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 £204, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 41 52
Rank change year-on-year -15 +11 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 46 43 55
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.89% 3.84% 3.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.22% 4.30% 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 28 42
10th Percentile £185 £180 £120
25th Percentile £193 £184 £137
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £204 £220 £200
Median % change year-on-year -7.39% +10.00% +21.21%
75th Percentile £238 £320 £319
90th Percentile £240 £395 £460
England median daily rate £225 £240 £225
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -5.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 7
10th Percentile £16.82 - £17.00
25th Percentile £23.13 - £17.36
Median hourly rate £25.08 - £20.00
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile £44.38 - £21.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £22.00 £19.38
% change year-on-year +8.30% +13.52% -0.62%

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 1,427 999 1,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.52% 89.20% 89.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 624 445 854
10th Percentile £193 £220 £200
25th Percentile £338 £318 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.22% -5.26% -2.56%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £686 £688 £688
England median daily rate £502 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 419 157 302
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.23 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.48 £21.46 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £40.28
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% +24.15% +91.79%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £79.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% -22.22% +36.36%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 2 January 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
Suffolk +10 18 £204 -2.98% 12
Norfolk -17 9 £225 +32.35%
Cambridgeshire -2 7 £363 -27.50% 13
Essex -4 6 £190 -22.45% 3
Hertfordshire -20 6 £189 -38.37% 16
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 January 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 27 (58.70%) Windows
2 21 (45.65%) Active Directory
3 20 (43.48%) Security Cleared
4 19 (41.30%) Microsoft
4 19 (41.30%) SC Cleared
5 18 (39.13%) Windows 10
6 17 (36.96%) Customer Service
7 15 (32.61%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (30.43%) Apple iOS
8 14 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (26.09%) Microsoft Intune
10 10 (21.74%) Azure
10 10 (21.74%) ITIL
11 8 (17.39%) Logistics
11 8 (17.39%) SharePoint
11 8 (17.39%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (15.22%) Antivirus Management
12 7 (15.22%) SCCM
13 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
13 6 (13.04%) Migration
14 5 (10.87%) DHCP
14 5 (10.87%) DNS
14 5 (10.87%) OneDrive
14 5 (10.87%) SAP
14 5 (10.87%) TCP/IP
15 4 (8.70%) Android
15 4 (8.70%) PowerShell
15 4 (8.70%) Process Improvement
15 4 (8.70%) Software Deployment
15 4 (8.70%) VPN

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 (17.39%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.35%) Apache
2 2 (4.35%) IIS
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) AutoCAD
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (21.74%) Azure
3 5 (10.87%) OneDrive
4 3 (6.52%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (4.35%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.17%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.39%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (10.87%) DHCP
2 5 (10.87%) DNS
2 5 (10.87%) TCP/IP
3 4 (8.70%) VPN
4 2 (4.35%) Firewall
General
1 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.04%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.35%) Digital Health
3 2 (4.35%) Electronics
3 2 (4.35%) Finance
3 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.35%) Marketing
3 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.17%) Automotive
4 1 (2.17%) Law
4 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) JSON
1 3 (6.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) Driving Licence
1 4 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.52%) iPad
2 3 (6.52%) iPhone
3 2 (4.35%) FPGA
3 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.35%) Verilog
3 2 (4.35%) VHDL
4 1 (2.17%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 27 (58.70%) Windows
2 18 (39.13%) Windows 10
3 14 (30.43%) Apple iOS
4 4 (8.70%) Android
4 4 (8.70%) Windows Server
5 2 (4.35%) Mac OS
5 2 (4.35%) Mac OS X
6 1 (2.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.96%) Customer Service
2 15 (32.61%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (21.74%) ITIL
4 8 (17.39%) Logistics
5 7 (15.22%) Antivirus Management
6 6 (13.04%) Migration
7 4 (8.70%) Process Improvement
7 4 (8.70%) Software Deployment
7 4 (8.70%) Workflow
8 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (6.52%) Inventory Management
8 3 (6.52%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (6.52%) Software Engineering
8 3 (6.52%) Time Management
8 3 (6.52%) Workflow Management
9 2 (4.35%) Agile
9 2 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (4.35%) Information Management
9 2 (4.35%) PRINCE2
9 2 (4.35%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.70%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.52%) Java
Qualifications
1 20 (43.48%) Security Cleared
2 19 (41.30%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.52%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.17%) BC Cleared
4 1 (2.17%) Degree
4 1 (2.17%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (45.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (26.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (15.22%) SCCM
3 2 (4.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 19 (41.30%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.87%) SAP
3 3 (6.52%) McAfee
3 3 (6.52%) Oracle
3 3 (6.52%) Starlink
3 3 (6.52%) Workday
4 2 (4.35%) Apple
4 2 (4.35%) Cisco
4 2 (4.35%) Intel
4 2 (4.35%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 2 (4.35%) Palo Alto
4 2 (4.35%) SolarWinds
4 2 (4.35%) Xilinx
5 1 (2.17%) HP
5 1 (2.17%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.17%) Veritas
5 1 (2.17%) VMware