Support Engineer Contracts 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 21 September 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 58 55
Rank change year-on-year +25 -3 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 63 61 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 4.16% 3.25% 3.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.69% 3.64% 4.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 42 72
10th Percentile £128 £122 £133
25th Percentile £180 £143 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £205 £175
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +17.14% +20.69%
75th Percentile £288 £344 £239
90th Percentile £349 £434 £300
England median daily rate £240 £250 £225
% change year-on-year -4.00% +11.11% +19.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 4
10th Percentile - - £12.55
25th Percentile - £16.54 £14.13
Median hourly rate - £17.72 £15.97
Median % change year-on-year - +10.98% -11.29%
75th Percentile - £20.00 £17.33
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £24.18 £19.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year +26.46% -8.95% +31.25%

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 1,343 1,678 2,264
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.65% 89.49% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 993 1,463
10th Percentile £200 £195 £173
25th Percentile £300 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +2.63% +15.15%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £597
90th Percentile £625 £704 £675
England median daily rate £525 £546 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 269 343
10th Percentile £14.49 £13.41 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.28 £17.72 £14.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £44.50 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% +124.63% +32.07%
75th Percentile £64.01 £65.00 £54.38
90th Percentile £67.75 £84.36 £65.76
England median hourly rate £46.18 £45.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +2.62% +73.08% +30.00%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the East of England

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer 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 21 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in the East of England

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend 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 21 September 2024. 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
Hertfordshire +20 17 £288 -4.17% 9
Suffolk +17 17 £220 -2.22% 8
Cambridgeshire -2 9 £225 +63.64% 13
Norfolk +5 8 £129 -29.80% 2
Bedfordshire -3 7 £425 +119.35% 4
Essex +12 5 £350 +84.21% 10
Support Engineer
England

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 21 September 2024, Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number 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 41 (65.08%) Windows
2 36 (57.14%) Active Directory
3 29 (46.03%) Microsoft
4 26 (41.27%) Windows 10
5 25 (39.68%) Social Skills
6 23 (36.51%) Security Cleared
7 20 (31.75%) SC Cleared
8 15 (23.81%) SharePoint
8 15 (23.81%) VPN
8 15 (23.81%) iPhone
8 15 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (20.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (19.05%) iPad
10 12 (19.05%) Azure
10 12 (19.05%) ITIL
11 11 (17.46%) Root Cause Analysis
11 11 (17.46%) Windows Server
12 10 (15.87%) SCCM
13 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
13 9 (14.29%) SLA
13 9 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
14 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Intune
14 8 (12.70%) Customer Service
14 8 (12.70%) SQL
14 8 (12.70%) VMware
15 7 (11.11%) Time Management
15 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
16 6 (9.52%) Windows Server 2016
16 6 (9.52%) Change Management

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (23.81%) SharePoint
2 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (7.94%) IIS
3 5 (7.94%) Tomcat
4 3 (4.76%) Site Server
Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.59%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.59%) PTC Creo
2 1 (1.59%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (19.05%) Azure
3 3 (4.76%) WhatsApp
4 2 (3.17%) BigCommerce
4 2 (3.17%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.59%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (23.81%) VPN
2 5 (7.94%) LAN
2 5 (7.94%) WAN
2 5 (7.94%) Wireless
3 4 (6.35%) Firewall
3 4 (6.35%) Internet
3 4 (6.35%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.76%) DHCP
4 3 (4.76%) DNS
4 3 (4.76%) IPv4
4 3 (4.76%) IPv6
4 3 (4.76%) Network Security
5 1 (1.59%) DECT
5 1 (1.59%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.59%) Softphone
5 1 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 25 (39.68%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.35%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.17%) Automotive
5 2 (3.17%) Marketing
5 2 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.17%) Retail
5 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.94%) Web Services
2 2 (3.17%) VML
3 1 (1.59%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 15 (23.81%) iPhone
2 12 (19.05%) iPad
3 9 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (3.17%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.59%) BYOD
6 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.59%) Life Science
6 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 41 (65.08%) Windows
2 26 (41.27%) Windows 10
3 11 (17.46%) Windows Server
4 6 (9.52%) Android
4 6 (9.52%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (6.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (6.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (3.17%) Linux
7 1 (1.59%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.59%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.59%) VMS
7 1 (1.59%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (19.05%) ITIL
2 11 (17.46%) Root Cause Analysis
3 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (12.70%) Customer Service
5 7 (11.11%) Time Management
6 6 (9.52%) Change Management
6 6 (9.52%) Problem Management
7 5 (7.94%) Antivirus Management
7 5 (7.94%) Inventory Management
7 5 (7.94%) Security Patching
8 4 (6.35%) Mobile Device Management
8 4 (6.35%) Proactive Monitoring
8 4 (6.35%) Release Management
8 4 (6.35%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (4.76%) Change Control
9 3 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (4.76%) Software Deployment
9 3 (4.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 3 (4.76%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.70%) SQL
2 4 (6.35%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (36.51%) Security Cleared
2 20 (31.75%) SC Cleared
3 13 (20.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (9.52%) Degree
5 5 (7.94%) DV Cleared
5 5 (7.94%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.59%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.59%) CCA
7 1 (1.59%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.59%) MCDST
7 1 (1.59%) MCITP
7 1 (1.59%) MCP
7 1 (1.59%) MCSA
7 1 (1.59%) MCSE
7 1 (1.59%) MCTS
7 1 (1.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.29%) SLA
2 3 (4.76%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.59%) GxP
3 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 36 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.94%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (6.35%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.76%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.59%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.59%) XenApp
5 1 (1.59%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (15.87%) SCCM
2 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (6.35%) VxRail
4 1 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.59%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (1.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 29 (46.03%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.70%) VMware
3 6 (9.52%) Citrix
4 5 (7.94%) McAfee
5 3 (4.76%) Ivanti
5 3 (4.76%) Qualys
6 2 (3.17%) Adobe
6 2 (3.17%) Apple
6 2 (3.17%) CheckPoint
6 2 (3.17%) Cisco
6 2 (3.17%) Salesforce
6 2 (3.17%) SAP
6 2 (3.17%) Sitecore
6 2 (3.17%) Sophos
7 1 (1.59%) Aruba
7 1 (1.59%) Avaya
7 1 (1.59%) Dell
7 1 (1.59%) HP
7 1 (1.59%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.59%) Veeam