Support Engineer Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Support Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £225 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 23 59
Rank change year-on-year -19 +36 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 10 36 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 2.04% 6.02% 2.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.39% 6.91% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 30 9
10th Percentile £166 £143 £153
25th Percentile £176 £150 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £190 £175
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% +8.57% +45.83%
75th Percentile £245 £228 £219
90th Percentile £248 £488 £270
East of England median daily rate £225 £195 £190
% change year-on-year +15.38% +2.63% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
Median hourly rate - £17.49 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.09% +48.56%
East of England median hourly rate £18.00 £17.49 £18.75
% change year-on-year +2.95% -6.75% +38.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 419 521 775
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.34% 87.12% 91.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 309 405
10th Percentile £225 £199 £200
25th Percentile £350 £267 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.22%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £525
90th Percentile £683 £600 £598
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 108 211
10th Percentile - £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +14.81% -
75th Percentile £27.50 £19.70 £15.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £25.86 £20.25
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £34.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +26.47% +119.35% -3.13%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Cambridgeshire

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 Support Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 18 April 2024. 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 -14 8 £233 +22.37% 14
Peterborough -3 1 £225 -52.63% 3
Huntingdon - 1 £200 - 3
Support Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Windows
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (30.00%) High Availability
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (30.00%) Release Management
3 3 (30.00%) SCCM
3 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (30.00%) VMware
3 3 (30.00%) VMware Workstation
3 3 (30.00%) Clustering
3 3 (30.00%) Linux
3 3 (30.00%) VPN
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (20.00%) SAP
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) NHS
4 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (20.00%) Electronics
4 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (20.00%) Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 1 (10.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (10.00%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Electronics
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (20.00%) Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Clustering
2 2 (20.00%) NHS
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (30.00%) Linux
4 1 (10.00%) Android
4 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) High Availability
1 3 (30.00%) ITIL
1 3 (30.00%) Release Management
2 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre Operations
3 1 (10.00%) Hardware Maintenance
3 1 (10.00%) Inventory Management
3 1 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (10.00%) Software Deployment
3 1 (10.00%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CCNA
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) MCDST
2 1 (10.00%) MCSA
2 1 (10.00%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (30.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) Autotask
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (30.00%) VMware
2 2 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Remedy