Support Engineer Contracts in Bristol

Support Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £208 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 68 50
Rank change year-on-year +8 -18 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 18 30 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.73% 2.38% 4.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% 2.64% 4.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 21 21
10th Percentile £133 - £125
25th Percentile £185 £163 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £200 £175
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £233 - £200
90th Percentile £294 £213 £210
South West median daily rate £190 £200 £188
% change year-on-year -5.00% +6.67% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 10
10th Percentile £12.67 £12.34 £17.40
25th Percentile £13.12 £12.49 £17.50
Median hourly rate £13.85 £16.94 £21.61
Median % change year-on-year -18.22% -21.62% -
75th Percentile £30.12 £19.25 £25.00
90th Percentile £39.88 £25.70 -
South West median hourly rate £13.85 £15.88 £18.12
% change year-on-year -12.76% -12.37% +2.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 990 1,138 1,352
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 90.17% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 808 924
10th Percentile £249 £300 £267
25th Percentile £363 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +2.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £575
90th Percentile £688 £713 £650
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 146 114
10th Percentile £36.25 £32.76 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £57.25 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +55.95% -1.18%
75th Percentile £74.27 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £86.13 £65.53
South West median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +9.30%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Bristol

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Bristol

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Bristol

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Bristol

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Engineer in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (55.56%) Windows
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (38.89%) Azure
3 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (33.33%) SCCM
4 6 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
5 5 (27.78%) SLA
5 5 (27.78%) Cisco
5 5 (27.78%) Legal
6 4 (22.22%) Firewall
6 4 (22.22%) Citrix
6 4 (22.22%) VPN
6 4 (22.22%) ITIL
6 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (22.22%) VMware
6 4 (22.22%) Windows 10
6 4 (22.22%) Decision-Making
6 4 (22.22%) Entra ID
7 3 (16.67%) Skype
7 3 (16.67%) OneDrive
7 3 (16.67%) Skype for Business
7 3 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (16.67%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (38.89%) Azure
3 4 (22.22%) Entra ID
4 3 (16.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Firewall
1 4 (22.22%) VPN
2 3 (16.67%) LAN
2 3 (16.67%) Skype
2 3 (16.67%) WAN
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (5.56%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (5.56%) Wireless
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Legal
3 3 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) REST
1 1 (5.56%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 3 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.11%) BYOD
2 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.56%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 10 (55.56%) Windows
2 4 (22.22%) Windows 10
3 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 4 (22.22%) ITIL
3 3 (16.67%) ITSM
3 3 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 3 (16.67%) Service Management
3 3 (16.67%) Time Management
3 3 (16.67%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 2 (11.11%) Customer Experience
5 1 (5.56%) Migration
5 1 (5.56%) Proactive Maintenance
5 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
1 3 (16.67%) MCP
2 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Dell Certification
3 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.56%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) SCCM
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (5.56%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) Cisco
3 4 (22.22%) Citrix
3 4 (22.22%) VMware
4 1 (5.56%) Apple
4 1 (5.56%) Dell
4 1 (5.56%) HP
4 1 (5.56%) SAP
4 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.56%) Toshiba
4 1 (5.56%) Xerox