Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Support Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Berkshire is £260, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 72 82
Rank change year-on-year +3 +10 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 45 40 42
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.16% 2.50% 2.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.47% 2.75% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 26 37
10th Percentile £201 £171 £140
25th Percentile £219 £186 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £235 £215
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% +9.30% -4.44%
75th Percentile £319 £269 £300
90th Percentile £486 £608 £490
South East median daily rate £238 £223 £215
% change year-on-year +6.97% +3.49% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £18.98 - -
25th Percentile £19.16 - -
Median hourly rate £20.01 - -
75th Percentile £22.47 - -
90th Percentile £23.61 - -
South East median hourly rate £20.18 £40.00 £19.75
% change year-on-year -49.55% +102.53% -3.66%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,296 1,454 1,661
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 90.88% 93.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 865 820 1,014
10th Percentile £304 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £513
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.49% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 41 74
10th Percentile £14.75 £26.00 £24.28
25th Percentile £18.87 £46.12 £48.40
Median hourly rate £40.44 £58.38 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year -30.73% -5.30% +29.78%
75th Percentile £81.00 £63.43 £68.41
90th Percentile £95.00 £69.69 £75.97
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £52.50 £51.42
% change year-on-year -52.38% +2.10% +38.49%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

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

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Berkshire

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

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

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 Support Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Wokingham -11 20 £270 +10.20%
Reading +7 9 £260 -57.02% 4
Bracknell 0 9 £208 +48.21% 3
Slough -2 4 £129 -37.92% 3
Thatcham - 1 - - 1
Maidenhead - 1 £200 - 1
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 Berkshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (55.56%) Windows
2 24 (53.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 24 (53.33%) Microsoft
3 23 (51.11%) Security Cleared
4 22 (48.89%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (46.67%) SC Cleared
6 20 (44.44%) ITIL
7 18 (40.00%) Linux
8 17 (37.78%) VMware
9 16 (35.56%) Azure
10 13 (28.89%) DNS
10 13 (28.89%) Service Management
10 13 (28.89%) TCP/IP
11 12 (26.67%) DHCP
11 12 (26.67%) Hyper-V
12 11 (24.44%) AWS
12 11 (24.44%) Azure Certification
12 11 (24.44%) Disaster Recovery
12 11 (24.44%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (24.44%) Network+ Certification
12 11 (24.44%) Preventative Maintenance
12 11 (24.44%) Server+ Certification
12 11 (24.44%) Virtual Infrastructure
12 11 (24.44%) VLAN
12 11 (24.44%) VMware Infrastructure
13 10 (22.22%) Active Directory
14 9 (20.00%) SCCM
14 9 (20.00%) Windows 10
15 7 (15.56%) Data Protection
15 7 (15.56%) ServiceNow

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 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.22%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
1 1 (2.22%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 16 (35.56%) Azure
2 11 (24.44%) AWS
3 6 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (13.33%) OneDrive
4 3 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.44%) SaaS
6 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (28.89%) DNS
1 13 (28.89%) TCP/IP
2 12 (26.67%) DHCP
3 11 (24.44%) VLAN
4 7 (15.56%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (13.33%) 4G
6 3 (6.67%) HTTP
7 2 (4.44%) Network Security
7 2 (4.44%) SNMP
7 2 (4.44%) Wireshark
8 1 (2.22%) Firewall
8 1 (2.22%) LAN
8 1 (2.22%) WAN
8 1 (2.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.89%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.22%) Power BI
2 1 (2.22%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (2.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Browser DevTools
1 3 (6.67%) Firebug
2 2 (4.44%) Fiddler
General
1 17 (37.78%) Social Skills
2 12 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.22%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.22%) Electronics
4 1 (2.22%) Finance
4 1 (2.22%) French Language
4 1 (2.22%) German Language
4 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.22%) Marketing
4 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.67%) CSS
1 3 (6.67%) HTML
1 3 (6.67%) XML
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (4.44%) OAuth
2 2 (4.44%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (4.44%) PySpark
3 1 (2.22%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 11 (24.44%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (15.56%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.22%) Clustering
4 1 (2.22%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.22%) PKI
4 1 (2.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (55.56%) Windows
2 18 (40.00%) Linux
3 9 (20.00%) Windows 10
4 6 (13.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (53.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (48.89%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (44.44%) ITIL
4 13 (28.89%) Service Management
5 11 (24.44%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (24.44%) Preventative Maintenance
5 11 (24.44%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 7 (15.56%) Data Protection
7 6 (13.33%) Architectural Design
7 6 (13.33%) DevSecOps
8 4 (8.89%) Customer Service
8 4 (8.89%) Incident Management
9 3 (6.67%) Customer Experience
9 3 (6.67%) Mentoring
9 3 (6.67%) OO
10 2 (4.44%) Continuous Integration
10 2 (4.44%) Customer Engagement
10 2 (4.44%) Data Pipeline
10 2 (4.44%) Fault Management
10 2 (4.44%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) Java
1 3 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.44%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.44%) SQL
2 2 (4.44%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 23 (51.11%) Security Cleared
2 21 (46.67%) SC Cleared
3 11 (24.44%) Azure Certification
3 11 (24.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (24.44%) Network+ Certification
3 11 (24.44%) Server+ Certification
4 2 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.22%) CCNA
5 1 (2.22%) CEH
5 1 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.22%) CISSP
5 1 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.22%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (26.67%) Hyper-V
2 11 (24.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (22.22%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.22%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 9 (20.00%) SCCM
2 6 (13.33%) Ansible
2 6 (13.33%) Red Hat Satellite
3 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (4.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (2.22%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 17 (37.78%) VMware
3 7 (15.56%) ServiceNow
4 6 (13.33%) Red Hat
5 2 (4.44%) Foundry
5 2 (4.44%) Oracle
5 2 (4.44%) Palantir
6 1 (2.22%) Cisco
6 1 (2.22%) FireEye
6 1 (2.22%) Google
6 1 (2.22%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (2.22%) Progress
6 1 (2.22%) SAP
6 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.22%) Tanium