Support Engineer Contracts in Birmingham

Support Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Birmingham is £220, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 48 38
Rank change year-on-year +20 -10 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 22 19 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.21% 2.46% 4.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.70% 2.66% 4.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 11 10
10th Percentile £125 £150 £120
25th Percentile £158 £183 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £200 £183
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +9.59% -11.52%
75th Percentile £443 £211 £260
90th Percentile £700 £213 £340
West Midlands median daily rate £288 £200 £250
% change year-on-year +43.75% -20.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £15.65
25th Percentile - - £16.63
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £21.25
90th Percentile - - £22.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.13 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -19.42% +26.99% +1.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 468 715 870
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 92.50% 96.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 502 583
10th Percentile £160 £250 £263
25th Percentile £363 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.33% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 40 35
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.10 £11.40
25th Percentile £13.31 £17.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £28.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.88% +42.50% +14.35%
75th Percentile £22.91 £48.75 £24.94
90th Percentile £30.68 £57.91 £60.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Birmingham

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Birmingham

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Birmingham

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Birmingham region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (59.09%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 9 (40.91%) JavaScript
3 8 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
5 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
5 6 (27.27%) PHP
5 6 (27.27%) Windows
5 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
5 6 (27.27%) React
5 6 (27.27%) API Development
6 5 (22.73%) Project Delivery
6 5 (22.73%) Advertising
6 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (22.73%) Agile
6 5 (22.73%) Project Management
6 5 (22.73%) Python
7 4 (18.18%) Time Management
7 4 (18.18%) Data Protection
7 4 (18.18%) Customer Service
7 4 (18.18%) Windows 10
8 3 (13.64%) DBS Check
8 3 (13.64%) Azure
8 3 (13.64%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (13.64%) Full-Stack Development
8 3 (13.64%) Performance Tuning
8 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
8 3 (13.64%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (13.64%) PowerShell

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 3 (13.64%) IIS
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.64%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) BGP
1 2 (9.09%) IPsec
1 2 (9.09%) MPLS
1 2 (9.09%) VPN
1 2 (9.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Advertising
4 3 (13.64%) Legal
4 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (27.27%) React
2 3 (13.64%) HTML
2 3 (13.64%) Middleware
3 1 (4.55%) REST
3 1 (4.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 2 (9.09%) PKI
3 1 (4.55%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 6 (27.27%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Windows 10
3 2 (9.09%) Mac OS
3 2 (9.09%) Mac OS X
4 1 (4.55%) Android
4 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (27.27%) API Development
3 5 (22.73%) Agile
3 5 (22.73%) Project Delivery
3 5 (22.73%) Project Management
3 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 4 (18.18%) Data Protection
4 4 (18.18%) Time Management
5 3 (13.64%) Asset Management
5 3 (13.64%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (13.64%) Incident Management
5 3 (13.64%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (13.64%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (9.09%) Load Balancing
6 2 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (9.09%) Process Improvement
6 2 (9.09%) Service Delivery
7 1 (4.55%) Push Notifications
7 1 (4.55%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) JavaScript
2 6 (27.27%) PHP
3 5 (22.73%) Python
4 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
4 3 (13.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) DBS Check
2 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) A+ Certification
3 2 (9.09%) Degree
3 2 (9.09%) MCP
3 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Citrix
2 2 (9.09%) Juniper
2 2 (9.09%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) Dell
3 1 (4.55%) HP