Support Engineer Contracts in Cardiff

Support Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Cardiff is £145 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 40 40
Rank change year-on-year +19 0 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 15 4 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 7.11% 1.18% 2.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.65% 1.22% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 2 6
10th Percentile - £187 £143
25th Percentile £143 £226 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £305 £163
Median % change year-on-year -52.46% +87.69% +12.07%
75th Percentile £212 £396 £189
90th Percentile £213 £444 £235
South Wales median daily rate £145 £165 £175
% change year-on-year -12.12% -5.71% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £12.54
25th Percentile £12.25 £21.25 £12.99
Median hourly rate £12.50 £22.50 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% +60.74% -12.52%
75th Percentile £12.75 £23.75 £15.00
90th Percentile - - £15.45
South Wales median hourly rate £12.50 £35.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year -64.29% +125.81% -5.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 196 328 507
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 96.47% 96.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 261 391
10th Percentile £199 £185 £238
25th Percentile £381 £363 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £538
90th Percentile £620 £625 £638
South Wales median daily rate £470 £460 £475
% change year-on-year +2.17% -3.16% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 5
10th Percentile £11.32 £13.00 £13.45
25th Percentile £11.75 £13.81 £15.25
Median hourly rate £13.50 £17.25 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.75% -7.99% +14.42%
75th Percentile £18.00 £22.34 £23.75
90th Percentile £39.45 £24.38 £24.95
South Wales median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +25.03% -8.89% +10.61%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Cardiff

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Cardiff

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Cardiff over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Cardiff

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Cardiff

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 Cardiff region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (60.00%) Azure
4 3 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (20.00%) CRM
4 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
5 2 (13.33%) Windows
6 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
6 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (6.67%) VMware
6 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (6.67%) VPN
6 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (6.67%) AWS
6 1 (6.67%) Rackspace
6 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
6 1 (6.67%) New Relic
6 1 (6.67%) PagerDuty
6 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
6 1 (6.67%) DBS Check

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (60.00%) Azure
3 3 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (6.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) New Relic
2 1 (6.67%) PagerDuty
2 1 (6.67%) Rackspace
2 1 (6.67%) VMware