Support Engineer Contracts in East Sussex

Support Engineer
South East > East Sussex

The median Support Engineer daily rate in East Sussex is £165, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East Sussex 2.96% - 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.41% - 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £158 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 - -
75th Percentile £173 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £250 £234 £232
% change year-on-year +7.01% +0.54% +1.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £15.70 - -
25th Percentile £16.00 - -
Median hourly rate £16.50 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £24.66 £46.50 £13.16
% change year-on-year -46.97% +253.34% -34.20%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
East Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East Sussex. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in East Sussex with a recognized job title 74 67 117
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 54.81% 97.10% 99.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 51 65
10th Percentile £159 £363 £300
25th Percentile £296 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £497 £538 £700
90th Percentile £656 £675 £745
South East median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 8
10th Percentile £12.60 - £13.11
25th Percentile £12.99 £51.25 £13.16
Median hourly rate £16.00 £52.50 £20.98
Median % change year-on-year -69.52% +150.30% -4.66%
75th Percentile £18.25 £53.75 £32.38
90th Percentile £29.89 - £39.05
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +124.72%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in East Sussex

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in East Sussex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in East Sussex

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in East Sussex.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in East Sussex

Support Engineer
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
St Leonards-on-Sea - 2 - - 2
Eastbourne - 1 £165 -
Support Engineer
South East

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 4 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex

For the 6 months to 19 August 2025, 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 Sussex region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory