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 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 77 103
Rank change year-on-year -5 +26 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 32 49 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.91% 2.27% 1.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.05% 2.39% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 35 55
10th Percentile £165 £128 £133
25th Percentile £195 £143 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £250 £165
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +51.52% -34.00%
75th Percentile £407 £350 £246
90th Percentile £429 £395 £525
Central London median daily rate £300 £259 £178
% change year-on-year +15.94% +45.77% -29.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £24.66 £20.82 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.47% - -
Central London median hourly rate £24.66 £21.91 £25.00
% change year-on-year +12.56% -12.37% +75.44%

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 1,562 2,051 3,328
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 94.82% 94.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 976 1,441 2,253
10th Percentile £350 £350 £361
25th Percentile £456 £438 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.18% -8.33% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £788 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 23
10th Percentile £22.35 £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% -
75th Percentile £48.75 £28.44 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.64
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £26.41 £35.00
% change year-on-year +6.61% -24.56% -2.78%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 15 (46.88%) Windows
1 15 (46.88%) Azure
1 15 (46.88%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (40.63%) Finance
3 12 (37.50%) Microsoft
4 11 (34.38%) Active Directory
5 10 (31.25%) DNS
6 9 (28.13%) Firewall
7 8 (25.00%) Entra ID
7 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (25.00%) Migration
8 7 (21.88%) Agile
8 7 (21.88%) ADO
8 7 (21.88%) CheckPoint
8 7 (21.88%) VPN
8 7 (21.88%) Infoblox
8 7 (21.88%) Kalman Filter
8 7 (21.88%) Palo Alto
8 7 (21.88%) Terraform
8 7 (21.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 7 (21.88%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (21.88%) NGFW
8 7 (21.88%) Anti-Spyware
9 6 (18.75%) SCCM
10 5 (15.63%) Windows Server
10 5 (15.63%) Banking
11 4 (12.50%) ITIL
11 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (12.50%) Apple iOS
11 4 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016

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 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.13%) Confluence
2 1 (3.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 15 (46.88%) Azure
1 15 (46.88%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 7 (21.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (6.25%) AWS
4 2 (6.25%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (31.25%) DNS
2 9 (28.13%) Firewall
3 7 (21.88%) NGFW
3 7 (21.88%) VPN
4 3 (9.38%) DHCP
4 3 (9.38%) VoIP
5 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
5 2 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (3.13%) Skype
6 1 (3.13%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 13 (40.63%) Finance
2 5 (15.63%) Banking
3 4 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Law
5 1 (3.13%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.88%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Anti-Spyware
2 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.13%) PKI
3 1 (3.13%) Reinsurance
3 1 (3.13%) Replication
3 1 (3.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (46.88%) Windows
2 5 (15.63%) Windows Server
3 4 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 4 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (9.38%) Linux
4 3 (9.38%) Mac OS
4 3 (9.38%) Windows 10
5 2 (6.25%) Android
5 2 (6.25%) Unix
6 1 (3.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Migration
2 7 (21.88%) Agile
2 7 (21.88%) Infrastructure as Code
2 7 (21.88%) Kalman Filter
3 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (12.50%) ITIL
4 3 (9.38%) Incident Management
4 3 (9.38%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (9.38%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.25%) Asset Management
5 2 (6.25%) Customer Service
5 2 (6.25%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (6.25%) Data Protection
5 2 (6.25%) Inventory Management
6 1 (3.13%) Data Management
6 1 (3.13%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (3.13%) Problem Management
6 1 (3.13%) Statistics
6 1 (3.13%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) Bash
1 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.13%) Python
1 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (9.38%) Degree
2 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.13%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (34.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.13%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (21.88%) Terraform
3 6 (18.75%) SCCM
4 2 (6.25%) CASB
5 1 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (3.13%) SCOrch
5 1 (3.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.88%) CheckPoint
2 7 (21.88%) Infoblox
2 7 (21.88%) Palo Alto
3 3 (9.38%) Bloomberg
4 2 (6.25%) Cisco
4 2 (6.25%) Google
4 2 (6.25%) VMware
5 1 (3.13%) Apple
5 1 (3.13%) Citrix
5 1 (3.13%) Nexthink
5 1 (3.13%) Polycom
5 1 (3.13%) Refinitiv
5 1 (3.13%) Remedy
5 1 (3.13%) Sybase