Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Support Engineer daily rate in England is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
3 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 126 80
Rank change year-on-year +14 -46 +58
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 763 590 1,040
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.47% 1.94% 2.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.71% 2.08% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 416 742
10th Percentile £152 £153 £140
25th Percentile £185 £188 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £240 £238
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +1.05% +1.60%
75th Percentile £345 £350 £395
90th Percentile £525 £540 £600
UK median daily rate £225 £240 £240
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +1.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 26 57
10th Percentile £17.14 £14.89 £15.40
25th Percentile £19.65 £18.27 £17.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £22.09 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.65% +16.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £26.00 £26.50 £21.75
90th Percentile £62.80 £48.75 £23.95
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £23.59 £18.97
% change year-on-year +1.74% +24.39% -2.74%

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 28,194 28,301 35,685
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.25% 92.95% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,074 17,449 24,550
10th Percentile £285 £300 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% -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 1,000 1,383
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.36 £15.35
25th Percentile £17.88 £21.05 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.74 £37.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% -17.22% +38.46%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.45 £74.38 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +48.33%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 3 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in England

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 3 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Engineer in England

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 Support Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 3 December 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 -24 215 £225 -25.00% 66
South East +34 189 £238 +4.62% 133
South West +33 105 £250 +12.36% 39
North of England -26 104 £200 -2.44% 140
Midlands +10 96 £255 -2.86% 51
West Midlands 0 71 £271 +3.24% 35
North West -16 56 £180 -10.00% 76
East of England -10 51 £220 - 61
Yorkshire -22 36 £205 -8.89% 51
East Midlands -1 25 £180 -24.21% 16
North East +1 12 £106 -34.77% 19
Support Engineer
UK

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 December 2025, 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 417 (54.65%) Windows
2 306 (40.10%) Microsoft
3 239 (31.32%) Security Cleared
4 235 (30.80%) Microsoft 365
5 224 (29.36%) Active Directory
6 177 (23.20%) SC Cleared
7 169 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
8 165 (21.63%) Customer Service
9 158 (20.71%) Windows 10
10 110 (14.42%) ITIL
11 99 (12.98%) ServiceNow
12 96 (12.58%) Azure
13 92 (12.06%) Linux
14 89 (11.66%) Microsoft Office
15 86 (11.27%) DNS
16 85 (11.14%) Microsoft Intune
17 77 (10.09%) DHCP
18 72 (9.44%) SharePoint
18 72 (9.44%) VPN
19 71 (9.31%) ITSM
19 71 (9.31%) Service Management
19 71 (9.31%) TCP/IP
20 68 (8.91%) Microsoft Exchange
21 66 (8.65%) SCCM
22 61 (7.99%) DV Cleared
22 61 (7.99%) Migration
23 54 (7.08%) Android
24 53 (6.95%) Cisco
25 51 (6.68%) Windows Server
26 48 (6.29%) Oracle

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:

