IT Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

IT Support Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in the City of 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 117 123 142
Rank change year-on-year +6 +19 +30
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 5 3 16
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.29% 0.14% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.15% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 13
10th Percentile £187 £132 £106
25th Percentile £202 £145 £110
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £233 £175 £145
Median % change year-on-year +32.86% +20.69% -42.00%
75th Percentile £262 £210 £195
90th Percentile £276 £227 £204
Central London median daily rate £233 £150 £165
% change year-on-year +55.00% -9.09% -34.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,623 1,968 2,746
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 93.71% 94.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 1,221 1,902
10th Percentile £327 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £593
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.08% +3.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +0.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 12
10th Percentile £16.96 £17.90 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.09 £23.13 £20.19
Median hourly rate £27.50 £38.50 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +4.05% -8.64%
75th Percentile £39.88 £112.00 £48.19
90th Percentile £64.11 £137.50 £67.13
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% -2.78% -11.11%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of 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 the City of London.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of 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
London Bridge - 2 - -
IT Support Engineer
Central London

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 City of 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 the City of 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