Support Engineer Contracts in the East of England

Support Engineer
England > East of England

The median Support Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £225 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 57 70
Rank change year-on-year -10 +13 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 46 75 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.43% 3.61% 3.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.71% 3.95% 3.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 58 50
10th Percentile £149 £142 £131
25th Percentile £178 £150 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £198 £190
Median % change year-on-year +13.92% +3.95% +15.15%
75th Percentile £273 £334 £236
90th Percentile £470 £403 £401
England median daily rate £215 £250 £200
% change year-on-year -14.00% +25.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 11
10th Percentile - £16.13 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.74 £15.74
Median hourly rate £18.00 £17.49 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -0.09% +29.63%
75th Percentile £21.38 £17.50 £19.88
90th Percentile £22.80 £18.59 £21.00
England median hourly rate £20.82 £20.00 £17.53
% change year-on-year +4.08% +14.09% +6.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 1,697 1,900 2,393
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.50% 91.48% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 1,160 1,379
10th Percentile £206 £185 £163
25th Percentile £313 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £600 £541
90th Percentile £650 £700 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 583 297 371
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -7.32%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £39.55
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the East of England

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in the East of England

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in the East of England

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in the East of England

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Hertfordshire +2 13 £253 -27.86% 14
Cambridgeshire -21 10 £213 +11.84% 22
Essex -1 9 £450 +130.77% 5
Suffolk +11 7 £210 -1.75% 8
Bedfordshire +3 5 £200 +39.13% 4
Norfolk +6 2 £160 +18.52% 2
Support Engineer
England

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 27 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 East of England region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (63.04%) Windows
2 28 (60.87%) Active Directory
3 21 (45.65%) Social Skills
4 18 (39.13%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (36.96%) Microsoft
6 16 (34.78%) Azure
7 14 (30.43%) SCCM
8 12 (26.09%) Windows 10
8 12 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (23.91%) ITIL
10 9 (19.57%) SharePoint
10 9 (19.57%) Windows Server
11 8 (17.39%) SLA
11 8 (17.39%) VPN
11 8 (17.39%) Marketing
12 7 (15.22%) Security Cleared
12 7 (15.22%) Microsoft Exchange
12 7 (15.22%) IIS
13 6 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (13.04%) Inventory Management
13 6 (13.04%) Customer Service
13 6 (13.04%) Manufacturing
13 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (13.04%) iPhone
13 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
13 6 (13.04%) iPad
13 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
14 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Intune
14 5 (10.87%) Root Cause Analysis
14 5 (10.87%) Time Management

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 9 (19.57%) SharePoint
2 7 (15.22%) IIS
2 7 (15.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (4.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) AutoCAD
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 18 (39.13%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (34.78%) Azure
3 4 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.35%) BigCommerce
5 1 (2.17%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.39%) VPN
2 3 (6.52%) DHCP
2 3 (6.52%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (4.35%) Network Security
4 1 (2.17%) Ethernet
4 1 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (2.17%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.17%) VoIP
4 1 (2.17%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 21 (45.65%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.39%) Marketing
3 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.04%) Manufacturing
4 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
5 4 (8.70%) Finance
5 4 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.35%) Electronics
7 2 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.35%) Retail
7 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.70%) .NET
2 2 (4.35%) VML
2 2 (4.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) iPad
1 6 (13.04%) iPhone
1 6 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.52%) Clustering
2 3 (6.52%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.35%) BYOD
3 2 (4.35%) NHS
4 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.17%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 29 (63.04%) Windows
2 12 (26.09%) Windows 10
3 9 (19.57%) Windows Server
4 4 (8.70%) Android
4 4 (8.70%) Linux
5 3 (6.52%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (23.91%) ITIL
3 6 (13.04%) Customer Service
3 6 (13.04%) Inventory Management
4 5 (10.87%) Release Management
4 5 (10.87%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (10.87%) Service Delivery
4 5 (10.87%) Time Management
5 4 (8.70%) DevOps
5 4 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (8.70%) Load Balancing
5 4 (8.70%) PRINCE2
6 3 (6.52%) Antivirus Management
6 3 (6.52%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (6.52%) High Availability
6 3 (6.52%) Migration
7 2 (4.35%) Asset Management
7 2 (4.35%) Data Protection
7 2 (4.35%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (4.35%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.52%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.35%) Python
2 2 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (15.22%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.87%) Degree
4 4 (8.70%) CCNA
4 4 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (8.70%) MCSA
4 4 (8.70%) MCSE
5 3 (6.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (6.52%) DBS Check
5 3 (6.52%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (4.35%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.17%) A+ Certification
7 1 (2.17%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.39%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (60.87%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.52%) VMware Workstation
3 2 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (30.43%) SCCM
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (8.70%) SCOM
4 2 (4.35%) WSUS
5 1 (2.17%) Autotask
5 1 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 17 (36.96%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.70%) SAP
3 3 (6.52%) Apple
3 3 (6.52%) McAfee
3 3 (6.52%) VMware
4 2 (4.35%) Adobe
4 2 (4.35%) CheckPoint
4 2 (4.35%) Google
4 2 (4.35%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.35%) Sitecore
4 2 (4.35%) Sophos
4 2 (4.35%) Veeam
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco
5 1 (2.17%) Clearswift
5 1 (2.17%) MobileIron
5 1 (2.17%) Proofpoint
5 1 (2.17%) Remedy
5 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow