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 £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
14 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 47 64
Rank change year-on-year -14 +17 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 58 36 46
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.62% 3.79% 2.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.86% 4.32% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 26 37
10th Percentile £163 £180 £149
25th Percentile £163 £192 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £223 £225
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% -1.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £214 £248 £263
90th Percentile £240 £475 £410
England median daily rate £210 £240 £215
% change year-on-year -12.50% +11.63% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile £16.73 - -
25th Percentile £16.84 £20.64 £17.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £21.28 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +146.71% +18.22% +2.95%
75th Percentile £55.00 £21.92 £21.38
90th Percentile £55.30 - £22.80
England median hourly rate £22.50 £25.72 £22.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% +16.89% +10.00%

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 2,029 834 1,681
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 87.70% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 934 437 748
10th Percentile £197 £200 £204
25th Percentile £350 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +8.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £651
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 583 165 597
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £16.95 £16.30
Median hourly rate £30.58 £46.18 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.78% +7.40% +18.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £46.50 £30.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +55.00% -20.00% -14.88%

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 14 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Engineer 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 14 May 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 -8 24 £200 +17.65% 6
Suffolk -6 12 £195 -7.14% 2
Hertfordshire -19 9 £188 -35.90% 13
Essex -11 6 £240 +3.56% 8
Cambridgeshire +9 5 £269 -46.25% 8
East Anglia - 2 - - 2
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 East of England region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (62.07%) Windows
2 26 (44.83%) Active Directory
3 25 (43.10%) Microsoft
3 25 (43.10%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (43.10%) Windows 10
4 15 (25.86%) ITIL
5 14 (24.14%) Security Cleared
6 13 (22.41%) SC Cleared
7 12 (20.69%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (10.34%) Azure
8 6 (10.34%) Customer Service
8 6 (10.34%) ITSM
8 6 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (8.62%) JIRA
9 5 (8.62%) Migration
10 4 (6.90%) Cisco
10 4 (6.90%) High Availability
11 3 (5.17%) Degree
11 3 (5.17%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 3 (5.17%) Entra ID
11 3 (5.17%) Firewall
11 3 (5.17%) Incident Management
11 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 3 (5.17%) Linux
11 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
11 3 (5.17%) NetWeaver
11 3 (5.17%) Performance Tuning
11 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
11 3 (5.17%) Python
11 3 (5.17%) Root Cause Analysis

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 3 (5.17%) NetWeaver
2 2 (3.45%) Apache
2 2 (3.45%) IIS
2 2 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.72%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (43.10%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (10.34%) Azure
3 3 (5.17%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.45%) IaaS
4 2 (3.45%) PaaS
5 1 (1.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.17%) Firewall
2 2 (3.45%) DHCP
2 2 (3.45%) DNS
3 1 (1.72%) LAN
3 1 (1.72%) SAN
3 1 (1.72%) Skype
3 1 (1.72%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.72%) VPN
3 1 (1.72%) WAN
3 1 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) SAP HANA
1 3 (5.17%) Sybase ASE
2 2 (3.45%) MaxDB
2 2 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) JIRA
General
1 27 (46.55%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.24%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.45%) Digital Health
3 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.72%) Legal
4 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) SAP Basis
2 2 (3.45%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (3.45%) SAPUI5
3 1 (1.72%) ONVIF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.45%) CMDB
4 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.72%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.72%) iPad
4 1 (1.72%) iPhone
4 1 (1.72%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.72%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.72%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 36 (62.07%) Windows
2 25 (43.10%) Windows 10
3 3 (5.17%) Linux
3 3 (5.17%) Unix
3 3 (5.17%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.72%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.72%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.86%) ITIL
2 6 (10.34%) Customer Service
2 6 (10.34%) ITSM
2 6 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (8.62%) Migration
4 4 (6.90%) High Availability
5 3 (5.17%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (5.17%) Incident Management
5 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (5.17%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (5.17%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (5.17%) Service Delivery
6 2 (3.45%) Agile
6 2 (3.45%) CI/CD
6 2 (3.45%) Data Protection
6 2 (3.45%) Informatics
6 2 (3.45%) PRINCE2
6 2 (3.45%) Problem Management
6 2 (3.45%) SAP Security
6 2 (3.45%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
1 3 (5.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (24.14%) Security Cleared
2 13 (22.41%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) Degree
4 2 (3.45%) A+ Certification
4 2 (3.45%) CCNA
4 2 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.72%) HND
5 1 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.72%) MCSA
5 1 (1.72%) MCSE
5 1 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) GDPR
1 2 (3.45%) GLP
1 2 (3.45%) GMP
2 1 (1.72%) GxP
2 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (44.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (20.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.45%) Ansible
2 2 (3.45%) Grafana
3 1 (1.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (43.10%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.90%) Cisco
3 3 (5.17%) SAP
3 3 (5.17%) Sybase
4 2 (3.45%) Dynatrace
4 2 (3.45%) Oracle
4 2 (3.45%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.45%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.45%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.72%) Apple
5 1 (1.72%) Dell
5 1 (1.72%) McAfee
5 1 (1.72%) Starlink
5 1 (1.72%) VMware
38 Support Engineer jobs in the East of England