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 29 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
29 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 119 126
Rank change year-on-year -54 +7 -45
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 767 668 621
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 2.42% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.80% 2.66% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 441 423
10th Percentile £163 £160 £143
25th Percentile £188 £193 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £235 £240
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -2.08% -4.00%
75th Percentile £338 £350 £350
90th Percentile £500 £538 £525
UK median daily rate £235 £235 £245
% change year-on-year - -4.08% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 86 36
10th Percentile £15.24 £16.82 £16.63
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.30 £18.56
Median hourly rate £22.00 £25.15 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -12.52% +4.01% +26.46%
75th Percentile £35.22 £43.75 £42.19
90th Percentile £50.10 £68.00 £65.45
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £25.15 £23.59
% change year-on-year -12.52% +6.61% +24.16%

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 42,712 25,148 30,073
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 91.27% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,315 16,227 18,440
10th Percentile £325 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.11%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £730 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,579 1,379 1,371
10th Percentile £14.82 £13.77 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.53 £17.31 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% -1.92%
75th Percentile £67.85 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.92 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +66.68% -41.51% -3.37%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 29 September 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 -29 280 £261 +4.50% 228
South East -55 163 £260 +9.24% 105
North of England -16 135 £200 -9.09% 69
North West +8 100 £200 -5.88% 34
East of England +13 84 £200 -9.09% 52
Midlands -63 68 £225 -10.89% 74
West Midlands -63 49 £210 -17.65% 43
South West -86 38 £210 -10.64% 44
Yorkshire -27 32 £210 -6.67% 27
East Midlands -20 19 £270 +38.46% 30
North East -44 4 £239 +1.60% 9
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 September 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.

1 476 (62.06%) Windows
2 375 (48.89%) Microsoft
3 342 (44.59%) Active Directory
4 339 (44.20%) Microsoft 365
5 199 (25.95%) Problem-Solving
6 197 (25.68%) Customer Service
7 173 (22.56%) Windows 10
8 154 (20.08%) ITIL
9 145 (18.90%) Security Cleared
10 131 (17.08%) Azure
10 131 (17.08%) Microsoft Intune
11 123 (16.04%) ITSM
12 115 (14.99%) Entra ID
13 110 (14.34%) SharePoint
14 99 (12.91%) ServiceNow
15 97 (12.65%) DNS
16 94 (12.26%) PowerShell
17 78 (10.17%) SC Cleared
18 76 (9.91%) Windows Server
19 74 (9.65%) Asset Management
20 73 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
21 72 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
22 69 (9.00%) Degree
22 69 (9.00%) Linux
23 68 (8.87%) Service Management
24 66 (8.60%) Mac OS
24 66 (8.60%) Migration
24 66 (8.60%) VMware
25 65 (8.47%) Service Delivery
25 65 (8.47%) VPN

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
1 110 (14.34%) SharePoint
2 73 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.78%) NetWeaver
4 5 (0.65%) Confluence
4 5 (0.65%) MTS
5 3 (0.39%) 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 41 (5.35%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.78%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.26%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
1 5 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Bloomberg TOMS
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
1 339 (44.20%) Microsoft 365
2 131 (17.08%) Azure
3 115 (14.99%) Entra ID
4 46 (6.00%) OneDrive
5 37 (4.82%) AWS
6 22 (2.87%) SaaS
7 15 (1.96%) GCP
8 7 (0.91%) Google Workspace
9 6 (0.78%) Mimecast
9 6 (0.78%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.65%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.52%) AWS Direct Connect
11 4 (0.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 4 (0.52%) Cloud Functions
11 4 (0.52%) Google Compute Engine
11 4 (0.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 4 (0.52%) IaaS
11 4 (0.52%) PaaS
11 4 (0.52%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 97 (12.65%) DNS
2 65 (8.47%) VPN
3 61 (7.95%) TCP/IP
4 51 (6.65%) DHCP
5 36 (4.69%) Wi-Fi
6 28 (3.65%) Firewall
7 25 (3.26%) LAN
8 24 (3.13%) WAN
9 19 (2.48%) Internet
10 10 (1.30%) VLAN
10 10 (1.30%) Wireless
11 9 (1.17%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.91%) SAN
12 7 (0.91%) WebEx
13 6 (0.78%) Network Security
13 6 (0.78%) SMTP
14 5 (0.65%) BGP
14 5 (0.65%) MPLS
14 5 (0.65%) OSPF
14 5 (0.65%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.61%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.43%) MySQL
3 8 (1.04%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.78%) SAP HANA
5 5 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.65%) MaxDB
5 5 (0.65%) Sybase ASE
6 4 (0.52%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.52%) Power BI
7 3 (0.39%) Big Data
7 3 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.39%) KDB
8 2 (0.26%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.13%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.13%) Pentaho
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 46 (6.00%) JIRA
2 13 (1.69%) Git
3 5 (0.65%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (0.52%) Artifactory
4 4 (0.52%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.39%) Android Studio
5 3 (0.39%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.39%) Xcode
6 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.26%) Firebug
6 2 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.13%) eggPlant
7 1 (0.13%) GitLab
7 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 324 (42.24%) Social Skills
2 84 (10.95%) Finance
3 76 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (5.48%) Manufacturing
5 41 (5.35%) Banking
6 29 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (2.74%) Investment Banking
8 19 (2.48%) Front Office
9 18 (2.35%) Legal
10 15 (1.96%) Financial Institution
11 14 (1.83%) Law
11 14 (1.83%) Telecoms
12 13 (1.69%) Retail
13 12 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.30%) Spanish Language
15 7 (0.91%) Marketing
15 7 (0.91%) Public Sector
16 4 (0.52%) French Language
17 3 (0.39%) Corporate Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.96%) Terraform
2 9 (1.17%) .NET
3 7 (0.91%) CSS
4 6 (0.78%) REST
5 5 (0.65%) LDAP
5 5 (0.65%) React
5 5 (0.65%) SAP Basis
5 5 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
5 5 (0.65%) SAPUI5
6 4 (0.52%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (0.52%) HTML
6 4 (0.52%) XML
7 3 (0.39%) Ajax
7 3 (0.39%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.39%) GraphQL
7 3 (0.39%) Jakarta EE
7 3 (0.39%) JDO
7 3 (0.39%) JSP
7 3 (0.39%) Web Services
8 2 (0.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 118 (15.38%) Onboarding
2 34 (4.43%) Video Conferencing
3 21 (2.74%) Data Centre
3 21 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (2.35%) Hedge funds
5 15 (1.96%) Driving Licence
5 15 (1.96%) Management Information System
6 14 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (1.43%) iPhone
9 10 (1.30%) CMDB
10 9 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.17%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (0.91%) iPad
13 6 (0.78%) BYOD
13 6 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.78%) Life Science
13 6 (0.78%) NHS
13 6 (0.78%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 476 (62.06%) Windows
2 173 (22.56%) Windows 10
3 76 (9.91%) Windows Server
4 69 (9.00%) Linux
5 66 (8.60%) Mac OS
6 41 (5.35%) Android
7 40 (5.22%) Apple iOS
8 27 (3.52%) Unix
9 13 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (1.56%) Ubuntu
11 11 (1.43%) Windows 7
12 6 (0.78%) VMS
13 5 (0.65%) CentOS
14 4 (0.52%) OpenVMS
14 4 (0.52%) Solaris
14 4 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
17 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (25.95%) Problem-Solving
2 197 (25.68%) Customer Service
3 154 (20.08%) ITIL
4 123 (16.04%) ITSM
5 74 (9.65%) Asset Management
6 72 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 68 (8.87%) Service Management
8 66 (8.60%) Migration
9 65 (8.47%) Service Delivery
10 62 (8.08%) Root Cause Analysis
11 51 (6.65%) User Experience
12 42 (5.48%) Technical Leadership
13 41 (5.35%) Problem Management
14 40 (5.22%) Incident Management
15 36 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 33 (4.30%) Runbook
17 32 (4.17%) Data Protection
18 30 (3.91%) Disaster Recovery
19 27 (3.52%) Break/Fix
20 26 (3.39%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 94 (12.26%) PowerShell
2 63 (8.21%) SQL
3 39 (5.08%) Python
4 29 (3.78%) Java
5 23 (3.00%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.69%) Bash
7 9 (1.17%) C#
8 8 (1.04%) Shell Script
9 6 (0.78%) C++
10 5 (0.65%) Perl
10 5 (0.65%) Tcl
11 4 (0.52%) Go
11 4 (0.52%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.39%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.26%) DCL
14 1 (0.13%) Korn
14 1 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 145 (18.90%) Security Cleared
2 78 (10.17%) SC Cleared
3 69 (9.00%) Degree
4 59 (7.69%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.87%) A+ Certification
6 18 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 10 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.04%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.91%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.91%) CCNA
13 6 (0.78%) MCSE
13 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 5 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.26%) CCNP
15 2 (0.26%) OCA
15 2 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (6.52%) SLA
2 5 (0.65%) QA
3 4 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.26%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.26%) GDPR
4 2 (0.26%) GxP
5 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.13%) GRC
5 1 (0.13%) ITGC
5 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 342 (44.59%) Active Directory
2 53 (6.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
4 21 (2.74%) Hyper-V
5 17 (2.22%) VMware NSX
6 15 (1.96%) vCloud
6 15 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (1.17%) Docker
8 7 (0.91%) BitLocker
8 7 (0.91%) vSphere
9 3 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.39%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.26%) zsh
11 1 (0.13%) Firmware
11 1 (0.13%) NFS
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 131 (17.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (6.78%) SCCM
3 32 (4.17%) vCenter Server
4 26 (3.39%) SCOM
5 17 (2.22%) Kubernetes
6 14 (1.83%) Ansible
7 12 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (0.91%) Grafana
8 7 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.91%) WSUS
9 4 (0.52%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.39%) Nagios
10 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.39%) Puppet
10 3 (0.39%) vMotion
11 2 (0.26%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.26%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.26%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.26%) vRealize
Vendors
1 375 (48.89%) Microsoft
2 99 (12.91%) ServiceNow
3 66 (8.60%) VMware
4 35 (4.56%) Apple
5 31 (4.04%) Cisco
6 29 (3.78%) Citrix
7 28 (3.65%) Oracle
8 24 (3.13%) Google
9 16 (2.09%) Splunk
10 14 (1.83%) Bloomberg
11 13 (1.69%) iManage
11 13 (1.69%) Samsung
12 11 (1.43%) Broadcom
12 11 (1.43%) SolarWinds
13 10 (1.30%) Sybase
14 9 (1.17%) Dell
14 9 (1.17%) Meraki
14 9 (1.17%) Okta
14 9 (1.17%) SAP
15 8 (1.04%) Dynatrace
594 Support Engineer jobs in England