Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Support Engineer daily rate in England is £209, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
1 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 116 107
Rank change year-on-year -49 -9 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 663 577 766
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.64% 2.37% 2.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.78% 2.56% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 387 539
10th Percentile £153 £153 £140
25th Percentile £185 £198 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £209 £245 £215
Median % change year-on-year -14.80% +13.95% -14.00%
75th Percentile £330 £388 £313
90th Percentile £450 £510 £450
UK median daily rate £210 £240 £210
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -16.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 37 51
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.12 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.54% +14.32% +10.00%
75th Percentile £28.50 £53.75 £30.00
90th Percentile £37.50 £68.00 £46.39
UK median hourly rate £25.08 £24.58 £20.82
% change year-on-year +2.01% +18.09% +4.08%

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 37,282 22,549 34,489
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.63% 92.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,335 15,006 22,895
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £643
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,521 899 2,432
10th Percentile £15.79 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £47.00 £30.78 £36.31
Median % change year-on-year +52.70% -15.22% -19.32%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £29.00 £36.42
% change year-on-year +51.72% -20.37% -19.07%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -43 211 £275 -8.33% 48
South East -27 124 £208 -19.02% 86
North of England -57 110 £190 -12.64% 66
Midlands -46 87 £200 -27.27% 34
South West -31 75 £210 -6.67% 39
North West -37 64 £175 -18.60% 40
East of England -8 57 £200 -10.11% 35
West Midlands -58 52 £238 -17.39% 21
Yorkshire -35 42 £198 -15.96% 23
East Midlands -2 36 £200 -5.88% 13
North East -29 4 £106 -45.64% 6
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 312 (47.06%) Windows
2 244 (36.80%) Microsoft
3 226 (34.09%) Microsoft 365
4 218 (32.88%) Active Directory
5 151 (22.78%) Windows 10
6 140 (21.12%) Customer Service
7 136 (20.51%) Security Cleared
8 117 (17.65%) Azure
9 114 (17.19%) SC Cleared
10 108 (16.29%) Problem-Solving
11 89 (13.42%) Microsoft Intune
12 85 (12.82%) ITIL
13 73 (11.01%) ServiceNow
14 64 (9.65%) Entra ID
15 61 (9.20%) Migration
16 50 (7.54%) SharePoint
17 48 (7.24%) JIRA
18 47 (7.09%) PowerShell
18 47 (7.09%) SQL
19 45 (6.79%) ITSM
20 43 (6.49%) Asset Management
21 41 (6.18%) SCCM
22 39 (5.88%) DNS
22 39 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
23 38 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
24 37 (5.58%) Linux
25 36 (5.43%) Degree
26 35 (5.28%) User Experience
27 33 (4.98%) LAN
27 33 (4.98%) Unix

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 50 (7.54%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.60%) IIS
4 3 (0.45%) Apache
4 3 (0.45%) Confluence
4 3 (0.45%) NetWeaver
4 3 (0.45%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.30%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.30%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.15%) Tuxedo
6 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
1 7 (1.06%) Shopify
2 6 (0.90%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.15%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.15%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.15%) assyst
4 1 (0.15%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.15%) Eikon
4 1 (0.15%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.15%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 226 (34.09%) Microsoft 365
2 117 (17.65%) Azure
3 64 (9.65%) Entra ID
4 21 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (3.02%) AWS
5 20 (3.02%) SaaS
6 18 (2.71%) OneDrive
7 14 (2.11%) Google Workspace
8 12 (1.81%) Power Platform
9 11 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.36%) GCP
11 6 (0.90%) Sauce Labs
12 5 (0.75%) Amazon S3
12 5 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (0.75%) npm
12 5 (0.75%) PaaS
13 4 (0.60%) Datadog
13 4 (0.60%) Mimecast
13 4 (0.60%) Snowflake
14 2 (0.30%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.88%) DNS
1 39 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
2 33 (4.98%) LAN
3 30 (4.52%) DHCP
4 27 (4.07%) VPN
5 25 (3.77%) TCP/IP
6 22 (3.32%) Firewall
7 21 (3.17%) WAN
8 14 (2.11%) SAN
9 13 (1.96%) Wireless
10 9 (1.36%) Network Security
11 8 (1.21%) Internet
12 7 (1.06%) HTTP
12 7 (1.06%) VLAN
13 6 (0.90%) WLAN
14 5 (0.75%) AMQP
14 5 (0.75%) Skype
15 4 (0.60%) Unified Communications
16 3 (0.45%) SNMP
16 3 (0.45%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.02%) MySQL
2 19 (2.87%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.26%) Relational Database
4 12 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
5 10 (1.51%) Power BI
6 9 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.06%) Pentaho
8 5 (0.75%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.60%) Oracle Database 12c
9 4 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.45%) InfluxDB
10 3 (0.45%) MariaDB
10 3 (0.45%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.30%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.30%) Sybase ASE
11 2 (0.30%) Tableau
12 1 (0.15%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 48 (7.24%) JIRA
2 20 (3.02%) Git
3 13 (1.96%) Browser DevTools
4 6 (0.90%) Android Studio
4 6 (0.90%) Eclipse
4 6 (0.90%) Xcode
5 5 (0.75%) Maven
6 3 (0.45%) Firebug
7 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.15%) MSI
8 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 268 (40.42%) Social Skills
2 52 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (7.54%) Finance
4 37 (5.58%) Banking
5 35 (5.28%) Manufacturing
6 26 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (2.71%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.26%) Law
8 15 (2.26%) Public Sector
9 11 (1.66%) Front Office
10 10 (1.51%) Legal
10 10 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.36%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.36%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.06%) Aviation
12 7 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.90%) French Language
14 5 (0.75%) Marketing
14 5 (0.75%) Retail
15 4 (0.60%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.51%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 9 (1.36%) CSS
3 8 (1.21%) REST
4 7 (1.06%) JDO
5 6 (0.90%) Ajax
5 6 (0.90%) AngularJS
5 6 (0.90%) GraphQL
5 6 (0.90%) Middleware
5 6 (0.90%) React
6 5 (0.75%) .NET
6 5 (0.75%) SAML
6 5 (0.75%) YAML
7 4 (0.60%) HTML
7 4 (0.60%) OAuth
7 4 (0.60%) PySpark
8 3 (0.45%) JSP
8 3 (0.45%) XML
9 2 (0.30%) LDAP
9 2 (0.30%) SOAP
9 2 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.79%) Onboarding
2 29 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (3.47%) Data Centre
4 21 (3.17%) Driving Licence
5 18 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (1.81%) Smartphone
6 12 (1.81%) Virtual Team
7 11 (1.66%) iPhone
8 10 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.36%) PKI
10 8 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.90%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.60%) iPad
14 3 (0.45%) CMDB
15 2 (0.30%) CCTV
15 2 (0.30%) Fat Client
15 2 (0.30%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 312 (47.06%) Windows
2 151 (22.78%) Windows 10
3 37 (5.58%) Linux
4 33 (4.98%) Unix
5 30 (4.52%) Windows Server
6 29 (4.37%) Mac OS
7 23 (3.47%) Android
8 22 (3.32%) Apple iOS
9 11 (1.66%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.45%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.30%) CentOS
12 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (21.12%) Customer Service
2 108 (16.29%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (12.82%) ITIL
4 61 (9.20%) Migration
5 45 (6.79%) ITSM
6 43 (6.49%) Asset Management
7 35 (5.28%) User Experience
8 30 (4.52%) Change Management
8 30 (4.52%) Root Cause Analysis
9 29 (4.37%) DevOps
10 27 (4.07%) Service Management
10 27 (4.07%) Workflow
11 26 (3.92%) Break/Fix
12 25 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 24 (3.62%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (3.32%) Incident Management
14 22 (3.32%) Service Delivery
15 20 (3.02%) Workflow Management
16 18 (2.71%) Problem Management
17 17 (2.56%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 47 (7.09%) PowerShell
1 47 (7.09%) SQL
2 23 (3.47%) Java
2 23 (3.47%) Python
3 19 (2.87%) C#
3 19 (2.87%) JavaScript
4 16 (2.41%) Shell Script
5 10 (1.51%) Korn
5 10 (1.51%) Perl
6 5 (0.75%) Bash
7 1 (0.15%) AWK
7 1 (0.15%) C
7 1 (0.15%) C++
7 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.15%) VBA
7 1 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 136 (20.51%) Security Cleared
2 114 (17.19%) SC Cleared
3 36 (5.43%) Degree
4 24 (3.62%) DV Cleared
5 20 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (2.56%) A+ Certification
7 16 (2.41%) CCNA
7 16 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (1.96%) MCSE
9 12 (1.81%) Network+ Certification
10 10 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.36%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.06%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.45%) Master's Degree
16 1 (0.15%) CCNP
16 1 (0.15%) City & Guilds
16 1 (0.15%) HND
16 1 (0.15%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.17%) SLA
2 4 (0.60%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.45%) GDPR
3 3 (0.45%) QA
4 2 (0.30%) GLP
4 2 (0.30%) GMP
5 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.15%) GAAP
5 1 (0.15%) GRC
5 1 (0.15%) GxP
5 1 (0.15%) IFRS
5 1 (0.15%) ITGC
5 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 218 (32.88%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.66%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.51%) Oracle RAC
5 7 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.75%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.75%) vSphere
7 4 (0.60%) Firmware
8 3 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.30%) Docker
10 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 89 (13.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (6.18%) SCCM
3 19 (2.87%) Jamf Pro
4 16 (2.41%) Grafana
5 10 (1.51%) Ansible
5 10 (1.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 10 (1.51%) Oracle RMAN
5 10 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (1.51%) Terraform
6 4 (0.60%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.45%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.45%) vRealize
7 3 (0.45%) WSUS
8 2 (0.30%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.30%) WMI
9 1 (0.15%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.15%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.15%) Kibana
9 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 244 (36.80%) Microsoft
2 73 (11.01%) ServiceNow
3 31 (4.68%) Oracle
4 27 (4.07%) Dell
5 22 (3.32%) VMware
6 20 (3.02%) Cisco
6 20 (3.02%) HP
7 19 (2.87%) Apple
8 18 (2.71%) Google
9 12 (1.81%) Bloomberg
10 11 (1.66%) SAP
11 10 (1.51%) McAfee
12 9 (1.36%) Citrix
12 9 (1.36%) Remedy
13 8 (1.21%) Denodo
13 8 (1.21%) Splunk
13 8 (1.21%) Starlink
13 8 (1.21%) Talend
14 7 (1.06%) Meraki
15 6 (0.90%) Siemens
287 Support Engineer jobs in England