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 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 79 80
Rank change year-on-year +29 +1 +11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 8 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.39% 0.28% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 0.30% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile £155 - £132
25th Percentile - - £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £300 £160
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +87.50% +11.30%
75th Percentile - - £213
90th Percentile £275 - £216
South West median daily rate £220 £143 £175
% change year-on-year +54.39% -18.57% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Median hourly rate £18.51 £13.12 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.14% -56.28% +71.43%
South West median hourly rate £25.76 £12.19 £22.00
% change year-on-year +111.28% -44.59% +25.71%

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 546 1,002 1,052
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.12% 95.07% 90.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 546 763
10th Percentile £217 £257 £300
25th Percentile £361 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £563 £600 £638
90th Percentile £650 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 230 128
10th Percentile £18.51 £35.00 £33.66
25th Percentile £25.75 £45.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £66.25 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +1.15% +54.12%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.30
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +39.78%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 22 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (62.50%) Windows 10
3 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
4 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
5 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
5 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
6 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (25.00%) Break/Fix
6 2 (25.00%) Mac OS
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (25.00%) Driving Licence
6 2 (25.00%) ITSM
7 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 1 (12.50%) Firewall
7 1 (12.50%) LAN
7 1 (12.50%) VoIP
7 1 (12.50%) WAN
7 1 (12.50%) DNS
7 1 (12.50%) SLA
7 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
7 1 (12.50%) Android
7 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (12.50%) Legal
7 1 (12.50%) ITIL
7 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
7 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
7 1 (12.50%) User Experience

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 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) VoIP
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Windows 10
3 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
4 2 (25.00%) Mac OS
5 1 (12.50%) Android
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
2 2 (25.00%) Break/Fix
2 2 (25.00%) ITSM
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow