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 3 December 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 44 51
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 51 45 64
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.26% 3.63% 3.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.69% 4.06% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 29 47
10th Percentile £185 £180 £118
25th Percentile £187 £185 £136
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £220 £200
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +12.68%
75th Percentile £238 £288 £313
90th Percentile - £350 £460
England median daily rate £225 £240 £238
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.05% +1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 9
10th Percentile £18.10 - £16.54
25th Percentile £23.13 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.20 - £18.00
75th Percentile £43.75 - £20.00
90th Percentile - - £20.75
England median hourly rate £24.00 £22.09 £19.00
% change year-on-year +8.65% +16.26% -5.00%

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 1,382 1,109 1,599
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.31% 89.44% 90.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 596 478 924
10th Percentile £184 £220 £200
25th Percentile £335 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% -5.26% -2.56%
75th Percentile £576 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £654 £688
England median daily rate £504 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.05% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 377 191 291
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.73 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.48 £21.36 £17.72
Median hourly rate £34.00 £47.50 £40.28
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% +17.94% +103.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £80.00
England median hourly rate £25.74 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.91% -17.22% +38.46%

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 3 December 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 3 December 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 3 December 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
Suffolk +6 14 £220 - 8
Cambridgeshire -1 12 £178 -5.33% 15
Norfolk -15 10 £225 +58.77% 6
Hertfordshire -13 8 £225 -26.53% 15
Essex -4 7 £190 -22.45% 2
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 December 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 30 (58.82%) Windows
2 25 (49.02%) Microsoft
3 23 (45.10%) Active Directory
4 20 (39.22%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (37.25%) Customer Service
5 19 (37.25%) Windows 10
6 16 (31.37%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (31.37%) Security Cleared
7 15 (29.41%) SC Cleared
8 14 (27.45%) Apple iOS
9 13 (25.49%) Microsoft Intune
10 11 (21.57%) Azure
11 10 (19.61%) ITIL
11 10 (19.61%) Microsoft Office
12 9 (17.65%) DHCP
12 9 (17.65%) DNS
12 9 (17.65%) SharePoint
12 9 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (15.69%) Antivirus Management
13 8 (15.69%) Logistics
14 7 (13.73%) SAP
14 7 (13.73%) SCCM
15 6 (11.76%) Migration
16 5 (9.80%) Degree
16 5 (9.80%) Java
16 5 (9.80%) JSON
16 5 (9.80%) OneDrive
16 5 (9.80%) Oracle
16 5 (9.80%) PowerShell
16 5 (9.80%) ServiceNow

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 9 (17.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (19.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.96%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (31.37%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (21.57%) Azure
3 5 (9.80%) OneDrive
3 5 (9.80%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.96%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.65%) DHCP
1 9 (17.65%) DNS
1 9 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (9.80%) TCP/IP
2 5 (9.80%) VPN
3 4 (7.84%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (7.84%) PuTTY
4 2 (3.92%) Firewall
4 2 (3.92%) VLAN
5 1 (1.96%) LAN
5 1 (1.96%) WAN
General
1 19 (37.25%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.73%) Public Sector
3 6 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.92%) Digital Health
4 2 (3.92%) Electronics
4 2 (3.92%) Finance
4 2 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.92%) Marketing
4 2 (3.92%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.96%) Automotive
5 1 (1.96%) Law
5 1 (1.96%) Legal
5 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.80%) JSON
1 5 (9.80%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.84%) Driving Licence
1 4 (7.84%) iPad
1 4 (7.84%) iPhone
2 3 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.92%) FPGA
3 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.92%) Operational Technology
3 2 (3.92%) Verilog
3 2 (3.92%) VHDL
4 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.96%) NHS
4 1 (1.96%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 30 (58.82%) Windows
2 19 (37.25%) Windows 10
3 14 (27.45%) Apple iOS
4 4 (7.84%) Android
5 3 (5.88%) Mac OS
5 3 (5.88%) Windows Server
6 2 (3.92%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.96%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (39.22%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (37.25%) Customer Service
3 10 (19.61%) ITIL
4 8 (15.69%) Antivirus Management
4 8 (15.69%) Logistics
5 6 (11.76%) Migration
6 5 (9.80%) Software Engineering
7 4 (7.84%) Computer Science
7 4 (7.84%) Inventory Management
7 4 (7.84%) Process Improvement
7 4 (7.84%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (7.84%) Software Deployment
7 4 (7.84%) Time Management
7 4 (7.84%) Workflow
8 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (5.88%) Workflow Management
9 2 (3.92%) Development Roadmap
9 2 (3.92%) Digital Marketing
9 2 (3.92%) FPGA Design
9 2 (3.92%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.80%) Java
1 5 (9.80%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (31.37%) Security Cleared
2 15 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.80%) Degree
4 4 (7.84%) CCNA
4 4 (7.84%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (7.84%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.96%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (45.10%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.92%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (25.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (13.73%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (49.02%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.73%) SAP
3 5 (9.80%) Oracle
3 5 (9.80%) ServiceNow
3 5 (9.80%) Workday
4 4 (7.84%) Cisco
4 4 (7.84%) McAfee
4 4 (7.84%) Starlink
5 2 (3.92%) Apple
5 2 (3.92%) Intel
5 2 (3.92%) Lattice Semiconductor
5 2 (3.92%) VMware
5 2 (3.92%) Xilinx
6 1 (1.96%) HP
6 1 (1.96%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.96%) Veritas