IT Engineer Contracts in Yorkshire

IT Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Yorkshire is £255, 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 69 76 98
Rank change year-on-year +7 +22 +10
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 23 24 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 2.26% 1.42% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.40% 1.55% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 19
10th Percentile - £163 £121
25th Percentile £160 £198 £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £255 £285 £170
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +67.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £488 £338 £231
90th Percentile £564 £358 £257
England median daily rate £190 £220 £200
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £18.50 £11.75 £12.58
25th Percentile £18.51 £13.38 £13.16
Median hourly rate £18.51 £18.27 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% +19.80% +8.81%
75th Percentile £19.76 £21.07 £17.60
90th Percentile £20.50 £22.00 £17.72
England median hourly rate £18.94 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +4.44% +2.31% +1.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 959 1,546 2,201
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 91.53% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 962 1,502
10th Percentile £224 £233 £260
25th Percentile £358 £378 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £629 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 65 27
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.23 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.12 £12.25 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.24 £14.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.71% -36.36% +25.71%
75th Percentile £22.14 £23.75 £54.07
90th Percentile £80.10 £51.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Yorkshire

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in Yorkshire

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in Yorkshire

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer 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 1 May 2025. 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 +11 12 £425 +30.77% 10
South Yorkshire +8 5 £160 -36.00% 14
North Yorkshire +11 4 £210 +5.00% 12
IT Engineer
England

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

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 Yorkshire region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (52.17%) Windows
2 10 (43.48%) Active Directory
3 9 (39.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
4 8 (34.78%) Security Cleared
4 8 (34.78%) Cisco
4 8 (34.78%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
5 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
5 7 (30.43%) Windows Server
5 7 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (26.09%) PowerShell
6 6 (26.09%) Azure
6 6 (26.09%) Bash
6 6 (26.09%) SQL
7 5 (21.74%) Oracle
7 5 (21.74%) Linux
7 5 (21.74%) ATM
7 5 (21.74%) DNS
7 5 (21.74%) EPoS
7 5 (21.74%) Security Management
7 5 (21.74%) VMware
7 5 (21.74%) Oracle Database
7 5 (21.74%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (21.74%) Customer Service
7 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (17.39%) Server Management
8 4 (17.39%) Roadmaps
8 4 (17.39%) Microservices
8 4 (17.39%) Oracle SOA Suite

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 4 (17.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (26.09%) Azure
3 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
3 3 (13.04%) IaaS
3 3 (13.04%) PaaS
4 1 (4.35%) AWS
4 1 (4.35%) GCP
4 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) ATM
1 5 (21.74%) DNS
2 3 (13.04%) Firewall
2 3 (13.04%) Network Security
3 2 (8.70%) VSAN
4 1 (4.35%) DHCP
4 1 (4.35%) SSL
4 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) Oracle Database
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Local Government
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.35%) Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) EPoS
1 5 (21.74%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.35%) iPhone
2 1 (4.35%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 12 (52.17%) Windows
2 7 (30.43%) Windows Server
3 5 (21.74%) Linux
4 2 (8.70%) Apple iOS
4 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
5 1 (4.35%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (21.74%) Customer Service
2 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (21.74%) Security Management
3 4 (17.39%) Agile
3 4 (17.39%) Microservices
3 4 (17.39%) Roadmaps
3 4 (17.39%) Server Management
3 4 (17.39%) SOA
4 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
5 2 (8.70%) IT Strategy
5 2 (8.70%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (8.70%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (8.70%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (8.70%) Virtual Environments
6 1 (4.35%) Break/Fix
6 1 (4.35%) CI/CD
6 1 (4.35%) Preventative Maintenance
6 1 (4.35%) Security Patching
6 1 (4.35%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) Bash
1 6 (26.09%) PowerShell
1 6 (26.09%) SQL
2 4 (17.39%) Perl
2 4 (17.39%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (34.78%) Security Cleared
2 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) CCNA
3 3 (13.04%) DBS Check
System Software
1 10 (43.48%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.04%) vSphere
3 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (13.04%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Cisco
2 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
3 5 (21.74%) Oracle
3 5 (21.74%) VMware
4 3 (13.04%) Meraki
4 3 (13.04%) Palo Alto
4 3 (13.04%) Veeam
5 2 (8.70%) Dell
6 1 (4.35%) Apple
6 1 (4.35%) Citrix
6 1 (4.35%) HP
6 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
6 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow