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 11 March 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 60 79
Rank change year-on-year -45 +19 +17
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 41 19 24
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.88% 2.13% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.05% 2.28% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 11 20
10th Percentile £154 £160 £161
25th Percentile £185 £203 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £300 £323
Median % change year-on-year -31.67% -6.98% +72.00%
75th Percentile £238 £538 £356
90th Percentile £330 £575 £364
England median daily rate £200 £190 £200
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £19.50 - -
25th Percentile £20.44 - £11.75
Median hourly rate £22.01 £21.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.81% +55.56% -23.81%
75th Percentile £23.58 - £15.25
90th Percentile £24.52 - -
England median hourly rate £23.58 £21.59 £18.00
% change year-on-year +9.19% +19.94% +1.58%

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 1,999 832 1,636
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.61% 93.27% 91.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,299 539 1,011
10th Percentile £300 £220 £213
25th Percentile £400 £350 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £474 £463
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +2.49% -11.90%
75th Percentile £550 £559 £564
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 27 58
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.84 £11.16
25th Percentile £16.77 £17.08 £12.32
Median hourly rate £29.68 £22.14 £13.98
Median % change year-on-year +34.06% +58.37% -39.87%
75th Percentile £57.25 £26.25 £23.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £63.56 £53.75
England median hourly rate £36.32 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +3.77% +7.69% -23.29%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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
East Yorkshire - 19 £205 - 6
West Yorkshire -28 13 £225 -57.14% 7
South Yorkshire -53 8 £190 +18.75% 1
North Yorkshire -9 4 £145 -43.14% 3
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 March 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 31 (75.61%) Windows
2 25 (60.98%) Microsoft
3 17 (41.46%) Firewall
3 17 (41.46%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (29.27%) Active Directory
5 12 (29.27%) Google
5 12 (29.27%) Google Workspace
5 12 (29.27%) Network Security
6 11 (26.83%) Linux
6 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Office
7 10 (24.39%) Windows 10
8 9 (21.95%) Android
8 9 (21.95%) LAN
8 9 (21.95%) WAN
9 7 (17.07%) Apple iOS
9 7 (17.07%) Migration
10 6 (14.63%) Azure
10 6 (14.63%) Customer Service
10 6 (14.63%) DHCP
10 6 (14.63%) DNS
10 6 (14.63%) ITIL
10 6 (14.63%) PowerShell
10 6 (14.63%) TCP/IP
10 6 (14.63%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (14.63%) Windows Server
11 5 (12.20%) Fortinet
11 5 (12.20%) SharePoint
11 5 (12.20%) VLAN
12 4 (9.76%) Change Control

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 5 (12.20%) SharePoint
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 17 (41.46%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (29.27%) Google Workspace
3 6 (14.63%) Azure
4 4 (9.76%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.88%) Mimecast
6 1 (2.44%) IaaS
6 1 (2.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (41.46%) Firewall
2 12 (29.27%) Network Security
3 9 (21.95%) LAN
3 9 (21.95%) WAN
4 6 (14.63%) DHCP
4 6 (14.63%) DNS
4 6 (14.63%) TCP/IP
4 6 (14.63%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (12.20%) VLAN
6 3 (7.32%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (7.32%) VoIP
7 2 (4.88%) SAN
7 2 (4.88%) VPN
8 1 (2.44%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.44%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 25 (60.98%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Manufacturing
3 3 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Local Government
5 1 (2.44%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) iPhone
2 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.44%) NHS
3 1 (2.44%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 31 (75.61%) Windows
2 11 (26.83%) Linux
3 10 (24.39%) Windows 10
4 9 (21.95%) Android
5 7 (17.07%) Apple iOS
6 6 (14.63%) Windows Server
7 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (2.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (17.07%) Migration
3 6 (14.63%) Customer Service
3 6 (14.63%) ITIL
4 4 (9.76%) Change Control
4 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (7.32%) Network Segmentation
6 2 (4.88%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 2 (4.88%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (4.88%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (4.88%) Runbook
7 1 (2.44%) Antivirus Management
7 1 (2.44%) B2B
7 1 (2.44%) ITSM
7 1 (2.44%) Problem Management
7 1 (2.44%) Project Delivery
7 1 (2.44%) RBAC
7 1 (2.44%) Service Delivery
7 1 (2.44%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (2.44%) CCNA
1 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (29.27%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.32%) vSphere
3 1 (2.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) FortiGate
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.88%) SCCM
3 1 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 25 (60.98%) Microsoft
2 12 (29.27%) Google
3 5 (12.20%) Fortinet
4 4 (9.76%) HP
5 3 (7.32%) Veeam
5 3 (7.32%) VMware
6 2 (4.88%) Cisco
7 1 (2.44%) Dell
7 1 (2.44%) Freshdesk
7 1 (2.44%) Meraki
7 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow