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 £241, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 84 87
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 +29
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 26 45 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.48% 2.16% 2.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.57% 2.30% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 30 52
10th Percentile £184 £127 £116
25th Percentile £200 £165 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £241 £295 £183
Median % change year-on-year -18.22% +61.64% -10.98%
75th Percentile £363 £350 £352
90th Percentile £449 £405 £471
Central London median daily rate £263 £338 £200
% change year-on-year -22.22% +68.75% -14.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £20.76 £20.51 -
25th Percentile £22.22 £20.95 -
Median hourly rate £24.66 £23.53 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.79% - -
75th Percentile £27.46 £27.38 -
90th Percentile £29.13 £28.58 -
Central London median hourly rate £24.66 £23.53 -
% change year-on-year +4.79% - -

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 1,653 1,960 2,849
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 94.28% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 1,239 1,966
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £424 £463 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £783 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £580
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 12
10th Percentile £17.35 £16.49 £16.65
25th Percentile £23.98 £21.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -23.94% -14.97%
75th Percentile £53.50 £85.63 £44.87
90th Percentile £65.39 £137.50 £67.13
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.57% - -15.66%

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
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 17 September 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
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 17 September 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 - -
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 17 September 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 12 (46.15%) Windows
2 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 10 (38.46%) Finance
2 10 (38.46%) Azure
3 8 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (26.92%) ITIL
4 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
5 6 (23.08%) VPN
5 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
5 6 (23.08%) Citrix
6 5 (19.23%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (19.23%) Firewall
6 5 (19.23%) Migration
6 5 (19.23%) DNS
6 5 (19.23%) Preventative Maintenance
7 4 (15.38%) NGFW
7 4 (15.38%) Anti-Spyware
7 4 (15.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (15.38%) ADO
7 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
7 4 (15.38%) CheckPoint
7 4 (15.38%) Agile
7 4 (15.38%) Infoblox
7 4 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (15.38%) Polycom
7 4 (15.38%) Terraform
7 4 (15.38%) Kalman Filter
7 4 (15.38%) Palo Alto

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 3 (11.54%) Skype for Business
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.85%) Confluence
3 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (38.46%) Azure
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (15.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 3 (11.54%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.85%) AWS
5 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (23.08%) VPN
2 5 (19.23%) DNS
2 5 (19.23%) Firewall
3 4 (15.38%) NGFW
4 3 (11.54%) Skype
4 3 (11.54%) WebEx
4 3 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (7.69%) LAN
5 2 (7.69%) VoIP
5 2 (7.69%) WAN
6 1 (3.85%) DHCP
6 1 (3.85%) Internet
6 1 (3.85%) Intranet
6 1 (3.85%) IP Telephony
6 1 (3.85%) NetScaler
6 1 (3.85%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) SAP HANA
General
1 10 (38.46%) Finance
2 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Law
4 2 (7.69%) Banking
4 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Electronics
5 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.85%) Marketing
5 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (15.38%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (15.38%) Anti-Spyware
3 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.85%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.85%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 12 (46.15%) Windows
2 3 (11.54%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.85%) Mac OS X
3 1 (3.85%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) ITIL
2 5 (19.23%) Migration
2 5 (19.23%) Preventative Maintenance
3 4 (15.38%) Agile
3 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (15.38%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (11.54%) Asset Management
4 3 (11.54%) ISMS
5 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (7.69%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (7.69%) Inventory Management
5 2 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.85%) Break/Fix
6 1 (3.85%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (3.85%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (3.85%) Fintech
6 1 (3.85%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 1 (3.85%) Server Management
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) ABAP
1 1 (3.85%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) MCSA
2 2 (7.69%) MCSE
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.85%) CCNA
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (3.85%) MCP
3 1 (3.85%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.85%) Firmware
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.85%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (15.38%) Terraform
2 3 (11.54%) SCCM
3 2 (7.69%) CASB
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 6 (23.08%) Citrix
3 4 (15.38%) CheckPoint
3 4 (15.38%) Infoblox
3 4 (15.38%) Palo Alto
3 4 (15.38%) Polycom
4 2 (7.69%) Apple
4 2 (7.69%) Cisco
4 2 (7.69%) Google
4 2 (7.69%) SAP
4 2 (7.69%) VMware
5 1 (3.85%) Avaya
5 1 (3.85%) HP
5 1 (3.85%) Remedy
5 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.85%) Wyse
5 1 (3.85%) Yealink