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 £220, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 38 54
Rank change year-on-year -19 +16 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 43 51 70
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.03% 3.82% 3.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.52% 4.29% 4.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 34 50
10th Percentile £161 £144 £120
25th Percentile £185 £181 £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £220 £200
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £234 £311 £294
90th Percentile £238 £349 £460
England median daily rate £229 £239 £245
% change year-on-year -4.19% -2.55% +5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 7
10th Percentile £23.31 - £16.54
25th Percentile £25.11 - £17.13
Median hourly rate £34.35 - £20.00
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £19.44
% change year-on-year +4.01% +24.38% -7.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,221 1,189 1,686
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.99% 89.06% 90.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 513 993
10th Percentile £187 £220 £191
25th Percentile £350 £310 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £638 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 211 282
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.10 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.00 £21.23 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.00 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% +6.74% +124.63%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £79.95
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.03 £45.88
% change year-on-year -40.16% -8.39% +55.53%

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 29 October 2025.

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 29 October 2025.

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 29 October 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
Cambridgeshire +1 13 £178 -5.33% 18
Hertfordshire -5 10 £225 -26.53% 13
Suffolk +1 8 £220 - 5
Essex +2 6 £193 -45.00% 9
Norfolk -17 6 £225 +74.42% 5
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 October 2025, 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 25 (58.14%) Windows
2 21 (48.84%) Microsoft
3 20 (46.51%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (39.53%) Active Directory
4 17 (39.53%) Customer Service
5 15 (34.88%) Windows 10
6 11 (25.58%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (23.26%) Apple iOS
7 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (23.26%) Security Cleared
8 9 (20.93%) Azure
8 9 (20.93%) ITIL
8 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Office
8 9 (20.93%) SC Cleared
9 8 (18.60%) DHCP
9 8 (18.60%) DNS
9 8 (18.60%) SharePoint
10 7 (16.28%) ServiceNow
11 6 (13.95%) Antivirus Management
11 6 (13.95%) Logistics
11 6 (13.95%) SAP
11 6 (13.95%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (11.63%) CCNA
12 5 (11.63%) Cisco
12 5 (11.63%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (11.63%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (11.63%) Computer Science
12 5 (11.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (11.63%) Degree
12 5 (11.63%) Java

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 (18.60%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.33%) AutoCAD
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.58%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (20.93%) Azure
3 5 (11.63%) SuccessFactors
4 4 (9.30%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.33%) AWS
5 1 (2.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (18.60%) DHCP
1 8 (18.60%) DNS
2 6 (13.95%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (11.63%) Cisco IOS
3 5 (11.63%) PuTTY
4 4 (9.30%) TCP/IP
4 4 (9.30%) VPN
5 2 (4.65%) Firewall
5 2 (4.65%) VLAN
6 1 (2.33%) 5G
6 1 (2.33%) LAN
6 1 (2.33%) WAN
General
1 17 (39.53%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Manufacturing
3 4 (9.30%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.33%) Automotive
5 1 (2.33%) Electronics
5 1 (2.33%) Finance
5 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.33%) Law
5 1 (2.33%) Legal
5 1 (2.33%) Marketing
5 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.63%) JSON
1 5 (11.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) iPad
1 5 (11.63%) iPhone
2 3 (6.98%) Driving Licence
2 3 (6.98%) Operational Technology
2 3 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.65%) FPGA
3 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.65%) Verilog
3 2 (4.65%) VHDL
4 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.33%) NHS
4 1 (2.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 25 (58.14%) Windows
2 15 (34.88%) Windows 10
3 10 (23.26%) Apple iOS
4 3 (6.98%) Windows Server
5 2 (4.65%) Android
5 2 (4.65%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.33%) Linux
6 1 (2.33%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (46.51%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (39.53%) Customer Service
3 9 (20.93%) ITIL
4 6 (13.95%) Antivirus Management
4 6 (13.95%) Logistics
5 5 (11.63%) Computer Science
5 5 (11.63%) Migration
5 5 (11.63%) Software Engineering
6 4 (9.30%) Inventory Management
6 4 (9.30%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (9.30%) Time Management
7 3 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (6.98%) ITSM
7 3 (6.98%) Process Improvement
7 3 (6.98%) Workflow
8 2 (4.65%) Development Roadmap
8 2 (4.65%) Information Management
8 2 (4.65%) Service Management
8 2 (4.65%) Software Deployment
8 2 (4.65%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.63%) Java
2 3 (6.98%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (23.26%) Security Cleared
2 9 (20.93%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.63%) CCNA
3 5 (11.63%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (11.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (11.63%) Degree
4 4 (9.30%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.33%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) GMP
1 1 (2.33%) GxP
1 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (39.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.65%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (9.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (48.84%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.28%) ServiceNow
3 6 (13.95%) SAP
4 5 (11.63%) Cisco
4 5 (11.63%) Oracle
4 5 (11.63%) Workday
5 4 (9.30%) Starlink
6 3 (6.98%) McAfee
7 2 (4.65%) Intel
7 2 (4.65%) Lattice Semiconductor
7 2 (4.65%) VMware
7 2 (4.65%) Xilinx
8 1 (2.33%) Apple
8 1 (2.33%) Google
8 1 (2.33%) HP
8 1 (2.33%) MobileIron
8 1 (2.33%) Nexthink
8 1 (2.33%) Red Hat
8 1 (2.33%) Samsung
8 1 (2.33%) Veritas