IT Support Engineer Contracts in England

IT Support Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in England is £214, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 373 448
Rank change year-on-year +6 +75 +54
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 118 171 209
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.46% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.50% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 131 142
10th Percentile £140 £123 £135
25th Percentile £165 £145 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £214 £200 £200
Median % change year-on-year +6.88% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £255 £255 £288
90th Percentile £382 £300 £350
UK median daily rate £211 £190 £195
% change year-on-year +11.18% -2.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 24 18
10th Percentile £18.20 £12.82 £12.09
25th Percentile £18.43 £16.81 £12.81
Median hourly rate £22.73 £21.00 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% +29.23% -7.14%
75th Percentile £29.75 £23.19 £22.68
90th Percentile £34.43 £39.63 £32.63
UK median hourly rate £22.73 £20.00 £16.25
% change year-on-year +13.65% +23.08% -7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in England

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in England

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in England

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in England

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in England

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +21 49 £251 +5.47% 26
North of England +10 18 £189 -0.66% 41
South West +42 17 £220 +20.55% 24
South East +39 17 £263 +43.84% 37
North West +22 14 £188 +19.05% 11
Midlands +14 11 £145 -3.33% 38
West Midlands +19 9 £145 -3.33% 10
East of England +21 5 £180 -10.00% 18
Yorkshire -1 4 £210 +5.00% 27
East Midlands -3 2 £125 -16.67% 27
IT Support Engineer
UK

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT 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 England region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 78 (66.10%) Windows
2 65 (55.08%) Microsoft
3 60 (50.85%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (42.37%) Social Skills
5 45 (38.14%) Active Directory
6 34 (28.81%) Windows 10
7 33 (27.97%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (22.88%) Azure
9 23 (19.49%) VPN
10 22 (18.64%) Customer Service
11 21 (17.80%) Service Management
12 20 (16.95%) Microsoft Intune
13 19 (16.10%) Apple iOS
13 19 (16.10%) Finance
13 19 (16.10%) Microsoft Office
14 18 (15.25%) Entra ID
15 17 (14.41%) Security Cleared
16 16 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
16 16 (13.56%) ITSM
16 16 (13.56%) Onboarding
16 16 (13.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (12.71%) ITIL
18 14 (11.86%) Google
19 13 (11.02%) Asset Management
19 13 (11.02%) SharePoint
19 13 (11.02%) Microsoft Exchange
19 13 (11.02%) TCP/IP
19 13 (11.02%) Android
20 12 (10.17%) Mac OS
20 12 (10.17%) SC Cleared

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 13 (11.02%) Microsoft Exchange
1 13 (11.02%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.69%) Apache
2 2 (1.69%) IIS
2 2 (1.69%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.85%) Confluence
3 1 (0.85%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 19 (16.10%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 60 (50.85%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (22.88%) Azure
3 18 (15.25%) Entra ID
4 12 (10.17%) Slack
5 11 (9.32%) Asana
6 9 (7.63%) OneDrive
7 7 (5.93%) Google Workspace
7 7 (5.93%) SaaS
8 4 (3.39%) GCP
9 2 (1.69%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.85%) AWS
10 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.85%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 23 (19.49%) VPN
2 13 (11.02%) TCP/IP
3 12 (10.17%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (8.47%) DHCP
5 9 (7.63%) DNS
6 7 (5.93%) Firewall
7 5 (4.24%) VoIP
8 4 (3.39%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (2.54%) LAN
10 2 (1.69%) Network Security
10 2 (1.69%) Skype
11 1 (0.85%) NAS
11 1 (0.85%) SAN
11 1 (0.85%) Softphone
11 1 (0.85%) VLAN
11 1 (0.85%) WAN
11 1 (0.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.69%) MySQL
1 2 (1.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (5.93%) JIRA
2 2 (1.69%) Jenkins
General
1 50 (42.37%) Social Skills
2 19 (16.10%) Finance
3 16 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (13.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (6.78%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.39%) French Language
5 4 (3.39%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.54%) Retail
7 2 (1.69%) Banking
7 2 (1.69%) Electronics
7 2 (1.69%) Korean Language
7 2 (1.69%) Local Government
7 2 (1.69%) Marketing
7 2 (1.69%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.85%) Back Office
8 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Games
8 1 (0.85%) Legal
8 1 (0.85%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.69%) .NET
1 2 (1.69%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.56%) Onboarding
2 9 (7.63%) Video Conferencing
3 8 (6.78%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.24%) iPhone
5 4 (3.39%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.69%) Fat Client
7 2 (1.69%) iPad
7 2 (1.69%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.69%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.69%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.85%) CMDB
8 1 (0.85%) NHS
8 1 (0.85%) Replication
8 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 78 (66.10%) Windows
2 34 (28.81%) Windows 10
3 19 (16.10%) Apple iOS
4 13 (11.02%) Android
5 12 (10.17%) Mac OS
6 7 (5.93%) Windows Server
7 5 (4.24%) Linux
8 3 (2.54%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.85%) VMS
9 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (27.97%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (18.64%) Customer Service
3 21 (17.80%) Service Management
4 16 (13.56%) ITSM
5 15 (12.71%) ITIL
6 13 (11.02%) Asset Management
7 12 (10.17%) Service Delivery
8 10 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (6.78%) Computer Science
9 8 (6.78%) Mobile Device Management
10 7 (5.93%) Software Licensing
11 6 (5.08%) IT Asset Management
11 6 (5.08%) Project Management
12 5 (4.24%) Investment Management
12 5 (4.24%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 5 (4.24%) Ticket Management
12 5 (4.24%) User Experience
13 4 (3.39%) Artificial Intelligence
13 4 (3.39%) Break/Fix
13 4 (3.39%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.54%) SQL
2 2 (1.69%) PHP
2 2 (1.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (14.41%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.17%) Degree
2 12 (10.17%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.78%) DV Cleared
3 8 (6.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.93%) A+ Certification
5 6 (5.08%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.69%) Dell Certification
6 2 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.85%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.24%) SLA
2 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 45 (38.14%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.54%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.69%) Docker
3 2 (1.69%) vSphere
4 1 (0.85%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.85%) Firmware
4 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.85%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 20 (16.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.93%) SCCM
3 2 (1.69%) CASB
3 2 (1.69%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.85%) Plesk
4 1 (0.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 65 (55.08%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.86%) Google
3 8 (6.78%) Palo Alto
4 7 (5.93%) Zscaler
5 5 (4.24%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.39%) Apple
6 4 (3.39%) Cisco
6 4 (3.39%) Dell
6 4 (3.39%) HP
7 3 (2.54%) Citrix
7 3 (2.54%) VMware
8 2 (1.69%) Nexthink
8 2 (1.69%) SAP
9 1 (0.85%) IBM
9 1 (0.85%) Meraki
9 1 (0.85%) MobileIron
9 1 (0.85%) Panasonic
9 1 (0.85%) Rackspace
9 1 (0.85%) Remedy
9 1 (0.85%) Salesforce
199 IT Support Engineer jobs Nationwide