IT Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

IT Support Engineer
South East > Berkshire

As of 9 August 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median IT Support Engineer daily rate in Berkshire.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 93 113
Rank change year-on-year -31 +20 -1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.15% 0.25% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.27% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £234 -
25th Percentile - £284 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £369 £230
Median % change year-on-year - +60.22% +35.29%
75th Percentile - £453 £245
90th Percentile - £503 -
South East median daily rate £238 £219 £170
% change year-on-year +8.57% +28.68% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £27.04 - -
25th Percentile £30.11 - -
Median hourly rate £35.22 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £16.50 -
% change year-on-year +33.33% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,792 1,122 1,590
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.80% 92.35% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,067 706 867
10th Percentile £331 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -5.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £738 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.75% +3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 41 87
10th Percentile £21.87 £14.75 £19.35
25th Percentile £41.25 £17.30 £48.70
Median hourly rate £83.00 £37.28 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +122.64% -39.48% +9.08%
75th Percentile £88.00 £70.00 £77.25
90th Percentile £104.00 £87.50 £93.00
South East median hourly rate £53.90 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +114.31% -56.15% +15.32%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Berkshire

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 9 August 2026. 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
Reading -21 3 - -
IT Support Engineer
South East

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 9 August 2026, IT 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 Berkshire region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 3 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) Windows

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow