IT Engineer Contracts in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer daily rate in England is £225 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 253 284 339
Rank change year-on-year +31 +55 +45
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 339 442 561
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.93% 0.92% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 0.97% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 278 358
10th Percentile £123 £121 £128
25th Percentile £163 £150 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £200 £213
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £334 £330 £385
90th Percentile £600 £500 £475
UK median daily rate £203 £195 £210
% change year-on-year +3.85% -7.14% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 77 56
10th Percentile £12.04 £13.16 £12.81
25th Percentile £15.75 £14.18 £14.80
Median hourly rate £18.07 £17.72 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% +1.26% +10.34%
75th Percentile £22.00 £25.08 £19.78
90th Percentile £24.18 £46.01 £21.25
UK median hourly rate £17.71 £17.72 £17.50
% change year-on-year -0.06% +1.26% +10.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,728 45,413 67,759
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,387 32,257 48,330
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £763 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,336 1,860
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.65 £44.77 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year -18.13% +94.40% +5.92%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.25 £64.78
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England 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
London +107 147 £275 +37.50% 73
North of England +10 54 £200 +17.65% 78
South East 0 44 £176 -11.88% 74
Midlands -27 40 £150 -52.38% 52
East Midlands -9 31 £150 -53.85% 33
South West 0 29 £171 +3.01% 53
East of England +2 26 £250 +63.93% 25
North West +17 24 £191 -23.50% 37
Yorkshire +15 24 £225 +32.35% 33
West Midlands -6 9 £200 +25.00% 19
North East +7 6 £175 +27.27% 10
IT Engineer
UK

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

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 England region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 180 (53.10%) Windows
2 121 (35.69%) Microsoft
3 114 (33.63%) Active Directory
4 103 (30.38%) Microsoft 365
5 92 (27.14%) Customer Service
6 79 (23.30%) Social Skills
7 77 (22.71%) Problem-Solving
8 59 (17.40%) Windows 10
9 52 (15.34%) Azure
10 49 (14.45%) Security Cleared
11 47 (13.86%) Analytical Skills
12 44 (12.98%) Microsoft Office
13 43 (12.68%) Windows Server
14 42 (12.39%) Microsoft Intune
14 42 (12.39%) Finance
15 40 (11.80%) SCCM
15 40 (11.80%) SC Cleared
16 38 (11.21%) Break/Fix
17 31 (9.14%) ITIL
18 30 (8.85%) Microsoft Exchange
18 30 (8.85%) Degree
18 30 (8.85%) Public Sector
19 28 (8.26%) Analytical Mindset
20 27 (7.96%) Asset Management
20 27 (7.96%) LAN
21 25 (7.37%) Windows 7
22 24 (7.08%) Apple
22 24 (7.08%) VPN
22 24 (7.08%) VMware
23 23 (6.78%) DNS

