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 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 85 76
Rank change year-on-year -16 -9 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 29 35 50
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.26% 2.00% 2.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 2.16% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 16 39
10th Percentile £158 £165 £133
25th Percentile £181 £205 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £300 £250
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +20.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £290 £403 £350
90th Percentile £438 £428 £390
Central London median daily rate £220 £301 £250
% change year-on-year -26.97% +20.50% +28.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.25 - £20.22
Median hourly rate £27.50 £24.66 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year +11.52% +18.47% -
75th Percentile £27.75 - £21.41
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £24.66 £20.82
% change year-on-year +11.52% +18.47% -11.43%

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 2,178 1,623 2,071
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 92.96% 95.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,455 1,018 1,468
10th Percentile £355 £350 £348
25th Percentile £450 £459 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £675 £687 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 15
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.00 £15.62
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £31.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +34.78% -34.29%
75th Percentile £52.41 £48.75 £27.25
90th Percentile £62.36 £92.75 £40.00
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £25.78
% change year-on-year -10.18% +12.76% -26.34%

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 May 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 9 May 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 16 (55.17%) Windows
2 14 (48.28%) Microsoft
3 13 (44.83%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (37.93%) Active Directory
5 8 (27.59%) Windows 10
6 7 (24.14%) Azure
7 5 (17.24%) ITIL
7 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (13.79%) Degree
8 4 (13.79%) iManage
8 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (10.34%) Azure Certification
9 3 (10.34%) Entra ID
9 3 (10.34%) Master's Degree
9 3 (10.34%) Process Management
9 3 (10.34%) SAP
9 3 (10.34%) ServiceNow
9 3 (10.34%) User Experience
9 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
10 2 (6.90%) CCNA
10 2 (6.90%) Cisco
10 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (6.90%) Customer Service
10 2 (6.90%) Data Protection
10 2 (6.90%) DNS
10 2 (6.90%) Firewall
10 2 (6.90%) GDPR
10 2 (6.90%) Mac OS
10 2 (6.90%) SLA

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 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (24.14%) Azure
3 3 (10.34%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.45%) GCP
4 1 (3.45%) Mimecast
4 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) DNS
1 2 (6.90%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) DHCP
2 1 (3.45%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 16 (55.17%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Banking
3 3 (10.34%) Investment Banking
4 2 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.90%) BYOD
2 2 (6.90%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.45%) Fat Client
3 1 (3.45%) iPhone
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.45%) Thin Client
3 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (55.17%) Windows
2 8 (27.59%) Windows 10
3 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
4 2 (6.90%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.45%) Mac OS X
5 1 (3.45%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.24%) ITIL
1 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (10.34%) Process Management
2 3 (10.34%) User Experience
3 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (6.90%) Customer Service
3 2 (6.90%) Data Protection
3 2 (6.90%) Software Deployment
4 1 (3.45%) Agile
4 1 (3.45%) Application Security
4 1 (3.45%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.45%) Change Management
4 1 (3.45%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.45%) ITSM
4 1 (3.45%) PRINCE2
4 1 (3.45%) Problem Management
4 1 (3.45%) Project Management
4 1 (3.45%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.45%) Service Management
4 1 (3.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) C#
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) Azure Certification
2 3 (10.34%) Master's Degree
3 2 (6.90%) CCNA
3 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) GDPR
1 2 (6.90%) SLA
2 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 11 (37.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.45%) Autotask
2 1 (3.45%) SCCM
2 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (48.28%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) iManage
3 3 (10.34%) SAP
3 3 (10.34%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.90%) Cisco
5 1 (3.45%) Bloomberg
5 1 (3.45%) Charles River
5 1 (3.45%) Citrix
5 1 (3.45%) Freshdesk
5 1 (3.45%) Google
5 1 (3.45%) HP
5 1 (3.45%) Meraki
5 1 (3.45%) VMware