Support Engineer Contracts in Somerset

Support Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Somerset is £185 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 13 29 23
Rank change year-on-year +16 -6 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 16 5 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 8.04% 2.42% 6.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.74% 2.45% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 7
10th Percentile £121 - £134
25th Percentile £146 £140 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £141 £193
Median % change year-on-year +30.97% -26.62% +2.67%
75th Percentile £275 £157 £212
90th Percentile £318 £181 £339
South West median daily rate £190 £200 £190
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £15.44 £15.25
Median hourly rate £12.00 £15.88 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.41% +2.42% +3.16%
75th Percentile - £16.31 £15.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £13.85 £15.88 £18.12
% change year-on-year -12.76% -12.37% +2.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 183 204 199
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 98.55% 97.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 156 139
10th Percentile £162 £196 £233
25th Percentile £267 £363 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £578 £650 £532
90th Percentile £606 £719 £601
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 16 9
10th Percentile £12.25 £17.38 £36.19
25th Percentile £14.95 £32.11 £46.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +0.50% +15.70%
75th Percentile £40.00 £61.09 £50.00
90th Percentile £48.00 £76.84 £57.75
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +38.30% +9.94%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Somerset

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Somerset

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

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

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Somerset

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Somerset

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset 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
Bridgwater -2 6 £123 -12.50%
Bath - 4 £185 - 1
Street - 3 £295 - 2
Yeovil - 1 £275 -
Support Engineer
South West

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

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 Somerset region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
3 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
3 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
3 5 (31.25%) Android
4 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (25.00%) Software Deployment
4 4 (25.00%) Data Centre
4 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (18.75%) Customer Experience
5 3 (18.75%) Server Management
5 3 (18.75%) Break/Fix
5 3 (18.75%) Creative Thinking
5 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
5 3 (18.75%) Network Management
5 3 (18.75%) Application Packaging
5 3 (18.75%) Internet
5 3 (18.75%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
6 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (12.50%) Broadband
6 2 (12.50%) VoIP
6 2 (12.50%) Cisco
6 2 (12.50%) SCCM
6 2 (12.50%) NHS
6 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
6 2 (12.50%) Data Quality
6 2 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 (18.75%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
2 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Internet
2 2 (12.50%) Broadband
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (12.50%) VoIP
3 1 (6.25%) Firewall
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (12.50%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Android
3 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
4 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (25.00%) Software Deployment
3 3 (18.75%) Application Packaging
3 3 (18.75%) Break/Fix
3 3 (18.75%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Experience
3 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
3 3 (18.75%) Network Management
3 3 (18.75%) Server Management
4 2 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (6.25%) Asset Management
5 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.25%) Configuration Management
5 1 (6.25%) Customer Service
5 1 (6.25%) E-Commerce
5 1 (6.25%) ITSM
5 1 (6.25%) Service Management
5 1 (6.25%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) MCSA
2 1 (6.25%) MCSE
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) SCCM
2 1 (6.25%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (6.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco
2 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) Dell