Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Support Engineer daily rate in England is £211, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
22 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 120 119
Rank change year-on-year -49 -1 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 673 583 737
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.55% 2.34% 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.68% 2.53% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 376 496
10th Percentile £156 £160 £140
25th Percentile £185 £200 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £211 £239 £220
Median % change year-on-year -11.49% +8.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £338 £375 £338
90th Percentile £450 £488 £500
UK median daily rate £220 £240 £215
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.63% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 44 49
10th Percentile £17.20 £17.10 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.44 £18.51 £18.13
Median hourly rate £22.50 £25.72 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +11.80% +15.00%
75th Percentile £34.10 £56.56 £43.75
90th Percentile £37.50 £68.00 £60.18
UK median hourly rate £23.50 £25.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year -6.00% +11.61% +12.00%

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 39,986 23,027 34,993
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 92.23% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,604 15,125 22,795
10th Percentile £325 £293 £290
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £634 £638
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £517 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.30% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,824 1,039 2,704
10th Percentile £15.95 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.93 £18.13 £16.58
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +56.52% -27.31% -10.11%
75th Percentile £67.84 £58.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.42
UK median hourly rate £43.61 £27.36 £37.50
% change year-on-year +59.36% -27.03% -14.77%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -47 225 £275 +6.49% 40
South East -34 147 £238 -5.00% 77
North of England -70 90 £190 -11.63% 54
Midlands -37 80 £209 -16.30% 33
South West -48 66 £210 -10.64% 40
East of England +4 64 £198 -12.22% 25
North West -37 54 £189 -9.04% 37
West Midlands -59 48 £250 -5.66% 15
Yorkshire -38 34 £190 -19.15% 13
East Midlands +2 31 £200 +16.96% 18
North East -52 2 £290 +48.72% 6
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 344 (51.11%) Windows
2 261 (38.78%) Active Directory
3 250 (37.15%) Microsoft
4 235 (34.92%) Microsoft 365
5 152 (22.59%) Windows 10
6 135 (20.06%) Problem-Solving
7 127 (18.87%) Security Cleared
8 125 (18.57%) Azure
9 123 (18.28%) Customer Service
10 109 (16.20%) ITIL
11 99 (14.71%) Microsoft Intune
12 90 (13.37%) SC Cleared
13 77 (11.44%) ServiceNow
14 73 (10.85%) Entra ID
15 64 (9.51%) SharePoint
16 63 (9.36%) DNS
16 63 (9.36%) PowerShell
17 57 (8.47%) SQL
18 56 (8.32%) ITSM
19 55 (8.17%) JIRA
20 49 (7.28%) Windows Server
21 47 (6.98%) Migration
22 45 (6.69%) Microsoft Exchange
23 44 (6.54%) Linux
24 41 (6.09%) Change Management
24 41 (6.09%) Degree
24 41 (6.09%) Mac OS
25 40 (5.94%) Continuous Improvement
25 40 (5.94%) DHCP
25 40 (5.94%) 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 64 (9.51%) SharePoint
2 45 (6.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.19%) NetWeaver
4 4 (0.59%) IIS
5 3 (0.45%) Confluence
5 3 (0.45%) 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 30 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.89%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.45%) 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
1 235 (34.92%) Microsoft 365
2 125 (18.57%) Azure
3 73 (10.85%) Entra ID
4 32 (4.75%) AWS
5 21 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (3.12%) OneDrive
6 19 (2.82%) SaaS
7 13 (1.93%) GCP
8 10 (1.49%) Power Platform
9 9 (1.34%) PaaS
10 6 (0.89%) Amazon S3
10 6 (0.89%) Google Workspace
10 6 (0.89%) IaaS
11 5 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.59%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.45%) OpenShift
13 3 (0.45%) Sauce Labs
14 2 (0.30%) Datadog
14 2 (0.30%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 63 (9.36%) DNS
2 40 (5.94%) DHCP
2 40 (5.94%) LAN
3 39 (5.79%) Wi-Fi
4 38 (5.65%) VPN
5 37 (5.50%) TCP/IP
6 24 (3.57%) WAN
7 18 (2.67%) Firewall
8 17 (2.53%) SAN
9 16 (2.38%) Internet
10 11 (1.63%) WLAN
11 9 (1.34%) VLAN
12 7 (1.04%) HTTP
13 6 (0.89%) Skype
14 5 (0.74%) Wireless
15 4 (0.59%) Network Security
16 3 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
16 3 (0.45%) SMTP
16 3 (0.45%) Unified Communications
17 2 (0.30%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.86%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.53%) MySQL
3 12 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (1.34%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.19%) Power BI
5 8 (1.19%) SAP HANA
6 7 (1.04%) Pentaho
6 7 (1.04%) Sybase ASE
7 6 (0.89%) MaxDB
7 6 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
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 (0.45%) Big Data
10 3 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.30%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 55 (8.17%) JIRA
2 16 (2.38%) Git
3 9 (1.34%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.45%) Android Studio
4 3 (0.45%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.45%) 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%) MSI
6 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.15%) Subversion
6 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
General
1 254 (37.74%) Social Skills
