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 21 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
21 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 116 114
Rank change year-on-year -49 -2 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 655 579 724
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.59% 2.39% 1.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% 2.59% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 371 502
10th Percentile £153 £153 £140
25th Percentile £185 £200 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £235 £215
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +9.30% -14.00%
75th Percentile £347 £380 £318
90th Percentile £454 £488 £450
UK median daily rate £211 £235 £210
% change year-on-year -10.07% +11.90% -16.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 44 50
10th Percentile £17.10 £18.11 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.44 £18.51 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.75 £25.15 £22.08
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +13.93% +7.16%
75th Percentile £33.73 £56.56 £40.31
90th Percentile £37.50 £68.00 £46.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £21.41
% change year-on-year +1.99% +15.19% +5.46%

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 38,064 22,370 33,771
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.38% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,623 14,863 22,425
10th Percentile £320 £296 £281
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £644
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,618 925 2,441
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.23 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +53.95% -21.38% -16.94%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £27.99 £36.50
% change year-on-year +52.50% -23.32% -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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -46 206 £275 - 46
South East -21 143 £210 -16.00% 91
North of England -71 89 £190 -11.63% 61
Midlands -33 87 £209 -24.18% 37
South West -37 73 £210 -10.64% 26
East of England -4 58 £198 -11.24% 37
North West -42 55 £183 -15.12% 30
West Midlands -56 52 £250 -9.09% 23
East Midlands +1 36 £200 -5.88% 14
Yorkshire -41 32 £190 -19.15% 22
North East -35 2 £290 +48.72% 11
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 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.

1 301 (45.95%) Windows
2 233 (35.57%) Microsoft
3 228 (34.81%) Active Directory
4 210 (32.06%) Microsoft 365
5 144 (21.98%) Windows 10
6 128 (19.54%) Security Cleared
7 127 (19.39%) Customer Service
8 126 (19.24%) Azure
9 110 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
10 99 (15.11%) SC Cleared
11 92 (14.05%) Microsoft Intune
12 91 (13.89%) ITIL
13 74 (11.30%) ServiceNow
14 66 (10.08%) Entra ID
15 54 (8.24%) SQL
16 52 (7.94%) Migration
16 52 (7.94%) PowerShell
17 51 (7.79%) SharePoint
18 50 (7.63%) ITSM
19 49 (7.48%) JIRA
20 46 (7.02%) DNS
21 38 (5.80%) Degree
22 37 (5.65%) LAN
23 36 (5.50%) Linux
23 36 (5.50%) Unix
23 36 (5.50%) Windows Server
24 35 (5.34%) Wi-Fi
25 34 (5.19%) Change Management
25 34 (5.19%) SCCM
26 33 (5.04%) Asset Management

