Support Engineer Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Support Engineer
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £155, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 39 51
Rank change year-on-year +10 +12 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 5 10 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 2.16% 2.06% 2.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% 2.20% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 23
10th Percentile - £142 £187
25th Percentile £153 £205 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £225 £225
Median % change year-on-year -31.11% - +16.13%
75th Percentile £158 - £354
90th Percentile - £240 £512
South East median daily rate £250 £215 £225
% change year-on-year +16.28% -4.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £15.12 £18.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% - -
75th Percentile £34.44 £24.00 -
90th Percentile £46.02 £27.60 -
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £24.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year +16.67% -17.24% +65.43%

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 215 455 823
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 93.62% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 314 656
10th Percentile £213 £258 £231
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -1.10% +1.11%
75th Percentile £560 £553 £580
90th Percentile £646 £645 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 42 5
10th Percentile - £15.85 £11.13
25th Percentile £14.20 £17.64 £13.57
Median hourly rate £15.25 £23.22 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.31% +32.66% +40.00%
75th Percentile £23.50 £28.75 £19.50
90th Percentile £63.00 £48.75 £34.05
South East median hourly rate £32.05 £50.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -35.90% - +138.10%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Buckinghamshire

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Buckinghamshire

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Buckinghamshire

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Engineer in Buckinghamshire

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 Support Engineer within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 9 June 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 +12 3 - - 7
High Wycombe - 2 £155 - 3
Support Engineer
South East

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) QA
3 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Coaching
4 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Windows
4 2 (40.00%) HP
4 2 (40.00%) Dell
4 2 (40.00%) Time Management
5 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
5 1 (20.00%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) COBOL
5 1 (20.00%) Use Case
5 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Dell Certification
5 1 (20.00%) Mainframe
5 1 (20.00%) Finance
5 1 (20.00%) SLA
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
5 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
5 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
5 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (20.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Coaching
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Time Management
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
2 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Dell
1 2 (40.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft