Support Engineer Contracts in the City of London

Support Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 79 108
Rank change year-on-year -6 +29 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 34 48 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.94% 2.18% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.08% 2.30% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 37 60
10th Percentile £165 £138 £133
25th Percentile £195 £146 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £250 £178
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +40.85% -29.00%
75th Percentile £407 £350 £355
90th Percentile £429 £393 £560
Central London median daily rate £303 £255 £195
% change year-on-year +18.63% +30.77% -22.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £24.66 £20.82 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.47% - -
Central London median hourly rate £24.66 £20.82 £23.50
% change year-on-year +18.47% -11.43% +64.91%

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 1,632 2,086 3,469
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 94.95% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 1,483 2,364
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £681 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £798 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 22
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -6.04%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.97
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.76% -26.34% -6.04%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the City of London

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer 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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in the City of London

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in the City of London

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 Support Engineer within the City of London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 - 3 - -
Support Engineer
Central London

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 City of London region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (50.00%) Windows
1 17 (50.00%) Azure
1 17 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (44.12%) Microsoft
2 15 (44.12%) Finance
3 12 (35.29%) Active Directory
4 10 (29.41%) DNS
5 9 (26.47%) Firewall
5 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (26.47%) Entra ID
6 8 (23.53%) Migration
7 7 (20.59%) Agile
7 7 (20.59%) CheckPoint
7 7 (20.59%) ADO
7 7 (20.59%) VPN
7 7 (20.59%) Palo Alto
7 7 (20.59%) Terraform
7 7 (20.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 7 (20.59%) Infrastructure as Code
7 7 (20.59%) Kalman Filter
7 7 (20.59%) SCCM
7 7 (20.59%) Infoblox
7 7 (20.59%) NGFW
7 7 (20.59%) Anti-Spyware
8 5 (14.71%) Apple iOS
8 5 (14.71%) Windows Server
8 5 (14.71%) Windows 10
8 5 (14.71%) Banking
9 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
9 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 17 (50.00%) Azure
1 17 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (26.47%) Entra ID
3 7 (20.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 3 (8.82%) OneDrive
5 2 (5.88%) AWS
5 2 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.94%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (29.41%) DNS
2 9 (26.47%) Firewall
3 7 (20.59%) NGFW
3 7 (20.59%) VPN
4 3 (8.82%) DHCP
4 3 (8.82%) VoIP
5 2 (5.88%) TCP/IP
5 2 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) NonStop SQL
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 15 (44.12%) Finance
2 5 (14.71%) Banking
3 4 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (11.76%) Social Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Military
5 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.94%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (20.59%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Anti-Spyware
2 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.94%) PKI
3 1 (2.94%) Reinsurance
3 1 (2.94%) Replication
3 1 (2.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 17 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (14.71%) Apple iOS
2 5 (14.71%) Windows 10
2 5 (14.71%) Windows Server
3 4 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (8.82%) Linux
4 3 (8.82%) Mac OS
5 2 (5.88%) Android
5 2 (5.88%) Unix
6 1 (2.94%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (23.53%) Migration
2 7 (20.59%) Agile
2 7 (20.59%) Infrastructure as Code
2 7 (20.59%) Kalman Filter
3 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (8.82%) Asset Management
4 3 (8.82%) Customer Service
4 3 (8.82%) Incident Management
4 3 (8.82%) ITIL
4 3 (8.82%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (5.88%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (5.88%) Data Protection
5 2 (5.88%) Inventory Management
5 2 (5.88%) Preventative Maintenance
5 2 (5.88%) Problem Management
5 2 (5.88%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.94%) Cash Management
6 1 (2.94%) High Availability
6 1 (2.94%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.94%) Bash
2 1 (2.94%) Python
2 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.82%) Degree
2 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.94%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (35.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.94%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (20.59%) SCCM
2 7 (20.59%) Terraform
3 2 (5.88%) CASB
4 1 (2.94%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.94%) SCOrch
4 1 (2.94%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (44.12%) Microsoft
2 7 (20.59%) CheckPoint
2 7 (20.59%) Infoblox
2 7 (20.59%) Palo Alto
3 3 (8.82%) Bloomberg
4 2 (5.88%) Cisco
4 2 (5.88%) Google
4 2 (5.88%) VMware
5 1 (2.94%) Apple
5 1 (2.94%) Citrix
5 1 (2.94%) Nexthink
5 1 (2.94%) Refinitiv
5 1 (2.94%) Remedy
5 1 (2.94%) Sybase