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 51 (7.79%) SharePoint
2 25 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.76%) NetWeaver
4 4 (0.61%) IIS
5 3 (0.46%) Confluence
5 3 (0.46%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.31%) Apache
6 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.31%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.15%) Tuxedo
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 26 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.07%) Shopify
2 6 (0.92%) Teamcenter
3 4 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.15%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.15%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 210 (32.06%) Microsoft 365
2 126 (19.24%) Azure
3 66 (10.08%) Entra ID
4 24 (3.66%) AWS
5 22 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (3.36%) SaaS
6 16 (2.44%) OneDrive
7 11 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (1.68%) Power Platform
8 10 (1.53%) GCP
9 6 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (0.92%) PaaS
9 6 (0.92%) Sauce Labs
10 5 (0.76%) Amazon S3
10 5 (0.76%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.61%) Datadog
11 4 (0.61%) Mimecast
11 4 (0.61%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.46%) IaaS
13 2 (0.31%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 46 (7.02%) DNS
2 37 (5.65%) LAN
3 35 (5.34%) Wi-Fi
4 32 (4.89%) DHCP
5 27 (4.12%) VPN
6 24 (3.66%) TCP/IP
7 22 (3.36%) WAN
8 17 (2.60%) SAN
9 13 (1.98%) Firewall
10 12 (1.83%) Internet
11 11 (1.68%) VLAN
12 9 (1.37%) WLAN
13 8 (1.22%) Wireless
14 7 (1.07%) HTTP
15 5 (0.76%) Skype
16 4 (0.61%) Unified Communications
17 3 (0.46%) Network Security
17 3 (0.46%) SNMP
18 2 (0.31%) FTP
18 2 (0.31%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.66%) SQL Server
2 20 (3.05%) MySQL
3 14 (2.14%) Relational Database
4 12 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (1.37%) Power BI
5 9 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.07%) Pentaho
7 5 (0.76%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.76%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (0.61%) Oracle Database 12c
8 4 (0.61%) Sybase ASE
9 3 (0.46%) MariaDB
9 3 (0.46%) MaxDB
10 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.15%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 49 (7.48%) JIRA
2 18 (2.75%) Git
3 13 (1.98%) Browser DevTools
4 6 (0.92%) Android Studio
4 6 (0.92%) Eclipse
4 6 (0.92%) Xcode
5 3 (0.46%) Firebug
6 2 (0.31%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.31%) Maven
7 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.15%) MSI
7 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.15%) Subversion
7 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
General
1 257 (39.24%) Social Skills
2 59 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (7.33%) Finance
4 36 (5.50%) Manufacturing
5 35 (5.34%) Banking
6 20 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (2.90%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.60%) Law
9 11 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (1.53%) Public Sector
11 9 (1.37%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.37%) Front Office
11 9 (1.37%) Legal
12 7 (1.07%) Aviation
13 6 (0.92%) French Language
13 6 (0.92%) Marketing
13 6 (0.92%) Retail
14 5 (0.76%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.61%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.53%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 9 (1.37%) CSS
2 9 (1.37%) REST
3 7 (1.07%) JDO
4 6 (0.92%) Ajax
4 6 (0.92%) AngularJS
4 6 (0.92%) GraphQL
4 6 (0.92%) React
5 5 (0.76%) .NET
5 5 (0.76%) Middleware
5 5 (0.76%) PySpark
5 5 (0.76%) SAML
5 5 (0.76%) YAML
6 4 (0.61%) HTML
6 4 (0.61%) OAuth
6 4 (0.61%) SAP Basis
7 3 (0.46%) JSP
7 3 (0.46%) RESTful
7 3 (0.46%) Web Services
7 3 (0.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (6.72%) Onboarding
2 24 (3.66%) Data Centre
2 24 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (2.14%) Virtual Team
5 13 (1.98%) Smartphone
6 11 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (1.68%) Driving Licence
6 11 (1.68%) iPhone
7 10 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.22%) PKI
9 7 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (0.92%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.61%) CCTV
11 4 (0.61%) Hedge funds
11 4 (0.61%) iPad
12 3 (0.46%) CMDB
12 3 (0.46%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 301 (45.95%) Windows
2 144 (21.98%) Windows 10
3 36 (5.50%) Linux
3 36 (5.50%) Unix
3 36 (5.50%) Windows Server
4 31 (4.73%) Mac OS
5 19 (2.90%) Apple iOS
6 16 (2.44%) Android
7 12 (1.83%) Windows 7
8 5 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.31%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.31%) Solaris
10 2 (0.31%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.15%) CentOS
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (19.39%) Customer Service
2 110 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
3 91 (13.89%) ITIL
4 52 (7.94%) Migration
5 50 (7.63%) ITSM
6 34 (5.19%) Change Management
7 33 (5.04%) Asset Management
8 32 (4.89%) DevOps
8 32 (4.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 32 (4.89%) Root Cause Analysis
8 32 (4.89%) User Experience
9 28 (4.27%) Service Management
10 25 (3.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (3.66%) Incident Management
12 23 (3.51%) Service Delivery
13 21 (3.21%) Problem Management
14 20 (3.05%) Data Protection
14 20 (3.05%) Workflow
15 19 (2.90%) Break/Fix
15 19 (2.90%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 54 (8.24%) SQL
2 52 (7.94%) PowerShell
3 26 (3.97%) Python
4 21 (3.21%) Java
5 20 (3.05%) C#
6 19 (2.90%) JavaScript
7 15 (2.29%) Shell Script
8 10 (1.53%) Korn
8 10 (1.53%) Perl
9 6 (0.92%) Bash
10 4 (0.61%) C++
11 1 (0.15%) C
11 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.15%) VBA
11 1 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 128 (19.54%) Security Cleared
2 99 (15.11%) SC Cleared
3 38 (5.80%) Degree
4 27 (4.12%) DV Cleared
5 20 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (2.75%) A+ Certification
7 17 (2.60%) CCNA
7 17 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (1.98%) MCSE
8 13 (1.98%) Network+ Certification
9 10 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.37%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.92%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.31%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.15%) CCNP
14 1 (0.15%) HND
14 1 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.15%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.51%) SLA
2 4 (0.61%) GDPR
3 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.46%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.31%) GLP
4 2 (0.31%) GMP
5 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.15%) GRC
5 1 (0.15%) GxP
5 1 (0.15%) ITGC
5 1 (0.15%) QA
System Software
1 228 (34.81%) Active Directory
2 25 (3.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.83%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.68%) VMware NSX
5 10 (1.53%) Oracle RAC
5 10 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.92%) vCloud
8 5 (0.76%) vSphere
9 2 (0.31%) Firmware
9 2 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.15%) Docker
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.15%) NFS
10 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 92 (14.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (5.19%) SCCM
3 16 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
4 14 (2.14%) Grafana
5 11 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.53%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 10 (1.53%) Oracle RMAN
6 10 (1.53%) vCenter Server
7 7 (1.07%) Ansible
7 7 (1.07%) SCOM
7 7 (1.07%) Terraform
8 4 (0.61%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.46%) vRealize
10 2 (0.31%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.31%) Kibana
10 2 (0.31%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (0.31%) WMI
11 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 233 (35.57%) Microsoft
2 74 (11.30%) ServiceNow
3 29 (4.43%) Oracle
3 29 (4.43%) VMware
4 23 (3.51%) Dell
5 17 (2.60%) Apple
6 16 (2.44%) HP
7 14 (2.14%) Cisco
8 11 (1.68%) Google
9 10 (1.53%) McAfee
10 9 (1.37%) SAP
11 8 (1.22%) Citrix
11 8 (1.22%) Denodo
11 8 (1.22%) Splunk
11 8 (1.22%) Starlink
11 8 (1.22%) Talend
12 7 (1.07%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.07%) Databricks
13 6 (0.92%) Remedy
13 6 (0.92%) Siemens
276 Support Engineer jobs in England