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 December 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 73 90
Rank change year-on-year -35 +17 +12
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 25 20 20
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.38% 1.57% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 1.72% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 9 18
10th Percentile - £160 £137
25th Percentile £203 £200 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £300 £244
Median % change year-on-year -31.67% +23.08% +14.71%
75th Percentile £238 £338 £350
90th Percentile - £458 £372
England median daily rate £200 £200 £200
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile £19.50 £13.14 £13.05
25th Percentile £20.44 £15.22 £14.21
Median hourly rate £22.01 £21.00 £16.29
Median % change year-on-year +4.81% +28.93% -
75th Percentile £23.58 £21.50 £18.22
90th Percentile £24.52 £34.10 £19.29
England median hourly rate £25.08 £20.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +22.32% +15.69% -

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 1,670 1,165 1,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 91.37% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,136 690 1,128
10th Percentile £230 £220 £259
25th Percentile £380 £369 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £651 £688
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 47 27
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £14.62
25th Percentile £18.74 £18.57 £17.86
Median hourly rate £25.58 £24.18 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +13.47% +1.48%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £25.27
90th Percentile - £48.75 £36.80
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

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 December 2025.

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 December 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
East Yorkshire - 12 £205 - 16
West Yorkshire -12 10 £225 -37.93% 15
South Yorkshire -41 3 £193 - 7
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 December 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 19 (76.00%) Windows
2 17 (68.00%) Microsoft
3 14 (56.00%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (48.00%) Firewall
4 12 (48.00%) Linux
4 12 (48.00%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (48.00%) Network Security
5 11 (44.00%) Google
5 11 (44.00%) Google Workspace
6 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (28.00%) Active Directory
7 7 (28.00%) Azure
8 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
9 4 (16.00%) DHCP
9 4 (16.00%) DNS
9 4 (16.00%) Entra ID
9 4 (16.00%) ITIL
9 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (16.00%) Migration
9 4 (16.00%) TCP/IP
9 4 (16.00%) Windows 10
9 4 (16.00%) Windows Server
10 3 (12.00%) Android
10 3 (12.00%) LAN
10 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (12.00%) VoIP
10 3 (12.00%) WAN
11 2 (8.00%) Customer Service
11 2 (8.00%) HP
11 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering

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 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 11 (44.00%) Google Workspace
2 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (28.00%) Azure
4 4 (16.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (8.00%) Mimecast
6 1 (4.00%) IaaS
6 1 (4.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (48.00%) Firewall
1 12 (48.00%) Network Security
2 4 (16.00%) DHCP
2 4 (16.00%) DNS
2 4 (16.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (12.00%) LAN
3 3 (12.00%) VoIP
3 3 (12.00%) WAN
4 2 (8.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Local Government
3 1 (4.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) iPhone
2 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) NHS
2 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.00%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 19 (76.00%) Windows
2 12 (48.00%) Linux
3 4 (16.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (16.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (12.00%) Android
5 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (16.00%) ITIL
2 4 (16.00%) Migration
3 2 (8.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (4.00%) Break/Fix
4 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (4.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (4.00%) Information Governance
4 1 (4.00%) ITSM
4 1 (4.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (4.00%) RBAC
4 1 (4.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) CCNA
1 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 7 (28.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.00%) SCCM
3 1 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 17 (68.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (44.00%) Google
3 2 (8.00%) HP
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco
4 1 (4.00%) Dell
4 1 (4.00%) Meraki
4 1 (4.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.00%) Sophos
4 1 (4.00%) Veeam
4 1 (4.00%) VMware
4 1 (4.00%) WatchGuard