IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

IT Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Yorkshire is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 95 82
Rank change year-on-year -26 -13 +5
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 33 19 20
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.15% 1.26% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.35% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 11 8
10th Percentile £143 £153 £169
25th Percentile £161 £160 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £185 £225
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -17.78% +71.43%
75th Percentile £335 £438 £383
90th Percentile £395 £538 £461
England median daily rate £200 £190 £200
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 9
10th Percentile - £18.50 £14.53
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £18.27
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.76 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.82% -5.93% +37.70%
75th Percentile £21.25 £22.04 £22.00
90th Percentile £24.40 £23.91 £26.10
England median hourly rate £21.00 £25.08 £19.50
% change year-on-year -16.25% +28.59% +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 2,664 1,410 1,362
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 93.50% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,612 901 869
10th Percentile £318 £263 £288
25th Percentile £413 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £580
90th Percentile £657 £613 £650
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 54 50
10th Percentile £16.62 £17.27 £13.48
25th Percentile £22.15 £18.39 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% +5.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £34.88 £29.34 £40.31
90th Percentile £43.75 £81.25 £48.75
England median hourly rate £43.10 £26.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +65.78% -42.22% +5.88%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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
South Yorkshire -31 8 £190 +18.75% 4
West Yorkshire -32 8 £275 -15.38% 3
North Yorkshire -3 6 £145 -9.38% 3
East Yorkshire - 5 £365 - 2
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 August 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 22 (66.67%) Windows
2 18 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (45.45%) Microsoft
4 8 (24.24%) Active Directory
4 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (21.21%) SharePoint
6 6 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (18.18%) ITIL
6 6 (18.18%) ITSM
6 6 (18.18%) LAN
6 6 (18.18%) WAN
7 5 (15.15%) Android
7 5 (15.15%) Apple iOS
7 5 (15.15%) Customer Service
7 5 (15.15%) VLAN
8 4 (12.12%) Azure
8 4 (12.12%) Linux
8 4 (12.12%) PowerShell
8 4 (12.12%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (12.12%) Windows 10
9 3 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (9.09%) Data Protection
9 3 (9.09%) Entra ID
9 3 (9.09%) Incident Management
9 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (9.09%) Service Delivery
9 3 (9.09%) Service Management
9 3 (9.09%) WLAN

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 7 (21.21%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 18 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.12%) Azure
3 3 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.18%) LAN
1 6 (18.18%) WAN
2 5 (15.15%) VLAN
3 4 (12.12%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (9.09%) WLAN
5 2 (6.06%) DHCP
5 2 (6.06%) DNS
5 2 (6.06%) Firewall
5 2 (6.06%) SAN
5 2 (6.06%) VPN
6 1 (3.03%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (3.03%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
General
1 17 (51.52%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Manufacturing
2 4 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) 802.1X
1 1 (3.03%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 3 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.03%) BYOD
2 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.03%) EPoS
2 1 (3.03%) Fat Client
2 1 (3.03%) Thin Client
2 1 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (15.15%) Android
2 5 (15.15%) Apple iOS
3 4 (12.12%) Linux
3 4 (12.12%) Windows 10
4 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
5 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (18.18%) ITIL
2 6 (18.18%) ITSM
3 5 (15.15%) Customer Service
4 3 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (9.09%) Data Protection
4 3 (9.09%) Incident Management
4 3 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 3 (9.09%) Service Management
4 3 (9.09%) Workload Management
5 2 (6.06%) Asset Management
5 2 (6.06%) Migration
5 2 (6.06%) Runbook
6 1 (3.03%) Antivirus Management
6 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (3.03%) Inventory Management
6 1 (3.03%) Network Segmentation
6 1 (3.03%) Preventative Maintenance
6 1 (3.03%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
1 3 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (3.03%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) SLA
2 1 (3.03%) GxP
System Software
1 8 (24.24%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.06%) Firmware
3 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.03%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Dell DRAC
1 1 (3.03%) FortiGate
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.03%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Cisco
2 2 (6.06%) Fortinet
2 2 (6.06%) VMware
3 1 (3.03%) Citrix
3 1 (3.03%) Google
3 1 (3.03%) HP
3 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.03%) Veeam