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 11 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
11 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 120 119
Rank change year-on-year -49 -1 -31
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 734 647 661
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 2.34% 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.74% 2.56% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 494 419 463
10th Percentile £163 £160 £140
25th Percentile £188 £200 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £240 £234
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +2.73% -6.55%
75th Percentile £338 £385 £350
90th Percentile £470 £538 £524
UK median daily rate £240 £238 £232
% change year-on-year +1.05% +2.45% -7.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 66 37
10th Percentile £16.36 £16.67 £16.70
25th Percentile £18.25 £20.79 £18.13
Median hourly rate £22.00 £25.58 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.98% +16.25% +15.79%
75th Percentile £36.00 £43.75 £28.75
90th Percentile £37.50 £68.00 £62.86
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% +14.32% +15.79%

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 42,171 25,321 30,947
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 91.63% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,536 16,398 20,303
10th Percentile £325 £285 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,172 1,321 1,795
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.44 £21.25
Median hourly rate £43.10 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.38% -44.11% +8.43%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.25 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.99% -41.51% +2.87%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -46 258 £275 +10.00% 49
South East -33 166 £250 - 102
North of England -38 124 £200 -9.09% 66
North West -7 81 £200 -12.09% 38
East of England 0 63 £200 - 47
Midlands -70 61 £250 -9.09% 38
South West -54 60 £210 -10.64% 40
Yorkshire -24 41 £200 -9.09% 24
West Midlands -77 39 £250 -9.09% 19
East Midlands -6 21 £270 +47.54% 19
North East -53 3 £188 -3.85% 6
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 August 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.

1 424 (57.77%) Windows
2 325 (44.28%) Active Directory
3 318 (43.32%) Microsoft
4 296 (40.33%) Microsoft 365
5 175 (23.84%) Problem-Solving
6 170 (23.16%) Windows 10
7 168 (22.89%) Customer Service
8 141 (19.21%) ITIL
8 141 (19.21%) Security Cleared
9 132 (17.98%) Azure
10 122 (16.62%) Microsoft Intune
11 106 (14.44%) ServiceNow
12 103 (14.03%) Entra ID
13 100 (13.62%) SharePoint
14 94 (12.81%) ITSM
14 94 (12.81%) SC Cleared
15 91 (12.40%) DNS
16 78 (10.63%) PowerShell
17 63 (8.58%) Asset Management
17 63 (8.58%) Windows Server
18 62 (8.45%) SQL
19 60 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
20 59 (8.04%) Microsoft Exchange
21 58 (7.90%) VMware
22 57 (7.77%) JIRA
22 57 (7.77%) TCP/IP
23 56 (7.63%) Degree
24 53 (7.22%) DHCP
24 53 (7.22%) Linux
24 53 (7.22%) Mac OS

