IT Engineer Contracts in the East Midlands

IT Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median IT Engineer daily rate in the East Midlands is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 24 62
Rank change year-on-year -9 +38 -4
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 31 65 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 4.02% 6.45% 2.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.27% 6.78% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 48 12
10th Percentile £116 £154 £128
25th Percentile £123 £302 £132
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £325 £155
Median % change year-on-year -53.85% +109.68% -8.82%
75th Percentile £224 £350 £201
90th Percentile £305 £488 £276
England median daily rate £225 £200 £213
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 9
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.16 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.70 £16.58 £15.63
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.94 £17.56
Median % change year-on-year +0.30% +13.55% +0.34%
75th Percentile - £27.88 £19.88
90th Percentile £21.00 £40.25 £26.70
England median hourly rate £18.07 £17.72 £17.50
% change year-on-year +1.95% +1.26% +10.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 726 959 1,320
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 95.14% 94.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 744 975
10th Percentile £166 £210 £180
25th Percentile £263 £330 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £455 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% +6.99% +13.33%
75th Percentile £544 £575 £513
90th Percentile £622 £700 £600
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 53 90
10th Percentile £11.83 £11.98 £9.74
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.65 £14.61
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.71 £19.46
Median % change year-on-year -15.48% +6.41% +32.36%
75th Percentile £26.15 £40.25 £29.22
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.65 £44.77 £23.03
% change year-on-year -18.13% +94.40% +5.92%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the East Midlands

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in the East Midlands

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in the East Midlands

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in the East Midlands

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Engineer in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Engineer in the East Midlands

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 May 2024. 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
Derbyshire +10 17 £150 -3.23% 11
Nottinghamshire +16 5 £104 -42.50% 5
Leicestershire +8 4 £120 -36.84% 5
Northamptonshire -21 3 £225 -31.82% 4
Lincolnshire +8 2 £142 -72.95% 8
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, IT Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Midlands region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (61.29%) Windows
2 10 (32.26%) Active Directory
3 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
3 7 (22.58%) Windows 7
3 7 (22.58%) Security Cleared
3 7 (22.58%) Windows Vista
3 7 (22.58%) SC Cleared
3 7 (22.58%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (19.35%) Driving Licence
4 6 (19.35%) Windows Server
4 6 (19.35%) Apple iOS
4 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (19.35%) ITIL
5 5 (16.13%) SharePoint
5 5 (16.13%) SCCM
5 5 (16.13%) Customer Service
6 4 (12.90%) Windows 10
6 4 (12.90%) Manufacturing
7 3 (9.68%) VMware
7 3 (9.68%) Apple
7 3 (9.68%) ServiceNow
7 3 (9.68%) Software Deployment
7 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
7 3 (9.68%) Break/Fix
7 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
8 2 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (6.45%) Degree
8 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineering

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (16.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.45%) WhatsApp
3 1 (3.23%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) VPN
2 1 (3.23%) DHCP
2 1 (3.23%) DNS
General
1 4 (12.90%) Manufacturing
2 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
2 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 19 (61.29%) Windows
2 7 (22.58%) Windows 7
2 7 (22.58%) Windows Vista
3 6 (19.35%) Apple iOS
3 6 (19.35%) Windows Server
4 4 (12.90%) Windows 10
5 2 (6.45%) Linux
6 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (19.35%) ITIL
2 5 (16.13%) Customer Service
3 3 (9.68%) Break/Fix
3 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (9.68%) Software Deployment
4 2 (6.45%) Change Management
4 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (6.45%) Logistics
4 2 (6.45%) Service Management
4 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (6.45%) Storage Management
5 1 (3.23%) Agile
5 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Monitoring
5 1 (3.23%) ITSM
5 1 (3.23%) Migration
5 1 (3.23%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.23%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) SC Cleared
1 7 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.23%) MCP
3 1 (3.23%) MCSE
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 10 (32.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (16.13%) SCCM
3 1 (3.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) Apple
2 3 (9.68%) ServiceNow
2 3 (9.68%) VMware
3 1 (3.23%) Citrix
3 1 (3.23%) SolarWinds