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 24 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
24 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 114 107
Rank change year-on-year -44 -7 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 657 581 784
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 2.36% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 2.55% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 394 555
10th Percentile £153 £153 £140
25th Percentile £185 £200 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £245 £215
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +13.95% -14.00%
75th Percentile £338 £388 £300
90th Percentile £455 £548 £450
UK median daily rate £210 £240 £210
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -16.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 37 55
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.12 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.06 £18.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £25.15 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year -10.54% +20.83% +4.08%
75th Percentile £27.63 £41.50 £30.00
90th Percentile £37.50 £68.00 £46.39
UK median hourly rate £24.41 £24.34 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.30% +21.70% -

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 36,696 22,801 34,514
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.69% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,998 15,199 22,979
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £643
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 2,471 888 2,404
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.20 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.87 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.46 £31.76 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.14% -9.26% -22.22%
75th Percentile £67.25 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £29.23 £35.50
% change year-on-year +45.40% -17.66% -21.11%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -51 212 £275 -8.33% 31
South East -35 117 £208 -17.00% 81
North of England -53 114 £190 -13.64% 69
Midlands -33 82 £200 -30.43% 43
South West -34 76 £210 -6.67% 45
North West -32 65 £175 -18.60% 40
East of England -12 57 £203 -8.99% 34
West Midlands -56 49 £270 -10.00% 19
Yorkshire -31 45 £205 -12.77% 23
East Midlands -8 34 £200 -5.88% 24
North East -25 4 £106 -45.64% 9
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 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.

1 306 (46.58%) Windows
2 239 (36.38%) Microsoft
3 223 (33.94%) Microsoft 365
4 215 (32.72%) Active Directory
5 152 (23.14%) Windows 10
6 142 (21.61%) Security Cleared
7 140 (21.31%) Customer Service
8 119 (18.11%) SC Cleared
9 116 (17.66%) Azure
10 104 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
11 87 (13.24%) ITIL
11 87 (13.24%) Microsoft Intune
12 71 (10.81%) ServiceNow
13 65 (9.89%) Migration
14 62 (9.44%) Entra ID
15 51 (7.76%) PowerShell
16 50 (7.61%) SharePoint
17 49 (7.46%) ITSM
17 49 (7.46%) JIRA
18 47 (7.15%) SQL
19 41 (6.24%) Asset Management
19 41 (6.24%) DNS
19 41 (6.24%) Microsoft Office
20 40 (6.09%) Wi-Fi
21 38 (5.78%) SCCM
22 35 (5.33%) Degree
22 35 (5.33%) Linux
22 35 (5.33%) User Experience
23 34 (5.18%) LAN
24 31 (4.72%) 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 50 (7.61%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.61%) Apache
3 4 (0.61%) IIS
3 4 (0.61%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.46%) Confluence
4 3 (0.46%) NetWeaver
5 2 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.30%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.30%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.30%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.15%) Tuxedo
6 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 41 (6.24%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.07%) Remedy ITSM
1 7 (1.07%) Shopify
2 6 (0.91%) 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%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 223 (33.94%) Microsoft 365
2 116 (17.66%) Azure
3 62 (9.44%) Entra ID
4 21 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (2.89%) AWS
6 18 (2.74%) SaaS
7 16 (2.44%) OneDrive
8 15 (2.28%) Google Workspace
9 12 (1.83%) Power Platform
10 11 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.22%) GCP
12 6 (0.91%) Sauce Labs
13 5 (0.76%) Amazon S3
13 5 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (0.76%) npm
13 5 (0.76%) PaaS
14 4 (0.61%) Datadog
14 4 (0.61%) Mimecast
14 4 (0.61%) Snowflake
15 2 (0.30%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 41 (6.24%) DNS
2 40 (6.09%) Wi-Fi
3 34 (5.18%) LAN
4 31 (4.72%) DHCP
5 29 (4.41%) TCP/IP
6 27 (4.11%) VPN
7 23 (3.50%) WAN
8 22 (3.35%) Firewall
9 14 (2.13%) Wireless
10 13 (1.98%) SAN
11 10 (1.52%) Network Security
12 9 (1.37%) Internet
13 7 (1.07%) HTTP
13 7 (1.07%) VLAN
14 6 (0.91%) Skype
14 6 (0.91%) WLAN
15 5 (0.76%) AMQP
16 4 (0.61%) Unified Communications
16 4 (0.61%) VoIP
17 3 (0.46%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.74%) MySQL
1 18 (2.74%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.98%) Relational Database
3 12 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
4 10 (1.52%) Power BI
5 9 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.07%) Pentaho
7 5 (0.76%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (0.61%) Oracle Database 12c
9 3 (0.46%) InfluxDB
9 3 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.46%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.46%) Tableau
10 2 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.30%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.30%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.30%) Sybase ASE
11 1 (0.15%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 49 (7.46%) JIRA
2 20 (3.04%) Git
3 12 (1.83%) Browser DevTools
4 6 (0.91%) Android Studio
4 6 (0.91%) Eclipse
4 6 (0.91%) Xcode
5 5 (0.76%) Maven
6 2 (0.30%) Firebug
6 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.15%) MSI
7 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 267 (40.64%) Social Skills
2 55 (8.37%) Finance
3 48 (7.31%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (5.94%) Banking
5 34 (5.18%) Manufacturing
6 28 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (2.89%) Public Sector
8 18 (2.74%) Investment Banking
9 11 (1.67%) Front Office
9 11 (1.67%) Law
9 11 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (1.67%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.52%) Legal
11 8 (1.22%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.07%) Aviation
13 6 (0.91%) Electronics
13 6 (0.91%) French Language
13 6 (0.91%) Marketing
14 4 (0.61%) Advertising
14 4 (0.61%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.52%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 8 (1.22%) CSS
3 7 (1.07%) JDO
3 7 (1.07%) Middleware
3 7 (1.07%) REST
4 6 (0.91%) .NET
4 6 (0.91%) Ajax
4 6 (0.91%) AngularJS
4 6 (0.91%) GraphQL
4 6 (0.91%) React
5 5 (0.76%) SAML
5 5 (0.76%) YAML
6 4 (0.61%) OAuth
6 4 (0.61%) PySpark
7 3 (0.46%) HTML
8 2 (0.30%) EDI
8 2 (0.30%) JSP
8 2 (0.30%) SAP Basis
8 2 (0.30%) SOAP
8 2 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (6.70%) Onboarding
2 28 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (3.50%) Data Centre
4 22 (3.35%) Driving Licence
5 16 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (1.98%) iPhone
7 12 (1.83%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.67%) Smartphone
9 10 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.37%) PKI
11 8 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.91%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
14 4 (0.61%) iPad
15 3 (0.46%) CMDB
16 2 (0.30%) Client/Server
16 2 (0.30%) Hedge funds
16 2 (0.30%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 306 (46.58%) Windows
2 152 (23.14%) Windows 10
3 35 (5.33%) Linux
4 31 (4.72%) Unix
5 30 (4.57%) Windows Server
6 28 (4.26%) Android
7 27 (4.11%) Mac OS
8 24 (3.65%) Apple iOS
9 9 (1.37%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.46%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.30%) CentOS
12 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (21.31%) Customer Service
2 104 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
3 87 (13.24%) ITIL
4 65 (9.89%) Migration
5 49 (7.46%) ITSM
6 41 (6.24%) Asset Management
7 35 (5.33%) User Experience
8 31 (4.72%) Change Management
9 30 (4.57%) Workflow
10 29 (4.41%) DevOps
11 28 (4.26%) Service Management
12 27 (4.11%) Root Cause Analysis
13 24 (3.65%) Break/Fix
13 24 (3.65%) Workflow Management
14 23 (3.50%) Incident Management
15 22 (3.35%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (3.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 21 (3.20%) Service Delivery
17 18 (2.74%) Problem Management
18 17 (2.59%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 51 (7.76%) PowerShell
2 47 (7.15%) SQL
3 23 (3.50%) Python
4 21 (3.20%) Java
5 20 (3.04%) C#
6 15 (2.28%) JavaScript
7 14 (2.13%) Shell Script
8 10 (1.52%) Korn
9 9 (1.37%) Perl
10 5 (0.76%) Bash
11 2 (0.30%) AWK
11 2 (0.30%) VB.NET
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
12 1 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 142 (21.61%) Security Cleared
2 119 (18.11%) SC Cleared
3 35 (5.33%) Degree
4 26 (3.96%) DV Cleared
5 19 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (2.44%) A+ Certification
7 15 (2.28%) CCNA
7 15 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (1.83%) MCSE
9 11 (1.67%) Network+ Certification
10 9 (1.37%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (0.91%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
15 1 (0.15%) CCNP
15 1 (0.15%) City & Guilds
15 1 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 1 (0.15%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.04%) SLA
2 4 (0.61%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.46%) 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%) GRC
5 1 (0.15%) GxP
5 1 (0.15%) IFRS
5 1 (0.15%) ITGC
5 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 215 (32.72%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.52%) Hyper-V
3 10 (1.52%) Oracle RAC
4 8 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.76%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.61%) Firmware
6 4 (0.61%) vSphere
7 2 (0.30%) Docker
7 2 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.15%) NFS
8 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 87 (13.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (5.78%) SCCM
3 21 (3.20%) Jamf Pro
4 16 (2.44%) Grafana
5 10 (1.52%) Ansible
5 10 (1.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 10 (1.52%) Oracle RMAN
5 10 (1.52%) Terraform
6 9 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.61%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.46%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.30%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (0.30%) vRealize
9 2 (0.30%) WMI
9 2 (0.30%) WSUS
10 1 (0.15%) Autotask
10 1 (0.15%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.15%) Kibana
10 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 239 (36.38%) Microsoft
2 71 (10.81%) ServiceNow
3 29 (4.41%) Oracle
4 27 (4.11%) Dell
5 21 (3.20%) Cisco
5 21 (3.20%) VMware
6 20 (3.04%) HP
7 19 (2.89%) Apple
7 19 (2.89%) Google
8 14 (2.13%) SAP
9 11 (1.67%) Bloomberg
10 10 (1.52%) McAfee
10 10 (1.52%) Splunk
11 9 (1.37%) Remedy
12 8 (1.22%) Citrix
12 8 (1.22%) Denodo
12 8 (1.22%) Meraki
12 8 (1.22%) Starlink
12 8 (1.22%) Talend
13 6 (0.91%) Okta
281 Support Engineer jobs in England