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 £278, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 98 84
Rank change year-on-year +4 -14 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 43 20 41
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.99% 1.16% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.12% 1.24% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 14 28
10th Percentile £175 £183 £127
25th Percentile £200 £194 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £278 £233 £295
Median % change year-on-year +19.35% -21.19% +47.50%
75th Percentile £383 £283 £350
90th Percentile £533 £464 £380
Central London median daily rate £275 £233 £338
% change year-on-year +18.28% -31.11% +68.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £20.48 -
25th Percentile - £21.53 £23.13
Median hourly rate £24.00 £24.35 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% -7.26% -
75th Percentile - £27.84 £29.38
90th Percentile - £29.28 -
Central London median hourly rate £24.00 £24.35 £26.25
% change year-on-year -1.42% -7.26% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 2,031 1,618 1,972
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 94.18% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,376 1,094 1,223
10th Percentile £363 £326 £363
25th Percentile £456 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 19 17
10th Percentile - £16.96 £17.90
25th Percentile £17.60 £21.09 £23.13
Median hourly rate £21.75 £27.50 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.91% -28.57% +4.05%
75th Percentile £36.81 £39.88 £112.00
90th Percentile £64.65 £64.11 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £26.13 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -4.98% -21.43% -2.78%

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 6 October 2026.

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 6 October 2026, 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 33 (76.74%) Windows
2 27 (62.79%) Microsoft
3 21 (48.84%) Active Directory
4 17 (39.53%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (37.21%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (30.23%) DNS
6 13 (30.23%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (27.91%) Windows Server
8 10 (23.26%) Mac OS
8 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Intune
8 10 (23.26%) ServiceNow
8 10 (23.26%) VPN
9 9 (20.93%) DHCP
9 9 (20.93%) High Availability
9 9 (20.93%) Security Cleared
10 8 (18.60%) Asset Management
10 8 (18.60%) DV Cleared
10 8 (18.60%) ITSM
10 8 (18.60%) PowerShell
11 7 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (16.28%) Firewall
11 7 (16.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 7 (16.28%) Kubernetes
11 7 (16.28%) Windows 10
12 6 (13.95%) Apple
12 6 (13.95%) AWS
12 6 (13.95%) DevOps
12 6 (13.95%) Entra ID
12 6 (13.95%) GCP
12 6 (13.95%) Google

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 13 (30.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.98%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.65%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 17 (39.53%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (13.95%) AWS
2 6 (13.95%) Entra ID
2 6 (13.95%) GCP
3 5 (11.63%) Azure
4 4 (9.30%) OneDrive
5 3 (6.98%) Cloud Functions
5 3 (6.98%) Google App Engine
5 3 (6.98%) Google Compute Engine
5 3 (6.98%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 3 (6.98%) IaaS
5 3 (6.98%) OpenShift
5 3 (6.98%) PaaS
6 1 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (30.23%) DNS
2 10 (23.26%) VPN
3 9 (20.93%) DHCP
4 7 (16.28%) Firewall
5 5 (11.63%) TCP/IP
6 3 (6.98%) Internet
6 3 (6.98%) SMTP
7 2 (4.65%) Value-Added Service
7 2 (4.65%) VLAN
8 1 (2.33%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (2.33%) Multicast
8 1 (2.33%) Network Security
8 1 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.63%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.98%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (6.98%) Big Data
2 3 (6.98%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (13.95%) JIRA
2 3 (6.98%) Artifactory
2 3 (6.98%) Jenkins
3 2 (4.65%) Bitbucket
3 2 (4.65%) Git
General
1 10 (23.26%) Finance
2 9 (20.93%) Social Skills
3 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.30%) Banking
5 3 (6.98%) Front Office
6 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.33%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) Terraform
2 3 (6.98%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.60%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (11.63%) Onboarding
3 4 (9.30%) Data Centre
4 3 (6.98%) Clustering
4 3 (6.98%) PKI
5 2 (4.65%) BYOD
5 2 (4.65%) iPhone
5 2 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.65%) Virtual Team
6 1 (2.33%) Fat Client
6 1 (2.33%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 33 (76.74%) Windows
2 12 (27.91%) Windows Server
3 10 (23.26%) Mac OS
4 7 (16.28%) Windows 10
5 6 (13.95%) Linux
6 2 (4.65%) Apple iOS
6 2 (4.65%) OpenVMS
6 2 (4.65%) VMS
6 2 (4.65%) Windows 7
6 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (2.33%) Android
7 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (37.21%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (20.93%) High Availability
3 8 (18.60%) Asset Management
3 8 (18.60%) ITSM
4 7 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (16.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (13.95%) DevOps
5 6 (13.95%) Migration
5 6 (13.95%) Service Delivery
6 5 (11.63%) Customer Service
7 4 (9.30%) CI/CD
7 4 (9.30%) Identity Management
7 4 (9.30%) Incident Management
7 4 (9.30%) Process Improvement
7 4 (9.30%) Runbook
7 4 (9.30%) Service Management
7 4 (9.30%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (6.98%) AI
8 3 (6.98%) Machine Learning
8 3 (6.98%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.60%) PowerShell
2 5 (11.63%) Python
3 4 (9.30%) Java
3 4 (9.30%) SQL
4 2 (4.65%) Bash
5 1 (2.33%) C++
5 1 (2.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (20.93%) Security Cleared
2 8 (18.60%) DV Cleared
3 4 (9.30%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.98%) Degree
5 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.33%) CCIE
5 1 (2.33%) CCNP
5 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) SLA
2 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 21 (48.84%) Active Directory
2 6 (13.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.30%) Docker
3 4 (9.30%) Hyper-V
4 3 (6.98%) BitLocker
4 3 (6.98%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (6.98%) Terminal Services
4 3 (6.98%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (16.28%) Kubernetes
3 5 (11.63%) SCCM
4 4 (9.30%) Ansible
4 4 (9.30%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (6.98%) Nagios
5 3 (6.98%) Puppet
5 3 (6.98%) vCenter Server
5 3 (6.98%) vMotion
5 3 (6.98%) WSUS
6 2 (4.65%) Grafana
6 2 (4.65%) NetBackup
7 1 (2.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 27 (62.79%) Microsoft
2 10 (23.26%) ServiceNow
3 6 (13.95%) Apple
3 6 (13.95%) Google
3 6 (13.95%) VMware
4 5 (11.63%) HP
4 5 (11.63%) Symantec
5 4 (9.30%) Bloomberg
5 4 (9.30%) Cisco
5 4 (9.30%) Citrix
5 4 (9.30%) Oracle
6 3 (6.98%) Dynatrace
6 3 (6.98%) iManage
6 3 (6.98%) ION Trading
6 3 (6.98%) Splunk
7 2 (4.65%) Autodesk
7 2 (4.65%) Refinitiv
7 2 (4.65%) Samsung
7 2 (4.65%) Veeam
7 2 (4.65%) Veritas