IT Support Engineer Contracts in Cheltenham

IT Support Engineer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in Cheltenham is £295, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 May 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 1.69% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.75% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £285 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 - -
75th Percentile £305 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £295 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 57 174 145
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.61% 91.58% 96.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 82 101
10th Percentile £444 £347 £319
25th Percentile £546 £455 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £669 £674 £700
90th Percentile £741 £753 £750
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - £53.65 £69.75
25th Percentile £55.00 £70.38 £73.13
Median hourly rate £60.00 £71.00 £85.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% -16.96% +570.59%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.06 £93.38
90th Percentile - £74.13 £94.05
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £66.25 £40.00 £73.00
% change year-on-year +65.63% -45.21% +143.33%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in Cheltenham

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in Cheltenham

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in Cheltenham

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, IT 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 Cheltenham region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow