Support Engineer Contracts in West Sussex

Support Engineer
South East > West Sussex

The median Support Engineer daily rate in West Sussex is £143 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 35 47
Rank change year-on-year 0 +12 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 6 7 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 2.34% 2.44% 2.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.44% 2.64% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 9
10th Percentile £116 £174 £132
25th Percentile £132 £181 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £143 £213 £225
Median % change year-on-year -32.94% -5.56% -35.71%
75th Percentile £148 £261 £338
90th Percentile - £278 £388
South East median daily rate £215 £250 £195
% change year-on-year -14.00% +28.21% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £10.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £11.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - -34.29% -
75th Percentile - £12.25 £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £18.00 £22.00 £17.64
% change year-on-year -18.18% +24.72% -16.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Sussex

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in West Sussex. 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 246 265 416
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.09% 92.33% 97.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 209 311
10th Percentile £253 £181 £163
25th Percentile £400 £263 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £515 £588 £587
90th Percentile £588 £680 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 22
10th Percentile £13.69 £17.60 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.20 - £14.00
Median hourly rate £21.50 £22.16 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.98% +24.85% -21.11%
75th Percentile £22.75 £22.64 £31.13
90th Percentile £28.53 £24.55 £57.28
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in West Sussex

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in West Sussex

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in West Sussex

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 28 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
Crawley +10 5 £143 -28.75% 4
Worthing - 1 - -
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 West Sussex region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
3 4 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 4 (66.67%) Azure
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (66.67%) Windows 10
4 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (50.00%) Network Security
4 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (50.00%) SQL
4 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (33.33%) LAN
5 2 (33.33%) SLA
5 2 (33.33%) Android
5 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
5 2 (33.33%) Degree
5 2 (33.33%) CMDB
5 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
5 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
5 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
6 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
6 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
6 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
6 1 (16.67%) Break/Fix
6 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) VoIP
3 1 (16.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) CMDB
2 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
2 1 (16.67%) iPhone
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 4 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (33.33%) Android
4 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Break/Fix
3 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (16.67%) Adobe