Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Support Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £220, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 88 84
Rank change year-on-year -10 -4 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 29 40 57
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.61% 1.87% 2.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 2.01% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 27 44
10th Percentile £181 £143 £134
25th Percentile £185 £165 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £303 £270
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +12.04% +27.66%
75th Percentile £373 £350 £396
90th Percentile £438 - £464
Central London median daily rate £220 £303 £270
% change year-on-year -27.27% +12.04% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.79 - -
Median hourly rate £20.19 - £18.93
75th Percentile £20.60 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £20.19 - £18.93
% change year-on-year - - -2.92%

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 1,677 1,989 2,476
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 93.12% 93.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,176 1,227 1,762
10th Percentile £325 £363 £353
25th Percentile £419 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £686 £688
90th Percentile £771 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 14
10th Percentile £20.06 £16.40 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.88 £23.25 £19.51
Median hourly rate £34.00 £48.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +95.92% -42.35%
75th Percentile £52.19 £107.13 £44.56
90th Percentile £64.30 £129.85 £66.25
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £24.99
% change year-on-year -20.00% +40.08% -40.51%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in the City of London

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 9 December 2025, 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (58.62%) Windows
2 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 11 (37.93%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (34.48%) Active Directory
4 9 (31.03%) Windows 10
5 7 (24.14%) Azure
6 6 (20.69%) Degree
7 5 (17.24%) Citrix
7 5 (17.24%) ITIL
7 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
7 5 (17.24%) User Experience
8 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (13.79%) SAP
8 4 (13.79%) VPN
8 4 (13.79%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (13.79%) Windows Server
9 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
9 3 (10.34%) Entra ID
9 3 (10.34%) Firewall
9 3 (10.34%) Master's Degree
9 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
9 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (10.34%) Process Management
10 2 (6.90%) Apple
10 2 (6.90%) Break/Fix
10 2 (6.90%) Data Security
10 2 (6.90%) DNS
10 2 (6.90%) HP
10 2 (6.90%) ITSM
10 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange

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 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.45%) Confluence
2 1 (3.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Aladdin
1 1 (3.45%) Eikon
1 1 (3.45%) Fidessa
1 1 (3.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (24.14%) Azure
3 3 (10.34%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.45%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) VPN
1 4 (13.79%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (10.34%) Firewall
3 2 (6.90%) DNS
4 1 (3.45%) DHCP
4 1 (3.45%) LAN
4 1 (3.45%) NetScaler
4 1 (3.45%) NGFW
4 1 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (3.45%) Skype
4 1 (3.45%) WAN
4 1 (3.45%) WebEx
General
1 21 (72.41%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Banking
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Electronics
4 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.45%) Front Office
4 1 (3.45%) Law
4 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.45%) Marketing
4 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.90%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (6.90%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (3.45%) Anti-Spyware
3 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (58.62%) Windows
2 9 (31.03%) Windows 10
3 4 (13.79%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.45%) Android
4 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.24%) ITIL
1 5 (17.24%) User Experience
2 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
3 3 (10.34%) Process Management
4 2 (6.90%) Break/Fix
4 2 (6.90%) Data Security
4 2 (6.90%) ITSM
4 2 (6.90%) Migration
4 2 (6.90%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (6.90%) Network Management
4 2 (6.90%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (3.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.45%) DevOps
5 1 (3.45%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (3.45%) ISMS
5 1 (3.45%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (3.45%) Load Balancing
5 1 (3.45%) Mentoring
5 1 (3.45%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) C
1 1 (3.45%) Python
1 1 (3.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.45%) CCNA
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.45%) MCP
3 1 (3.45%) MCSA
3 1 (3.45%) MCSE
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) SLA
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (34.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.45%) Firmware
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.45%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.90%) SCCM
3 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Citrix
3 4 (13.79%) SAP
4 2 (6.90%) Apple
4 2 (6.90%) HP
4 2 (6.90%) VMware
5 1 (3.45%) Bloomberg
5 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.45%) Dell
5 1 (3.45%) Infoblox
5 1 (3.45%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.45%) Polycom
5 1 (3.45%) Remedy
5 1 (3.45%) Reuters
5 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.45%) Yealink