Technical Engineer Contracts

Technical Engineer
UK

The median Technical Engineer daily rate in the UK is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 492 621 673
Rank change year-on-year +129 +52 -45
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 88 93 187
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.16% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.17% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 64 109
10th Percentile £158 £173 £172
25th Percentile £190 £209 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £358 £315
Median % change year-on-year +18.88% +13.49% -31.52%
75th Percentile £691 £563 £538
90th Percentile £850 £675 £602
UK excluding London median daily rate £175 £275 £293
% change year-on-year -36.36% -5.98% -36.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 14
10th Percentile - - £20.00
25th Percentile £27.63 - £21.68
Median hourly rate £32.88 - £35.50
75th Percentile £43.44 - £45.00
90th Percentile £51.88 - £48.56
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 - £35.50
% change year-on-year - - +109.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 39,595 53,688 83,596
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.62% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,759 37,488 58,802
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,752 1,485 1,990
10th Percentile £12.79 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +7.26%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.94 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Engineer in the UK

Technical Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Engineer in the UK

Technical Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Engineer over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Engineer in the UK

Technical Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Engineer in the UK

Technical Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Engineer over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Engineer in the UK

Technical Engineer
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +110 80 £425 +11.11% 267
London +103 47 £625 +16.28% 34
Work from Home +131 44 £625 +101.61% 68
UK excluding London +45 29 £175 -36.36% 250
South West +21 15 £165 -45.90% 33
Midlands +30 5 £225 -70.00% 56
West Midlands +17 5 £225 -70.00% 29
South East +10 5 £250 -16.67% 52
North of England +23 3 £265 +32.50% 52
Yorkshire +15 3 £265 +32.50% 16
Scotland +32 1 - - 5

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 featuring Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 30 (34.09%) SQL
2 24 (27.27%) Finance
2 24 (27.27%) Degree
2 24 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 22 (25.00%) Python
4 21 (23.86%) C#
4 21 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (21.59%) Active Directory
6 18 (20.45%) Windows
7 16 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (17.05%) Banking
8 15 (17.05%) Telecoms
9 14 (15.91%) Front Office
9 14 (15.91%) Back Office
9 14 (15.91%) Asset Management
9 14 (15.91%) Derivative
9 14 (15.91%) Investment Management
9 14 (15.91%) Security Cleared
9 14 (15.91%) Hedge funds
9 14 (15.91%) Mentoring
10 12 (13.64%) Public Sector
11 11 (12.50%) SCCM
11 11 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (12.50%) ITIL
12 10 (11.36%) SLA
12 10 (11.36%) PowerShell
12 10 (11.36%) Roadmaps
12 10 (11.36%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
12 10 (11.36%) BPSS Clearance

Technical Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (1.14%) CICS
3 1 (1.14%) GroupWise
3 1 (1.14%) JBoss
3 1 (1.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (7.95%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 16 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (7.95%) Azure
3 5 (5.68%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.41%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.27%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 2 (2.27%) ChatGPT
7 1 (1.14%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.14%) GCP
7 1 (1.14%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.14%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.95%) LAN
1 7 (7.95%) WAN
2 6 (6.82%) VoIP
3 3 (3.41%) DHCP
3 3 (3.41%) DNS
3 3 (3.41%) FTP
3 3 (3.41%) Internet
4 1 (1.14%) ATM
4 1 (1.14%) Kerberos
4 1 (1.14%) SAN
4 1 (1.14%) VPN
4 1 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.41%) Power BI
1 3 (3.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.14%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.14%) webpack
General
1 24 (27.27%) Finance
1 24 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.05%) Banking
2 15 (17.05%) Telecoms
3 14 (15.91%) Back Office
3 14 (15.91%) Front Office
4 12 (13.64%) Public Sector
5 10 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (6.82%) Electronics
6 6 (6.82%) Manufacturing
6 6 (6.82%) Marketing
6 6 (6.82%) Police
7 5 (5.68%) Legal
8 3 (3.41%) Automotive
8 3 (3.41%) Multimedia
8 3 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.14%) Games
10 1 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.14%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.95%) .NET
2 4 (4.55%) RESTful
3 2 (2.27%) Hugging Face
3 2 (2.27%) LangChain
3 2 (2.27%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.14%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (1.14%) Apache Camel
4 1 (1.14%) CSS
4 1 (1.14%) CSS3
4 1 (1.14%) HTML
4 1 (1.14%) Node.js
4 1 (1.14%) OAuth
4 1 (1.14%) React
4 1 (1.14%) REST
4 1 (1.14%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.14%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (1.14%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.91%) Derivative
1 14 (15.91%) Hedge funds
2 10 (11.36%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (7.95%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (5.68%) Driving Licence
5 3 (3.41%) Smartphone
6 2 (2.27%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.27%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.14%) FMCG
7 1 (1.14%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.14%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.14%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (1.14%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 18 (20.45%) Windows
2 7 (7.95%) Windows 10
2 7 (7.95%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.41%) Windows 7
3 3 (3.41%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (2.27%) Linux
5 1 (1.14%) Android
5 1 (1.14%) NetWare
5 1 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (15.91%) Asset Management
2 14 (15.91%) Investment Management
2 14 (15.91%) Mentoring
3 11 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (12.50%) ITIL
4 10 (11.36%) Roadmaps
5 9 (10.23%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (9.09%) Computer Science
7 7 (7.95%) Data Analysis
7 7 (7.95%) Economics
7 7 (7.95%) Programme Management
7 7 (7.95%) Project Management
7 7 (7.95%) Thought Leadership
8 6 (6.82%) Coaching
8 6 (6.82%) Customer Service
8 6 (6.82%) DevOps
8 6 (6.82%) Digital Marketing
8 6 (6.82%) Line Management
9 5 (5.68%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 30 (34.09%) SQL
2 22 (25.00%) Python
3 21 (23.86%) C#
4 10 (11.36%) PowerShell
5 7 (7.95%) C++
5 7 (7.95%) VB.NET
5 7 (7.95%) VBA
6 5 (5.68%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (3.41%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.27%) Java
9 1 (1.14%) COBOL
9 1 (1.14%) JCL
9 1 (1.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (27.27%) Degree
2 14 (15.91%) Security Cleared
3 10 (11.36%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 5 (5.68%) DV Cleared
6 4 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (3.41%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.27%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.14%) CISSP
9 1 (1.14%) OCP
9 1 (1.14%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (1.14%) PgMP
9 1 (1.14%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.36%) SLA
2 1 (1.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 19 (21.59%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.41%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.14%) Docker
3 1 (1.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (12.50%) SCCM
2 1 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.14%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 9 (10.23%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.82%) BT
2 6 (6.82%) SAP
3 2 (2.27%) Cisco
3 2 (2.27%) CyberArk
3 2 (2.27%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.27%) VMware
4 1 (1.14%) Bomgar
4 1 (1.14%) Dell
4 1 (1.14%) Google
4 1 (1.14%) IBM
4 1 (1.14%) Novell
4 1 (1.14%) Oracle
4 1 (1.14%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.14%) Temenos
4 1 (1.14%) Workday