Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Support Engineer daily rate in England is £210, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
4 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 115 110
Rank change year-on-year -50 -5 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 650 573 752
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 2.35% 2.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.75% 2.54% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 381 529
10th Percentile £153 £153 £140
25th Percentile £185 £195 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £245 £215
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +13.95% -14.00%
75th Percentile £330 £388 £300
90th Percentile £453 £525 £450
UK median daily rate £210 £240 £210
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -16.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 41 50
10th Percentile £17.98 £18.10 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.54 £18.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £25.15 £21.41
Median % change year-on-year -10.54% +17.48% +7.04%
75th Percentile £27.38 £65.00 £29.69
90th Percentile £37.50 £68.00 £46.39
UK median hourly rate £23.70 £24.66 £20.41
% change year-on-year -3.89% +20.84% +2.04%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 37,194 22,563 34,184
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.55% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,225 15,022 22,706
10th Percentile £313 £300 £280
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £643
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £503 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.31% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,523 910 2,433
10th Percentile £15.72 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £47.00 £30.62 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.52% -16.12% -18.03%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.82
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.72% -20.55% -18.89%

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 4 May 2026.

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 4 May 2026.

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 4 May 2026. 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 -44 208 £275 -8.33% 58
South East -26 125 £208 -17.00% 96
North of England -61 102 £190 -13.64% 66
Midlands -42 86 £200 -27.27% 39
South West -33 74 £210 -7.69% 39
North West -35 62 £175 -18.60% 39
East of England -16 56 £200 -10.11% 32
West Midlands -56 53 £225 -21.74% 26
Yorkshire -34 38 £190 -19.15% 24
East Midlands -6 34 £200 -5.88% 13
North East -32 2 £106 -45.64% 6
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2026, 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.

1 299 (46.00%) Windows
2 234 (36.00%) Microsoft
3 217 (33.38%) Microsoft 365
4 211 (32.46%) Active Directory
5 146 (22.46%) Windows 10
6 136 (20.92%) Customer Service
6 136 (20.92%) Security Cleared
7 115 (17.69%) Azure
8 112 (17.23%) SC Cleared
9 108 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
10 88 (13.54%) Microsoft Intune
11 84 (12.92%) ITIL
12 72 (11.08%) ServiceNow
13 63 (9.69%) Entra ID
14 57 (8.77%) Migration
15 49 (7.54%) SharePoint
16 48 (7.38%) JIRA
16 48 (7.38%) SQL
17 46 (7.08%) PowerShell
18 45 (6.92%) ITSM
19 40 (6.15%) Asset Management
19 40 (6.15%) SCCM
20 38 (5.85%) DNS
21 36 (5.54%) Degree
21 36 (5.54%) Wi-Fi
22 34 (5.23%) Linux
22 34 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
23 33 (5.08%) Unix
23 33 (5.08%) User Experience
24 32 (4.92%) LAN

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 49 (7.54%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.62%) IIS
4 3 (0.46%) Apache
4 3 (0.46%) Confluence
4 3 (0.46%) NetWeaver
4 3 (0.46%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.31%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.15%) Tuxedo
6 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 34 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.08%) Remedy ITSM
1 7 (1.08%) Shopify
2 6 (0.92%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.15%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.15%) assyst
4 1 (0.15%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 217 (33.38%) Microsoft 365
2 115 (17.69%) Azure
3 63 (9.69%) Entra ID
4 21 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (3.08%) AWS
5 20 (3.08%) SaaS
6 17 (2.62%) OneDrive
7 12 (1.85%) Power Platform
8 11 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.69%) Google Workspace
9 9 (1.38%) GCP
10 6 (0.92%) Sauce Labs
11 5 (0.77%) Amazon S3
11 5 (0.77%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (0.77%) npm
11 5 (0.77%) PaaS
12 4 (0.62%) Datadog
12 4 (0.62%) Mimecast
12 4 (0.62%) Snowflake
13 2 (0.31%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 38 (5.85%) DNS
2 36 (5.54%) Wi-Fi
3 32 (4.92%) LAN
4 28 (4.31%) DHCP
5 26 (4.00%) VPN
6 24 (3.69%) TCP/IP
7 20 (3.08%) WAN
8 19 (2.92%) Firewall
9 15 (2.31%) SAN
10 13 (2.00%) Wireless
11 9 (1.38%) Internet
12 7 (1.08%) HTTP
12 7 (1.08%) VLAN
13 6 (0.92%) Network Security
13 6 (0.92%) WLAN
14 5 (0.77%) AMQP
14 5 (0.77%) Skype
15 4 (0.62%) Unified Communications
16 3 (0.46%) SNMP
16 3 (0.46%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.08%) MySQL
2 19 (2.92%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.31%) Relational Database
4 12 (1.85%) Amazon Redshift
5 10 (1.54%) Power BI
6 9 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.08%) Pentaho
8 5 (0.77%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.62%) Oracle Database 12c
9 4 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.46%) InfluxDB
10 3 (0.46%) MariaDB
10 3 (0.46%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.31%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.31%) Sybase ASE
11 2 (0.31%) Tableau
12 1 (0.15%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 48 (7.38%) JIRA
2 20 (3.08%) Git
3 13 (2.00%) Browser DevTools
4 6 (0.92%) Android Studio
4 6 (0.92%) Eclipse
4 6 (0.92%) Xcode
5 5 (0.77%) Maven
6 3 (0.46%) Firebug
7 2 (0.31%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.15%) MSI
8 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.15%) Subversion
8 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
General
1 258 (39.69%) Social Skills
2 54 (8.31%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (7.23%) Finance
4 36 (5.54%) Banking
5 33 (5.08%) Manufacturing
6 26 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (2.77%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.31%) Law
9 13 (2.00%) Public Sector
10 10 (1.54%) Front Office
10 10 (1.54%) Legal
10 10 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.38%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.08%) Aviation
12 7 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.08%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.92%) French Language
14 4 (0.62%) Advertising
14 4 (0.62%) Retail
15 3 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.54%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 9 (1.38%) CSS
3 8 (1.23%) REST
4 7 (1.08%) JDO
5 6 (0.92%) Ajax
5 6 (0.92%) AngularJS
5 6 (0.92%) GraphQL
5 6 (0.92%) Middleware
5 6 (0.92%) React
6 5 (0.77%) .NET
6 5 (0.77%) SAML
6 5 (0.77%) YAML
7 4 (0.62%) HTML
7 4 (0.62%) OAuth
7 4 (0.62%) PySpark
8 3 (0.46%) JSP
8 3 (0.46%) XML
9 2 (0.31%) LDAP
9 2 (0.31%) SOAP
9 2 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (6.62%) Onboarding
2 27 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 20 (3.08%) Driving Licence
5 19 (2.92%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (1.85%) Smartphone
6 12 (1.85%) Virtual Team
7 10 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (1.54%) iPhone
8 9 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.38%) PKI
9 8 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.92%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.62%) iPad
13 3 (0.46%) CMDB
14 2 (0.31%) CCTV
14 2 (0.31%) Fat Client
14 2 (0.31%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 299 (46.00%) Windows
2 146 (22.46%) Windows 10
3 34 (5.23%) Linux
4 33 (5.08%) Unix
5 30 (4.62%) Windows Server
6 29 (4.46%) Mac OS
7 21 (3.23%) Android
8 19 (2.92%) Apple iOS
9 11 (1.69%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.46%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.31%) CentOS
12 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (20.92%) Customer Service
2 108 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
3 84 (12.92%) ITIL
4 57 (8.77%) Migration
5 45 (6.92%) ITSM
6 40 (6.15%) Asset Management
7 33 (5.08%) User Experience
8 31 (4.77%) Change Management
9 30 (4.62%) Root Cause Analysis
10 29 (4.46%) DevOps
11 28 (4.31%) Service Management
12 25 (3.85%) Break/Fix
12 25 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 25 (3.85%) Workflow
13 24 (3.69%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (3.38%) Incident Management
15 19 (2.92%) Service Delivery
16 18 (2.77%) CI/CD
16 18 (2.77%) Problem Management
16 18 (2.77%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (7.38%) SQL
2 46 (7.08%) PowerShell
3 23 (3.54%) Java
3 23 (3.54%) Python
4 20 (3.08%) C#
5 19 (2.92%) JavaScript
6 16 (2.46%) Shell Script
7 10 (1.54%) Korn
7 10 (1.54%) Perl
8 5 (0.77%) Bash
9 2 (0.31%) C++
10 1 (0.15%) AWK
10 1 (0.15%) C
10 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.15%) VBA
10 1 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 136 (20.92%) Security Cleared
2 112 (17.23%) SC Cleared
3 36 (5.54%) Degree
4 26 (4.00%) DV Cleared
5 21 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (2.77%) A+ Certification
7 17 (2.62%) CCNA
7 17 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (2.15%) MCSE
9 13 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
10 10 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.38%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.08%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
16 1 (0.15%) CCNP
16 1 (0.15%) City & Guilds
16 1 (0.15%) HND
16 1 (0.15%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.23%) SLA
2 4 (0.62%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.46%) GDPR
3 3 (0.46%) QA
4 2 (0.31%) GLP
4 2 (0.31%) GMP
5 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.15%) GAAP
5 1 (0.15%) GRC
5 1 (0.15%) GxP
5 1 (0.15%) IFRS
5 1 (0.15%) ITGC
5 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 211 (32.46%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.69%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.54%) Oracle RAC
5 6 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.92%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.77%) vSphere
7 4 (0.62%) Firmware
7 4 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.31%) Docker
9 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.15%) vCloud
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 88 (13.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (6.15%) SCCM
3 17 (2.62%) Jamf Pro
4 16 (2.46%) Grafana
5 10 (1.54%) Ansible
5 10 (1.54%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 10 (1.54%) Oracle RMAN
5 10 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (1.54%) Terraform
6 4 (0.62%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.62%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.46%) vRealize
7 3 (0.46%) WSUS
8 2 (0.31%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.31%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.31%) WMI
9 1 (0.15%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.15%) Kibana
9 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 234 (36.00%) Microsoft
2 72 (11.08%) ServiceNow
3 31 (4.77%) Oracle
4 28 (4.31%) Dell
5 22 (3.38%) VMware
6 20 (3.08%) Cisco
6 20 (3.08%) HP
7 19 (2.92%) Apple
8 15 (2.31%) Google
9 11 (1.69%) Bloomberg
10 10 (1.54%) McAfee
11 9 (1.38%) Citrix
11 9 (1.38%) Remedy
11 9 (1.38%) SAP
12 8 (1.23%) Denodo
12 8 (1.23%) Splunk
12 8 (1.23%) Starlink
12 8 (1.23%) Talend
13 7 (1.08%) Meraki
14 6 (0.92%) Siemens
309 Support Engineer jobs in England