IT Engineer Contracts in the West Midlands

IT Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median IT Engineer daily rate in the West Midlands is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 100 142
Rank change year-on-year 0 +42 -36
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 11 29 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.54% 1.31% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 1.39% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 20 17
10th Percentile £143 £120 £119
25th Percentile £188 £150 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £178 £200
Median % change year-on-year +12.68% -11.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £222 £375 £238
90th Percentile £299 £639 £373
England median daily rate £210 £200 £214
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.43% +22.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - £13.66 £12.30
25th Percentile £21.25 £14.40 £13.75
Median hourly rate £22.50 £16.29 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.16% -6.94% +22.81%
75th Percentile £23.75 £17.32 £17.70
90th Percentile - £17.56 £18.42
England median hourly rate £18.27 £17.72 £17.50
% change year-on-year +3.10% +1.26% +10.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,870 2,090 3,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.58% 94.44% 96.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,255 1,426 2,483
10th Percentile £250 £260 £230
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% +14.71%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 63 67
10th Percentile £12.02 £12.50 £12.60
25th Percentile £14.75 £14.75 £14.75
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £39.69 £28.38 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.63 £56.75 £24.05
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the West Midlands

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in the West Midlands

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in the West Midlands

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in the West Midlands

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Birmingham +4 6 £200 - 5
Worcestershire +3 2 £200 -36.00% 2
Staffordshire +4 1 £275 +71.88% 5
Warwickshire - 1 £300 - 3
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 West Midlands region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
2 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Legal
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) Hyper-V
4 3 (27.27%) Azure
5 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (18.18%) VMware
5 2 (18.18%) Firewall
5 2 (18.18%) Citrix
5 2 (18.18%) Linux
5 2 (18.18%) LAN
5 2 (18.18%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
5 2 (18.18%) Server Management
6 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
6 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
6 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
6 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
3 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) LAN
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) SAN
2 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
2 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Legal
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Linux
3 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (18.18%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (18.18%) Server Management
4 1 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
4 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
4 1 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (9.09%) Innovative Thinking
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) Hyper-V
3 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (9.09%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix
2 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 1 (9.09%) Atlassian
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco