Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Support Engineer daily rate in England is £220, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
29 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 136 88
Rank change year-on-year +12 -48 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 741 497 895
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.25% 1.87% 2.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.46% 2.01% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 350 644
10th Percentile £151 £154 £140
25th Percentile £185 £188 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £230 £225
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -4.26%
75th Percentile £338 £350 £321
90th Percentile £500 £544 £500
UK median daily rate £220 £226 £225
% change year-on-year -2.44% +0.22% -3.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 21 54
10th Percentile £17.14 £14.56 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.66 £18.13 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.09 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.86% +10.45% +2.56%
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.41 £25.02
90th Percentile £38.00 £48.75 £43.75
UK median hourly rate £23.75 £23.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +3.26% +15.00% +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 30,104 24,750 34,622
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 93.03% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,189 15,273 23,378
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,859 740 1,933
10th Percentile £14.84 £15.99 £13.31
25th Percentile £18.57 £21.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.14 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -8.92% -13.33% +7.14%

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 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 29 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 29 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 -5 206 £260 -5.45% 59
South East +12 166 £238 +16.10% 148
South West +24 111 £250 +11.11% 44
North of England -14 108 £190 -15.56% 74
Midlands -11 100 £200 -20.00% 62
West Midlands -8 66 £250 -3.85% 35
North West -4 58 £152 -31.14% 39
East of England +3 52 £200 -9.09% 49
Yorkshire -29 40 £205 -8.89% 28
East Midlands -2 36 £190 -5.00% 27
North East -6 10 £106 -48.29% 11
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 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.

1 381 (51.42%) Windows
2 286 (38.60%) Microsoft
3 235 (31.71%) Security Cleared
4 229 (30.90%) Microsoft 365
5 207 (27.94%) Active Directory
6 181 (24.43%) SC Cleared
7 166 (22.40%) Windows 10
8 161 (21.73%) Customer Service
9 146 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
10 103 (13.90%) Azure
11 90 (12.15%) ITIL
12 89 (12.01%) Microsoft Intune
12 89 (12.01%) ServiceNow
13 86 (11.61%) Linux
14 69 (9.31%) Migration
15 66 (8.91%) Microsoft Office
16 65 (8.77%) ITSM
17 64 (8.64%) SCCM
18 63 (8.50%) SharePoint
19 61 (8.23%) DNS
19 61 (8.23%) Service Management
20 57 (7.69%) DHCP
20 57 (7.69%) DV Cleared
21 56 (7.56%) PowerShell
21 56 (7.56%) TCP/IP
22 55 (7.42%) VPN
23 50 (6.75%) Android
23 50 (6.75%) Microsoft Exchange
24 49 (6.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
25 47 (6.34%) Windows Server

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 63 (8.50%) SharePoint
2 50 (6.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (2.43%) Skype for Business
4 5 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (0.67%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (0.54%) Apache
5 4 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (0.54%) Office Communications Server
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.27%) Confluence
6 2 (0.27%) IIS
6 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 66 (8.91%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.13%) DaVinci Resolve
4 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (0.13%) Pro Tools
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
1 7 (0.94%) Shopify
2 5 (0.67%) Primavera
3 3 (0.40%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.40%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.13%) assyst
4 1 (0.13%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.13%) Eikon
4 1 (0.13%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 229 (30.90%) Microsoft 365
2 103 (13.90%) Azure
3 45 (6.07%) Entra ID
4 26 (3.51%) AWS
4 26 (3.51%) SaaS
5 24 (3.24%) OneDrive
6 17 (2.29%) Google Workspace
7 16 (2.16%) Sauce Labs
8 10 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (1.21%) Power Platform
10 7 (0.94%) npm
11 5 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.54%) Amazon S3
12 4 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (0.54%) OpenShift
13 3 (0.40%) Slack
14 2 (0.27%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 2 (0.27%) Datadog
14 2 (0.27%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 61 (8.23%) DNS
2 57 (7.69%) DHCP
3 56 (7.56%) TCP/IP
4 55 (7.42%) VPN
5 38 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
6 32 (4.32%) Firewall
6 32 (4.32%) Wireless
7 29 (3.91%) WAN
8 21 (2.83%) LAN
8 21 (2.83%) VLAN
9 18 (2.43%) Junos
10 16 (2.16%) Cisco IOS
11 15 (2.02%) Cisco Firepower
11 15 (2.02%) Cisco ISE
11 15 (2.02%) MPLS
11 15 (2.02%) Skype
12 14 (1.89%) BGP
12 14 (1.89%) IPsec
12 14 (1.89%) Network Security
13 13 (1.75%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.37%) Relational Database
2 21 (2.83%) MySQL
3 13 (1.75%) SQL Server
4 7 (0.94%) Power BI
5 6 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
7 4 (0.54%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.40%) InfluxDB
9 2 (0.27%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.27%) Tableau
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.13%) GIS
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 22 (2.97%) Browser DevTools
2 16 (2.16%) Android Studio
2 16 (2.16%) Eclipse
2 16 (2.16%) JIRA
2 16 (2.16%) Xcode
3 9 (1.21%) Git
4 7 (0.94%) Maven
5 5 (0.67%) Firebug
6 2 (0.27%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
General
1 326 (43.99%) Social Skills
2 68 (9.18%) Finance
3 53 (7.15%) Public Sector
4 50 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (5.53%) Banking
6 35 (4.72%) Manufacturing
7 28 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (2.56%) Telecoms
10 16 (2.16%) Investment Banking
11 14 (1.89%) Aerospace
11 14 (1.89%) Electronics
11 14 (1.89%) Law
11 14 (1.89%) Marketing
12 13 (1.75%) Front Office
13 8 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.08%) Legal
14 6 (0.81%) Automotive
14 6 (0.81%) Aviation
15 5 (0.67%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.37%) Middleware
2 22 (2.97%) CSS
3 17 (2.29%) Ajax
3 17 (2.29%) AngularJS
3 17 (2.29%) GraphQL
3 17 (2.29%) React
4 6 (0.81%) PySpark
4 6 (0.81%) REST
4 6 (0.81%) XML
5 5 (0.67%) HTML
5 5 (0.67%) SOAP
5 5 (0.67%) YAML
6 4 (0.54%) JDO
7 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.27%) .NET
8 2 (0.27%) ADO
8 2 (0.27%) EDI
8 2 (0.27%) Kafka
8 2 (0.27%) OAuth
8 2 (0.27%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
2 33 (4.45%) Onboarding
3 28 (3.78%) Driving Licence
4 25 (3.37%) PKI
5 23 (3.10%) Smartphone
6 21 (2.83%) Data Centre
7 17 (2.29%) Mobile App
8 15 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.62%) iPhone
10 12 (1.62%) Management Information System
11 11 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
12 10 (1.35%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.94%) iPad
14 7 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (0.81%) Replication
16 3 (0.40%) Hedge funds
16 3 (0.40%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 381 (51.42%) Windows
2 166 (22.40%) Windows 10
3 86 (11.61%) Linux
4 50 (6.75%) Android
5 47 (6.34%) Windows Server
6 42 (5.67%) Mac OS
7 38 (5.13%) Apple iOS
8 30 (4.05%) Unix
9 12 (1.62%) Ubuntu
10 10 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (1.21%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.54%) CentOS
12 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.13%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (21.73%) Customer Service
2 146 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (12.15%) ITIL
4 69 (9.31%) Migration
5 65 (8.77%) ITSM
6 61 (8.23%) Service Management
7 49 (6.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 45 (6.07%) Asset Management
9 44 (5.94%) Workflow
10 37 (4.99%) User Experience
11 34 (4.59%) Workflow Management
12 27 (3.64%) Root Cause Analysis
12 27 (3.64%) Service Delivery
13 26 (3.51%) OO
14 21 (2.83%) Business Intelligence
14 21 (2.83%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (2.70%) Cybersecurity
15 20 (2.70%) Data Protection
16 19 (2.56%) Logistics
17 18 (2.43%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 56 (7.56%) PowerShell
2 37 (4.99%) JavaScript
3 34 (4.59%) Java
4 30 (4.05%) Python
5 25 (3.37%) SQL
6 18 (2.43%) Perl
7 15 (2.02%) Shell Script
8 12 (1.62%) Ada
8 12 (1.62%) C
8 12 (1.62%) C++
9 7 (0.94%) Bash
10 2 (0.27%) AWK
10 2 (0.27%) C#
10 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.27%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.13%) Magik
11 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.13%) Tcl
11 1 (0.13%) VBA
11 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 235 (31.71%) Security Cleared
2 181 (24.43%) SC Cleared
3 57 (7.69%) DV Cleared
4 33 (4.45%) Degree
5 25 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (2.56%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.62%) Network+ Certification
8 11 (1.48%) Server+ Certification
9 9 (1.21%) A+ Certification
10 8 (1.08%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.54%) MCP
13 3 (0.40%) CCNA
13 3 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.40%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.40%) MCSE
14 2 (0.27%) MCSA
15 1 (0.13%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.64%) SLA
2 7 (0.94%) GDPR
3 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.54%) QA
4 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.13%) GAAP
5 1 (0.13%) IFRS
5 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 207 (27.94%) Active Directory
2 30 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.43%) Hyper-V
4 16 (2.16%) VMware NSX
5 15 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.67%) Docker
6 5 (0.67%) Firmware
6 5 (0.67%) vSphere
7 4 (0.54%) Brightmail
7 4 (0.54%) ISA Server
8 3 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.27%) NFS
10 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 89 (12.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 64 (8.64%) SCCM
3 26 (3.51%) Jamf Pro
4 18 (2.43%) vCenter Server
5 17 (2.29%) Ansible
6 11 (1.48%) Grafana
7 9 (1.21%) Terraform
8 6 (0.81%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.54%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.40%) Kubernetes
11 3 (0.40%) SCOM
12 2 (0.27%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.27%) WSUS
13 1 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.13%) Kibana
13 1 (0.13%) logstash
13 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 286 (38.60%) Microsoft
2 89 (12.01%) ServiceNow
3 43 (5.80%) VMware
4 42 (5.67%) Cisco
5 32 (4.32%) Oracle
6 30 (4.05%) Apple
7 29 (3.91%) Juniper
8 24 (3.24%) HP
9 21 (2.83%) SolarWinds
10 20 (2.70%) Google
11 19 (2.56%) Dell
11 19 (2.56%) Red Hat
11 19 (2.56%) Splunk
12 18 (2.43%) SAP
13 12 (1.62%) Citrix
14 10 (1.35%) Bloomberg
15 9 (1.21%) Remedy
16 7 (0.94%) McAfee
16 7 (0.94%) Starlink
17 5 (0.67%) Solace
405 Support Engineer jobs in England