IT Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Central London

IT Support Engineer
London > Central London

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in Central London is £233, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 129 131
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 +53
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 5 4 21
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.26% 0.17% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.18% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 17
10th Percentile £187 £128 £108
25th Percentile £202 £136 £111
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £233 £150 £165
Median % change year-on-year +55.00% -9.09% -34.00%
75th Percentile £262 £194 £200
90th Percentile £276 £220 £215
London median daily rate £203 £200 £190
% change year-on-year +1.25% +5.26% -19.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,786 2,174 2,961
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 93.63% 94.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,217 1,382 2,063
10th Percentile £321 £363 £340
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +0.88%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
London median daily rate £543 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 27 13
10th Percentile £17.79 £21.40 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £26.20 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -2.78% -11.11%
75th Percentile £36.00 £70.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £60.95 £122.20 £65.50
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.75 £39.42
% change year-on-year -23.08% -9.31% +30.31%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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 Central London.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Central London

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 7 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
City of London +6 5 £233 +32.86% 2
Southwark - 2 - -
IT Support Engineer
London

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 7 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 Central London region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Yealink
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) Apple
3 1 (20.00%) Firmware
3 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (20.00%) Finance

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Apple
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Yealink