Support Engineer Contracts in Bristol

Support Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £235, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 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
16 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 63 65
Rank change year-on-year +38 +2 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 37 13 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 6.50% 1.23% 2.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.83% 1.30% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 8 21
10th Percentile £200 £157 £150
25th Percentile £218 £185 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £205 £200
Median % change year-on-year +14.63% +2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £385 £233 -
90th Percentile - £300 £219
South West median daily rate £235 £190 £200
% change year-on-year +23.68% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 2
10th Percentile £25.26 £12.67 £17.89
25th Percentile £57.57 £13.12 £19.91
Median hourly rate £68.00 £13.85 £23.47
Median % change year-on-year +390.97% -40.98% +34.10%
75th Percentile - £30.12 £26.83
90th Percentile - £39.88 £28.73
South West median hourly rate £68.00 £13.85 £16.41
% change year-on-year +390.97% -15.57% -6.26%

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 542 1,000 1,066
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.25% 94.97% 90.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 537 769
10th Percentile £213 £254 £284
25th Percentile £356 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £563 £608 £638
90th Percentile £650 £688 £719
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 229 129
10th Percentile £18.51 £36.00 £30.42
25th Percentile £32.50 £45.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £64.50 £67.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +3.05% +53.86%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.30
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £61.25 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +11.36% -15.38% +36.84%

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 16 May 2025.

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 16 May 2025.

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 16 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 Bristol region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (56.76%) Social Skills
2 18 (48.65%) JavaScript
2 18 (48.65%) Software Engineering
3 15 (40.54%) Service Delivery
4 14 (37.84%) Degree
5 13 (35.14%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (35.14%) Microsoft
6 11 (29.73%) Active Directory
6 11 (29.73%) Red Hat
6 11 (29.73%) Shell Script
6 11 (29.73%) C
6 11 (29.73%) C++
6 11 (29.73%) Linux
6 11 (29.73%) Ada
6 11 (29.73%) Ubuntu
6 11 (29.73%) Customer Service
7 10 (27.03%) Middleware
8 9 (24.32%) Windows
8 9 (24.32%) ITSM
8 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (21.62%) ServiceNow
9 8 (21.62%) User Experience
9 8 (21.62%) Azure
9 8 (21.62%) Public Sector
9 8 (21.62%) Finance
9 8 (21.62%) ITIL
10 7 (18.92%) VPN
10 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Exchange
10 7 (18.92%) HTML
10 7 (18.92%) C#

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 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (21.62%) Azure
3 7 (18.92%) AWS
3 7 (18.92%) GCP
4 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.92%) VPN
2 1 (2.70%) DNS
2 1 (2.70%) Firewall
2 1 (2.70%) LAN
2 1 (2.70%) VoIP
2 1 (2.70%) WAN
2 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
General
1 21 (56.76%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Finance
2 8 (21.62%) Public Sector
3 7 (18.92%) Electronics
3 7 (18.92%) Manufacturing
3 7 (18.92%) Marketing
3 7 (18.92%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.41%) Law
4 2 (5.41%) Legal
5 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (27.03%) Middleware
2 7 (18.92%) .NET
2 7 (18.92%) CSS
2 7 (18.92%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.11%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (29.73%) Linux
1 11 (29.73%) Ubuntu
2 9 (24.32%) Windows
3 5 (13.51%) Windows 10
4 3 (8.11%) Windows 7
5 2 (5.41%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.70%) Android
6 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) Software Engineering
2 15 (40.54%) Service Delivery
3 11 (29.73%) Customer Service
4 9 (24.32%) ITSM
5 8 (21.62%) ITIL
5 8 (21.62%) User Experience
6 7 (18.92%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (18.92%) Case Management
6 7 (18.92%) CI/CD
6 7 (18.92%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (18.92%) Computer Science
6 7 (18.92%) Continuous Delivery
6 7 (18.92%) Continuous Integration
6 7 (18.92%) Digital Marketing
6 7 (18.92%) Programme Management
6 7 (18.92%) Service Management
6 7 (18.92%) Software Delivery
6 7 (18.92%) TDD
6 7 (18.92%) Test Automation
6 7 (18.92%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 18 (48.65%) JavaScript
2 11 (29.73%) Ada
2 11 (29.73%) C
2 11 (29.73%) C++
2 11 (29.73%) Shell Script
3 7 (18.92%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (37.84%) Degree
2 7 (18.92%) Azure Certification
2 7 (18.92%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (18.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) A+ Certification
4 1 (2.70%) Dell Certification
4 1 (2.70%) MCP
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.41%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (29.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft
2 11 (29.73%) Red Hat
3 8 (21.62%) ServiceNow
4 7 (18.92%) Citrix
4 7 (18.92%) Google
4 7 (18.92%) SAP
5 1 (2.70%) Dell
5 1 (2.70%) HP
88 Support Engineer jobs in the South West