Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Support Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Birmingham is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 52 43
Rank change year-on-year +4 -9 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 25 17 23
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 3.47% 2.46% 3.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.88% 2.60% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 15 9
10th Percentile - £125 £125
25th Percentile £200 £155 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £190 £180
Median % change year-on-year +84.21% +5.56% -17.24%
75th Percentile £400 £700 £338
90th Percentile £464 £708 £377
West Midlands median daily rate £275 £260 £250
% change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.88
25th Percentile - - £16.44
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.69
90th Percentile - - £19.33
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.23 - £18.00
% change year-on-year - - +1.58%

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 644 653 694
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.44% 94.64% 94.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 446 471
10th Percentile £213 £193 £258
25th Percentile £363 £365 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.11% -2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £611 £588
90th Percentile £638 £731 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 15 20
10th Percentile - £17.33 £14.05
25th Percentile £12.62 £23.78 £15.41
Median hourly rate £17.69 £30.45 £43.02
Median % change year-on-year -41.90% -29.22% +126.42%
75th Percentile £25.00 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £32.25 £56.45 £67.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £23.82 £22.20
% change year-on-year +5.58% +7.32% +25.25%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Birmingham

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 Birmingham region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (72.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (68.00%) VPN
3 16 (64.00%) SC Cleared
4 15 (60.00%) BGP
4 15 (60.00%) IPsec
4 15 (60.00%) Juniper
4 15 (60.00%) Load Balancing
4 15 (60.00%) MPLS
4 15 (60.00%) WAN
5 9 (36.00%) Network Design
6 6 (24.00%) Customer Service
6 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (24.00%) Windows
7 5 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (20.00%) Service Management
8 4 (16.00%) Junos
8 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
9 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
9 3 (12.00%) Cisco
9 3 (12.00%) Customer Experience
9 3 (12.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
10 2 (8.00%) Change Control
10 2 (8.00%) DBS Check
10 2 (8.00%) DNS
10 2 (8.00%) ITSM
10 2 (8.00%) JIRA
10 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
10 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
10 2 (8.00%) TCP/IP

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 17 (68.00%) VPN
2 15 (60.00%) BGP
2 15 (60.00%) IPsec
2 15 (60.00%) MPLS
2 15 (60.00%) WAN
3 4 (16.00%) Junos
4 2 (8.00%) DNS
4 2 (8.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (12.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 15 (60.00%) PKI
2 3 (12.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (12.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.00%) Android
3 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Load Balancing
2 9 (36.00%) Network Design
3 6 (24.00%) Customer Service
3 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (20.00%) Service Management
5 3 (12.00%) Customer Experience
5 3 (12.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.00%) Change Control
6 2 (8.00%) ITSM
7 1 (4.00%) Break/Fix
7 1 (4.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 18 (72.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (64.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (60.00%) Juniper
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco
4 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow