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 15 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
15 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 119 116
Rank change year-on-year -50 -3 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 676 581 733
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.58% 2.35% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 2.55% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 374 498
10th Percentile £156 £160 £140
25th Percentile £185 £200 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £243 £215
Median % change year-on-year -13.40% +12.79% -14.00%
75th Percentile £338 £380 £325
90th Percentile £450 £475 £491
UK median daily rate £220 £243 £215
% change year-on-year -9.28% +12.79% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 49 51
10th Percentile £17.10 £17.82 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £19.07
Median hourly rate £22.50 £25.15 £23.09
Median % change year-on-year -10.54% +8.92% +15.45%
75th Percentile £31.31 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £37.50 £68.00 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £23.41 £24.83 £22.75
% change year-on-year -5.71% +9.14% +13.75%

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 39,574 22,803 34,861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 92.34% 92.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,391 14,987 22,732
10th Percentile £325 £293 £288
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £638
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,789 1,003 2,669
10th Percentile £15.93 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.35 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.00 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +55.17% -26.68% -10.76%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £43.61 £27.52 £37.50
% change year-on-year +58.48% -26.63% -16.67%

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 15 June 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 15 June 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 15 June 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 -43 222 £275 +4.96% 48
South East -29 149 £225 -10.00% 74
North of England -68 92 £190 -9.52% 58
Midlands -36 85 £204 -19.90% 30
South West -44 67 £210 -10.64% 37
East of England -8 62 £198 -12.22% 27
North West -38 58 £188 -10.71% 41
West Midlands -62 50 £238 -13.64% 17
East Midlands +1 36 £200 -5.88% 13
Yorkshire -37 32 £190 -19.15% 10
North East -47 2 £290 +48.72% 9
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 June 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.

1 337 (49.85%) Windows
2 255 (37.72%) Active Directory
3 248 (36.69%) Microsoft
4 232 (34.32%) Microsoft 365
5 150 (22.19%) Windows 10
6 131 (19.38%) Security Cleared
7 129 (19.08%) Azure
7 129 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
8 122 (18.05%) Customer Service
9 104 (15.38%) ITIL
10 100 (14.79%) Microsoft Intune
11 95 (14.05%) SC Cleared
12 79 (11.69%) ServiceNow
13 74 (10.95%) Entra ID
14 63 (9.32%) PowerShell
15 60 (8.88%) SharePoint
16 59 (8.73%) DNS
17 56 (8.28%) SQL
18 55 (8.14%) ITSM
18 55 (8.14%) JIRA
19 50 (7.40%) Migration
20 47 (6.95%) Windows Server
21 42 (6.21%) Linux
21 42 (6.21%) Microsoft Exchange
22 40 (5.92%) LAN
23 39 (5.77%) Asset Management
23 39 (5.77%) Change Management
24 38 (5.62%) Degree
24 38 (5.62%) DHCP
24 38 (5.62%) VMware

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 60 (8.88%) SharePoint
2 42 (6.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.18%) NetWeaver
4 4 (0.59%) IIS
5 3 (0.44%) Confluence
5 3 (0.44%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.30%) Apache
6 2 (0.30%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.30%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.15%) Tuxedo
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 28 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.89%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.15%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 232 (34.32%) Microsoft 365
2 129 (19.08%) Azure
3 74 (10.95%) Entra ID
4 32 (4.73%) AWS
5 21 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (3.11%) SaaS
6 20 (2.96%) OneDrive
7 13 (1.92%) GCP
8 10 (1.48%) Power Platform
9 9 (1.33%) PaaS
10 6 (0.89%) Amazon S3
10 6 (0.89%) Google Workspace
10 6 (0.89%) IaaS
11 5 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.59%) Mimecast
12 4 (0.59%) Sauce Labs
13 3 (0.44%) OpenShift
14 2 (0.30%) Amazon EC2
14 2 (0.30%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 59 (8.73%) DNS
2 40 (5.92%) LAN
3 38 (5.62%) DHCP
4 37 (5.47%) Wi-Fi
5 36 (5.33%) VPN
6 34 (5.03%) TCP/IP
7 24 (3.55%) WAN
8 18 (2.66%) Firewall
9 17 (2.51%) SAN
10 13 (1.92%) Internet
11 11 (1.63%) WLAN
12 9 (1.33%) VLAN
13 7 (1.04%) HTTP
14 6 (0.89%) Skype
15 5 (0.74%) Wireless
16 3 (0.44%) Network Security
16 3 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
16 3 (0.44%) SMTP
16 3 (0.44%) Unified Communications
17 2 (0.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.99%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.51%) MySQL
3 12 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
4 10 (1.48%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.18%) Power BI
5 8 (1.18%) SAP HANA
6 7 (1.04%) Pentaho
6 7 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.04%) Sybase ASE
7 6 (0.89%) MaxDB
8 5 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.74%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.59%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.59%) Oracle Database 12c
10 3 (0.44%) Big Data
10 3 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.30%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 55 (8.14%) JIRA
2 17 (2.51%) Git
3 10 (1.48%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (0.59%) Android Studio
4 4 (0.59%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.59%) Xcode
5 2 (0.30%) Firebug
5 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.15%) GitLab
6 1 (0.15%) Maven
6 1 (0.15%) MSI
6 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.15%) Subversion
6 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
General
1 256 (37.87%) Social Skills
2 62 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (8.28%) Finance
4 38 (5.62%) Banking
5 37 (5.47%) Manufacturing
6 24 (3.55%) Investment Banking
7 21 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (2.37%) Law
10 9 (1.33%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.33%) Retail
11 8 (1.18%) Front Office
12 7 (1.04%) Aviation
12 7 (1.04%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.04%) Legal
12 7 (1.04%) Marketing
12 7 (1.04%) Public Sector
13 6 (0.89%) French Language
13 6 (0.89%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.48%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 9 (1.33%) REST
3 7 (1.04%) JDO
3 7 (1.04%) SAP Basis
4 6 (0.89%) .NET
4 6 (0.89%) CSS
4 6 (0.89%) SAP Fiori
4 6 (0.89%) SAPUI5
5 5 (0.74%) PySpark
5 5 (0.74%) SAML
6 4 (0.59%) Ajax
6 4 (0.59%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.59%) GraphQL
6 4 (0.59%) OAuth
6 4 (0.59%) React
6 4 (0.59%) YAML
7 3 (0.44%) JSP
7 3 (0.44%) LDAP
7 3 (0.44%) RESTful
7 3 (0.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 57 (8.43%) Onboarding
2 29 (4.29%) Data Centre
3 24 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (2.66%) Virtual Team
5 17 (2.51%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (1.78%) iPhone
7 11 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
8 9 (1.33%) PKI
8 9 (1.33%) Smartphone
9 8 (1.18%) Hedge funds
10 7 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.04%) iPad
11 5 (0.74%) CCTV
11 5 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.59%) Driving Licence
12 4 (0.59%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.59%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.44%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 337 (49.85%) Windows
2 150 (22.19%) Windows 10
3 47 (6.95%) Windows Server
4 42 (6.21%) Linux
5 37 (5.47%) Mac OS
6 36 (5.33%) Unix
7 22 (3.25%) Apple iOS
8 14 (2.07%) Android
9 12 (1.78%) Windows 7
10 6 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.59%) Solaris
11 4 (0.59%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.30%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
2 122 (18.05%) Customer Service
3 104 (15.38%) ITIL
4 55 (8.14%) ITSM
5 50 (7.40%) Migration
6 39 (5.77%) Asset Management
6 39 (5.77%) Change Management
7 37 (5.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 36 (5.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (5.03%) DevOps
10 31 (4.59%) Service Delivery
11 30 (4.44%) User Experience
12 29 (4.29%) Root Cause Analysis
12 29 (4.29%) Service Management
13 28 (4.14%) Incident Management
14 21 (3.11%) Data Protection
14 21 (3.11%) Problem Management
14 21 (3.11%) Runbook
15 19 (2.81%) Agile
15 19 (2.81%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 63 (9.32%) PowerShell
2 56 (8.28%) SQL
3 25 (3.70%) Python
4 20 (2.96%) C#
4 20 (2.96%) Java
5 16 (2.37%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.22%) Shell Script
7 10 (1.48%) Korn
8 8 (1.18%) Perl
9 7 (1.04%) Bash
9 7 (1.04%) C++
10 1 (0.15%) C
10 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.15%) VBA
10 1 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 131 (19.38%) Security Cleared
2 95 (14.05%) SC Cleared
3 38 (5.62%) Degree
4 31 (4.59%) DV Cleared
5 20 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (2.66%) A+ Certification
7 17 (2.51%) CCNA
7 17 (2.51%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (2.51%) Network+ Certification
8 13 (1.92%) MCSE
9 9 (1.33%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.04%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
16 1 (0.15%) CCNP
16 1 (0.15%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.14%) SLA
2 4 (0.59%) GDPR
3 3 (0.44%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.44%) QA
4 2 (0.30%) GLP
4 2 (0.30%) GMP
5 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.15%) GRC
5 1 (0.15%) GxP
5 1 (0.15%) ITGC
5 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 255 (37.72%) Active Directory
2 32 (4.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (2.51%) Hyper-V
3 17 (2.51%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (2.22%) VMware NSX
5 10 (1.48%) Oracle RAC
5 10 (1.48%) vCloud
5 10 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.89%) vSphere
7 4 (0.59%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.59%) Docker
8 3 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.44%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.30%) Firmware
9 2 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.15%) NFS
10 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.15%) zsh
Systems Management
1 100 (14.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (4.44%) SCCM
3 17 (2.51%) Jamf Pro
3 17 (2.51%) vCenter Server
4 12 (1.78%) Grafana
4 12 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (1.63%) Ansible
5 11 (1.63%) SCOM
6 10 (1.48%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 10 (1.48%) Oracle RMAN
7 6 (0.89%) Kubernetes
7 6 (0.89%) Terraform
8 3 (0.44%) Nagios
8 3 (0.44%) Puppet
8 3 (0.44%) vMotion
8 3 (0.44%) vRealize
9 2 (0.30%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.30%) Kibana
9 2 (0.30%) WMI
9 2 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 248 (36.69%) Microsoft
2 79 (11.69%) ServiceNow
3 38 (5.62%) VMware
4 27 (3.99%) Oracle
5 19 (2.81%) Apple
5 19 (2.81%) Dell
6 15 (2.22%) Citrix
6 15 (2.22%) HP
7 14 (2.07%) Google
8 11 (1.63%) Cisco
9 10 (1.48%) SAP
10 9 (1.33%) McAfee
11 8 (1.18%) Denodo
11 8 (1.18%) Starlink
11 8 (1.18%) Talend
12 7 (1.04%) Okta
12 7 (1.04%) Sybase
13 6 (0.89%) Databricks
13 6 (0.89%) Remedy
13 6 (0.89%) Siemens
248 Support Engineer jobs in England