Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Support Engineer daily rate in England is £210, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
17 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 118 106
Rank change year-on-year -41 -12 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 665 579 796
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.69% 2.37% 2.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.83% 2.56% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 396 565
10th Percentile £153 £154 £139
25th Percentile £185 £199 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £245 £213
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +15.29% -15.00%
75th Percentile £338 £395 £300
90th Percentile £467 £550 £450
UK median daily rate £213 £240 £210
% change year-on-year -11.46% +14.29% -16.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 33 56
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.11 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.13 £18.20 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £24.66 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year -8.76% +18.47% +7.85%
75th Percentile £27.50 £33.75 £30.00
90th Percentile £37.50 £68.00 £46.39
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £24.09 £20.00
% change year-on-year -0.37% +20.45% +3.63%

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 36,323 22,654 34,607
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.69% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,825 15,139 23,065
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
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 2,416 860 2,374
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.39 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.75 £20.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -5.00% -21.59%
75th Percentile £67.31 £64.81 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £72.42
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £30.79 £35.00
% change year-on-year +36.20% -12.02% -22.22%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -61 211 £275 -10.57% 51
South East -29 118 £211 -15.50% 79
North of England -46 116 £190 -11.63% 116
Midlands -44 83 £200 -30.43% 55
South West -31 81 £210 -6.67% 47
North West -24 65 £169 -21.51% 65
East of England -7 58 £201 -9.55% 32
West Midlands -55 51 £270 -10.00% 26
Yorkshire -32 46 £205 -10.87% 44
East Midlands -7 33 £200 -5.88% 29
North East -26 5 £106 -45.64% 12
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 April 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.

1 318 (47.82%) Windows
2 250 (37.59%) Microsoft
3 230 (34.59%) Microsoft 365
4 219 (32.93%) Active Directory
5 158 (23.76%) Windows 10
6 153 (23.01%) Security Cleared
7 144 (21.65%) Customer Service
8 127 (19.10%) SC Cleared
9 112 (16.84%) Azure
10 105 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
11 91 (13.68%) Microsoft Intune
12 86 (12.93%) ITIL
13 76 (11.43%) ServiceNow
14 64 (9.62%) Migration
15 61 (9.17%) Entra ID
16 56 (8.42%) PowerShell
17 53 (7.97%) SharePoint
18 50 (7.52%) ITSM
19 49 (7.37%) JIRA
20 46 (6.92%) Wi-Fi
21 45 (6.77%) DNS
21 45 (6.77%) SQL
22 43 (6.47%) Microsoft Office
23 42 (6.32%) SCCM
24 41 (6.17%) Asset Management
25 36 (5.41%) DHCP
26 35 (5.26%) TCP/IP
26 35 (5.26%) User Experience
27 33 (4.96%) LAN
28 32 (4.81%) Change Management

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 53 (7.97%) SharePoint
2 25 (3.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.75%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.60%) Apache
5 3 (0.45%) Confluence
5 3 (0.45%) IIS
6 2 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.30%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.30%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.30%) NetWeaver
6 2 (0.30%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.15%) Tuxedo
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 43 (6.47%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
1 7 (1.05%) 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%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 230 (34.59%) Microsoft 365
2 112 (16.84%) Azure
3 61 (9.17%) Entra ID
4 21 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (3.16%) OneDrive
5 17 (2.56%) AWS
6 16 (2.41%) Google Workspace
7 15 (2.26%) SaaS
8 12 (1.80%) Power Platform
9 11 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (0.90%) Sauce Labs
11 5 (0.75%) Amazon S3
11 5 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (0.75%) GCP
11 5 (0.75%) npm
11 5 (0.75%) PaaS
12 4 (0.60%) Datadog
12 4 (0.60%) Snowflake
13 3 (0.45%) Mimecast
14 2 (0.30%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 46 (6.92%) Wi-Fi
2 45 (6.77%) DNS
3 36 (5.41%) DHCP
4 35 (5.26%) TCP/IP
5 33 (4.96%) LAN
6 30 (4.51%) VPN
7 23 (3.46%) WAN
8 21 (3.16%) Firewall
9 15 (2.26%) Wireless
10 13 (1.95%) SAN
11 10 (1.50%) Internet
11 10 (1.50%) Network Security
12 8 (1.20%) VLAN
13 7 (1.05%) HTTP
13 7 (1.05%) Skype
14 6 (0.90%) WLAN
15 5 (0.75%) AMQP
15 5 (0.75%) VoIP
16 4 (0.60%) Unified Communications
17 3 (0.45%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.71%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.41%) MySQL
3 12 (1.80%) Amazon Redshift
4 11 (1.65%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.50%) Power BI
6 9 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.05%) Pentaho
8 5 (0.75%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (0.60%) Oracle Database 12c
10 3 (0.45%) InfluxDB
10 3 (0.45%) Tableau
11 2 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.30%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.30%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.30%) Sybase ASE
12 1 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.15%) NonStop SQL
12 1 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 49 (7.37%) JIRA
2 20 (3.01%) Git
3 11 (1.65%) Browser DevTools
4 6 (0.90%) Android Studio
4 6 (0.90%) Eclipse
4 6 (0.90%) Xcode
5 5 (0.75%) Maven
6 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.15%) Firebug
7 1 (0.15%) MSI
7 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 276 (41.50%) Social Skills
2 56 (8.42%) Finance
3 48 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (5.71%) Banking
5 36 (5.41%) Manufacturing
6 28 (4.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (3.31%) Public Sector
8 18 (2.71%) Investment Banking
9 14 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (1.65%) Front Office
10 11 (1.65%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.50%) Law
12 9 (1.35%) Legal
13 8 (1.20%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.20%) Electronics
13 8 (1.20%) Marketing
14 7 (1.05%) Aviation
15 6 (0.90%) French Language
16 4 (0.60%) Advertising
16 4 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.50%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 7 (1.05%) CSS
2 7 (1.05%) JDO
2 7 (1.05%) Middleware
3 6 (0.90%) .NET
3 6 (0.90%) Ajax
3 6 (0.90%) AngularJS
3 6 (0.90%) GraphQL
3 6 (0.90%) React
3 6 (0.90%) REST
4 5 (0.75%) SAML
4 5 (0.75%) YAML
5 4 (0.60%) OAuth
5 4 (0.60%) PySpark
6 2 (0.30%) EDI
6 2 (0.30%) JSP
6 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.30%) SAP Basis
6 2 (0.30%) Spring
6 2 (0.30%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 46 (6.92%) Onboarding
2 28 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (3.61%) Data Centre
3 24 (3.61%) Driving Licence
4 16 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (1.80%) Virtual Team
6 11 (1.65%) iPhone
6 11 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (1.65%) Smartphone
7 10 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (1.50%) PKI
8 8 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (0.90%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.60%) iPad
10 4 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (0.45%) Hedge funds
11 3 (0.45%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.30%) CCTV
12 2 (0.30%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 318 (47.82%) Windows
2 158 (23.76%) Windows 10
3 31 (4.66%) Android
3 31 (4.66%) Linux
3 31 (4.66%) Windows Server
4 29 (4.36%) Mac OS
5 28 (4.21%) Apple iOS
6 26 (3.91%) Unix
7 9 (1.35%) Windows 7
8 5 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.45%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.30%) CentOS
10 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (21.65%) Customer Service
2 105 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
3 86 (12.93%) ITIL
4 64 (9.62%) Migration
5 50 (7.52%) ITSM
6 41 (6.17%) Asset Management
7 35 (5.26%) User Experience
8 32 (4.81%) Change Management
8 32 (4.81%) Workflow
9 30 (4.51%) Service Management
10 28 (4.21%) DevOps
11 26 (3.91%) Workflow Management
12 25 (3.76%) Break/Fix
13 23 (3.46%) Incident Management
13 23 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 23 (3.46%) Root Cause Analysis
14 21 (3.16%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (3.16%) Service Delivery
15 18 (2.71%) Agile
15 18 (2.71%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 56 (8.42%) PowerShell
2 45 (6.77%) SQL
3 22 (3.31%) Python
4 20 (3.01%) C#
5 19 (2.86%) Java
6 13 (1.95%) Shell Script
7 12 (1.80%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.50%) Korn
9 8 (1.20%) Perl
10 5 (0.75%) Bash
11 2 (0.30%) AWK
11 2 (0.30%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.30%) VBScript
12 1 (0.15%) C
12 1 (0.15%) C++
12 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 153 (23.01%) Security Cleared
2 127 (19.10%) SC Cleared
3 31 (4.66%) Degree
4 29 (4.36%) DV Cleared
5 19 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (2.41%) A+ Certification
7 14 (2.11%) CCNA
7 14 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (1.80%) MCSE
9 11 (1.65%) Network+ Certification
10 9 (1.35%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.75%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.45%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 1 (0.15%) CCNP
15 1 (0.15%) City & Guilds
15 1 (0.15%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.01%) SLA
2 4 (0.60%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.45%) QA
4 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.30%) GDPR
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%) GxP
5 1 (0.15%) IFRS
5 1 (0.15%) ITGC
5 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 219 (32.93%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.50%) Hyper-V
3 10 (1.50%) Oracle RAC
4 8 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.75%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.60%) Firmware
7 3 (0.45%) vSphere
8 2 (0.30%) Docker
8 2 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.15%) NFS
9 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 91 (13.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (6.32%) SCCM
3 22 (3.31%) Jamf Pro
4 16 (2.41%) Grafana
5 10 (1.50%) Ansible
5 10 (1.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 10 (1.50%) Oracle RMAN
6 9 (1.35%) Terraform
7 8 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.60%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.30%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (0.30%) WMI
9 2 (0.30%) WSUS
10 1 (0.15%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.15%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.15%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.15%) vRealize
Vendors
1 250 (37.59%) Microsoft
2 76 (11.43%) ServiceNow
3 27 (4.06%) Dell
3 27 (4.06%) Oracle
4 20 (3.01%) Cisco
4 20 (3.01%) VMware
5 19 (2.86%) Apple
6 18 (2.71%) Google
6 18 (2.71%) HP
7 15 (2.26%) SAP
8 10 (1.50%) Bloomberg
8 10 (1.50%) McAfee
8 10 (1.50%) Splunk
9 9 (1.35%) Remedy
10 8 (1.20%) Denodo
10 8 (1.20%) Starlink
10 8 (1.20%) Talend
11 7 (1.05%) Citrix
12 6 (0.90%) Juniper
12 6 (0.90%) Siemens
363 Support Engineer jobs in England