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 30 (8.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.42%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.47%) Confluence
4 4 (1.18%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.88%) Apache
5 3 (0.88%) JBoss
5 3 (0.88%) nginx
5 3 (0.88%) Tomcat
Applications
1 44 (12.98%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.29%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.29%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 103 (30.38%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (15.34%) Azure
3 15 (4.42%) Entra ID
4 14 (4.13%) AWS
5 8 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (1.77%) SaaS
7 5 (1.47%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.18%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.18%) IaaS
8 4 (1.18%) PaaS
8 4 (1.18%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.18%) Slack
9 3 (0.88%) Asana
9 3 (0.88%) Azure Storage
9 3 (0.88%) Serverless
9 3 (0.88%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.59%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.29%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.96%) LAN
2 24 (7.08%) VPN
3 23 (6.78%) DNS
3 23 (6.78%) Firewall
4 21 (6.19%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (5.90%) DHCP
6 19 (5.60%) WAN
7 12 (3.54%) Wireless
8 9 (2.65%) Internet
8 9 (2.65%) TCP/IP
9 8 (2.36%) SAN
10 7 (2.06%) Structured Cabling
11 6 (1.77%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (1.77%) VLAN
12 5 (1.47%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (1.47%) Network Security
12 5 (1.47%) VoIP
13 4 (1.18%) Skype
13 4 (1.18%) WAAS
13 4 (1.18%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.54%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.88%) Power BI
2 3 (0.88%) RDBMS
2 3 (0.88%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (2.65%) JIRA
2 2 (0.59%) GitLab
General
1 79 (23.30%) Social Skills
2 47 (13.86%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (12.39%) Finance
4 30 (8.85%) Public Sector
5 17 (5.01%) Manufacturing
6 16 (4.72%) Banking
7 10 (2.95%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.36%) Aviation
9 7 (2.06%) Law
10 6 (1.77%) Electronics
10 6 (1.77%) Marketing
11 5 (1.47%) Legal
12 4 (1.18%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.18%) Retail
13 3 (0.88%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.88%) French Language
13 3 (0.88%) Military
13 3 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.59%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.88%) .NET
1 3 (0.88%) .NET Framework
1 3 (0.88%) IBM Integration Bus
2 2 (0.59%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.59%) ASP.NET Core
2 2 (0.59%) React
3 1 (0.29%) Middleware
3 1 (0.29%) Node.js
3 1 (0.29%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.29%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (5.90%) Video Conferencing
3 15 (4.42%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.54%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.95%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.65%) NHS
7 8 (2.36%) Client/Server
7 8 (2.36%) iPhone
8 7 (2.06%) CCTV
9 6 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.47%) BYOD
10 5 (1.47%) iPad
10 5 (1.47%) Smartphone
11 4 (1.18%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.18%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (0.88%) Blackberry
12 3 (0.88%) Life Science
12 3 (0.88%) PKI
12 3 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 180 (53.10%) Windows
2 59 (17.40%) Windows 10
3 43 (12.68%) Windows Server
4 25 (7.37%) Windows 7
5 20 (5.90%) Linux
6 16 (4.72%) Android
6 16 (4.72%) Apple iOS
7 11 (3.24%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.06%) Unix
8 7 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (2.06%) Windows Vista
9 4 (1.18%) VMS
9 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.88%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (27.14%) Customer Service
2 77 (22.71%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (11.21%) Break/Fix
4 31 (9.14%) ITIL
5 27 (7.96%) Asset Management
6 20 (5.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 17 (5.01%) Migration
8 15 (4.42%) Service Management
9 13 (3.83%) Computer Science
9 13 (3.83%) Service Delivery
10 12 (3.54%) ITSM
11 11 (3.24%) Server Management
11 11 (3.24%) SIEM
12 10 (2.95%) Customer Experience
12 10 (2.95%) Incident Management
13 9 (2.65%) DevOps
13 9 (2.65%) Logistics
13 9 (2.65%) Mobile Device Management
13 9 (2.65%) Software Deployment
14 8 (2.36%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 22 (6.49%) PowerShell
2 17 (5.01%) SQL
3 6 (1.77%) C#
3 6 (1.77%) Python
4 4 (1.18%) Java
5 3 (0.88%) Bash
5 3 (0.88%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.29%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.29%) VBA
6 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 49 (14.45%) Security Cleared
2 40 (11.80%) SC Cleared
3 30 (8.85%) Degree
4 12 (3.54%) DV Cleared
5 11 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.95%) A+ Certification
7 9 (2.65%) DBS Check
8 8 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.47%) CCNA
9 5 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.18%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.88%) MCSE
12 2 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.59%) HND
12 2 (0.59%) MCP
12 2 (0.59%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.19%) SLA
2 3 (0.88%) GAMP
2 3 (0.88%) GxP
2 3 (0.88%) QA
3 2 (0.59%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.59%) NCSC
3 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.29%) COBIT
4 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.29%) GDPR
4 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 114 (33.63%) Active Directory
2 20 (5.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.83%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.88%) KVM
5 3 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.88%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.59%) vSphere
7 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.29%) Docker
7 1 (0.29%) Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (12.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (11.80%) SCCM
3 4 (1.18%) SCOM
3 4 (1.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (1.18%) VxRail
3 4 (1.18%) WSUS
4 3 (0.88%) SCVMM
4 3 (0.88%) Terraform
4 3 (0.88%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.59%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.59%) Nessus
6 1 (0.29%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.29%) Ansible
6 1 (0.29%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.29%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.29%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 121 (35.69%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.08%) Apple
2 24 (7.08%) VMware
3 21 (6.19%) ServiceNow
4 19 (5.60%) Citrix
5 18 (5.31%) Cisco
6 7 (2.06%) ArcSight
6 7 (2.06%) CA
6 7 (2.06%) Oracle
6 7 (2.06%) SAP
7 6 (1.77%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (1.77%) Google
7 6 (1.77%) Veeam
8 5 (1.47%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.18%) Juniper
9 4 (1.18%) MobileIron
9 4 (1.18%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.18%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.88%) Meraki
10 3 (0.88%) Okta