Support Engineer Contracts in the South East

Support Engineer
England > South East

The median Support Engineer daily rate in the South East is £215 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 79 78 78
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 135 169 241
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.44% 2.90% 3.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.64% 3.07% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 121 155
10th Percentile £141 £173 £129
25th Percentile £185 £200 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £250 £195
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +28.21% -7.14%
75th Percentile £250 £350 £275
90th Percentile £458 £500 £388
England median daily rate £215 £250 £200
% change year-on-year -14.00% +25.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 27
10th Percentile £16.25 £17.39 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.13 £20.00 £13.75
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.00 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +24.72% -16.20%
75th Percentile £30.00 £29.88 £21.00
90th Percentile £38.00 £33.65 £21.23
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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,114 5,511 7,446
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.54% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,065 3,843 5,039
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £615 £606 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 478 238 337
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.18 £15.63
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.45 £43.50
90th Percentile £76.90 £75.00 £60.00
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the South East

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in the South East

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in the South East

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in the South East

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Engineer in the South East

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley +5 65 £215 -25.22% 44
Berkshire +7 44 £215 +8.86% 17
Hampshire -24 29 £265 +17.78% 33
Kent +23 23 £205 -8.89% 13
Buckinghamshire +18 11 £220 -20.00% 13
Surrey -5 11 £200 -27.27% 12
Oxfordshire -2 10 £145 -58.57% 14
West Sussex +3 6 £143 -32.94% 17
Home Counties +4 1 - -
Support Engineer
England

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

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 South East region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 98 (72.59%) Windows
2 57 (42.22%) Windows 10
3 55 (40.74%) Microsoft
4 43 (31.85%) Customer Service
5 42 (31.11%) Social Skills
6 41 (30.37%) Security Cleared
7 40 (29.63%) Microsoft 365
8 36 (26.67%) SCCM
8 36 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (24.44%) Active Directory
10 30 (22.22%) ITIL
10 30 (22.22%) Windows 7
11 28 (20.74%) Microsoft Office
12 25 (18.52%) DV Cleared
13 23 (17.04%) Telecoms
14 22 (16.30%) Manufacturing
14 22 (16.30%) NHS
14 22 (16.30%) Public Sector
15 21 (15.56%) HP
15 21 (15.56%) Finance
16 20 (14.81%) Azure
16 20 (14.81%) Organisational Skills
17 19 (14.07%) Driving Licence
17 19 (14.07%) Digital Marketing
17 19 (14.07%) Marketing
17 19 (14.07%) Electronics
17 19 (14.07%) Programme Management
17 19 (14.07%) SAP
17 19 (14.07%) Business Intelligence
18 18 (13.33%) Hardware Maintenance

