IT Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

IT Engineer
England > Midlands

The median IT Engineer daily rate in the 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 91 64 132
Rank change year-on-year -27 +68 -25
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 40 95 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.49% 2.91% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.61% 3.08% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 67 30
10th Percentile £120 £133 £127
25th Percentile £145 £159 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £315 £188
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% +68.00% +1.35%
75th Percentile £223 £350 £238
90th Percentile £288 £488 £380
England median daily rate £225 £200 £213
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 17 16
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.16 £14.66
25th Percentile £18.28 £15.64 £15.42
Median hourly rate £20.00 £17.72 £17.63
Median % change year-on-year +12.87% +0.51% +21.59%
75th Percentile - £23.00 £19.56
90th Percentile £23.88 £40.25 £21.94
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
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,484 3,085 4,836
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 94.60% 95.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,694 2,168 3,528
10th Percentile £213 £223 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% +14.20%
75th Percentile £577 £588 £560
90th Percentile £680 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 117 167
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.70
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.00 £14.61
Median hourly rate £19.13 £20.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.71% +17.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £32.00 £22.75
90th Percentile £52.34 £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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the 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 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
East Midlands -9 31 £150 -53.85% 32
West Midlands -6 9 £200 +25.00% 20
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 Midlands region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (57.50%) Windows
2 14 (35.00%) Active Directory
3 12 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 8 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 8 (20.00%) SC Cleared
6 7 (17.50%) Windows Vista
6 7 (17.50%) Windows 7
6 7 (17.50%) Windows Server
6 7 (17.50%) Public Sector
7 6 (15.00%) Social Skills
7 6 (15.00%) Customer Service
7 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (15.00%) Driving Licence
7 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (15.00%) Apple iOS
7 6 (15.00%) ITIL
7 6 (15.00%) SharePoint
7 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (12.50%) VMware
8 5 (12.50%) SCCM
8 5 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (10.00%) Windows 10
9 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (10.00%) Azure
9 4 (10.00%) Manufacturing
9 4 (10.00%) Linux
10 3 (7.50%) Legal
10 3 (7.50%) Apple
10 3 (7.50%) Hyper-V

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (15.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (10.00%) Azure
3 2 (5.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) Firewall
1 2 (5.00%) LAN
1 2 (5.00%) VPN
2 1 (2.50%) DHCP
2 1 (2.50%) DNS
2 1 (2.50%) Network Security
2 1 (2.50%) SAN
2 1 (2.50%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (17.50%) Public Sector
2 6 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.50%) Legal
5 1 (2.50%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (57.50%) Windows
2 7 (17.50%) Windows 7
2 7 (17.50%) Windows Server
2 7 (17.50%) Windows Vista
3 6 (15.00%) Apple iOS
4 4 (10.00%) Linux
4 4 (10.00%) Windows 10
5 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.00%) Customer Service
1 6 (15.00%) ITIL
1 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (7.50%) Break/Fix
3 3 (7.50%) Software Deployment
4 2 (5.00%) Change Management
4 2 (5.00%) Logistics
4 2 (5.00%) Migration
4 2 (5.00%) Server Management
4 2 (5.00%) Service Management
4 2 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (5.00%) Storage Management
5 1 (2.50%) Agile
5 1 (2.50%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (2.50%) Data Protection
5 1 (2.50%) Innovative Thinking
5 1 (2.50%) ITSM
5 1 (2.50%) PRINCE2
5 1 (2.50%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.00%) Degree
2 2 (5.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.50%) MCP
3 1 (2.50%) MCSE
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 14 (35.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.50%) Hyper-V
2 3 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.50%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (12.50%) SCCM
3 1 (2.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.50%) VMware
3 3 (7.50%) Apple
3 3 (7.50%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.00%) Citrix
5 1 (2.50%) Cisco
5 1 (2.50%) SolarWinds