IT Support Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £175 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 289 326
Rank change year-on-year +9 +37 -3
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 116 162 192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.57% 0.70% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.75% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 99 99
10th Percentile £121 £130 £127
25th Percentile £143 £150 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £180 £190
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -5.26% +22.58%
75th Percentile £215 £266 £244
90th Percentile £273 £340 £388
UK median daily rate £188 £183 £200
% change year-on-year +2.74% -8.75% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 21
10th Percentile £12.19 £12.88 £12.89
25th Percentile £15.65 £15.14 £15.25
Median hourly rate £18.14 £18.74 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% +7.06% +11.46%
75th Percentile £23.75 £23.19 £18.75
90th Percentile £43.75 £34.38 £20.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £17.47 £17.50
% change year-on-year +20.21% -0.17% +11.46%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,765 21,693 29,110
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 94.29% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,441 15,152 20,402
10th Percentile £213 £225 £204
25th Percentile £363 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,259 1,107 1,452
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
North of England +18 26 £190 -10.59% 37
South East +12 23 £155 -22.50% 33
Midlands +14 18 £150 -33.33% 24
East Midlands +10 15 £150 -52.38% 13
East of England +10 14 £200 - 10
Yorkshire +15 13 £200 +17.65% 16
Wales +18 12 £145 -12.12% 2
South West -1 11 £143 -19.72% 28
Scotland +28 10 £200 +25.00% 2
North West +9 8 £158 -43.50% 17
North East +12 5 £175 +27.27% 4
West Midlands +16 3 £175 +16.67% 11
Northern Ireland -3 2 £210 -
IT Support Engineer
UK

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 60 (51.72%) Windows
2 57 (49.14%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (38.79%) Active Directory
4 42 (36.21%) Microsoft
5 40 (34.48%) Social Skills
6 36 (31.03%) Customer Service
7 32 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (20.69%) Windows 10
9 19 (16.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (16.38%) Microsoft Exchange
9 19 (16.38%) SCCM
10 18 (15.52%) Azure
11 14 (12.07%) Manufacturing
12 12 (10.34%) Windows Server
13 11 (9.48%) LAN
13 11 (9.48%) Apple iOS
14 10 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
14 10 (8.62%) Apple
15 9 (7.76%) Finance
15 9 (7.76%) Wi-Fi
15 9 (7.76%) SharePoint
15 9 (7.76%) SLA
16 8 (6.90%) Cisco
16 8 (6.90%) ITIL
16 8 (6.90%) Android
16 8 (6.90%) ServiceNow
16 8 (6.90%) Entra ID
16 8 (6.90%) Onboarding
17 7 (6.03%) Continuous Improvement
17 7 (6.03%) Break/Fix

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 19 (16.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (7.76%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.72%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.86%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 57 (49.14%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (15.52%) Azure
3 8 (6.90%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.59%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.59%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.86%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.48%) LAN
2 9 (7.76%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (6.03%) DHCP
3 7 (6.03%) Firewall
4 6 (5.17%) Remote Desktop
5 4 (3.45%) Internet
5 4 (3.45%) SAN
5 4 (3.45%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.45%) WAN
6 3 (2.59%) DNS
6 3 (2.59%) VLAN
6 3 (2.59%) VPN
6 3 (2.59%) Wireless
7 2 (1.72%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.72%) Skype
8 1 (0.86%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.86%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.86%) Telepresence
8 1 (0.86%) VoIP
8 1 (0.86%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.59%) Power BI
General
1 40 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 14 (12.07%) Manufacturing
3 9 (7.76%) Finance
4 6 (5.17%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.31%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.31%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.45%) Electronics
6 4 (3.45%) Marketing
7 2 (1.72%) Automotive
7 2 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.72%) French Language
7 2 (1.72%) Law
7 2 (1.72%) Portuguese Language
7 2 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.72%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.17%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.31%) NHS
4 3 (2.59%) BYOD
4 3 (2.59%) iPhone
4 3 (2.59%) Life Science
4 3 (2.59%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.59%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.72%) CMDB
5 2 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.86%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.86%) Smartcard
6 1 (0.86%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 60 (51.72%) Windows
2 24 (20.69%) Windows 10
3 12 (10.34%) Windows Server
4 11 (9.48%) Apple iOS
5 8 (6.90%) Android
6 5 (4.31%) Linux
7 4 (3.45%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.72%) VMS
9 1 (0.86%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.86%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (31.03%) Customer Service
2 32 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (6.90%) ITIL
4 7 (6.03%) Break/Fix
4 7 (6.03%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (6.03%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (3.45%) Asset Management
5 4 (3.45%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (3.45%) Email Filtering
5 4 (3.45%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (3.45%) Logistics
5 4 (3.45%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (3.45%) Programme Management
5 4 (3.45%) Service Delivery
6 3 (2.59%) Data Extraction
6 3 (2.59%) ITSM
6 3 (2.59%) Proactive Monitoring
6 3 (2.59%) Project Management
6 3 (2.59%) Service Management
6 3 (2.59%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.59%) SQL
2 2 (1.72%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (5.17%) Degree
2 5 (4.31%) A+ Certification
3 4 (3.45%) DBS Check
3 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.45%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.45%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.72%) MCDST
5 1 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.86%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.76%) SLA
2 3 (2.59%) GAMP
2 3 (2.59%) GxP
3 2 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 45 (38.79%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.86%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (16.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 19 (16.38%) SCCM
2 1 (0.86%) AirWatch
2 1 (0.86%) WSUS
Vendors
1 42 (36.21%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.62%) Apple
3 8 (6.90%) Cisco
3 8 (6.90%) ServiceNow
4 7 (6.03%) VMware
5 4 (3.45%) SAP
5 4 (3.45%) Veeam
6 3 (2.59%) MobileIron
7 2 (1.72%) Citrix
7 2 (1.72%) Mitel
7 2 (1.72%) Progress
8 1 (0.86%) Adobe
8 1 (0.86%) F5
8 1 (0.86%) Google
8 1 (0.86%) HP
8 1 (0.86%) Planview
8 1 (0.86%) Polycom