IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

IT Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Yorkshire is £205, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 79 86
Rank change year-on-year -32 +7 +24
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 16 17 28
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.95% 1.22% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.35% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 23
10th Percentile £178 £154 £107
25th Percentile £203 £160 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £191 £238
Median % change year-on-year +7.19% -19.47% -17.39%
75th Percentile £234 £338 £297
90th Percentile £238 £461 £351
England median daily rate £190 £200 £200
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile £20.13 £13.14 £13.55
25th Percentile £22.01 £15.22 £15.45
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.76% +13.51% -
75th Percentile - £21.50 £20.25
90th Percentile - £34.10 £20.70
England median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +19.76% +18.51% +0.91%

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 1,552 1,258 1,862
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 90.24% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,028 730 1,226
10th Percentile £259 £232 £231
25th Percentile £378 £386 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.51% -2.05% +0.05%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £648 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £539
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.60% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 53 33
10th Percentile £17.48 £15.22 £13.92
25th Percentile £19.85 £16.25 £17.22
Median hourly rate £25.04 £22.50 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +11.28% +5.58% +11.63%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile - £48.75 £41.60
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +55.17%

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
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 27 October 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 -8 8 £225 -22.75% 11
East Yorkshire - 4 £205 - 13
South Yorkshire -29 3 £208 - 8
North Yorkshire +3 1 - - 5
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 October 2025, 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 10 (62.50%) Windows
2 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
3 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
4 6 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (31.25%) Azure
5 5 (31.25%) Firewall
5 5 (31.25%) Linux
5 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (31.25%) Network Security
6 4 (25.00%) Google
6 4 (25.00%) Google Workspace
6 4 (25.00%) Migration
6 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
7 3 (18.75%) DHCP
7 3 (18.75%) DNS
7 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
7 3 (18.75%) ITIL
7 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
7 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
7 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
8 2 (12.50%) Android
8 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
8 2 (12.50%) HP
8 2 (12.50%) LAN
8 2 (12.50%) SCCM
8 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
8 2 (12.50%) VoIP

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 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (31.25%) Azure
3 4 (25.00%) Google Workspace
4 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
5 1 (6.25%) IaaS
5 1 (6.25%) Mimecast
5 1 (6.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Firewall
1 5 (31.25%) Network Security
2 3 (18.75%) DHCP
2 3 (18.75%) DNS
2 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
3 2 (12.50%) LAN
3 2 (12.50%) VoIP
3 2 (12.50%) VPN
3 2 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (6.25%) Local Government
2 1 (6.25%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) iPhone
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) NHS
2 1 (6.25%) Public Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 10 (62.50%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Linux
3 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
3 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
4 2 (12.50%) Android
5 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
5 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (25.00%) Migration
3 3 (18.75%) ITIL
4 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 1 (6.25%) Break/Fix
5 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (6.25%) Information Governance
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (6.25%) ITSM
5 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
5 1 (6.25%) RBAC
5 1 (6.25%) Service Management
5 1 (6.25%) Workflow
5 1 (6.25%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) CCNA
1 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (6.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (12.50%) SCCM
3 1 (6.25%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Google
3 2 (12.50%) HP
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco
4 1 (6.25%) Dell
4 1 (6.25%) Meraki
4 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
4 1 (6.25%) Sophos
4 1 (6.25%) Veeam
4 1 (6.25%) VMware
4 1 (6.25%) WatchGuard