IT Support Engineer Contracts in Bristol

IT Support Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £200, 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 49 66 92
Rank change year-on-year +17 +26 +3
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 6 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.12% 0.76% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 0.80% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 6
10th Percentile £148 £161 £134
25th Percentile £181 £210 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £220 £175
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +25.71% +21.74%
75th Percentile - £300 £206
90th Percentile - - £216
South West median daily rate £220 £183 £178
% change year-on-year +20.55% +2.82% -13.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £12.53 £14.24
25th Percentile - £12.75 £16.87
Median hourly rate £18.51 £13.12 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.14% -38.99% +22.83%
75th Percentile - £13.48 £25.87
90th Percentile - £13.70 £28.35
South West median hourly rate £18.51 £12.19 £14.94
% change year-on-year +51.85% -18.39% -13.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 512 1,004 1,131
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.34% 94.99% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 541 805
10th Percentile £213 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £564 £613 £630
90th Percentile £650 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 218 142
10th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 £30.97
25th Percentile £43.75 £45.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +55.95%
75th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £86.23
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in Bristol

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in Bristol

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in Bristol

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

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

1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
5 1 (16.67%) User Experience
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
5 1 (16.67%) Break/Fix
5 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
5 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
5 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
5 1 (16.67%) Azure
5 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) ITSM
5 1 (16.67%) Legal

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Break/Fix
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
2 1 (16.67%) ITSM
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft