Support Engineer Contracts in Surrey

Support Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Surrey is £215, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 47 42
Rank change year-on-year +33 -5 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 25 17 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 9.16% 2.69% 4.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.36% 2.88% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 13 27
10th Percentile £178 £165 £170
25th Percentile £188 £200 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £234 £250
Median % change year-on-year -7.97% -6.55% -
75th Percentile £250 £267 £400
90th Percentile £270 £267 £638
South East median daily rate £250 £215 £235
% change year-on-year +16.28% -8.51% +6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £43.32 £50.30 -
25th Percentile £66.31 £50.75 -
Median hourly rate £105.24 £51.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +104.34% - -
75th Percentile £144.78 £52.25 -
90th Percentile £168.14 £52.70 -
South East median hourly rate £26.33 £40.00 £13.16
% change year-on-year -34.18% +203.95% -25.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 267 590 704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.80% 93.50% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 426 549
10th Percentile £205 £221 £200
25th Percentile £304 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £545 £611 £638
90th Percentile £600 £688 £750
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.57% +1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 65 32
10th Percentile £13.69 £12.61 £19.20
25th Percentile £24.17 £13.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -33.33% -
75th Percentile £51.16 £57.50 £62.53
90th Percentile £62.50 £76.86 £64.88
South East median hourly rate £31.00 £48.70 £50.00
% change year-on-year -36.34% -2.60% +138.10%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Surrey

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Surrey

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Surrey over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Surrey

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Surrey

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer in Surrey over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Engineer in Surrey

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 30 June 2025. 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
Leatherhead +14 7 £215 -0.58% 2
Guildford - 3 £250 - 4
Redhill +9 2 - - 5
Staines +1 2 - - 5
Weybridge +6 1 £350 - 1
Camberley -4 1 - -
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 30 June 2025, 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 Surrey region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (68.00%) Windows
2 12 (48.00%) Active Directory
3 11 (44.00%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
5 9 (36.00%) Degree
5 9 (36.00%) ITIL
6 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
7 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Office
8 6 (24.00%) Patch Management
8 6 (24.00%) Customer Service
8 6 (24.00%) Service Management
9 5 (20.00%) Windows 10
10 4 (16.00%) Data Centre
10 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (16.00%) Break/Fix
10 4 (16.00%) Finance
10 4 (16.00%) SLA
10 4 (16.00%) IBM
10 4 (16.00%) HP
10 4 (16.00%) Dell
11 3 (12.00%) TCP/IP
11 3 (12.00%) SQL
11 3 (12.00%) Linux
11 3 (12.00%) Google
11 3 (12.00%) DBS Check
11 3 (12.00%) Jenkins
11 3 (12.00%) Google Workspace
12 2 (8.00%) Marketing

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (8.00%) Apache
2 2 (8.00%) IIS
2 2 (8.00%) Tomcat
3 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (44.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.00%) SaaS
3 1 (4.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (8.00%) Firewall
2 2 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.00%) DHCP
3 1 (4.00%) DNS
3 1 (4.00%) FTP
3 1 (4.00%) LAN
3 1 (4.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) MySQL
1 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Finance
3 2 (8.00%) Electronics
3 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (8.00%) Korean Language
3 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (8.00%) Marketing
3 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) .NET
1 2 (8.00%) LAMP
2 1 (4.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.00%) NHS
2 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.00%) Public Cloud
2 2 (8.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 2 (8.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (68.00%) Windows
2 5 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (12.00%) Linux
4 2 (8.00%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
5 1 (4.00%) Unix
5 1 (4.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (36.00%) ITIL
3 6 (24.00%) Customer Service
3 6 (24.00%) Patch Management
3 6 (24.00%) Service Management
4 4 (16.00%) Break/Fix
5 2 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (8.00%) CI/CD
5 2 (8.00%) DevOps
5 2 (8.00%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (8.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.00%) Time Management
6 1 (4.00%) Change Management
6 1 (4.00%) Computer Science
6 1 (4.00%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.00%) Service Delivery
6 1 (4.00%) Test Automation
6 1 (4.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) SQL
2 2 (8.00%) PHP
3 1 (4.00%) Java
3 1 (4.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (36.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.00%) DBS Check
3 2 (8.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) A+ Certification
4 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) SLA
2 2 (8.00%) QA
System Software
1 12 (48.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.00%) Docker
2 2 (8.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.00%) XenApp
3 1 (4.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) Dell
2 4 (16.00%) HP
2 4 (16.00%) IBM
3 3 (12.00%) Google
4 2 (8.00%) Apple
4 2 (8.00%) Citrix
4 2 (8.00%) SAP
5 1 (4.00%) Cisco
5 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.00%) Wyse