Support Engineer Contracts in the South West

Support Engineer
England > South West

The median Support Engineer daily rate in the South West is £190 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 77 82 58
Rank change year-on-year +5 -24 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 80 98 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.53% 2.69% 3.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.71% 2.91% 4.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 74 83
10th Percentile £124 £145 £128
25th Percentile £150 £180 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £200 £188
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £237 £225 £250
90th Percentile £300 £396 £410
England median daily rate £215 £250 £200
% change year-on-year -14.00% +25.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 17
10th Percentile £12.00 £12.39 £15.40
25th Percentile £12.19 £13.12 £16.49
Median hourly rate £13.85 £15.88 £18.12
Median % change year-on-year -12.76% -12.37% +2.06%
75th Percentile £46.39 £18.29 £25.00
90th Percentile - £23.55 £26.10
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 West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 2,957 3,370 3,554
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 92.56% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,895 2,526 2,536
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 273 207
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.17 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £51.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +9.30%
75th Percentile £70.66 £75.00 £63.05
90th Percentile £77.60 £85.00 £69.36
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the South West

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in the South West

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in the South West

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in the South West

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Support Engineer in the South West

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West 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
Bristol +8 18 £208 +3.75% 20
Wiltshire -19 18 £263 +28.68% 19
Somerset +14 16 £185 +30.97% 5
Devon +9 15 £165 +24.53% 9
Gloucestershire -5 8 £195 -44.29% 18
Dorset +12 5 £175 - 5
Cornwall -4 4 £150 -16.67% 5
Support Engineer
England

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

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 West region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 44 (55.00%) Windows
2 32 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 31 (38.75%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (36.25%) Security Cleared
5 28 (35.00%) SC Cleared
6 27 (33.75%) Active Directory
7 26 (32.50%) Microsoft 365
8 20 (25.00%) Microsoft
9 18 (22.50%) Customer Service
10 17 (21.25%) SCCM
11 16 (20.00%) SLA
12 13 (16.25%) ITIL
12 13 (16.25%) Windows 10
13 11 (13.75%) Telecoms
14 10 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
14 10 (12.50%) Line Management
14 10 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (11.25%) Legal
15 9 (11.25%) Cisco
15 9 (11.25%) Continuous Improvement
16 8 (10.00%) PowerShell
16 8 (10.00%) VMware
16 8 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
16 8 (10.00%) Management Information System
16 8 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
16 8 (10.00%) Azure
17 7 (8.75%) Decision-Making
17 7 (8.75%) Public Sector
17 7 (8.75%) Antivirus Management
17 7 (8.75%) Degree

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.75%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (3.75%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 26 (32.50%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (10.00%) Azure
3 5 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.00%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.25%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.25%) Firewall
2 4 (5.00%) VPN
3 3 (3.75%) Internet
3 3 (3.75%) LAN
3 3 (3.75%) Skype
3 3 (3.75%) WAN
4 2 (2.50%) Broadband
4 2 (2.50%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (2.50%) VoIP
5 1 (1.25%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.25%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (1.25%) WebEx
5 1 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.25%) Wireless
General
1 32 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (13.75%) Telecoms
3 9 (11.25%) Legal
4 8 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.75%) Public Sector
6 6 (7.50%) Police
7 5 (6.25%) Finance
7 5 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (5.00%) Manufacturing
9 3 (3.75%) Electronics
9 3 (3.75%) Marketing
9 3 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.50%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.50%) Military
11 1 (1.25%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.25%) REST
1 1 (1.25%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.50%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.25%) Driving Licence
4 4 (5.00%) CMDB
4 4 (5.00%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.50%) BYOD
5 2 (2.50%) NHS
5 2 (2.50%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.25%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.25%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 44 (55.00%) Windows
2 13 (16.25%) Windows 10
3 6 (7.50%) Windows 7
4 5 (6.25%) Android
5 4 (5.00%) Windows Server
6 2 (2.50%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.25%) Linux
7 1 (1.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (38.75%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (22.50%) Customer Service
3 13 (16.25%) ITIL
4 10 (12.50%) Line Management
4 10 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
5 9 (11.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (8.75%) Antivirus Management
6 7 (8.75%) Decision-Making
7 6 (7.50%) Coaching
8 5 (6.25%) Customer Experience
8 5 (6.25%) Service Delivery
9 4 (5.00%) Customer-Centricity
9 4 (5.00%) Information Security
9 4 (5.00%) Infrastructure Management
9 4 (5.00%) ITSM
9 4 (5.00%) Patch Management
9 4 (5.00%) Performance Monitoring
9 4 (5.00%) Server Management
9 4 (5.00%) Service Management
9 4 (5.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.75%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (36.25%) Security Cleared
2 28 (35.00%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (8.75%) Degree
5 4 (5.00%) MCP
6 3 (3.75%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.50%) MCSA
7 2 (2.50%) MCSE
7 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.25%) CCNA
8 1 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.25%) Dell Certification
8 1 (1.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (20.00%) SLA
2 2 (2.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 27 (33.75%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 1 (1.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (21.25%) SCCM
2 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.50%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.25%) Cisco
3 8 (10.00%) VMware
4 6 (7.50%) BT
5 4 (5.00%) Citrix
5 4 (5.00%) SAP
5 4 (5.00%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.50%) Dell
7 1 (1.25%) Apple
7 1 (1.25%) HP
7 1 (1.25%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.25%) Toshiba
7 1 (1.25%) Veeam
7 1 (1.25%) Xerox