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 14 (10.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.44%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.48%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (1.48%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.74%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.74%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 28 (20.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.74%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 40 (29.63%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (14.81%) Azure
3 8 (5.93%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.96%) AWS
5 1 (0.74%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 1 (0.74%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (0.74%) Azure Storage
5 1 (0.74%) ChatGPT
5 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.74%) GCP
5 1 (0.74%) GitHub
5 1 (0.74%) IaaS
5 1 (0.74%) Nutanix
5 1 (0.74%) OCI
5 1 (0.74%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.41%) VPN
2 9 (6.67%) DHCP
3 8 (5.93%) DNS
4 6 (4.44%) Cisco Firepower
4 6 (4.44%) Cisco IOS
4 6 (4.44%) Firewall
4 6 (4.44%) SAN
5 5 (3.70%) VLAN
6 4 (2.96%) LAN
6 4 (2.96%) VoIP
6 4 (2.96%) WAN
6 4 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (2.96%) Wireless
7 3 (2.22%) BGP
7 3 (2.22%) IPsec
7 3 (2.22%) NAS
7 3 (2.22%) Network Security
7 3 (2.22%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.48%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (1.48%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.19%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.96%) MySQL
4 3 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.74%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.74%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Git
1 1 (0.74%) GitLab
1 1 (0.74%) Hudson
General
1 42 (31.11%) Social Skills
2 23 (17.04%) Telecoms
3 22 (16.30%) Manufacturing
3 22 (16.30%) Public Sector
4 21 (15.56%) Finance
5 20 (14.81%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (14.07%) Electronics
6 19 (14.07%) Marketing
7 7 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.48%) Automotive
9 2 (1.48%) French Language
9 2 (1.48%) Legal
9 2 (1.48%) Portuguese Language
9 2 (1.48%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.74%) Advertising
10 1 (0.74%) Banking
10 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.48%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.74%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.74%) CSS
2 1 (0.74%) Hugging Face
2 1 (0.74%) LangChain
2 1 (0.74%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.74%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.30%) NHS
2 19 (14.07%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.44%) PKI
4 4 (2.96%) CMDB
4 4 (2.96%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.96%) Smartphone
5 3 (2.22%) Blackberry
5 3 (2.22%) Fat Client
5 3 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.22%) Thin Client
5 3 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (2.22%) Video Editing
6 2 (1.48%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.48%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.48%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.48%) Replication
7 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.74%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 98 (72.59%) Windows
2 57 (42.22%) Windows 10
3 30 (22.22%) Windows 7
4 13 (9.63%) Windows Server
4 13 (9.63%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (8.89%) Linux
6 11 (8.15%) Android
7 10 (7.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (3.70%) Apple iOS
8 5 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (2.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (2.22%) Mac OS
10 3 (2.22%) Mac OS X
10 3 (2.22%) Ubuntu
10 3 (2.22%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.74%) Solaris
11 1 (0.74%) Unix
11 1 (0.74%) VMS
11 1 (0.74%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.74%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (31.85%) Customer Service
2 36 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (22.22%) ITIL
4 19 (14.07%) Business Intelligence
4 19 (14.07%) Digital Marketing
4 19 (14.07%) Programme Management
5 18 (13.33%) Hardware Maintenance
6 11 (8.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (5.93%) Asset Management
7 8 (5.93%) Migration
8 7 (5.19%) Mentoring
9 5 (3.70%) Agile
9 5 (3.70%) Break/Fix
9 5 (3.70%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (3.70%) Incident Management
9 5 (3.70%) Performance Monitoring
9 5 (3.70%) Service Management
10 4 (2.96%) Computer Science
10 4 (2.96%) Configuration Management
10 4 (2.96%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.37%) PowerShell
2 7 (5.19%) SQL
3 3 (2.22%) Python
4 1 (0.74%) Bash
4 1 (0.74%) Bicep
4 1 (0.74%) C#
4 1 (0.74%) Java
4 1 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.74%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.74%) VB
4 1 (0.74%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 41 (30.37%) Security Cleared
2 25 (18.52%) DV Cleared
3 13 (9.63%) Degree
4 12 (8.89%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.70%) A+ Certification
7 3 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.48%) CCNA
8 2 (1.48%) CCNP
8 2 (1.48%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.74%) CEH
9 1 (0.74%) CISSP
9 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.74%) MCDST
9 1 (0.74%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.67%) SLA
2 1 (0.74%) ISO 9000
2 1 (0.74%) QA
System Software
1 33 (24.44%) Active Directory
2 13 (9.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (2.96%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.48%) vSphere
5 2 (1.48%) XenApp
5 2 (1.48%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.74%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (26.67%) SCCM
2 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.44%) WSUS
4 4 (2.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (2.96%) Ansible
4 4 (2.96%) Nessus
4 4 (2.96%) vCenter Server
5 3 (2.22%) Red Hat Satellite
5 3 (2.22%) SCOM
5 3 (2.22%) ZABBIX
6 2 (1.48%) AirWatch
6 2 (1.48%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.74%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.74%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.74%) Packer
7 1 (0.74%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.74%) Terraform
7 1 (0.74%) vRealize
7 1 (0.74%) VxRail
Vendors
1 55 (40.74%) Microsoft
2 21 (15.56%) HP
3 19 (14.07%) SAP
4 16 (11.85%) Cisco
5 14 (10.37%) Apple
5 14 (10.37%) VMware
6 8 (5.93%) Juniper
6 8 (5.93%) ServiceNow
7 7 (5.19%) Oracle
8 6 (4.44%) Red Hat
9 5 (3.70%) Citrix
10 4 (2.96%) Polycom
10 4 (2.96%) Veeam
11 3 (2.22%) Dell
12 2 (1.48%) Adobe
12 2 (1.48%) Ericsson
12 2 (1.48%) F5
12 2 (1.48%) MobileIron
12 2 (1.48%) Remedy
13 1 (0.74%) 3PAR