IT Support Engineer Contracts in the South West

IT Support Engineer
England > South West

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in the South West is £201 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 127 150 140
Rank change year-on-year +23 -10 -11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 23 23 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.72% 0.63% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.68% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 15 22
10th Percentile £121 £146 £123
25th Percentile £131 £160 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £201 £180 £205
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -12.20% +67.35%
75th Percentile £230 £216 £406
90th Percentile £278 £420 £438
England median daily rate £200 £200 £195
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +21.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile - £12.87 £15.40
25th Percentile £12.00 £13.44 £15.63
Median hourly rate £12.19 £14.94 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.39% -12.13% +3.03%
75th Percentile £12.75 £19.73 £18.53
90th Percentile £13.41 £25.89 £18.85
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
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 2,979 3,380 3,559
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 92.50% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,910 2,526 2,537
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 £659
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 391 276 205
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £51.24 £17.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +10.59%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £78.00 £85.00 £69.05
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in the South West

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the South West

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in the South West

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the South West

IT 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 IT Support Engineer within the South 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
Bristol +14 10 £220 +25.71% 6
Somerset +10 7 £145 - 3
Wiltshire 0 5 £200 -16.67% 4
Devon -1 1 £143 - 2
IT Support Engineer
England

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 South West region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (60.87%) Windows
2 13 (56.52%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (56.52%) Social Skills
3 11 (47.83%) Customer Service
3 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
4 8 (34.78%) Azure
5 7 (30.43%) Active Directory
5 7 (30.43%) Windows 10
6 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (21.74%) Entra ID
7 5 (21.74%) VPN
7 5 (21.74%) SLA
7 5 (21.74%) Mobile Device Management
8 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (17.39%) SCCM
8 4 (17.39%) Android
8 4 (17.39%) Cisco
8 4 (17.39%) ITSM
8 4 (17.39%) Management Information System
8 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
8 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
8 4 (17.39%) ITIL
8 4 (17.39%) OneDrive
9 3 (13.04%) Decision-Making
9 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (13.04%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 3 (13.04%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 3 (13.04%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (13.04%) Onboarding

IT 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 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
2 3 (13.04%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (34.78%) Azure
3 5 (21.74%) Entra ID
4 4 (17.39%) OneDrive
5 1 (4.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) VPN
2 3 (13.04%) Firewall
2 3 (13.04%) LAN
2 3 (13.04%) Skype
2 3 (13.04%) WAN
3 1 (4.35%) WebEx
General
1 13 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Legal
2 3 (13.04%) Manufacturing
2 3 (13.04%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
3 2 (8.70%) Electronics
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Marketing
3 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Management Information System
2 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
2 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (8.70%) BYOD
3 2 (8.70%) NHS
4 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (60.87%) Windows
2 7 (30.43%) Windows 10
3 4 (17.39%) Android
4 2 (8.70%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Customer Service
2 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (21.74%) Mobile Device Management
4 4 (17.39%) ITIL
4 4 (17.39%) ITSM
5 3 (13.04%) Decision-Making
5 3 (13.04%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
5 3 (13.04%) Service Management
5 3 (13.04%) Time Management
5 3 (13.04%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (8.70%) Customer Experience
6 2 (8.70%) Customer-Centric Approach
6 2 (8.70%) Customer-Centricity
6 2 (8.70%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (8.70%) Programme Management
6 2 (8.70%) Ticket Management
7 1 (4.35%) E-Commerce
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) ITIL Certification
1 3 (13.04%) MCP
2 1 (4.35%) Dell Certification
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) SLA
2 2 (8.70%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (30.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (17.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) Cisco
3 3 (13.04%) Citrix
3 3 (13.04%) ServiceNow
3 3 (13.04%) VMware
4 2 (8.70%) SAP
5 1 (4.35%) Dell
5 1 (4.35%) HP
5 1 (4.35%) Toshiba
5 1 (4.35%) Xerox