Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Support Engineer
England > East of England

The median Support Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £198, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 53 41
Rank change year-on-year -1 -12 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 66 43 61
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.93% 3.38% 4.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.25% 3.98% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 21 45
10th Percentile - £145 £128
25th Percentile £163 £185 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £198 £220 £220
Median % change year-on-year -10.23% - +1.15%
75th Percentile £211 £230 £288
90th Percentile £240 £244 £349
England median daily rate £225 £239 £235
% change year-on-year -5.86% +1.70% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 0
10th Percentile £57.40 £20.64 -
25th Percentile £60.25 £28.18 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £37.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +73.33% - -
75th Percentile - £43.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.00 £26.00 £22.88
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.66% +20.02%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 2,030 1,080 1,307
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 84.77% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 887 483 537
10th Percentile £198 £185 £206
25th Percentile £374 £353 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £584 £573
90th Percentile £688 £687 £625
England median daily rate £525 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 550 250 378
10th Percentile £14.40 £14.84 £14.42
25th Percentile £17.11 £17.50 £21.37
Median hourly rate £47.50 £40.73 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.64% -14.26% +43.94%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £64.25
90th Percentile £80.00 £80.14 £70.00
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £46.87
% change year-on-year +73.20% -46.34% +6.85%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 East of England.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in the East of England

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 5 September 2026. 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
Norfolk +11 37 £175 - 8
Essex -14 10 £240 +11.63% 8
Cambridgeshire -4 8 £190 +5.56% 6
Hertfordshire -20 6 £220 -2.22% 19
Suffolk -17 3 £225 +2.27% 2
Bedfordshire +2 1 £510 +126.67% 2
East Anglia - 1 - - 2
Support Engineer
England

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 5 September 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 East of England region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 46 (69.70%) Windows
2 43 (65.15%) Microsoft
3 42 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (43.94%) Active Directory
5 25 (37.88%) Windows 10
6 21 (31.82%) ITIL
7 18 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (25.76%) Customer Service
9 16 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (21.21%) Asset Management
11 10 (15.15%) ITSM
11 10 (15.15%) Security Cleared
12 9 (13.64%) Azure
12 9 (13.64%) SC Cleared
13 8 (12.12%) Entra ID
13 8 (12.12%) SharePoint
14 6 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
14 6 (9.09%) Migration
14 6 (9.09%) Service Delivery
15 5 (7.58%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 5 (7.58%) High Availability
15 5 (7.58%) MaxDB
15 5 (7.58%) NetWeaver
15 5 (7.58%) Oracle
15 5 (7.58%) Performance Tuning
15 5 (7.58%) SAP
15 5 (7.58%) SAP Basis
15 5 (7.58%) SAP Fiori
15 5 (7.58%) SAP HANA
15 5 (7.58%) SAP S/4HANA

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 8 (12.12%) SharePoint
2 5 (7.58%) NetWeaver
3 1 (1.52%) Confluence
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.52%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (7.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 42 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (13.64%) Azure
3 8 (12.12%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.52%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.52%) IaaS
4 1 (1.52%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.52%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) Firewall
1 2 (3.03%) Wireless
2 1 (1.52%) DHCP
2 1 (1.52%) DNS
2 1 (1.52%) LAN
2 1 (1.52%) Skype
2 1 (1.52%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.52%) VPN
2 1 (1.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.58%) MaxDB
1 5 (7.58%) SAP HANA
1 5 (7.58%) SQL Server
1 5 (7.58%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 2 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 41 (62.12%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.52%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.52%) Legal
4 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.52%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.58%) SAP Basis
1 5 (7.58%) SAP Fiori
1 5 (7.58%) SAPUI5
2 1 (1.52%) ONVIF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (21.21%) Onboarding
2 6 (9.09%) CMDB
3 3 (4.55%) NHS
4 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.52%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.52%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.52%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 46 (69.70%) Windows
2 25 (37.88%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.55%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.03%) Android
4 2 (3.03%) Linux
4 2 (3.03%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (31.82%) ITIL
2 17 (25.76%) Customer Service
3 16 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (21.21%) Asset Management
5 10 (15.15%) ITSM
6 6 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (9.09%) Migration
6 6 (9.09%) Service Delivery
7 5 (7.58%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 5 (7.58%) High Availability
7 5 (7.58%) Performance Tuning
7 5 (7.58%) User Experience
8 4 (6.06%) Database Optimisation
8 4 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (6.06%) Inventory Management
8 4 (6.06%) Runbook
8 4 (6.06%) Service Management
9 3 (4.55%) Inventory Control
9 3 (4.55%) Mobile Device Management
10 2 (3.03%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (15.15%) Security Cleared
2 9 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.55%) Degree
4 2 (3.03%) CCNA
4 2 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.52%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.52%) MCSA
5 1 (1.52%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (3.03%) QA
3 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.52%) GDPR
3 1 (1.52%) GLP
3 1 (1.52%) GMP
3 1 (1.52%) GxP
3 1 (1.52%) NCSC
System Software
1 29 (43.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.52%) Grafana
2 1 (1.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 43 (65.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.58%) Oracle
2 5 (7.58%) SAP
2 5 (7.58%) Sybase
3 4 (6.06%) Cisco
3 4 (6.06%) Citrix
4 3 (4.55%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.55%) VMware
5 1 (1.52%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (1.52%) Dell
5 1 (1.52%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.52%) Google
5 1 (1.52%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.52%) Sophos