Application Platforms
1 72 (9.44%) SharePoint
2 68 (8.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (3.15%) Skype for Business
4 11 (1.44%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (1.44%) SharePoint Server
5 10 (1.31%) Exchange Server 2003
5 10 (1.31%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (1.31%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (1.31%) Office Communications Server
6 6 (0.79%) Confluence
7 3 (0.39%) Apache
8 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.26%) Smallworld
9 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 89 (11.66%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.13%) DaVinci Resolve
5 1 (0.13%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (0.13%) Pro Tools
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.66%) Primavera
3 3 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.26%) Eikon
4 2 (0.26%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.13%) assyst
5 1 (0.13%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.13%) Eze OMS
5 1 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.13%) Shopify
5 1 (0.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 235 (30.80%) Microsoft 365
2 96 (12.58%) Azure
3 38 (4.98%) Entra ID
4 24 (3.15%) AWS
4 24 (3.15%) SaaS
5 23 (3.01%) OneDrive
6 19 (2.49%) Sauce Labs
7 18 (2.36%) Google Workspace
8 11 (1.44%) Power Platform
9 7 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (0.92%) npm
10 5 (0.66%) OpenShift
10 5 (0.66%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (0.52%) Slack
12 3 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.39%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.26%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 2 (0.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 86 (11.27%) DNS
2 77 (10.09%) DHCP
3 72 (9.44%) VPN
4 71 (9.31%) TCP/IP
5 39 (5.11%) Firewall
5 39 (5.11%) Wireless
6 35 (4.59%) WAN
6 35 (4.59%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (2.88%) Cisco IOS
7 22 (2.88%) LAN
8 21 (2.75%) VLAN
9 20 (2.62%) Junos
10 18 (2.36%) MPLS
11 17 (2.23%) BGP
11 17 (2.23%) IPsec
12 15 (1.97%) Cisco Firepower
12 15 (1.97%) Cisco ISE
12 15 (1.97%) Skype
13 14 (1.83%) Network Security
14 13 (1.70%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.46%) Relational Database
2 27 (3.54%) MySQL
3 15 (1.97%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.05%) Power BI
5 7 (0.92%) MariaDB
6 5 (0.66%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.52%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.39%) Tableau
9 2 (0.26%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.26%) GIS
10 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.13%) DB2
10 1 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.13%) Informix
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle ODI
10 1 (0.13%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 30 (3.93%) Browser DevTools
2 19 (2.49%) Android Studio
2 19 (2.49%) Eclipse
2 19 (2.49%) Xcode
3 18 (2.36%) JIRA
4 10 (1.31%) Firebug
5 9 (1.18%) Git
6 7 (0.92%) Maven
7 3 (0.39%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.26%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
General
1 346 (45.35%) Social Skills
2 71 (9.31%) Finance
3 65 (8.52%) Public Sector
4 48 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (4.59%) Banking
6 32 (4.19%) Manufacturing
7 28 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (2.88%) Telecoms
10 16 (2.10%) Marketing
11 15 (1.97%) Electronics
12 12 (1.57%) Aerospace
12 12 (1.57%) Front Office
13 9 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.05%) Investment Banking
15 7 (0.92%) Law
15 7 (0.92%) Retail
16 6 (0.79%) Automotive
16 6 (0.79%) Legal
17 5 (0.66%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.06%) CSS
2 24 (3.15%) Middleware
3 22 (2.88%) React
4 20 (2.62%) Ajax
4 20 (2.62%) AngularJS
4 20 (2.62%) GraphQL
5 17 (2.23%) XML
6 11 (1.44%) HTML
7 7 (0.92%) JSON
8 5 (0.66%) .NET
8 5 (0.66%) REST
8 5 (0.66%) SOAP
9 4 (0.52%) JDO
9 4 (0.52%) OAuth
10 3 (0.39%) ADO
10 3 (0.39%) Kafka
10 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
11 2 (0.26%) OpenTelemetry
11 2 (0.26%) PySpark
11 2 (0.26%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (4.19%) Onboarding
3 31 (4.06%) Data Centre
4 27 (3.54%) Driving Licence
5 25 (3.28%) PKI
6 21 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
7 20 (2.62%) Mobile App
8 15 (1.97%) Smartphone
9 13 (1.70%) iPhone
10 12 (1.57%) Replication
11 11 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.44%) Management Information System
11 11 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
12 7 (0.92%) iPad
12 7 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.79%) NHS
14 5 (0.66%) Operational Technology
14 5 (0.66%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.39%) Hedge funds
15 3 (0.39%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 417 (54.65%) Windows
2 158 (20.71%) Windows 10
3 92 (12.06%) Linux
4 54 (7.08%) Android
5 51 (6.68%) Windows Server
6 47 (6.16%) Mac OS
7 42 (5.50%) Apple iOS
8 32 (4.19%) Unix
9 13 (1.70%) Ubuntu
10 11 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (1.31%) Windows Server 2003
12 6 (0.79%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.66%) CentOS
14 4 (0.52%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
15 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
16 1 (0.13%) VMS
16 1 (0.13%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
2 165 (21.63%) Customer Service
3 110 (14.42%) ITIL
4 71 (9.31%) ITSM
4 71 (9.31%) Service Management
5 61 (7.99%) Migration
6 44 (5.77%) Asset Management
7 43 (5.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 43 (5.64%) Workflow
8 35 (4.59%) User Experience
9 33 (4.33%) OO
10 29 (3.80%) Business Intelligence
10 29 (3.80%) Service Delivery
10 29 (3.80%) Workflow Management
11 27 (3.54%) Cybersecurity
12 26 (3.41%) Root Cause Analysis
13 24 (3.15%) Data Protection
14 22 (2.88%) High Availability
15 21 (2.75%) Break/Fix
16 20 (2.62%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 47 (6.16%) PowerShell
2 45 (5.90%) JavaScript
3 43 (5.64%) Java
4 31 (4.06%) Python
5 21 (2.75%) Perl
5 21 (2.75%) SQL
6 15 (1.97%) C
6 15 (1.97%) Shell Script
7 12 (1.57%) Ada
7 12 (1.57%) C++
8 10 (1.31%) Bash
9 4 (0.52%) C#
10 3 (0.39%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.26%) AWK
11 2 (0.26%) Magik
11 2 (0.26%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.13%) Korn
12 1 (0.13%) VBA
12 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 239 (31.32%) Security Cleared
2 177 (23.20%) SC Cleared
3 61 (7.99%) DV Cleared
4 44 (5.77%) Degree
5 28 (3.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (1.83%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.70%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (1.57%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.44%) Server+ Certification
10 10 (1.31%) CCNA
11 8 (1.05%) A+ Certification
11 8 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.52%) MCP
13 4 (0.52%) MCSE
14 3 (0.39%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.39%) MCSA
15 2 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.33%) SLA
2 9 (1.18%) GDPR
2 9 (1.18%) QA
3 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.39%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.13%) GAAP
5 1 (0.13%) IFRS
5 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 224 (29.36%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.62%) Hyper-V
4 17 (2.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (2.10%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.31%) Brightmail
6 10 (1.31%) ISA Server
7 7 (0.92%) Docker
7 7 (0.92%) vSphere
8 6 (0.79%) Firmware
9 3 (0.39%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.26%) NFS
10 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 85 (11.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 66 (8.65%) SCCM
3 29 (3.80%) Jamf Pro
4 20 (2.62%) Ansible
5 18 (2.36%) vCenter Server
6 13 (1.70%) Terraform
7 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Clustering
8 9 (1.18%) Grafana
9 6 (0.79%) Red Hat Satellite
10 5 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.66%) AirWatch
10 5 (0.66%) Kubernetes
10 5 (0.66%) SCOM
11 4 (0.52%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.26%) Cisco Prime
13 2 (0.26%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.26%) OpenView
13 2 (0.26%) WSUS
14 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 306 (40.10%) Microsoft
2 99 (12.98%) ServiceNow
3 53 (6.95%) Cisco
4 48 (6.29%) Oracle
5 44 (5.77%) Apple
5 44 (5.77%) VMware
6 33 (4.33%) Juniper
7 25 (3.28%) HP
8 24 (3.15%) SAP
9 23 (3.01%) Splunk
10 21 (2.75%) SolarWinds
11 20 (2.62%) Google
12 19 (2.49%) Citrix
12 19 (2.49%) Red Hat
13 13 (1.70%) Dell
14 11 (1.44%) Bloomberg
14 11 (1.44%) Remedy
15 8 (1.05%) McAfee
16 7 (0.92%) Starlink
17 6 (0.79%) Zscaler
454 Support Engineer jobs in England