IT Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

IT Support Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £178, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 40 43
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 +23
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 2 3 8
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.54% 0.74% 1.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.97% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £158 - £118
25th Percentile £163 - £125
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £178 £225 £138
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +63.64% -14.06%
75th Percentile £200 - £244
90th Percentile £209 - £308
East of England median daily rate £178 £180 £195
% change year-on-year -1.39% -7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £18.40
25th Percentile - - £19.43
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £23.14 - £20.00
% change year-on-year - - +50.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 318 309 403
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.18% 76.30% 78.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 124 197
10th Percentile £213 £225 £183
25th Percentile £379 £332 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £441 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.38% -7.16% -
75th Percentile £620 £556 £550
90th Percentile £700 £612 £597
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 53 107
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.50 £15.92 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £22.90 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -28.81% +29.20% +14.32%
75th Percentile £31.00 £48.75 £20.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £33.86
East of England median hourly rate £30.00 £43.90 £33.44
% change year-on-year -31.66% +31.28% +68.80%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Cambridge -6 1 £200 -11.11% 4
Wisbech - 1 £155 -
IT Support Engineer
East of England

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 14 October 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft