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 10 January 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 70 85
Rank change year-on-year -35 +15 +13
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 29 16 21
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.54% 1.54% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 1.67% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 11 19
10th Percentile £169 - £200
25th Percentile £203 £160 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £210 £315
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -33.23% +48.00%
75th Percentile £238 £319 £347
90th Percentile £284 £450 £368
England median daily rate £190 £200 £203
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.23% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £19.50 £12.10 £13.05
25th Percentile £20.44 £12.62 £14.21
Median hourly rate £22.01 £14.85 £16.29
Median % change year-on-year +48.27% -8.86% -
75th Percentile £23.58 £16.68 £18.22
90th Percentile £24.52 £16.97 £19.29
England median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +19.76% +16.67% +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 1,734 957 1,672
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 91.84% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,162 568 1,059
10th Percentile £263 £218 £231
25th Percentile £381 £356 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.89% -10.00% -0.10%
75th Percentile £540 £558 £588
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 37 40
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.93 £12.51
25th Percentile £18.87 £17.08 £13.23
Median hourly rate £31.86 £20.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year +59.30% +6.27% -12.47%
75th Percentile £57.25 £38.75 £24.51
90th Percentile £81.25 £42.50 £50.38
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% -21.35% +27.14%

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 10 January 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 10 January 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 - 15 £205 - 10
West Yorkshire -11 13 £225 -30.77% 3
South Yorkshire -53 3 £193 +20.31% 5
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 January 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 20 (68.97%) Windows
2 19 (65.52%) Microsoft
3 15 (51.72%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (48.28%) Firewall
5 12 (41.38%) Linux
5 12 (41.38%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (41.38%) Network Security
6 11 (37.93%) Google
6 11 (37.93%) Google Workspace
7 10 (34.48%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (27.59%) Azure
9 7 (24.14%) Active Directory
10 6 (20.69%) Migration
11 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
11 5 (17.24%) PowerShell
11 5 (17.24%) Windows 10
12 4 (13.79%) Android
12 4 (13.79%) DHCP
12 4 (13.79%) DNS
12 4 (13.79%) Entra ID
12 4 (13.79%) ITIL
12 4 (13.79%) TCP/IP
12 4 (13.79%) Windows Server
13 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
13 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 3 (10.34%) LAN
13 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (10.34%) Mimecast
13 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
13 3 (10.34%) 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 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 11 (37.93%) Google Workspace
2 10 (34.48%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (27.59%) Azure
4 4 (13.79%) Entra ID
5 3 (10.34%) Mimecast
6 1 (3.45%) IaaS
6 1 (3.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (48.28%) Firewall
2 12 (41.38%) Network Security
3 4 (13.79%) DHCP
3 4 (13.79%) DNS
3 4 (13.79%) TCP/IP
4 3 (10.34%) LAN
4 3 (10.34%) VoIP
4 3 (10.34%) WAN
5 2 (6.90%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (6.90%) VLAN
5 2 (6.90%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.45%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 17 (58.62%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Local Government
3 1 (3.45%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) iPhone
2 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) NHS
3 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 20 (68.97%) Windows
2 12 (41.38%) Linux
3 5 (17.24%) Windows 10
4 4 (13.79%) Android
4 4 (13.79%) Windows Server
5 2 (6.90%) Apple iOS
6 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (20.69%) Migration
3 4 (13.79%) ITIL
4 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
4 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (6.90%) Change Control
5 2 (6.90%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (6.90%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (6.90%) Network Segmentation
6 1 (3.45%) Break/Fix
6 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (3.45%) Information Governance
6 1 (3.45%) ITSM
6 1 (3.45%) Mentoring
6 1 (3.45%) RBAC
6 1 (3.45%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.45%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (3.45%) CCNA
1 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.90%) FortiGate
2 2 (6.90%) SCCM
3 1 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 19 (65.52%) Microsoft
2 11 (37.93%) Google
3 2 (6.90%) Fortinet
3 2 (6.90%) HP
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco
4 1 (3.45%) Dell
4 1 (3.45%) Freshdesk
4 1 (3.45%) Meraki
4 1 (3.45%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.45%) Sophos
4 1 (3.45%) Veeam
4 1 (3.45%) VMware
4 1 (3.45%) WatchGuard