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 7 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 47 66
Rank change year-on-year -14 +19 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 56 36 48
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.50% 3.79% 2.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.73% 4.29% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 26 39
10th Percentile £163 £180 £152
25th Percentile £188 £192 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £223 £225
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% -1.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £215 £248 £268
90th Percentile £240 £475 £460
England median daily rate £210 £245 £213
% change year-on-year -14.29% +15.29% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £16.71 - -
25th Percentile £16.79 £20.64 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.67 £21.28 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.92% +18.22% +2.95%
75th Percentile £54.06 £21.92 £21.38
90th Percentile £54.63 - £22.80
England median hourly rate £22.50 £25.15 £21.41
% change year-on-year -10.54% +17.48% +7.04%

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 2,049 840 1,710
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.55% 88.42% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 938 441 768
10th Percentile £197 £200 £204
25th Percentile £350 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -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 585 167 597
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.95 £16.30
Median hourly rate £30.43 £50.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.14% +16.28% +20.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £47.00 £31.35 £36.50
% change year-on-year +49.94% -14.12% -17.64%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -7 22 £203 +19.12% 8
Suffolk -3 14 £195 -7.14% 7
Hertfordshire -22 9 £188 -35.90% 11
Essex -13 5 £240 +3.56% 6
Cambridgeshire +6 4 £269 -46.25% 7
East Anglia - 2 - - 4
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 33 (58.93%) Windows
2 24 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 23 (41.07%) Microsoft
3 23 (41.07%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (39.29%) Windows 10
5 15 (26.79%) Security Cleared
6 14 (25.00%) SC Cleared
7 13 (23.21%) ITIL
8 11 (19.64%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (12.50%) Customer Service
9 7 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (10.71%) Azure
10 6 (10.71%) ITSM
11 5 (8.93%) JIRA
12 4 (7.14%) Cisco
12 4 (7.14%) Migration
13 3 (5.36%) Apple iOS
13 3 (5.36%) Degree
13 3 (5.36%) DHCP
13 3 (5.36%) DNS
13 3 (5.36%) Entra ID
13 3 (5.36%) Firewall
13 3 (5.36%) High Availability
13 3 (5.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
13 3 (5.36%) PowerShell
13 3 (5.36%) Service Delivery
13 3 (5.36%) SharePoint
13 3 (5.36%) Windows Server
14 2 (3.57%) A+ Certification

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 (5.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.57%) Apache
2 2 (3.57%) IIS
2 2 (3.57%) NetWeaver
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.79%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 23 (41.07%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (10.71%) Azure
3 3 (5.36%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.79%) IaaS
4 1 (1.79%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.36%) DHCP
1 3 (5.36%) DNS
1 3 (5.36%) Firewall
2 2 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.79%) LAN
3 1 (1.79%) SAN
3 1 (1.79%) Skype
3 1 (1.79%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.79%) VPN
3 1 (1.79%) WAN
3 1 (1.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) SAP HANA
1 2 (3.57%) Sybase ASE
2 1 (1.79%) MaxDB
2 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.93%) JIRA
General
1 24 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.07%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.57%) Digital Health
3 2 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (3.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.79%) Legal
4 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.79%) ONVIF
2 1 (1.79%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.79%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.36%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.57%) CMDB
4 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.79%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.79%) iPad
4 1 (1.79%) iPhone
4 1 (1.79%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.79%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.79%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 33 (58.93%) Windows
2 22 (39.29%) Windows 10
3 3 (5.36%) Apple iOS
3 3 (5.36%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.57%) Linux
4 2 (3.57%) Unix
5 1 (1.79%) Android
5 1 (1.79%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.79%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (23.21%) ITIL
2 7 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 7 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (10.71%) ITSM
4 4 (7.14%) Migration
5 3 (5.36%) High Availability
5 3 (5.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (5.36%) Service Delivery
6 2 (3.57%) Agile
6 2 (3.57%) Antivirus Management
6 2 (3.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (3.57%) Incident Management
6 2 (3.57%) Informatics
6 2 (3.57%) Performance Tuning
6 2 (3.57%) PRINCE2
6 2 (3.57%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (3.57%) Server Building
6 2 (3.57%) Time Management
6 2 (3.57%) User Experience
7 1 (1.79%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.36%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (26.79%) Security Cleared
2 14 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.36%) Degree
4 2 (3.57%) A+ Certification
4 2 (3.57%) CCNA
4 2 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.79%) HND
5 1 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.79%) MCSA
5 1 (1.79%) MCSE
5 1 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) GLP
1 2 (3.57%) GMP
2 1 (1.79%) GDPR
2 1 (1.79%) GxP
2 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (19.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.57%) Ansible
2 2 (3.57%) SCCM
3 1 (1.79%) Grafana
Vendors
1 23 (41.07%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.14%) Cisco
3 2 (3.57%) Palo Alto
3 2 (3.57%) SAP
3 2 (3.57%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.57%) SolarWinds
3 2 (3.57%) Sybase
4 1 (1.79%) Apple
4 1 (1.79%) Dell
4 1 (1.79%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.79%) McAfee
4 1 (1.79%) Oracle
4 1 (1.79%) Starlink
4 1 (1.79%) VMware