IT Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

IT Support Engineer
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £220, 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 45 47 50
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 +48
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 2 6 12
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.49% 1.60% 2.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 1.65% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £192 - £148
25th Percentile £201 - £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 - £200
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.79%
75th Percentile £236 - £205
90th Percentile £245 - £253
South East median daily rate £213 £194 £200
% change year-on-year +9.68% -3.13% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £14.58
25th Percentile - - £16.81
Median hourly rate - £18.70 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% -
75th Percentile - - £28.25
90th Percentile - - £30.00
South East median hourly rate £19.35 £18.70 £19.00
% change year-on-year +3.48% -1.58% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 378 363 529
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 97.06% 95.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 253 396
10th Percentile £199 £234 £238
25th Percentile £363 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £550 £565 £600
90th Percentile £625 £655 £691
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 14 21
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.55 £13.17
25th Percentile £15.91 £14.94 £16.40
Median hourly rate £24.54 £18.17 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.06% -11.38% +30.16%
75th Percentile £29.61 £36.56 £24.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £49.03 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £46.12 £52.20
% change year-on-year -45.80% -11.64% +49.14%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes +3 2 £220 - 2
IT Support Engineer
South East

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, IT 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Planview
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (50.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Planview
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow