Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Support Engineer daily rate in England is £213, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
13 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 124 111
Rank change year-on-year -45 -13 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 702 623 756
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.57% 2.28% 2.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 2.48% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 401 515
10th Percentile £163 £160 £140
25th Percentile £185 £200 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £238 £225
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £338 £375 £338
90th Percentile £450 £495 £500
UK median daily rate £225 £238 £220
% change year-on-year -5.26% +7.95% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 52 54
10th Percentile £16.56 £18.10 £16.48
25th Percentile £18.25 £20.64 £18.13
Median hourly rate £23.00 £26.14 £22.23
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +17.62% +11.13%
75th Percentile £35.22 £44.69 £37.34
90th Percentile £37.50 £68.00 £56.15
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £22.15
% change year-on-year +2.47% +13.54% +10.75%

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 41,444 25,115 34,097
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 92.03% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,363 16,356 22,299
10th Percentile £325 £290 £300
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £738 £740 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,982 1,217 2,452
10th Percentile £16.01 £13.77 £13.00
25th Percentile £22.20 £17.98 £17.25
Median hourly rate £45.56 £28.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.84% -28.75% -6.98%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.54
UK median hourly rate £43.69 £26.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +64.87% -33.75% -5.88%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -43 236 £250 -4.76% 52
South East -37 161 £238 -5.00% 90
North of England -66 98 £190 -12.64% 53
Midlands -38 76 £225 -11.76% 37
South West -49 66 £210 -10.64% 47
East of England +1 64 £198 -12.22% 24
North West -49 59 £190 -12.64% 26
West Midlands -73 45 £250 -9.09% 20
Yorkshire -31 38 £200 -14.89% 21
East Midlands +4 30 £200 +16.96% 17
North East -51 1 £290 +48.72% 8
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 July 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.

1 385 (54.84%) Windows
2 300 (42.74%) Active Directory
3 276 (39.32%) Microsoft
4 266 (37.89%) Microsoft 365
5 165 (23.50%) Windows 10
6 153 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
7 139 (19.80%) Customer Service
8 132 (18.80%) Azure
9 131 (18.66%) ITIL
10 127 (18.09%) Security Cleared
11 119 (16.95%) Microsoft Intune
12 92 (13.11%) ServiceNow
13 87 (12.39%) SC Cleared
14 85 (12.11%) Entra ID
15 79 (11.25%) DNS
16 77 (10.97%) SharePoint
17 72 (10.26%) PowerShell
18 71 (10.11%) ITSM
19 64 (9.12%) SQL
20 63 (8.97%) JIRA
21 54 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
22 50 (7.12%) Windows Server
23 48 (6.84%) DHCP
24 47 (6.70%) Degree
24 47 (6.70%) Linux
24 47 (6.70%) Mac OS
24 47 (6.70%) TCP/IP
25 46 (6.55%) Continuous Improvement
25 46 (6.55%) VMware
26 45 (6.41%) Migration

