IT Support Engineer Contracts in the North West

IT Support Engineer
England > North West

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in the North West is £158 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 138 167
Rank change year-on-year +11 +29 -37
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 9 18 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.32% 0.56% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.59% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 9
10th Percentile - £213 £134
25th Percentile £143 £235 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £279 £175
Median % change year-on-year -43.50% +59.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £238 £324 £203
90th Percentile £245 £380 £224
England median daily rate £200 £200 £195
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +21.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 £36.25 -
Median hourly rate £42.50 £37.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +114.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £43.75 £38.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.00 £16.25 £17.50
% change year-on-year +23.08% -7.14% +6.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 2,616 3,047 3,885
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 94.63% 96.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,710 2,185 2,841
10th Percentile £280 £300 £206
25th Percentile £390 £403 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +7.53% +9.70%
75th Percentile £587 £588 £563
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 136 177
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.13 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.53 £30.54 £20.49
Median % change year-on-year -13.15% +49.05% +12.41%
75th Percentile £46.18 £47.13 £43.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in the North West

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the North West.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the North West

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in the North West

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the North West

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 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
Merseyside +19 3 £145 -39.58% 3
Cheshire +5 3 - - 2
Manchester +11 1 £250 -18.70% 3
IT Support Engineer
England

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, IT 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 North West region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (33.33%) Power BI
1 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 3 (33.33%) Validation
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (33.33%) FMEA
1 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (33.33%) Smart Manufacturing
1 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 3 (33.33%) Life Science
1 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 3 (33.33%) Data Extraction
1 3 (33.33%) Project Management
1 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (33.33%) Data Analytics
1 3 (33.33%) Analytics
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (33.33%) GAMP
1 3 (33.33%) GxP
1 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
2 2 (22.22%) Break/Fix
3 1 (11.11%) VLAN

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) VLAN
1 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Life Science
2 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Analytics
1 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (33.33%) Data Analytics
1 3 (33.33%) Data Extraction
1 3 (33.33%) FMEA
1 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 3 (33.33%) Project Management
1 3 (33.33%) Smart Manufacturing
1 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 3 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (22.22%) Break/Fix
2 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) GAMP
1 3 (33.33%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory