Technical Engineer Contracts in England

Technical Engineer
UK > England

The median Technical Engineer daily rate in England is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 452 567 617
Rank change year-on-year +115 +50 -39
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 79 73 153
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.15% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.16% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 52 89
10th Percentile £158 £173 £195
25th Percentile £185 £209 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £383 £388
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.29% -15.76%
75th Percentile £675 £585 £550
90th Percentile £850 £675 £613
UK median daily rate £425 £365 £381
% change year-on-year +16.44% -4.26% -17.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 11
10th Percentile - - £21.40
25th Percentile £27.63 - £24.25
Median hourly rate £32.88 - £45.00
75th Percentile £43.44 - £45.10
90th Percentile £51.88 - £50.00
UK median hourly rate £32.88 - £35.50
% change year-on-year - - +121.88%

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 33,787 45,579 67,163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.59% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,417 32,381 47,891
10th Percentile £284 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.36%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,334 1,845
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +6.38%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Engineer in England

Technical Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Engineer in England

Technical Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Engineer in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Engineer in England

Technical Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Engineer in England

Technical Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Engineer in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Engineer in England

Technical 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 Technical Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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 +109 47 £625 +7.76% 22
South West +18 15 £165 -45.90% 29
West Midlands +24 5 £225 -64.00% 18
Midlands +24 5 £225 -64.00% 43
South East +28 4 £250 -13.04% 42
North of England +21 3 £265 +32.50% 43
Yorkshire +13 3 £265 +32.50% 13
Technical Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Technical 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 Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 26 (32.91%) SQL
2 24 (30.38%) Degree
2 24 (30.38%) Social Skills
3 21 (26.58%) Finance
4 20 (25.32%) C#
4 20 (25.32%) Python
5 19 (24.05%) Active Directory
5 19 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (21.52%) Windows
7 15 (18.99%) Banking
8 14 (17.72%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (17.72%) Hedge funds
8 14 (17.72%) Security Cleared
8 14 (17.72%) Mentoring
8 14 (17.72%) Asset Management
8 14 (17.72%) Front Office
8 14 (17.72%) Back Office
8 14 (17.72%) Derivative
8 14 (17.72%) Investment Management
9 13 (16.46%) Telecoms
10 12 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (13.92%) SCCM
11 11 (13.92%) ITIL
12 10 (12.66%) SLA
12 10 (12.66%) Public Sector
12 10 (12.66%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (11.39%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (11.39%) Roadmaps
13 9 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
14 8 (10.13%) SC Cleared

Technical 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 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (1.27%) CICS
2 1 (1.27%) GroupWise
2 1 (1.27%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (7.59%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.72%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.33%) Azure
3 3 (3.80%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.27%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 1 (1.27%) ChatGPT
5 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.27%) GCP
5 1 (1.27%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.27%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.86%) LAN
1 7 (8.86%) WAN
2 6 (7.59%) VoIP
3 3 (3.80%) DHCP
3 3 (3.80%) DNS
3 3 (3.80%) FTP
3 3 (3.80%) Internet
4 1 (1.27%) ATM
4 1 (1.27%) Kerberos
4 1 (1.27%) SAN
4 1 (1.27%) VPN
4 1 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.27%) DB2
1 1 (1.27%) Power BI
1 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.27%) webpack
General
1 24 (30.38%) Social Skills
2 21 (26.58%) Finance
3 15 (18.99%) Banking
4 14 (17.72%) Back Office
4 14 (17.72%) Front Office
5 13 (16.46%) Telecoms
6 10 (12.66%) Public Sector
7 9 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (7.59%) Police
9 5 (6.33%) Legal
9 5 (6.33%) Marketing
10 4 (5.06%) Electronics
10 4 (5.06%) Manufacturing
11 3 (3.80%) Automotive
11 3 (3.80%) Multimedia
11 3 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (1.27%) Games
13 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (1.27%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.59%) .NET
2 3 (3.80%) RESTful
3 2 (2.53%) CSS
3 2 (2.53%) HTML
3 2 (2.53%) Node.js
3 2 (2.53%) React
4 1 (1.27%) CSS3
4 1 (1.27%) Hugging Face
4 1 (1.27%) LangChain
4 1 (1.27%) NestJS
4 1 (1.27%) OAuth
4 1 (1.27%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.27%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.27%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (1.27%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.72%) Derivative
1 14 (17.72%) Hedge funds
2 9 (11.39%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (8.86%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (6.33%) Driving Licence
5 3 (3.80%) Smartphone
6 2 (2.53%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.27%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.27%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.27%) FMCG
7 1 (1.27%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (1.27%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.27%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.27%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.27%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 17 (21.52%) Windows
2 7 (8.86%) Windows 10
2 7 (8.86%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.80%) Windows 7
3 3 (3.80%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (2.53%) Linux
5 1 (1.27%) Android
5 1 (1.27%) NetWare
5 1 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (17.72%) Asset Management
2 14 (17.72%) Investment Management
2 14 (17.72%) Mentoring
3 12 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (13.92%) ITIL
5 9 (11.39%) Roadmaps
6 8 (10.13%) Computer Science
7 7 (8.86%) Customer Service
7 7 (8.86%) Project Management
8 6 (7.59%) Coaching
8 6 (7.59%) Data Analysis
8 6 (7.59%) Economics
8 6 (7.59%) Line Management
8 6 (7.59%) Thought Leadership
9 5 (6.33%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (6.33%) Programme Management
9 5 (6.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (5.06%) Migration
10 4 (5.06%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (32.91%) SQL
2 20 (25.32%) C#
2 20 (25.32%) Python
3 8 (10.13%) PowerShell
4 6 (7.59%) C++
4 6 (7.59%) VB.NET
4 6 (7.59%) VBA
5 3 (3.80%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.80%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.27%) COBOL
6 1 (1.27%) Java
6 1 (1.27%) JCL
6 1 (1.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (30.38%) Degree
2 14 (17.72%) Security Cleared
3 10 (12.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (10.13%) SC Cleared
5 5 (6.33%) DV Cleared
6 4 (5.06%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.53%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.53%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.27%) CISSP
8 1 (1.27%) OCP
8 1 (1.27%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (1.27%) PgMP
8 1 (1.27%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.66%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (24.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.80%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.27%) Docker
3 1 (1.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (13.92%) SCCM
2 1 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.27%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 7 (8.86%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.59%) BT
3 4 (5.06%) SAP
4 2 (2.53%) Cisco
4 2 (2.53%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.53%) VMware
5 1 (1.27%) Bomgar
5 1 (1.27%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.27%) Dell
5 1 (1.27%) Google
5 1 (1.27%) Novell
5 1 (1.27%) Oracle
5 1 (1.27%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.27%) Workday