IT Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £185 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 173 155 199
Rank change year-on-year -18 +44 +6
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 257 369 400
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.27% 1.61% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 1.71% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 217 227
10th Percentile £111 £110 £120
25th Percentile £143 £135 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £180 £193
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -6.49% +13.24%
75th Percentile £245 £323 £385
90th Percentile £338 £475 £450
UK median daily rate £203 £195 £210
% change year-on-year +3.85% -7.14% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 70 53
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.16 £12.76
25th Percentile £13.25 £14.06 £14.82
Median hourly rate £17.46 £17.72 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% +1.26% +11.46%
75th Percentile £18.94 £23.56 £19.75
90th Percentile £20.43 £40.25 £20.00
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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,731 21,611 29,386
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.29% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,452 15,051 20,618
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,272 1,106 1,459
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.36
25th Percentile £15.74 £18.04 £14.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
North of England +10 54 £200 +17.65% 78
South East 0 44 £176 -11.88% 74
Scotland +42 40 £200 +40.35% 18
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
Wales +26 23 £145 -12.12% 6
West Midlands -6 9 £200 +25.00% 19
North East +7 6 £175 +27.27% 10
Northern Ireland -6 3 - - 1
IT Engineer
UK

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 115 (44.75%) Windows
2 83 (32.30%) Microsoft
3 80 (31.13%) Active Directory
4 78 (30.35%) Microsoft 365
5 76 (29.57%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (28.02%) Customer Service
7 55 (21.40%) Social Skills
8 54 (21.01%) Break/Fix
9 46 (17.90%) Analytical Skills
10 45 (17.51%) Windows 10
11 41 (15.95%) Public Sector
12 32 (12.45%) Microsoft Intune
12 32 (12.45%) SCCM
13 31 (12.06%) Security Cleared
13 31 (12.06%) Azure
14 30 (11.67%) Windows Server
15 28 (10.89%) Analytical Mindset
15 28 (10.89%) Microsoft Exchange
16 27 (10.51%) SC Cleared
17 25 (9.73%) Microsoft Office
18 22 (8.56%) VMware
19 19 (7.39%) Wi-Fi
19 19 (7.39%) LAN
20 18 (7.00%) VMware Infrastructure
21 17 (6.61%) A+ Certification
21 17 (6.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
22 16 (6.23%) Finance
22 16 (6.23%) Firewall
22 16 (6.23%) ITIL
22 16 (6.23%) ServiceNow

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 28 (10.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.28%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.17%) Confluence
4 2 (0.78%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (9.73%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.39%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 78 (30.35%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (12.06%) Azure
3 9 (3.50%) Entra ID
4 4 (1.56%) AWS
4 4 (1.56%) OneDrive
5 3 (1.17%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.17%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.39%) LAN
1 19 (7.39%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (6.23%) Firewall
3 15 (5.84%) SAN
4 13 (5.06%) DHCP
5 12 (4.67%) VPN
6 11 (4.28%) DNS
6 11 (4.28%) Remote Desktop
7 7 (2.72%) Internet
7 7 (2.72%) WAN
8 6 (2.33%) Wireless
9 5 (1.95%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.56%) VLAN
10 4 (1.56%) WAAS
10 4 (1.56%) WLAN
11 3 (1.17%) 4G
11 3 (1.17%) 5G
11 3 (1.17%) Network Security
11 3 (1.17%) VoIP
11 3 (1.17%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.17%) Power BI
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.17%) JIRA
General
1 55 (21.40%) Social Skills
2 46 (17.90%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (15.95%) Public Sector
4 16 (6.23%) Finance
5 15 (5.84%) Manufacturing
6 9 (3.50%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.33%) Electronics
7 6 (2.33%) Legal
8 4 (1.56%) Banking
8 4 (1.56%) Marketing
9 3 (1.17%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.17%) Military
9 3 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.78%) Automotive
10 2 (0.78%) French Language
10 2 (0.78%) Law
10 2 (0.78%) Portuguese Language
10 2 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.78%) Retail
10 2 (0.78%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.89%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (5.06%) Data Centre
3 12 (4.67%) Driving Licence
4 10 (3.89%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.50%) NHS
6 6 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.95%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.56%) BYOD
8 4 (1.56%) iPhone
8 4 (1.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (1.17%) Life Science
10 2 (0.78%) Fat Client
10 2 (0.78%) PKI
10 2 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.78%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.78%) Thin Client
11 1 (0.39%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.39%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 115 (44.75%) Windows
2 45 (17.51%) Windows 10
3 30 (11.67%) Windows Server
4 15 (5.84%) Linux
5 14 (5.45%) Apple iOS
5 14 (5.45%) Windows 7
6 7 (2.72%) Android
6 7 (2.72%) Mac OS
6 7 (2.72%) Windows Vista
7 6 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.17%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.78%) Unix
10 2 (0.78%) VMS
11 1 (0.39%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (29.57%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (28.02%) Customer Service
3 54 (21.01%) Break/Fix
4 17 (6.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (6.23%) ITIL
6 11 (4.28%) Service Management
7 10 (3.89%) Software Deployment
8 9 (3.50%) Asset Management
8 9 (3.50%) Inventory Management
8 9 (3.50%) Migration
9 8 (3.11%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (3.11%) Service Delivery
10 7 (2.72%) ITSM
11 6 (2.33%) Agile
11 6 (2.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (2.33%) Customer Experience
11 6 (2.33%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (2.33%) Mobile Device Management
11 6 (2.33%) Proactive Monitoring
12 5 (1.95%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.72%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.56%) SQL
3 2 (0.78%) C#
Qualifications
1 31 (12.06%) Security Cleared
2 27 (10.51%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.61%) A+ Certification
4 15 (5.84%) Degree
4 15 (5.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (4.28%) CCNA
5 11 (4.28%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (4.28%) Network+ Certification
6 10 (3.89%) MCSE
7 6 (2.33%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.95%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.78%) HND
11 2 (0.78%) MCDST
11 2 (0.78%) MCP
12 1 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.39%) MCSA
12 1 (0.39%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.84%) SLA
2 3 (1.17%) GAMP
2 3 (1.17%) GxP
2 3 (1.17%) QA
3 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.78%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.78%) NCSC
3 2 (0.78%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.39%) COBIT
4 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.39%) GDPR
4 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.39%) NIST
System Software
1 80 (31.13%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.50%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.17%) KVM
5 3 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.17%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (12.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 32 (12.45%) SCCM
2 4 (1.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (1.17%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.78%) Terraform
4 2 (0.78%) WSUS
5 1 (0.39%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.39%) Check_MK
5 1 (0.39%) Nessus
5 1 (0.39%) SCOM
Vendors
1 83 (32.30%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.56%) VMware
3 16 (6.23%) ServiceNow
4 15 (5.84%) Apple
4 15 (5.84%) Cisco
5 11 (4.28%) Dell
6 9 (3.50%) Citrix
7 7 (2.72%) SAP
8 4 (1.56%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.56%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.56%) Veeam
9 3 (1.17%) Avaya
9 3 (1.17%) Juniper
9 3 (1.17%) Meraki
9 3 (1.17%) MobileIron
9 3 (1.17%) WatchGuard
10 2 (0.78%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.78%) HP
10 2 (0.78%) Oracle
10 2 (0.78%) Reuters
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