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 30 October 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 30 19
Rank change year-on-year +23 -11 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 53 28 65
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 14.68% 5.96% 8.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.50% 6.41% 8.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 22 62
10th Percentile £163 - £170
25th Percentile £204 £203 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £242 £230
Median % change year-on-year -14.19% +5.20% -8.06%
75th Percentile £223 £320 £315
90th Percentile £250 £350 £365
South East median daily rate £238 £239 £215
% change year-on-year -0.31% +10.93% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £20.50 - -
25th Percentile £23.49 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £53.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -52.55% - -
75th Percentile £25.86 - -
90th Percentile £27.15 - -
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £40.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -50.00% +100.00% -1.23%

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 342 437 733
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 92.98% 96.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 286 592
10th Percentile £204 £203 £188
25th Percentile £244 £271 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -11.90% +2.44%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £616
90th Percentile £650 £638 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £510
% change year-on-year -1.96% - +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 24 35
10th Percentile £24.46 - £24.44
25th Percentile £29.00 £15.96 £44.80
Median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% -51.32% +36.96%
75th Percentile £57.50 £68.00 £76.53
90th Percentile £65.10 £75.00 £78.02
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £57.79 £50.00
% change year-on-year -64.16% +15.59% +53.85%

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 30 October 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 30 October 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 8 £175 -14.63%
Leatherhead - 7 £215 -
Redhill +15 2 - -
Camberley +1 2 £325 -
Guildford -3 2 - - 6
Reigate +6 1 £250 -3.29%
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 30 October 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 41 (77.36%) Windows
2 30 (56.60%) Microsoft
3 27 (50.94%) OO
4 24 (45.28%) Browser DevTools
4 24 (45.28%) CSS
4 24 (45.28%) JavaScript
4 24 (45.28%) MySQL
4 24 (45.28%) Oracle
4 24 (45.28%) Relational Database
5 23 (43.40%) Unix
6 22 (41.51%) Java
7 19 (35.85%) Linux
7 19 (35.85%) User Experience
8 18 (33.96%) Ajax
8 18 (33.96%) AngularJS
8 18 (33.96%) GraphQL
8 18 (33.96%) Mobile Application Development
8 18 (33.96%) Perl
8 18 (33.96%) Python
8 18 (33.96%) React
8 18 (33.96%) SaaS
8 18 (33.96%) ServiceNow
9 17 (32.08%) Android
9 17 (32.08%) Android Studio
9 17 (32.08%) Eclipse
9 17 (32.08%) Sauce Labs
9 17 (32.08%) Splunk
9 17 (32.08%) Wireless
9 17 (32.08%) Xcode
10 15 (28.30%) 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 8 (15.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.89%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (33.96%) SaaS
2 17 (32.08%) Sauce Labs
3 14 (26.42%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.77%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.89%) AWS
5 1 (1.89%) Azure
5 1 (1.89%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (32.08%) Wireless
2 5 (9.43%) FTP
3 4 (7.55%) HTTP
3 4 (7.55%) Wireshark
4 3 (5.66%) DHCP
4 3 (5.66%) DNS
5 2 (3.77%) LAN
5 2 (3.77%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.77%) VSAN
5 2 (3.77%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (45.28%) MySQL
1 24 (45.28%) Relational Database
2 6 (11.32%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 24 (45.28%) Browser DevTools
2 17 (32.08%) Android Studio
2 17 (32.08%) Eclipse
2 17 (32.08%) Xcode
3 6 (11.32%) Firebug
General
1 42 (79.25%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.66%) Finance
4 2 (3.77%) Banking
4 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.89%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (45.28%) CSS
2 18 (33.96%) Ajax
2 18 (33.96%) AngularJS
2 18 (33.96%) GraphQL
2 18 (33.96%) React
3 6 (11.32%) HTML
3 6 (11.32%) XML
4 4 (7.55%) REST
4 4 (7.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (33.96%) Mobile App
2 3 (5.66%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.89%) CMDB
4 1 (1.89%) iPhone
4 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 41 (77.36%) Windows
2 23 (43.40%) Unix
3 19 (35.85%) Linux
4 17 (32.08%) Android
5 9 (16.98%) Windows 10
6 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
6 2 (3.77%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.89%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (50.94%) OO
2 19 (35.85%) User Experience
3 18 (33.96%) Mobile Application Development
4 15 (28.30%) Customer Service
5 11 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (18.87%) ITIL
7 5 (9.43%) Incident Management
7 5 (9.43%) Patch Management
7 5 (9.43%) Service Management
8 4 (7.55%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 4 (7.55%) Escalation Management
8 4 (7.55%) Migration
8 4 (7.55%) OOP
9 2 (3.77%) Application Virtualisation
9 2 (3.77%) Asset Management
9 2 (3.77%) Data Protection
9 2 (3.77%) Disk Encryption
9 2 (3.77%) ITSM
9 2 (3.77%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (3.77%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 24 (45.28%) JavaScript
2 22 (41.51%) Java
3 18 (33.96%) Perl
3 18 (33.96%) Python
4 2 (3.77%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (9.43%) Degree
2 3 (5.66%) DBS Check
3 2 (3.77%) A+ Certification
3 2 (3.77%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.77%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.77%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.89%) MCP
4 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.89%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (24.53%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.43%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (3.77%) NFS
3 2 (3.77%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.89%) XenApp
4 1 (1.89%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) SCCM
2 2 (3.77%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.89%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (56.60%) Microsoft
2 24 (45.28%) Oracle
3 18 (33.96%) ServiceNow
4 17 (32.08%) Splunk
5 3 (5.66%) Apple
5 3 (5.66%) Citrix
5 3 (5.66%) Google
6 2 (3.77%) VMware
6 2 (3.77%) Wyse
7 1 (1.89%) Cisco
7 1 (1.89%) Okta