Support Engineer Contracts in the North West

Support Engineer
England > North West

The median Support Engineer daily rate in the North West is £160 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 86 79
Rank change year-on-year -4 -7 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 47 78 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.70% 2.44% 2.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.80% 2.57% 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 53 87
10th Percentile £136 £171 £126
25th Percentile £140 £200 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £280 £180
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +55.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £250 £353 £250
90th Percentile £322 £533 £330
England median daily rate £215 £250 £200
% change year-on-year -14.00% +25.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.72 £36.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £37.50 £20.28
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +84.93% +12.65%
75th Percentile £43.75 £38.75 £31.08
90th Percentile - - £44.68
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
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 2,607 3,031 3,927
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 94.87% 96.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,702 2,172 2,878
10th Percentile £280 £300 £207
25th Percentile £390 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £585 £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 265 134 175
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.25 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.49
Median % change year-on-year -13.59% +49.05% +11.72%
75th Percentile £46.18 £47.38 £43.25
90th Percentile £64.00 £65.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the North West

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in the North West

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in the North West

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in the North West

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Engineer in the North West

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 Support Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Manchester +10 23 £220 -30.16% 19
Merseyside +13 11 £160 -22.89% 6
Cheshire -2 10 £122 -59.33% 18
Lancashire -10 1 £140 -34.12% 13
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 North West region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (44.68%) Windows
2 20 (42.55%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (38.30%) Microsoft
4 17 (36.17%) Active Directory
5 15 (31.91%) Windows 10
6 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
7 12 (25.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (25.53%) Microsoft Office
8 11 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (21.28%) Firewall
9 10 (21.28%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (21.28%) SCCM
10 9 (19.15%) Mac OS
10 9 (19.15%) Azure
10 9 (19.15%) Customer Service
11 8 (17.02%) Cisco
12 7 (14.89%) Apple
12 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Exchange
12 7 (14.89%) Degree
13 6 (12.77%) Power Platform
13 6 (12.77%) ServiceNow
13 6 (12.77%) VMware
13 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Excel
14 5 (10.64%) VoIP
14 5 (10.64%) SQL
14 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Project
14 5 (10.64%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (10.64%) GAMP
14 5 (10.64%) GxP

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 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (25.53%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (10.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 20 (42.55%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (19.15%) Azure
3 6 (12.77%) Power Platform
4 5 (10.64%) OneDrive
5 4 (8.51%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.13%) IaaS
6 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (21.28%) Firewall
2 5 (10.64%) VoIP
3 4 (8.51%) LAN
3 4 (8.51%) VLAN
3 4 (8.51%) VPN
3 4 (8.51%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (6.38%) Broadband
4 3 (6.38%) WAN
5 2 (4.26%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (2.13%) BGP
6 1 (2.13%) EIGRP
6 1 (2.13%) MPLS
6 1 (2.13%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) Power BI
2 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.13%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.13%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Hudson
1 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.28%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.64%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Finance
5 2 (4.26%) Banking
5 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (2.13%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (2.13%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Life Science
2 4 (8.51%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.38%) Clustering
4 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.13%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.13%) Fat Client
5 1 (2.13%) LIMS
5 1 (2.13%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.13%) Social Media
5 1 (2.13%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 21 (44.68%) Windows
2 15 (31.91%) Windows 10
3 9 (19.15%) Mac OS
4 5 (10.64%) Apple iOS
4 5 (10.64%) Windows Server
4 5 (10.64%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (6.38%) Windows 7
5 3 (6.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.13%) Android
6 1 (2.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (19.15%) Customer Service
3 5 (10.64%) Analytics
3 5 (10.64%) Asset Management
3 5 (10.64%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (10.64%) Customer Experience
3 5 (10.64%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (10.64%) Data Analytics
3 5 (10.64%) Data Extraction
3 5 (10.64%) FMEA
3 5 (10.64%) Mobile Device Management
3 5 (10.64%) Process Improvement
3 5 (10.64%) Project Management
3 5 (10.64%) Service Management
3 5 (10.64%) Smart Manufacturing
3 5 (10.64%) Software Deployment
3 5 (10.64%) Test Scripting
3 5 (10.64%) Validation
4 4 (8.51%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.64%) SQL
2 3 (6.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (14.89%) Degree
2 5 (10.64%) CCNA
2 5 (10.64%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (6.38%) DBS Check
4 2 (4.26%) CCNP
4 2 (4.26%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (2.13%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.13%) MCSA
5 1 (2.13%) MCSE
5 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) GAMP
1 5 (10.64%) GxP
1 5 (10.64%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (36.17%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.38%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (25.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (21.28%) SCCM
3 4 (8.51%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (8.51%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (6.38%) Autotask
4 3 (6.38%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (2.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (38.30%) Microsoft
2 8 (17.02%) Cisco
3 7 (14.89%) Apple
4 6 (12.77%) ServiceNow
4 6 (12.77%) VMware
5 3 (6.38%) Datto
6 1 (2.13%) Ciena
6 1 (2.13%) Dell
6 1 (2.13%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.13%) Juniper