Operations Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Operations Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Operations Support Engineer daily rate in England is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 530 518 583
Rank change year-on-year -12 +65 +158
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Support Engineer 5 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.016% 0.010% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.010% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile - £266 £182
25th Percentile - £335 £227
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £450 £303
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +48.76% -32.78%
75th Percentile £301 £469 £377
90th Percentile £383 £480 £421
UK median daily rate £300 £450 £303
% change year-on-year -33.33% +48.76% -32.78%

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 28,063 29,007 35,993
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.25% 92.93% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,953 17,771 24,817
10th Percentile £281 £300 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,702 1,078 1,400
10th Percentile £14.26 £15.25 £15.33
25th Percentile £17.88 £21.23 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.47 £40.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.33% -11.11% +38.38%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.95 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +48.33%

Operations Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Operations Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Operations Support Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Operations Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Support Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Operations Support Engineer job vacancies in England

Operations Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Support Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Operations Support Engineer job vacancies in England

Operations 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 Operations Support Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 27 November 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
Midlands - 3 £300 - 2
West Midlands - 3 £300 - 2
South East -5 2 £300 +36.36%
South West - 2 £300 -
East of England - 1 £301 -
London - 1 £425 - 3
Operations Support Engineer
UK

Operations Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 November 2025, Operations 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 England region featuring Operations Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Capacity Management
1 3 (60.00%) Fault Management
1 3 (60.00%) Service Management
1 3 (60.00%) SNMP
2 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) DHCP
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) GMP
3 1 (20.00%) GxP
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) SCCM
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Tech Ops
3 1 (20.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) VBScript
3 1 (20.00%) VLAN
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 10

Operations Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) SNMP
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) VLAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Capacity Management
1 3 (60.00%) Fault Management
1 3 (60.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Tech Ops
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GMP
1 1 (20.00%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM