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 12 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
12 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 133 82
Rank change year-on-year +16 -51 +52
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 726 500 929
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.34% 1.87% 2.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% 2.02% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 508 356 662
10th Percentile £151 £154 £140
25th Percentile £185 £188 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £240 £225
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £349 £375 £338
90th Percentile £519 £547 £500
UK median daily rate £220 £240 £225
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.67% -6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 21 50
10th Percentile £17.14 £14.56 £16.23
25th Percentile £19.65 £18.13 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.58 £22.09 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.72% +13.28% -
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.41 £23.00
90th Percentile £56.40 £48.75 £40.38
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £23.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +4.35% +17.95% +1.04%

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 28,385 24,808 33,927
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.53% 92.87% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,098 15,356 23,077
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.24% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,734 749 1,544
10th Percentile £14.45 £15.87 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.45 £21.25 £19.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.42
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -19.38% +24.04%
75th Percentile £61.25 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £74.77 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.46% -23.53% +28.79%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 12 January 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 -11 196 £240 -20.33% 51
South East +23 167 £250 +16.28% 125
North of England +4 110 £190 -13.64% 91
South West +16 107 £250 +11.11% 48
Midlands +4 102 £223 -27.64% 62
West Midlands -4 70 £250 -28.57% 31
North West -4 63 £152 -28.71% 45
East of England -15 45 £204 -7.39% 58
Yorkshire -18 37 £205 -8.89% 35
East Midlands +5 34 £175 -28.57% 31
North East +2 10 £106 - 15
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 January 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.

1 377 (51.93%) Windows
2 280 (38.57%) Microsoft
3 239 (32.92%) Security Cleared
4 212 (29.20%) Microsoft 365
5 197 (27.13%) Active Directory
6 185 (25.48%) SC Cleared
7 156 (21.49%) Customer Service
8 154 (21.21%) Windows 10
9 148 (20.39%) Problem-Solving
10 93 (12.81%) Azure
11 91 (12.53%) ServiceNow
12 88 (12.12%) ITIL
13 87 (11.98%) Linux
14 78 (10.74%) Microsoft Intune
15 69 (9.50%) DNS
15 69 (9.50%) Microsoft Office
15 69 (9.50%) Migration
16 65 (8.95%) SharePoint
17 63 (8.68%) DHCP
17 63 (8.68%) Service Management
18 62 (8.54%) SCCM
19 60 (8.26%) TCP/IP
19 60 (8.26%) VPN
20 59 (8.13%) ITSM
21 57 (7.85%) DV Cleared
22 53 (7.30%) Android
22 53 (7.30%) Microsoft Exchange
23 49 (6.75%) Windows Server
24 46 (6.34%) Cisco
24 46 (6.34%) Infrastructure Engineering

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 65 (8.95%) SharePoint
2 53 (7.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (2.75%) Skype for Business
4 7 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (0.96%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (0.83%) Office Communications Server
6 4 (0.55%) Apache
7 3 (0.41%) IIS
8 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.28%) Confluence
8 2 (0.28%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.14%) Smallworld
9 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 69 (9.50%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.14%) DaVinci Resolve
5 1 (0.14%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (0.14%) Pro Tools
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
1 7 (0.96%) Shopify
2 5 (0.69%) Primavera
3 3 (0.41%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.14%) assyst
4 1 (0.14%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.14%) Eikon
4 1 (0.14%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 212 (29.20%) Microsoft 365
2 93 (12.81%) Azure
3 39 (5.37%) Entra ID
4 29 (3.99%) SaaS
5 24 (3.31%) AWS
6 23 (3.17%) OneDrive
7 19 (2.62%) Sauce Labs
8 18 (2.48%) Google Workspace
9 9 (1.24%) Power Platform
10 7 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (0.96%) npm
11 6 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (0.55%) OpenShift
12 4 (0.55%) Slack
13 3 (0.41%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (0.28%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.28%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 2 (0.28%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 69 (9.50%) DNS
2 63 (8.68%) DHCP
3 60 (8.26%) TCP/IP
3 60 (8.26%) VPN
4 37 (5.10%) Wireless
5 33 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
6 32 (4.41%) Firewall
7 26 (3.58%) WAN
8 20 (2.75%) VLAN
9 19 (2.62%) Junos
10 16 (2.20%) Cisco IOS
10 16 (2.20%) MPLS
11 15 (2.07%) BGP
11 15 (2.07%) Cisco Firepower
11 15 (2.07%) Cisco ISE
11 15 (2.07%) IPsec
11 15 (2.07%) Skype
12 14 (1.93%) LAN
13 13 (1.79%) Network Security
13 13 (1.79%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.99%) Relational Database
2 24 (3.31%) MySQL
3 12 (1.65%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.10%) Power BI
5 4 (0.55%) MariaDB
5 4 (0.55%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.41%) InfluxDB
7 2 (0.28%) Tableau
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.14%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.14%) GIS
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 27 (3.72%) Browser DevTools
2 19 (2.62%) Android Studio
2 19 (2.62%) Eclipse
2 19 (2.62%) Xcode
3 15 (2.07%) JIRA
4 9 (1.24%) Git
5 7 (0.96%) Firebug
5 7 (0.96%) Maven
6 2 (0.28%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
General
1 322 (44.35%) Social Skills
2 63 (8.68%) Finance
3 56 (7.71%) Public Sector
4 50 (6.89%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (4.96%) Banking
6 25 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (3.31%) Manufacturing
8 19 (2.62%) Telecoms
9 14 (1.93%) Electronics
9 14 (1.93%) Law
9 14 (1.93%) Marketing
10 12 (1.65%) Aerospace
10 12 (1.65%) Front Office
10 12 (1.65%) Investment Banking
11 8 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.10%) Legal
12 6 (0.83%) Automotive
13 4 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.55%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (3.72%) CSS
2 24 (3.31%) Middleware
3 20 (2.75%) Ajax
3 20 (2.75%) AngularJS
3 20 (2.75%) GraphQL
3 20 (2.75%) React
4 11 (1.52%) XML
5 7 (0.96%) HTML
6 5 (0.69%) PySpark
6 5 (0.69%) REST
6 5 (0.69%) SOAP
7 4 (0.55%) .NET
7 4 (0.55%) JDO
7 4 (0.55%) JSON
8 3 (0.41%) YAML
9 2 (0.28%) ADO
9 2 (0.28%) EDI
9 2 (0.28%) Kafka
9 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.28%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (4.41%) Onboarding
3 28 (3.86%) Driving Licence
4 26 (3.58%) PKI
5 23 (3.17%) Smartphone
6 22 (3.03%) Data Centre
7 20 (2.75%) Mobile App
8 15 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.65%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.24%) iPhone
12 8 (1.10%) Replication
12 8 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
13 7 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.83%) iPad
15 5 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
15 5 (0.69%) Virtual Team
16 3 (0.41%) Operational Technology
16 3 (0.41%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 377 (51.93%) Windows
2 154 (21.21%) Windows 10
3 87 (11.98%) Linux
4 53 (7.30%) Android
5 49 (6.75%) Windows Server
6 46 (6.34%) Mac OS
7 37 (5.10%) Apple iOS
8 31 (4.27%) Unix
9 12 (1.65%) Ubuntu
10 10 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 8 (1.10%) Windows 7
12 6 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (0.55%) CentOS
14 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
15 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.14%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (21.49%) Customer Service
2 148 (20.39%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (12.12%) ITIL
4 69 (9.50%) Migration
5 63 (8.68%) Service Management
6 59 (8.13%) ITSM
7 46 (6.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 45 (6.20%) Workflow
9 44 (6.06%) Asset Management
10 38 (5.23%) User Experience
11 34 (4.68%) Workflow Management
12 30 (4.13%) OO
13 27 (3.72%) Service Delivery
14 25 (3.44%) Root Cause Analysis
15 24 (3.31%) Business Intelligence
16 21 (2.89%) Logistics
17 20 (2.75%) Cybersecurity
17 20 (2.75%) Data Protection
17 20 (2.75%) Mobile Application Development
18 19 (2.62%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (6.34%) PowerShell
2 40 (5.51%) JavaScript
3 38 (5.23%) Java
4 29 (3.99%) Python
5 21 (2.89%) SQL
6 20 (2.75%) Perl
7 15 (2.07%) Shell Script
8 12 (1.65%) Ada
8 12 (1.65%) C
8 12 (1.65%) C++
9 6 (0.83%) Bash
10 2 (0.28%) AWK
10 2 (0.28%) C#
10 2 (0.28%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.28%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.14%) Magik
11 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.14%) Tcl
11 1 (0.14%) VBA
11 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 239 (32.92%) Security Cleared
2 185 (25.48%) SC Cleared
3 57 (7.85%) DV Cleared
4 37 (5.10%) Degree
5 26 (3.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (2.34%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (1.65%) A+ Certification
9 11 (1.52%) Server+ Certification
10 9 (1.24%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (0.55%) MCP
14 3 (0.41%) CCNA
14 3 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.41%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.41%) MCSE
15 2 (0.28%) MCSA
16 1 (0.14%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.86%) SLA
2 9 (1.24%) GDPR
3 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.55%) QA
4 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.14%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.14%) GAAP
5 1 (0.14%) IFRS
5 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 197 (27.13%) Active Directory
2 29 (3.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.48%) Hyper-V
4 16 (2.20%) VMware NSX
5 14 (1.93%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.83%) Brightmail
6 6 (0.83%) ISA Server
7 5 (0.69%) Docker
7 5 (0.69%) Firmware
8 4 (0.55%) vSphere
9 3 (0.41%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.28%) NFS
10 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 78 (10.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 62 (8.54%) SCCM
3 25 (3.44%) Jamf Pro
4 18 (2.48%) Ansible
4 18 (2.48%) vCenter Server
5 11 (1.52%) Terraform
6 10 (1.38%) Grafana
7 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Clustering
7 6 (0.83%) Red Hat Satellite
8 5 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.55%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.41%) Kubernetes
10 3 (0.41%) SCOM
11 2 (0.28%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.28%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.28%) WSUS
12 1 (0.14%) Autotask
12 1 (0.14%) Kibana
12 1 (0.14%) logstash
Vendors
1 280 (38.57%) Microsoft
2 91 (12.53%) ServiceNow
3 46 (6.34%) Cisco
4 42 (5.79%) VMware
5 38 (5.23%) Oracle
6 34 (4.68%) Apple
7 30 (4.13%) Juniper
8 26 (3.58%) HP
9 22 (3.03%) Splunk
10 21 (2.89%) Google
10 21 (2.89%) SolarWinds
11 19 (2.62%) Dell
11 19 (2.62%) Red Hat
11 19 (2.62%) SAP
12 12 (1.65%) Citrix
13 10 (1.38%) Bloomberg
14 9 (1.24%) Remedy
15 7 (0.96%) McAfee
16 6 (0.83%) Palo Alto
16 6 (0.83%) Starlink
412 Support Engineer jobs in England