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 77 (10.97%) SharePoint
2 54 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.14%) NetWeaver
4 4 (0.57%) Confluence
5 3 (0.43%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.28%) IIS
6 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.28%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.14%) Tuxedo
7 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 29 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.85%) Teamcenter
3 4 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.14%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 266 (37.89%) Microsoft 365
2 132 (18.80%) Azure
3 85 (12.11%) Entra ID
4 28 (3.99%) AWS
5 27 (3.85%) OneDrive
6 21 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (2.56%) SaaS
8 14 (1.99%) GCP
9 11 (1.57%) Power Platform
10 9 (1.28%) PaaS
11 6 (0.85%) IaaS
12 5 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (0.71%) Google Workspace
12 5 (0.71%) Mimecast
13 4 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
14 3 (0.43%) Amazon S3
14 3 (0.43%) OpenShift
14 3 (0.43%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.43%) Sauce Labs
15 2 (0.28%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 79 (11.25%) DNS
2 48 (6.84%) DHCP
3 47 (6.70%) TCP/IP
4 43 (6.13%) VPN
5 41 (5.84%) LAN
5 41 (5.84%) Wi-Fi
6 25 (3.56%) WAN
7 19 (2.71%) Firewall
8 17 (2.42%) Internet
8 17 (2.42%) SAN
9 11 (1.57%) WLAN
10 10 (1.42%) VLAN
11 7 (1.00%) HTTP
11 7 (1.00%) Skype
12 4 (0.57%) Network Security
12 4 (0.57%) Unified Communications
12 4 (0.57%) Wireless
13 3 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (0.43%) SMTP
13 3 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.27%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.56%) MySQL
3 9 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
3 9 (1.28%) Power BI
3 9 (1.28%) Relational Database
4 8 (1.14%) SAP HANA
5 7 (1.00%) Pentaho
5 7 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (1.00%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.85%) MaxDB
6 6 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.57%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.57%) Oracle Database 12c
9 3 (0.43%) Big Data
9 3 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.28%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 63 (8.97%) JIRA
2 18 (2.56%) Git
3 9 (1.28%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.43%) Android Studio
4 3 (0.43%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.43%) Xcode
5 2 (0.28%) Firebug
5 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.14%) GitLab
6 1 (0.14%) MSI
6 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.14%) Subversion
6 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 285 (40.60%) Social Skills
2 73 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (8.69%) Finance
4 37 (5.27%) Banking
4 37 (5.27%) Manufacturing
5 22 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (2.85%) Investment Banking
7 13 (1.85%) Law
7 13 (1.85%) Retail
8 10 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.28%) Financial Institution
9 9 (1.28%) Front Office
10 8 (1.14%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.14%) Spanish Language
11 7 (1.00%) Aviation
11 7 (1.00%) Legal
11 7 (1.00%) Marketing
12 6 (0.85%) Public Sector
12 6 (0.85%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.42%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 10 (1.42%) REST
2 7 (1.00%) .NET
2 7 (1.00%) JDO
2 7 (1.00%) SAP Basis
3 6 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
3 6 (0.85%) SAPUI5
4 5 (0.71%) CSS
4 5 (0.71%) LDAP
4 5 (0.71%) SAML
5 4 (0.57%) Middleware
5 4 (0.57%) OAuth
6 3 (0.43%) Ajax
6 3 (0.43%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.43%) GraphQL
6 3 (0.43%) JSP
6 3 (0.43%) React
6 3 (0.43%) RESTful
6 3 (0.43%) Web Services
6 3 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.83%) Onboarding
2 28 (3.99%) Data Centre
3 23 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (2.85%) Video Conferencing
5 18 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (2.42%) Virtual Team
7 16 (2.28%) iPhone
8 12 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.28%) Hedge funds
9 9 (1.28%) iPad
10 6 (0.85%) BYOD
10 6 (0.85%) Driving Licence
10 6 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (0.85%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.71%) CCTV
11 5 (0.71%) PKI
11 5 (0.71%) Smartphone
12 4 (0.57%) Clustering
12 4 (0.57%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 385 (54.84%) Windows
2 165 (23.50%) Windows 10
3 50 (7.12%) Windows Server
4 47 (6.70%) Linux
4 47 (6.70%) Mac OS
5 39 (5.56%) Unix
6 23 (3.28%) Apple iOS
7 17 (2.42%) Android
8 10 (1.42%) Windows 7
9 7 (1.00%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.57%) Solaris
12 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.28%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.28%) OpenVMS
13 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.28%) VMS
14 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
2 139 (19.80%) Customer Service
3 131 (18.66%) ITIL
4 71 (10.11%) ITSM
5 46 (6.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (6.41%) Migration
7 43 (6.13%) Asset Management
7 43 (6.13%) Service Delivery
8 42 (5.98%) Change Management
9 37 (5.27%) User Experience
10 35 (4.99%) Service Management
11 33 (4.70%) DevOps
11 33 (4.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 31 (4.42%) Incident Management
12 31 (4.42%) Problem Management
13 30 (4.27%) Root Cause Analysis
14 25 (3.56%) High Availability
14 25 (3.56%) Runbook
15 21 (2.99%) Break/Fix
15 21 (2.99%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 72 (10.26%) PowerShell
2 64 (9.12%) SQL
3 24 (3.42%) Python
4 21 (2.99%) C#
5 20 (2.85%) Java
6 17 (2.42%) Shell Script
7 16 (2.28%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.42%) Korn
9 9 (1.28%) Bash
10 7 (1.00%) C++
10 7 (1.00%) Perl
11 3 (0.43%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.28%) DCL
12 2 (0.28%) Go
13 1 (0.14%) C
13 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.14%) VBA
13 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 127 (18.09%) Security Cleared
2 87 (12.39%) SC Cleared
3 47 (6.70%) Degree
4 34 (4.84%) DV Cleared
5 25 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (3.28%) A+ Certification
7 20 (2.85%) Network+ Certification
8 17 (2.42%) CCNA
8 17 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.85%) MCSE
10 8 (1.14%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.14%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.14%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.14%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.14%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.70%) SLA
2 4 (0.57%) Data Quality
2 4 (0.57%) GDPR
3 3 (0.43%) QA
3 3 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.28%) GLP
4 2 (0.28%) GMP
5 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.14%) GRC
5 1 (0.14%) GxP
5 1 (0.14%) ITGC
System Software
1 300 (42.74%) Active Directory
2 37 (5.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
4 20 (2.85%) Hyper-V
5 17 (2.42%) VMware NSX
6 12 (1.71%) vCloud
7 10 (1.42%) Oracle RAC
8 9 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (1.14%) vSphere
10 4 (0.57%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.57%) Docker
11 3 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.43%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.28%) Firmware
12 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.14%) NFS
13 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.14%) zsh
Systems Management
1 119 (16.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (4.99%) SCCM
3 22 (3.13%) vCenter Server
4 16 (2.28%) SCOM
5 15 (2.14%) Jamf Pro
6 12 (1.71%) Grafana
7 10 (1.42%) Ansible
7 10 (1.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 10 (1.42%) Oracle RMAN
7 10 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.85%) Kubernetes
9 5 (0.71%) Terraform
10 3 (0.43%) AirWatch
10 3 (0.43%) Nagios
10 3 (0.43%) Puppet
10 3 (0.43%) vMotion
10 3 (0.43%) vRealize
11 2 (0.28%) Kibana
11 2 (0.28%) WMI
11 2 (0.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 276 (39.32%) Microsoft
2 92 (13.11%) ServiceNow
3 46 (6.55%) VMware
4 27 (3.85%) Apple
5 26 (3.70%) Oracle
6 17 (2.42%) Citrix
6 17 (2.42%) Dell
7 15 (2.14%) Google
8 14 (1.99%) HP
9 12 (1.71%) Cisco
10 10 (1.42%) SAP
11 9 (1.28%) McAfee
12 8 (1.14%) Denodo
12 8 (1.14%) Splunk
12 8 (1.14%) Starlink
12 8 (1.14%) Talend
13 7 (1.00%) Okta
13 7 (1.00%) Remedy
13 7 (1.00%) Samsung
13 7 (1.00%) Sybase
278 Support Engineer jobs in England