 (16.67%) Service Management
9 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (13.33%) Linux
9 4 (13.33%) PowerShell
10 3 (10.00%) Incident Management
10 3 (10.00%) LAN
10 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (10.00%) Service Delivery
10 3 (10.00%) VLAN
10 3 (10.00%) WAN
10 3 (10.00%) Windows 10
10 3 (10.00%) WLAN
10 3 (10.00%) Workload Management

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (16.67%) Azure
2 5 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.33%) AWS
3 1 (3.33%) GitHub
3 1 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) LAN
1 3 (10.00%) VLAN
1 3 (10.00%) WAN
1 3 (10.00%) WLAN
2 1 (3.33%) DHCP
2 1 (3.33%) DNS
2 1 (3.33%) SAN
2 1 (3.33%) VPN
2 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (6.67%) JIRA
2 1 (3.33%) Cucumber
2 1 (3.33%) Git
2 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.33%) MSI
2 1 (3.33%) Postman
2 1 (3.33%) Selenium
2 1 (3.33%) SoapUI
2 1 (3.33%) WebDriver
General
1 16 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.33%) Banking
5 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Finance
5 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) Kafka
1 1 (3.33%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.33%) BYOD
3 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.33%) EPoS
3 1 (3.33%) Fat Client
3 1 (3.33%) Thin Client
3 1 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (63.33%) Windows
2 5 (16.67%) Android
2 5 (16.67%) Apple iOS
3 4 (13.33%) Linux
4 3 (10.00%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (26.67%) ITSM
3 6 (20.00%) ITIL
4 5 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 5 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 5 (16.67%) Service Management
5 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (10.00%) Incident Management
6 3 (10.00%) Service Delivery
6 3 (10.00%) Workload Management
7 2 (6.67%) Agile
7 2 (6.67%) Asset Management
7 2 (6.67%) Test Automation
8 1 (3.33%) Change Management
8 1 (3.33%) Data Management
8 1 (3.33%) Migration
8 1 (3.33%) Runbook
8 1 (3.33%) Security Testing
8 1 (3.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.33%) Java
2 1 (3.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
1 3 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) GxP
1 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (23.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) Docker
2 1 (3.33%) Firmware
2 1 (3.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (6.67%) SCCM
2 1 (3.33%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Cisco
2 1 (3.33%) Citrix
2 1 (3.33%) IBM
2 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.33%) VMware