Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Support Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Surrey is £208, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 21 14
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 49 30 62
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 12.10% 6.98% 9.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.14% 7.44% 9.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 25 58
10th Percentile £163 £152 £180
25th Percentile £201 £163 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £205 £223
Median % change year-on-year +1.22% -7.87% -11.00%
75th Percentile £211 £250 £315
90th Percentile £250 £350 £341
South East median daily rate £238 £220 £215
% change year-on-year +8.18% +2.33% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £19.83 - -
25th Percentile £21.83 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £20.18 £29.35 £20.00
% change year-on-year -31.24% +46.75% -4.76%

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 373 403 634
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 93.72% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 266 499
10th Percentile £204 £203 £182
25th Percentile £252 £262 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.42% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 16 34
10th Percentile £25.15 £16.63 £25.64
25th Percentile £52.50 £21.01 £47.19
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year +127.46% -60.77% +36.96%
75th Percentile £75.00 £38.94 £76.53
90th Percentile £90.09 £73.45 £78.10
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £46.12 £52.20
% change year-on-year -45.80% -11.64% +49.14%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Surrey

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Surrey

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Surrey over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Surrey

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies 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 14 December 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
Staines +2 9 £175 -14.63% 3
Camberley +2 3 £338 +116.35%
Guildford -3 3 £200 -14.89% 2
Leatherhead - 2 £173 -
Weybridge - 2 £207 - 3
Reigate +6 1 £250 +7.01% 1
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 £238 -
Support Engineer
South East

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Surrey region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (73.47%) Windows
2 31 (63.27%) OO
3 29 (59.18%) Microsoft
4 28 (57.14%) Browser DevTools
4 28 (57.14%) CSS
4 28 (57.14%) JavaScript
4 28 (57.14%) MySQL
4 28 (57.14%) Oracle
4 28 (57.14%) Relational Database
5 26 (53.06%) Unix
6 25 (51.02%) Java
7 22 (44.90%) Linux
7 22 (44.90%) User Experience
8 21 (42.86%) Ajax
8 21 (42.86%) AngularJS
8 21 (42.86%) GraphQL
8 21 (42.86%) Mobile Application Development
8 21 (42.86%) Perl
8 21 (42.86%) Python
8 21 (42.86%) React
8 21 (42.86%) SaaS
9 20 (40.82%) Android
9 20 (40.82%) Android Studio
9 20 (40.82%) Eclipse
9 20 (40.82%) Sauce Labs
9 20 (40.82%) Splunk
9 20 (40.82%) Xcode
10 19 (38.78%) ServiceNow
11 18 (36.73%) Wireless
12 17 (34.69%) Customer Service

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (42.86%) SaaS
2 20 (40.82%) Sauce Labs
3 8 (16.33%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.12%) Azure
5 2 (4.08%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.04%) AWS
6 1 (2.04%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (36.73%) Wireless
2 4 (8.16%) DHCP
2 4 (8.16%) DNS
2 4 (8.16%) FTP
2 4 (8.16%) HTTP
2 4 (8.16%) Wireshark
3 2 (4.08%) VLAN
3 2 (4.08%) VSAN
3 2 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.04%) LAN
4 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.04%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (57.14%) MySQL
1 28 (57.14%) Relational Database
2 7 (14.29%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 28 (57.14%) Browser DevTools
2 20 (40.82%) Android Studio
2 20 (40.82%) Eclipse
2 20 (40.82%) Xcode
3 7 (14.29%) Firebug
General
1 41 (83.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.12%) Banking
3 3 (6.12%) Finance
4 1 (2.04%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (57.14%) CSS
2 21 (42.86%) Ajax
2 21 (42.86%) AngularJS
2 21 (42.86%) GraphQL
2 21 (42.86%) React
3 7 (14.29%) HTML
3 7 (14.29%) XML
4 4 (8.16%) REST
4 4 (8.16%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (42.86%) Mobile App
2 4 (8.16%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.12%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.08%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.04%) CMDB
5 1 (2.04%) iPhone
5 1 (2.04%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 36 (73.47%) Windows
2 26 (53.06%) Unix
3 22 (44.90%) Linux
4 20 (40.82%) Android
5 8 (16.33%) Windows 10
6 1 (2.04%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (63.27%) OO
2 22 (44.90%) User Experience
3 21 (42.86%) Mobile Application Development
4 17 (34.69%) Customer Service
5 6 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (10.20%) Migration
7 4 (8.16%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 4 (8.16%) Escalation Management
7 4 (8.16%) Incident Management
7 4 (8.16%) OOP
8 3 (6.12%) Data Protection
8 3 (6.12%) ITIL
9 2 (4.08%) Application Virtualisation
9 2 (4.08%) Asset Management
9 2 (4.08%) Backlog Management
9 2 (4.08%) ITSM
9 2 (4.08%) Security Hardening
9 2 (4.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (4.08%) Virtual Infrastructure
10 1 (2.04%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 25 (51.02%) Java
3 21 (42.86%) Perl
3 21 (42.86%) Python
4 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (2.04%) A+ Certification
1 1 (2.04%) Degree
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (2.04%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.04%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (12.24%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.16%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (4.08%) NFS
3 2 (4.08%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (4.08%) SCCM
1 2 (4.08%) vCenter Server
2 1 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 29 (59.18%) Microsoft
2 28 (57.14%) Oracle
3 20 (40.82%) Splunk
4 19 (38.78%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.08%) VMware
6 1 (2.04%) Apple
6 1 (2.04%) Citrix
6 1 (2.04%) Google
6 1 (2.04%) Okta
6 1 (2.04%) Wyse
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