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 £290, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 July 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
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 77 93
Rank change year-on-year -11 +16 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 34 53 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.87% 2.48% 2.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% 2.60% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 39 55
10th Percentile £172 £133 £132
25th Percentile £216 £159 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £250 £165
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +51.52% -34.00%
75th Percentile £410 £350 £204
90th Percentile £483 £400 £425
Central London median daily rate £300 £265 £168
% change year-on-year +13.21% +58.21% -33.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £24.87 - -
25th Percentile £25.18 £20.22 -
Median hourly rate £26.58 £20.82 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.70% - -
75th Percentile £28.85 £25.39 -
90th Percentile £29.69 £27.78 -
Central London median hourly rate £26.58 £21.91 £25.00
% change year-on-year +21.33% -12.37% +51.52%

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 1,700 2,040 3,320
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.56% 95.37% 94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,081 1,400 2,247
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% -4.17% +5.96%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £793 £825
Central London median daily rate £552 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +0.36% -8.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 16 19
10th Percentile £17.57 £16.33 £15.24
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.98% -29.64% -18.60%
75th Percentile £62.00 £40.00 £76.25
90th Percentile £86.43 £64.50 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.24% -22.86% -16.67%

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 5 July 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 5 July 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 5 July 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%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (47.06%) Azure
3 15 (44.12%) Windows
3 15 (44.12%) Finance
4 12 (35.29%) Microsoft
5 11 (32.35%) Active Directory
6 9 (26.47%) DNS
6 9 (26.47%) Firewall
7 8 (23.53%) Migration
8 7 (20.59%) CheckPoint
8 7 (20.59%) VPN
8 7 (20.59%) ADO
8 7 (20.59%) Agile
8 7 (20.59%) Infoblox
8 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (20.59%) Kalman Filter
8 7 (20.59%) Entra ID
8 7 (20.59%) Palo Alto
8 7 (20.59%) Terraform
8 7 (20.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 7 (20.59%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (20.59%) NGFW
8 7 (20.59%) Anti-Spyware
9 5 (14.71%) Windows Server
9 5 (14.71%) Banking
9 5 (14.71%) SCCM
9 5 (14.71%) ITIL
10 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
10 4 (11.76%) Social Skills
10 4 (11.76%) Preventative Maintenance

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 2 (5.88%) Confluence
1 2 (5.88%) Skype for Business
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.94%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 17 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (47.06%) Azure
3 7 (20.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 7 (20.59%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.88%) AWS
5 1 (2.94%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) DNS
1 9 (26.47%) Firewall
2 7 (20.59%) NGFW
2 7 (20.59%) VPN
3 3 (8.82%) VoIP
4 2 (5.88%) DHCP
4 2 (5.88%) Skype
4 2 (5.88%) TCP/IP
4 2 (5.88%) WebEx
4 2 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.94%) Internet
5 1 (2.94%) Intranet
5 1 (2.94%) IP Telephony
5 1 (2.94%) LAN
5 1 (2.94%) NetScaler
5 1 (2.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) 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
4 2 (5.88%) Law
5 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (20.59%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Anti-Spyware
2 3 (8.82%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.94%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.94%) Reinsurance
4 1 (2.94%) Replication
4 1 (2.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 15 (44.12%) Windows
2 5 (14.71%) Windows Server
3 4 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (8.82%) Windows 10
5 2 (5.88%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.94%) Android
6 1 (2.94%) Linux
6 1 (2.94%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.94%) Mac OS X
6 1 (2.94%) Unix
6 1 (2.94%) VMS
6 1 (2.94%) Windows 7
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 5 (14.71%) ITIL
4 4 (11.76%) Preventative Maintenance
5 3 (8.82%) Asset Management
5 3 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (5.88%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (5.88%) Incident Management
6 2 (5.88%) Inventory Management
6 2 (5.88%) ISMS
6 2 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (2.94%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (2.94%) Customer Service
7 1 (2.94%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 1 (2.94%) Fintech
7 1 (2.94%) Project Delivery
7 1 (2.94%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) ABAP
1 1 (2.94%) C
1 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.94%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (2.94%) MCSA
2 1 (2.94%) MCSE
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.94%) MOS
2 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (32.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.94%) Firmware
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (20.59%) Terraform
2 5 (14.71%) SCCM
3 2 (5.88%) CASB
4 1 (2.94%) WSUS
Vendors
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (20.59%) CheckPoint
2 7 (20.59%) Infoblox
2 7 (20.59%) Palo Alto
3 3 (8.82%) Bloomberg
3 3 (8.82%) Polycom
4 2 (5.88%) Apple
4 2 (5.88%) Cisco
4 2 (5.88%) Citrix
4 2 (5.88%) Google
5 1 (2.94%) Avaya
5 1 (2.94%) HP
5 1 (2.94%) Refinitiv
5 1 (2.94%) SAP
5 1 (2.94%) Sybase
5 1 (2.94%) VMware
5 1 (2.94%) Wyse