2 66 (9.81%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (8.02%) Finance
4 38 (5.65%) Banking
5 37 (5.50%) Manufacturing
6 24 (3.57%) Investment Banking
7 19 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.08%) Law
9 10 (1.49%) Retail
10 9 (1.34%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.19%) Front Office
11 8 (1.19%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.04%) Aviation
12 7 (1.04%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.04%) Marketing
13 6 (0.89%) French Language
13 6 (0.89%) Legal
13 6 (0.89%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.49%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 9 (1.34%) REST
3 7 (1.04%) JDO
3 7 (1.04%) SAP Basis
4 6 (0.89%) .NET
4 6 (0.89%) SAP Fiori
4 6 (0.89%) SAPUI5
5 5 (0.74%) CSS
5 5 (0.74%) PySpark
5 5 (0.74%) SAML
6 4 (0.59%) OAuth
7 3 (0.45%) Ajax
7 3 (0.45%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.45%) GraphQL
7 3 (0.45%) LDAP
7 3 (0.45%) Middleware
7 3 (0.45%) React
7 3 (0.45%) RESTful
7 3 (0.45%) Web Services
7 3 (0.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (8.77%) Onboarding
2 28 (4.16%) Data Centre
3 25 (3.71%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (2.82%) Virtual Team
5 17 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
7 12 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (1.78%) iPhone
7 12 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.34%) PKI
9 8 (1.19%) Hedge funds
9 8 (1.19%) Smartphone
10 7 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.04%) iPad
11 5 (0.74%) BYOD
11 5 (0.74%) CCTV
11 5 (0.74%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.45%) Clustering
13 3 (0.45%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 344 (51.11%) Windows
2 152 (22.59%) Windows 10
3 49 (7.28%) Windows Server
4 44 (6.54%) Linux
5 41 (6.09%) Mac OS
6 37 (5.50%) Unix
7 21 (3.12%) Apple iOS
8 13 (1.93%) Android
9 12 (1.78%) Windows 7
10 6 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.74%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.59%) Solaris
13 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.30%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.15%) OpenVMS
15 1 (0.15%) VMS
15 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (20.06%) Problem-Solving
2 123 (18.28%) Customer Service
3 109 (16.20%) ITIL
4 56 (8.32%) ITSM
5 47 (6.98%) Migration
6 41 (6.09%) Change Management
7 40 (5.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (5.50%) Asset Management
9 35 (5.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 34 (5.05%) DevOps
10 34 (5.05%) Service Delivery
11 30 (4.46%) Incident Management
11 30 (4.46%) User Experience
12 29 (4.31%) Root Cause Analysis
13 28 (4.16%) Service Management
14 22 (3.27%) Problem Management
15 21 (3.12%) Data Protection
15 21 (3.12%) Runbook
16 20 (2.97%) Agile
16 20 (2.97%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 63 (9.36%) PowerShell
2 57 (8.47%) SQL
3 25 (3.71%) Python
4 20 (2.97%) C#
5 19 (2.82%) Java
6 16 (2.38%) Shell Script
7 15 (2.23%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.49%) Korn
9 8 (1.19%) Bash
10 7 (1.04%) C++
10 7 (1.04%) Perl
11 1 (0.15%) C
11 1 (0.15%) DCL
11 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.15%) VBA
11 1 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 127 (18.87%) Security Cleared
2 90 (13.37%) SC Cleared
3 41 (6.09%) Degree
4 31 (4.61%) DV Cleared
5 21 (3.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (2.82%) A+ Certification
7 18 (2.67%) Network+ Certification
8 17 (2.53%) CCNA
8 17 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.93%) MCSE
10 9 (1.34%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.04%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
15 1 (0.15%) CCNP
15 1 (0.15%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.46%) SLA
2 4 (0.59%) GDPR
3 3 (0.45%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.45%) QA
4 2 (0.30%) GLP
4 2 (0.30%) GMP
4 2 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
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
System Software
1 261 (38.78%) Active Directory
2 33 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.67%) Hyper-V
3 18 (2.67%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (2.38%) VMware NSX
5 11 (1.63%) vCloud
6 10 (1.49%) Oracle RAC
6 10 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.89%) vSphere
8 4 (0.59%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.59%) Docker
9 3 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.45%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.30%) Firmware
10 2 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.15%) NFS
11 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.15%) zsh
Systems Management
1 99 (14.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (4.61%) SCCM
3 18 (2.67%) vCenter Server
4 16 (2.38%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (1.78%) SCOM
5 12 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.63%) Grafana
7 10 (1.49%) Ansible
7 10 (1.49%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 10 (1.49%) Oracle RMAN
8 6 (0.89%) Kubernetes
9 5 (0.74%) Terraform
10 3 (0.45%) AirWatch
10 3 (0.45%) Nagios
10 3 (0.45%) Puppet
10 3 (0.45%) vMotion
10 3 (0.45%) vRealize
11 2 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (0.30%) WMI
11 2 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 250 (37.15%) Microsoft
2 77 (11.44%) ServiceNow
3 40 (5.94%) VMware
4 26 (3.86%) Oracle
5 24 (3.57%) Apple
6 17 (2.53%) Dell
7 16 (2.38%) Citrix
8 15 (2.23%) Google
9 14 (2.08%) HP
10 12 (1.78%) Cisco
11 10 (1.49%) SAP
12 9 (1.34%) McAfee
13 8 (1.19%) Denodo
13 8 (1.19%) Starlink
13 8 (1.19%) Talend
14 7 (1.04%) Okta
14 7 (1.04%) Sybase
15 6 (0.89%) iManage
15 6 (0.89%) Remedy
15 6 (0.89%) Siemens
238 Support Engineer jobs in England