IT Support Engineer Contracts in England

IT Support Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in England is £195 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 388 457 511
Rank change year-on-year +69 +54 +7
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 151 200 274
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.41% 0.42% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.44% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 137 174
10th Percentile £122 £135 £132
25th Percentile £145 £155 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £200 £200
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +21.21%
75th Percentile £255 £288 £269
90th Percentile £300 £350 £388
UK median daily rate £188 £183 £200
% change year-on-year +2.74% -8.75% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 19 25
10th Percentile £12.38 £12.10 £13.28
25th Percentile £16.25 £13.97 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.47 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.93% -0.17% +6.06%
75th Percentile £23.00 £24.38 £19.06
90th Percentile £43.75 £31.75 £21.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £17.47 £17.50
% change year-on-year +20.21% -0.17% +11.46%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 33,742 45,591 67,107
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.62% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,367 32,416 47,845
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,431 1,343 1,853
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.39 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.23
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +93.72% +5.59%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.40 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

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 16 May 2024.

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 16 May 2024.

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 16 May 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
London +86 59 £225 +15.38% 45
North of England +18 26 £190 -10.59% 38
South East +12 23 £155 -22.50% 34
Midlands +14 18 £150 -33.33% 26
East Midlands +10 15 £150 -52.38% 14
East of England +10 14 £200 - 10
Yorkshire +15 13 £200 +17.65% 16
South West -1 11 £143 -19.72% 27
North West +9 8 £158 -43.50% 18
North East +12 5 £175 +27.27% 4
West Midlands +16 3 £175 +16.67% 12
IT Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, 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.

1 104 (68.87%) Windows
2 71 (47.02%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (44.37%) Active Directory
4 57 (37.75%) Microsoft
5 48 (31.79%) Social Skills
6 45 (29.80%) Customer Service
7 30 (19.87%) Windows 10
8 27 (17.88%) SCCM
8 27 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (17.22%) Microsoft Office
10 22 (14.57%) Finance
11 21 (13.91%) Microsoft Exchange
12 20 (13.25%) Microsoft Intune
13 19 (12.58%) ITIL
14 18 (11.92%) ServiceNow
15 17 (11.26%) Video Conferencing
15 17 (11.26%) LAN
16 16 (10.60%) Windows Server
17 15 (9.93%) Asset Management
17 15 (9.93%) Azure
18 14 (9.27%) Manufacturing
19 12 (7.95%) DHCP
19 12 (7.95%) SharePoint
19 12 (7.95%) Apple
19 12 (7.95%) Apple iOS
19 12 (7.95%) Security Cleared
19 12 (7.95%) Onboarding
20 11 (7.28%) Wi-Fi
21 10 (6.62%) Firewall
21 10 (6.62%) Service Delivery

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 21 (13.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (7.95%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.65%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.66%) Apache
4 1 (0.66%) Confluence
4 1 (0.66%) JBoss
4 1 (0.66%) nginx
4 1 (0.66%) Tomcat
Applications
1 26 (17.22%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.66%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) ION MarketView
1 1 (0.66%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 71 (47.02%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (9.93%) Azure
3 6 (3.97%) Entra ID
4 5 (3.31%) AWS
5 4 (2.65%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.99%) Asana
6 3 (1.99%) Slack
6 3 (1.99%) WhatsApp
7 2 (1.32%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.32%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.66%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.26%) LAN
2 12 (7.95%) DHCP
3 11 (7.28%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (6.62%) DNS
4 10 (6.62%) Firewall
4 10 (6.62%) VPN
4 10 (6.62%) WAN
5 8 (5.30%) Internet
6 7 (4.64%) TCP/IP
7 6 (3.97%) Wireless
8 4 (2.65%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (2.65%) SAN
8 4 (2.65%) Skype
8 4 (2.65%) VLAN
9 2 (1.32%) Intranet
9 2 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (1.32%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.32%) Telepresence
9 2 (1.32%) VoIP
10 1 (0.66%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.99%) Power BI
2 1 (0.66%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.66%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.66%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.31%) JIRA
General
1 48 (31.79%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.57%) Finance
3 14 (9.27%) Manufacturing
4 8 (5.30%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.64%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.97%) Law
7 4 (2.65%) Electronics
7 4 (2.65%) Marketing
8 3 (1.99%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Automotive
9 2 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.32%) French Language
9 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Portuguese Language
9 2 (1.32%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.66%) Aviation
10 1 (0.66%) Front Office
10 1 (0.66%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.66%) IBM Integration Bus
1 1 (0.66%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.26%) Video Conferencing
2 12 (7.95%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.30%) Driving Licence
4 6 (3.97%) iPhone
5 5 (3.31%) NHS
6 3 (1.99%) BYOD
6 3 (1.99%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.99%) Life Science
6 3 (1.99%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.32%) Blackberry
7 2 (1.32%) CMDB
7 2 (1.32%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.32%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.66%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.66%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.66%) EPoS
8 1 (0.66%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 104 (68.87%) Windows
2 30 (19.87%) Windows 10
3 16 (10.60%) Windows Server
4 12 (7.95%) Apple iOS
5 9 (5.96%) Windows 7
6 8 (5.30%) Android
7 7 (4.64%) Linux
8 4 (2.65%) Unix
9 3 (1.99%) VMS
10 2 (1.32%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.66%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (29.80%) Customer Service
2 27 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (12.58%) ITIL
4 15 (9.93%) Asset Management
5 10 (6.62%) Service Delivery
6 9 (5.96%) Server Patching
7 7 (4.64%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (4.64%) Logistics
8 6 (3.97%) ITSM
8 6 (3.97%) Mobile Device Management
9 5 (3.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (3.31%) Customer Experience
9 5 (3.31%) Incident Management
9 5 (3.31%) Kalman Filter
9 5 (3.31%) Migration
9 5 (3.31%) Service Management
10 4 (2.65%) Digital Marketing
10 4 (2.65%) Inventory Management
10 4 (2.65%) Programme Management
10 4 (2.65%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.31%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.99%) SQL
3 1 (0.66%) Java
3 1 (0.66%) Python
3 1 (0.66%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.66%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (7.95%) Security Cleared
2 8 (5.30%) DV Cleared
3 7 (4.64%) DBS Check
3 7 (4.64%) Degree
3 7 (4.64%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.31%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.32%) MCDST
7 1 (0.66%) CCNA
7 1 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.66%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.96%) SLA
2 3 (1.99%) GAMP
2 3 (1.99%) GxP
3 2 (1.32%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 67 (44.37%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.65%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.66%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.66%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (17.88%) SCCM
2 20 (13.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.99%) SCOM
3 3 (1.99%) SCVMM
3 3 (1.99%) WSUS
4 1 (0.66%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.66%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 57 (37.75%) Microsoft
2 18 (11.92%) ServiceNow
3 12 (7.95%) Apple
4 10 (6.62%) Citrix
4 10 (6.62%) VMware
5 9 (5.96%) Cisco
6 5 (3.31%) Veeam
7 4 (2.65%) Google
7 4 (2.65%) SAP
8 3 (1.99%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.99%) MobileIron
8 3 (1.99%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.99%) Zscaler
9 2 (1.32%) Adobe
9 2 (1.32%) Polycom
10 1 (0.66%) HP
10 1 (0.66%) Progress
10 1 (0.66%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.66%) Reuters
10 1 (0.66%) Temenos