Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Support Engineer daily rate in England is £226, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026.

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

 6 months to
13 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 113 128
Rank change year-on-year -68 +15 -50
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 756 697 619
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 2.50% 1.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.77% 2.74% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 462 424
10th Percentile £163 £158 £149
25th Percentile £189 £188 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £226 £235 £239
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.57% -4.50%
75th Percentile £338 £348 £350
90th Percentile £510 £538 £519
UK median daily rate £238 £235 £243
% change year-on-year +1.06% -3.09% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 89 33
10th Percentile £15.24 £17.01 £15.78
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £18.13
Median hourly rate £22.00 £25.15 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -12.52% +4.01% +24.00%
75th Percentile £25.25 £36.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £50.10 £68.00 £68.72
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £25.15 £23.89
% change year-on-year -12.52% +5.30% +24.08%

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 42,832 25,432 29,773
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 91.11% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,187 16,375 18,173
10th Percentile £325 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.23%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,752 1,439 1,252
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.80 £15.10
25th Percentile £20.29 £17.31 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -6.89%
75th Percentile £67.99 £50.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £41.27
% change year-on-year +65.84% -39.05% -8.30%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 13 October 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 -30 275 £260 +4.00% 239
South East -49 162 £260 +9.24% 58
North of England -5 131 £200 -4.76% 63
North West +1 97 £200 - 38
East of England +20 87 £198 -10.23% 36
Midlands -63 69 £213 -16.67% 55
West Midlands -71 50 £210 -23.64% 26
South West -88 33 £225 -10.00% 51
Yorkshire -24 31 £225 +2.27% 15
East Midlands -15 19 £270 +38.46% 29
North East -47 4 £239 +27.33% 11
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 October 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.

1 478 (63.23%) Windows
2 369 (48.81%) Microsoft
3 340 (44.97%) Active Directory
3 340 (44.97%) Microsoft 365
4 199 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
5 197 (26.06%) Customer Service
6 172 (22.75%) Windows 10
7 150 (19.84%) ITIL
8 143 (18.92%) Security Cleared
9 129 (17.06%) Azure
10 127 (16.80%) ITSM
11 123 (16.27%) Microsoft Intune
12 112 (14.81%) Entra ID
13 106 (14.02%) SharePoint
14 101 (13.36%) ServiceNow
15 98 (12.96%) DNS
16 94 (12.43%) PowerShell
17 80 (10.58%) Windows Server
18 76 (10.05%) Microsoft Exchange
19 74 (9.79%) SC Cleared
20 72 (9.52%) Asset Management
20 72 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
21 71 (9.39%) Service Management
22 70 (9.26%) Linux
22 70 (9.26%) Root Cause Analysis
23 68 (8.99%) VPN
24 67 (8.86%) Service Delivery
25 66 (8.73%) Degree
25 66 (8.73%) macOS
25 66 (8.73%) VMware

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
1 106 (14.02%) SharePoint
2 76 (10.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.79%) NetWeaver
4 5 (0.66%) Confluence
4 5 (0.66%) MTS
5 3 (0.40%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.26%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.13%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 37 (4.89%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.26%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
1 5 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.13%) Eikon
2 1 (0.13%) Oracle BRM
2 1 (0.13%) SAP BRIM
2 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.13%) SAP FI-CA
2 1 (0.13%) SAP FS
2 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.13%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 340 (44.97%) Microsoft 365
2 129 (17.06%) Azure
3 112 (14.81%) Entra ID
4 49 (6.48%) OneDrive
5 41 (5.42%) AWS
6 22 (2.91%) SaaS
7 13 (1.72%) GCP
8 7 (0.93%) Google Workspace
9 5 (0.66%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (0.66%) AWS Direct Connect
9 5 (0.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (0.53%) Cloud Functions
10 4 (0.53%) Google App Engine
10 4 (0.53%) Google Compute Engine
10 4 (0.53%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 4 (0.53%) IaaS
10 4 (0.53%) Mimecast
10 4 (0.53%) PaaS
10 4 (0.53%) Power Platform
10 4 (0.53%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 98 (12.96%) DNS
2 68 (8.99%) VPN
3 63 (8.33%) TCP/IP
4 53 (7.01%) DHCP
5 36 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
6 31 (4.10%) Firewall
7 30 (3.97%) LAN
8 27 (3.57%) WAN
9 21 (2.78%) Internet
10 13 (1.72%) VLAN
11 10 (1.32%) SD-WAN
11 10 (1.32%) Wireless
12 7 (0.93%) Network Security
12 7 (0.93%) SMTP
12 7 (0.93%) WebEx
13 6 (0.79%) BGP
13 6 (0.79%) MPLS
13 6 (0.79%) OSPF
14 5 (0.66%) WLAN
15 4 (0.53%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.65%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.32%) MySQL
3 8 (1.06%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.79%) SAP HANA
5 5 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.66%) MaxDB
5 5 (0.66%) Sybase ASE
6 4 (0.53%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.40%) Big Data
7 3 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.40%) KDB
8 2 (0.26%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.26%) Power BI
8 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.13%) GIS
9 1 (0.13%) Kdb+
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 45 (5.95%) JIRA
2 11 (1.46%) Git
3 5 (0.66%) Artifactory
3 5 (0.66%) Browser DevTools
3 5 (0.66%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.40%) Android Studio
4 3 (0.40%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.40%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.40%) Xcode
5 2 (0.26%) Firebug
5 2 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.13%) eggPlant
6 1 (0.13%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 324 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 89 (11.77%) Finance
3 73 (9.66%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (6.08%) Banking
5 41 (5.42%) Manufacturing
6 32 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (2.65%) Investment Banking
9 19 (2.51%) Front Office
10 18 (2.38%) Legal
11 17 (2.25%) Financial Institution
12 16 (2.12%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.85%) Law
13 14 (1.85%) Retail
14 13 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.32%) Spanish Language
16 9 (1.19%) Public Sector
17 7 (0.93%) Marketing
18 3 (0.40%) Corporate Banking
18 3 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.98%) Terraform
2 8 (1.06%) .NET
2 8 (1.06%) CSS
3 6 (0.79%) React
3 6 (0.79%) REST
3 6 (0.79%) XML
4 5 (0.66%) HTML
4 5 (0.66%) LDAP
4 5 (0.66%) SAP Basis
4 5 (0.66%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (0.66%) SAPUI5
5 4 (0.53%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (0.53%) JSON
6 3 (0.40%) Ajax
6 3 (0.40%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.40%) GraphQL
6 3 (0.40%) Jakarta EE
6 3 (0.40%) JSP
6 3 (0.40%) Swagger
6 3 (0.40%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 118 (15.61%) Onboarding
2 37 (4.89%) Video Conferencing
3 21 (2.78%) Data Centre
4 20 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (2.38%) Hedge funds
5 18 (2.38%) Management Information System
6 17 (2.25%) Driving Licence
7 13 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.46%) CMDB
9 10 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.32%) iPhone
10 9 (1.19%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (0.93%) iPad
12 7 (0.93%) Life Science
13 6 (0.79%) BYOD
13 6 (0.79%) PKI
13 6 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
13 6 (0.79%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 478 (63.23%) Windows
2 172 (22.75%) Windows 10
3 80 (10.58%) Windows Server
4 70 (9.26%) Linux
5 66 (8.73%) macOS
6 43 (5.69%) Android
7 42 (5.56%) Apple iOS
8 27 (3.57%) Unix
9 13 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (1.59%) Ubuntu
11 8 (1.06%) Windows 7
12 6 (0.79%) VMS
13 5 (0.66%) CentOS
14 4 (0.53%) OpenVMS
14 4 (0.53%) Solaris
14 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
17 1 (0.13%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 197 (26.06%) Customer Service
3 150 (19.84%) ITIL
4 127 (16.80%) ITSM
5 72 (9.52%) Asset Management
5 72 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 71 (9.39%) Service Management
7 70 (9.26%) Root Cause Analysis
8 67 (8.86%) Service Delivery
9 63 (8.33%) Migration
10 51 (6.75%) User Experience
11 42 (5.56%) Technical Leadership
12 41 (5.42%) Problem Management
13 39 (5.16%) Incident Management
14 36 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 34 (4.50%) Runbook
16 33 (4.37%) Data Protection
17 32 (4.23%) Disaster Recovery
18 28 (3.70%) Inventory Management
19 27 (3.57%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 94 (12.43%) PowerShell
2 60 (7.94%) SQL
3 44 (5.82%) Python
4 33 (4.37%) Java
5 27 (3.57%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.85%) Bash
7 9 (1.19%) Shell Script
8 8 (1.06%) C#
9 7 (0.93%) C++
10 6 (0.79%) Go
11 5 (0.66%) Perl
11 5 (0.66%) Tcl
12 4 (0.53%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.40%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.26%) DCL
15 1 (0.13%) C
15 1 (0.13%) Ruby
15 1 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 143 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 74 (9.79%) SC Cleared
3 66 (8.73%) Degree
4 62 (8.20%) DV Cleared
5 21 (2.78%) A+ Certification
6 17 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 10 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
9 9 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.06%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.66%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.53%) CCNA
14 3 (0.40%) CCNP
14 3 (0.40%) MCSE
15 2 (0.26%) OCA
15 2 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.01%) SLA
2 5 (0.66%) QA
3 4 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.26%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.26%) GDPR
5 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.13%) GRC
5 1 (0.13%) GxP
5 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 340 (44.97%) Active Directory
2 53 (7.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (4.37%) VMware ESXi
4 22 (2.91%) Hyper-V
5 17 (2.25%) VMware NSX
6 15 (1.98%) vCloud
7 14 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (1.19%) Docker
9 8 (1.06%) vSphere
10 7 (0.93%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.40%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.26%) zsh
13 1 (0.13%) Firmware
13 1 (0.13%) NFS
13 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 123 (16.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 57 (7.54%) SCCM
3 33 (4.37%) vCenter Server
4 26 (3.44%) SCOM
5 19 (2.51%) Kubernetes
6 18 (2.38%) Ansible
7 12 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
8 8 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.06%) WSUS
9 7 (0.93%) Grafana
10 5 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.40%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.40%) Nagios
11 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.40%) Puppet
11 3 (0.40%) vMotion
12 2 (0.26%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.26%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.26%) vRealize
Vendors
1 369 (48.81%) Microsoft
2 101 (13.36%) ServiceNow
3 66 (8.73%) VMware
4 33 (4.37%) Apple
5 32 (4.23%) Cisco
6 31 (4.10%) Citrix
7 29 (3.84%) Oracle
8 22 (2.91%) Google
9 18 (2.38%) Splunk
10 16 (2.12%) Bloomberg
11 13 (1.72%) Samsung
12 11 (1.46%) Broadcom
12 11 (1.46%) SolarWinds
13 10 (1.32%) Dynatrace
13 10 (1.32%) iManage
13 10 (1.32%) Okta
13 10 (1.32%) Sybase
14 9 (1.19%) Fortinet
14 9 (1.19%) ION Trading
14 9 (1.19%) SAP
525 Support Engineer jobs in England