Support Engineer Contracts in Glasgow

Support Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £215 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 80 70
Rank change year-on-year +18 -10 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 17 7 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.90% 0.76% 1.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% 0.80% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 13
10th Percentile £188 £137 £171
25th Percentile £200 £158 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £165 £200
Median % change year-on-year +30.30% -17.50% +37.93%
75th Percentile £238 £300 £223
90th Percentile £338 £323 £412
Scotland median daily rate £215 £175 £190
% change year-on-year +22.86% -7.89% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
Scotland median hourly rate £18.00 £18.34 £20.00
% change year-on-year -1.83% -8.33% +60.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 852 877 985
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 95.22% 96.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 647 748
10th Percentile £271 £313 £208
25th Percentile £381 £406 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £538
90th Percentile £675 £706 £600
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £458
% change year-on-year - +3.83% +7.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 16 11
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.00 £17.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £13.97 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.26 £28.75 £25.28
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +13.75% +13.60%
75th Percentile £47.35 £58.75 £41.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.56 £48.00
Scotland median hourly rate £33.25 £23.18 £25.82
% change year-on-year +43.44% -10.21% -35.46%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Glasgow

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Glasgow

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Glasgow

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 Glasgow region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
3 7 (41.18%) Windows
4 6 (35.29%) Windows 10
5 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
6 4 (23.53%) Azure
6 4 (23.53%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (23.53%) Entra ID
6 4 (23.53%) Data Centre
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
6 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (17.65%) Linux
7 3 (17.65%) SCCM
7 3 (17.65%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (17.65%) Break/Fix
8 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
8 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (11.76%) CentOS
8 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (11.76%) Confluence
8 2 (11.76%) iPad
8 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
8 2 (11.76%) KVM

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (11.76%) Confluence
2 2 (11.76%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (11.76%) DNS
2 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.88%) LAN
3 1 (5.88%) VPN
3 1 (5.88%) WAN
3 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (5.88%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) REST
1 1 (5.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.76%) iPad
3 1 (5.88%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Windows 10
3 3 (17.65%) Linux
4 2 (11.76%) CentOS
4 2 (11.76%) Debian
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Break/Fix
1 3 (17.65%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (11.76%) Asset Management
2 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
2 2 (11.76%) Incident Management
2 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (11.76%) Service Management
3 1 (5.88%) Analytics
3 1 (5.88%) Customer Experience
3 1 (5.88%) Data Migration
3 1 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (5.88%) Migration
3 1 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (5.88%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (5.88%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) MCSA
2 2 (11.76%) MCSE
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (11.76%) RHCT
3 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
2 2 (11.76%) KVM
2 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (17.65%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Atlassian
2 2 (11.76%) Citrix
2 2 (11.76%) Red Hat
2 2 (11.76%) VMware
3 1 (5.88%) Apple