Support Engineer Contracts in Cambridge

Support Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Cambridge is £225 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 8 28
Rank change year-on-year -15 +20 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 9 30 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 4.64% 10.20% 4.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.06% 10.95% 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 25 5
10th Percentile £161 £143 £144
25th Percentile £168 £150 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £190 £175
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% +8.57% -
75th Percentile £245 £200 £203
90th Percentile £251 £260 £242
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £213 £190 £175
% change year-on-year +11.84% +8.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Median hourly rate - £17.50 £17.50
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate - £17.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year - - +48.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 178 274 301
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 93.20% 91.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 187 190
10th Percentile £235 £185 £313
25th Percentile £350 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -2.11% +15.15%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £538
90th Percentile £644 £600 £588
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - +12.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 16 17
10th Percentile £21.10 £16.49 £14.99
25th Percentile £25.00 £17.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £20.50 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +156.10% -19.61% +28.04%
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 - £69.25
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £13.66
% change year-on-year +5.16% +13.47% +1.19%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Cambridge

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Cambridge

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Cambridge

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 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 Cambridge region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Windows
1 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 3 (33.33%) High Availability
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
2 3 (33.33%) VMware Workstation
2 3 (33.33%) Clustering
2 3 (33.33%) Release Management
2 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) Linux
2 3 (33.33%) VPN
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 2 (22.22%) Electronics
3 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) SCCM
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (22.22%) NHS
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 (11.11%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (11.11%) VoIP
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Electronics
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Clustering
2 2 (22.22%) NHS
3 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 1 (11.11%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Linux
2 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (11.11%) Android
3 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) High Availability
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
1 3 (33.33%) Release Management
2 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
2 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 1 (11.11%) Data Centre Operations
3 1 (11.11%) Hardware Maintenance
3 1 (11.11%) Inventory Management
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Software Deployment
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) A+ Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (33.33%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) VMware
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) SAP