Support Engineer Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Support Engineer
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £220 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 61 53
Rank change year-on-year +19 -8 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 10 18 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 2.05% 2.09% 2.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.19% 2.23% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 16
10th Percentile £151 £185 £130
25th Percentile £203 £200 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £250 £178
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +40.85% -11.03%
75th Percentile £227 £403 £236
90th Percentile £239 £554 £249
South East median daily rate £210 £240 £200
% change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 - £21.00
75th Percentile £24.00 - £21.50
90th Percentile £27.60 - -
South East median hourly rate £18.00 £22.00 £18.32
% change year-on-year -18.18% +20.09% -12.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 457 807 831
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 93.84% 97.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 649 623
10th Percentile £235 £260 £203
25th Percentile £400 £401 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £570
90th Percentile £656 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £491
% change year-on-year - +1.83% +9.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 4 41
10th Percentile £15.85 £10.60 £10.35
25th Percentile £17.64 £12.25 £10.77
Median hourly rate £23.48 £15.33 £12.05
Median % change year-on-year +53.18% +27.22% -13.93%
75th Percentile £28.75 £25.00 £21.50
90th Percentile £48.75 £36.25 £35.00
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £47.79 £20.00
% change year-on-year -0.61% +138.95% -20.00%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Buckinghamshire

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Buckinghamshire

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Buckinghamshire

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Buckinghamshire

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Engineer in Buckinghamshire

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 6 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
Milton Keynes +23 8 £225 -39.19% 12
Support Engineer
South East

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Support 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (40.00%) SLA
3 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Customer Service
4 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
4 3 (30.00%) Windows 7
4 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (30.00%) VPN
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (20.00%) SAP
5 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (20.00%) Information Security
5 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (20.00%) Marketing
5 2 (20.00%) Degree
5 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (20.00%) Electronics
5 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (20.00%) Finance
5 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (20.00%) SCCM
5 2 (20.00%) Azure
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (20.00%) Customer Requirements

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Electronics
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (20.00%) Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (10.00%) NHS
1 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (30.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (10.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Mac OS X
3 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Information Security
2 2 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (10.00%) Break/Fix
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (10.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) Apple
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) HP
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (10.00%) Remedy