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
1 100 (13.62%) SharePoint
2 59 (8.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.09%) NetWeaver
4 4 (0.54%) Confluence
5 3 (0.41%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.27%) IIS
6 2 (0.27%) MTS
6 2 (0.27%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.27%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.14%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 29 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.14%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.14%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle BRM
3 1 (0.14%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.14%) SAP FI-CA
3 1 (0.14%) SAP FS
3 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.14%) SAP Retail
3 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 296 (40.33%) Microsoft 365
2 132 (17.98%) Azure
3 103 (14.03%) Entra ID
4 36 (4.90%) OneDrive
5 32 (4.36%) AWS
6 20 (2.72%) SaaS
7 18 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (2.45%) GCP
8 11 (1.50%) Power Platform
9 7 (0.95%) Google Workspace
9 7 (0.95%) PaaS
10 6 (0.82%) IaaS
11 5 (0.68%) Mimecast
12 4 (0.54%) Cloud Functions
12 4 (0.54%) Google App Engine
12 4 (0.54%) Google Compute Engine
12 4 (0.54%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 3 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.41%) OpenShift
13 3 (0.41%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 91 (12.40%) DNS
2 57 (7.77%) TCP/IP
3 53 (7.22%) DHCP
4 49 (6.68%) VPN
5 39 (5.31%) Wi-Fi
6 32 (4.36%) LAN
7 24 (3.27%) WAN
8 22 (3.00%) Firewall
9 21 (2.86%) Internet
10 15 (2.04%) SAN
11 11 (1.50%) VLAN
12 7 (0.95%) Skype
13 6 (0.82%) HTTP
13 6 (0.82%) WLAN
14 5 (0.68%) Network Security
14 5 (0.68%) SMTP
14 5 (0.68%) Wireless
15 4 (0.54%) WebEx
16 3 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
16 3 (0.41%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.95%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.18%) MySQL
3 9 (1.23%) Power BI
4 8 (1.09%) Relational Database
4 8 (1.09%) SAP HANA
5 7 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (0.95%) Pentaho
5 7 (0.95%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.82%) MaxDB
6 6 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.68%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database 12c
9 3 (0.41%) Big Data
9 3 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.27%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 57 (7.77%) JIRA
2 19 (2.59%) Git
3 9 (1.23%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.41%) Android Studio
4 3 (0.41%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.41%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.41%) Xcode
5 2 (0.27%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.27%) Firebug
6 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
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
1 304 (41.42%) Social Skills
2 81 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (9.95%) Finance
4 38 (5.18%) Banking
5 36 (4.90%) Manufacturing
6 25 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (2.72%) Investment Banking
8 18 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (1.91%) Retail
10 13 (1.77%) Law
11 12 (1.63%) Financial Institution
11 12 (1.63%) Front Office
12 11 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.50%) Legal
12 11 (1.50%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.36%) Spanish Language
14 7 (0.95%) Marketing
14 7 (0.95%) Public Sector
15 5 (0.68%) Advertising
16 3 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.36%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 8 (1.09%) .NET
2 8 (1.09%) REST
3 7 (0.95%) JDO
3 7 (0.95%) SAP Basis
4 6 (0.82%) SAP Fiori
4 6 (0.82%) SAPUI5
5 5 (0.68%) CSS
5 5 (0.68%) LDAP
5 5 (0.68%) SAML
6 4 (0.54%) OAuth
7 3 (0.41%) Ajax
7 3 (0.41%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.41%) HTML
7 3 (0.41%) JSP
7 3 (0.41%) Middleware
7 3 (0.41%) React
7 3 (0.41%) RESTful
7 3 (0.41%) Web Services
7 3 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 98 (13.35%) Onboarding
2 27 (3.68%) Data Centre
3 24 (3.27%) Video Conferencing
4 21 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (2.18%) Hedge funds
7 15 (2.04%) iPhone
8 13 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.36%) iPad
11 9 (1.23%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.09%) CMDB
12 8 (1.09%) Driving Licence
13 6 (0.82%) BYOD
13 6 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.82%) Management Information System
13 6 (0.82%) PKI
14 5 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
14 5 (0.68%) Smartphone
15 4 (0.54%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 424 (57.77%) Windows
2 170 (23.16%) Windows 10
3 63 (8.58%) Windows Server
4 53 (7.22%) Linux
4 53 (7.22%) Mac OS
5 37 (5.04%) Unix
6 32 (4.36%) Apple iOS
7 24 (3.27%) Android
8 13 (1.77%) Windows 7
9 9 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.95%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.54%) OpenVMS
12 4 (0.54%) Solaris
12 4 (0.54%) VMS
12 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.27%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (23.84%) Problem-Solving
2 168 (22.89%) Customer Service
3 141 (19.21%) ITIL
4 94 (12.81%) ITSM
5 63 (8.58%) Asset Management
6 60 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 53 (7.22%) Migration
8 50 (6.81%) Service Management
8 50 (6.81%) User Experience
9 49 (6.68%) Service Delivery
10 42 (5.72%) Problem Management
11 41 (5.59%) Change Management
12 40 (5.45%) Root Cause Analysis
13 35 (4.77%) Incident Management
14 33 (4.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 32 (4.36%) Runbook
16 31 (4.22%) DevOps
17 26 (3.54%) Break/Fix
17 26 (3.54%) Data Protection
17 26 (3.54%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 78 (10.63%) PowerShell
2 62 (8.45%) SQL
3 28 (3.81%) Python
4 24 (3.27%) Java
5 19 (2.59%) JavaScript
6 18 (2.45%) C#
7 17 (2.32%) Shell Script
8 11 (1.50%) Bash
9 10 (1.36%) Korn
10 7 (0.95%) C++
11 6 (0.82%) Perl
12 4 (0.54%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.27%) DCL
13 2 (0.27%) Go
13 2 (0.27%) Tcl
13 2 (0.27%) VBA
14 1 (0.14%) C
14 1 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 141 (19.21%) Security Cleared
2 94 (12.81%) SC Cleared
3 56 (7.63%) Degree
4 42 (5.72%) DV Cleared
5 26 (3.54%) A+ Certification
6 24 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.72%) Network+ Certification
8 17 (2.32%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (2.18%) CCNA
10 13 (1.77%) MCSE
11 10 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 8 (1.09%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.82%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.27%) CCNP
16 1 (0.14%) CTC Cleared
16 1 (0.14%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.68%) SLA
2 5 (0.68%) Data Quality
2 5 (0.68%) QA
3 3 (0.41%) GDPR
3 3 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.27%) GLP
4 2 (0.27%) GMP
4 2 (0.27%) GxP
5 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.14%) GRC
5 1 (0.14%) ITGC
5 1 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 325 (44.28%) Active Directory
2 47 (6.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (3.27%) VMware ESXi
4 23 (3.13%) Hyper-V
5 17 (2.32%) VMware NSX
6 12 (1.63%) vCloud
7 11 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (1.36%) Oracle RAC
9 7 (0.95%) Docker
9 7 (0.95%) vSphere
10 5 (0.68%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.41%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.27%) Firmware
12 2 (0.27%) zsh
13 1 (0.14%) NFS
13 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 122 (16.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (5.18%) SCCM
3 24 (3.27%) vCenter Server
4 18 (2.45%) SCOM
5 14 (1.91%) Jamf Pro
5 14 (1.91%) Kubernetes
6 12 (1.63%) Grafana
6 12 (1.63%) Terraform
7 11 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.36%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 10 (1.36%) Oracle RMAN
9 9 (1.23%) Ansible
10 6 (0.82%) WSUS
11 3 (0.41%) AirWatch
11 3 (0.41%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.41%) Nagios
11 3 (0.41%) NetBackup
11 3 (0.41%) Puppet
11 3 (0.41%) vMotion
11 3 (0.41%) vRealize
Vendors
1 318 (43.32%) Microsoft
2 106 (14.44%) ServiceNow
3 58 (7.90%) VMware
4 31 (4.22%) Apple
5 30 (4.09%) Oracle
6 24 (3.27%) Google
7 23 (3.13%) Citrix
8 19 (2.59%) Cisco
9 18 (2.45%) Dell
10 13 (1.77%) HP
11 11 (1.50%) Okta
11 11 (1.50%) SAP
11 11 (1.50%) Splunk
12 10 (1.36%) iManage
13 9 (1.23%) Bloomberg
13 9 (1.23%) McAfee
13 9 (1.23%) Samsung
13 9 (1.23%) Sybase
14 8 (1.09%) Meraki
14 8 (1.09%) Remedy
317 Support Engineer jobs in England