Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Support Engineer daily rate in England is £214, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
19 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 128 99
Rank change year-on-year -9 -29 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 715 539 851
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.93% 2.20% 2.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.10% 2.37% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 378 613
10th Percentile £151 £153 £138
25th Percentile £185 £188 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £214 £230 £215
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +6.98% -14.00%
75th Percentile £350 £375 £308
90th Percentile £500 £500 £450
UK median daily rate £220 £225 £215
% change year-on-year -2.22% +4.65% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 26 56
10th Percentile £17.14 £16.67 £16.13
25th Percentile £20.70 £18.15 £17.38
Median hourly rate £23.00 £22.09 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.12% +10.45% -
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.31 £30.00
90th Percentile £33.73 £47.63 £46.39
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £23.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% +1.27%

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 34,044 22,768 35,064
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 93.05% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,494 15,052 23,480
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 784 2,269
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.37 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £77.50 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.91 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +10.49% - -23.29%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 19 March 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 -33 212 £275 -8.33% 41
South East -11 139 £238 +18.75% 83
North of England -44 117 £190 -12.64% 58
South West -6 96 £250 +11.11% 35
Midlands -26 92 £200 -18.37% 32
North West -23 62 £152 -29.53% 35
East of England -1 60 £203 -7.95% 28
West Midlands -43 56 £267 -11.00% 15
Yorkshire -30 46 £205 -11.83% 19
East Midlands -7 37 £200 +5.26% 17
North East -11 9 £106 -45.64% 8
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 March 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.

1 348 (48.67%) Windows
2 263 (36.78%) Microsoft
3 237 (33.15%) Microsoft 365
4 219 (30.63%) Active Directory
5 209 (29.23%) Security Cleared
6 169 (23.64%) SC Cleared
7 166 (23.22%) Windows 10
8 155 (21.68%) Customer Service
9 120 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
10 102 (14.27%) Azure
11 90 (12.59%) ServiceNow
12 81 (11.33%) ITIL
12 81 (11.33%) Microsoft Intune
13 73 (10.21%) Migration
14 68 (9.51%) PowerShell
15 56 (7.83%) ITSM
16 55 (7.69%) DNS
17 54 (7.55%) Entra ID
17 54 (7.55%) SharePoint
18 51 (7.13%) Wi-Fi
19 50 (6.99%) Linux
19 50 (6.99%) SCCM
20 49 (6.85%) DHCP
20 49 (6.85%) TCP/IP
21 48 (6.71%) Asset Management
22 45 (6.29%) DV Cleared
23 43 (6.01%) Microsoft Office
23 43 (6.01%) Workflow
24 41 (5.73%) JIRA
24 41 (5.73%) SQL

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 54 (7.55%) SharePoint
2 38 (5.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.10%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.56%) Apache
5 3 (0.42%) Confluence
5 3 (0.42%) IIS
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.28%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.28%) NetWeaver
6 2 (0.28%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.14%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.14%) Tuxedo
7 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 43 (6.01%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (0.98%) Remedy ITSM
1 7 (0.98%) Shopify
2 6 (0.84%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.28%) Primavera
3 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.14%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.14%) assyst
4 1 (0.14%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.14%) Eikon
4 1 (0.14%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 237 (33.15%) Microsoft 365
2 102 (14.27%) Azure
3 54 (7.55%) Entra ID
4 28 (3.92%) OneDrive
5 21 (2.94%) SaaS
6 19 (2.66%) Google Workspace
7 17 (2.38%) AWS
8 15 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (1.40%) Sauce Labs
11 9 (1.26%) Power Platform
12 6 (0.84%) npm
13 5 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (0.70%) PaaS
14 4 (0.56%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.56%) Datadog
14 4 (0.56%) Snowflake
15 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Purview
15 3 (0.42%) Nutanix
15 3 (0.42%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 55 (7.69%) DNS
2 51 (7.13%) Wi-Fi
3 49 (6.85%) DHCP
3 49 (6.85%) TCP/IP
4 39 (5.45%) VPN
5 34 (4.76%) LAN
6 27 (3.78%) WAN
7 25 (3.50%) Firewall
8 22 (3.08%) Wireless
9 16 (2.24%) Skype
10 13 (1.82%) Network Security
11 11 (1.54%) Internet
11 11 (1.54%) VLAN
12 9 (1.26%) SAN
13 8 (1.12%) HTTP
13 8 (1.12%) PABX
14 7 (0.98%) Cisco Firepower
14 7 (0.98%) Cisco IOS
14 7 (0.98%) Cisco ISE
14 7 (0.98%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.80%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.52%) MySQL
3 16 (2.24%) Relational Database
4 10 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.98%) Power BI
7 5 (0.70%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.70%) Pentaho
8 4 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (0.56%) Oracle Database 12c
9 3 (0.42%) InfluxDB
9 3 (0.42%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.42%) Tableau
10 2 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.28%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.28%) Sybase ASE
11 1 (0.14%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.14%) NonStop SQL
11 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 41 (5.73%) JIRA
2 16 (2.24%) Browser DevTools
3 14 (1.96%) Git
4 10 (1.40%) Android Studio
4 10 (1.40%) Eclipse
4 10 (1.40%) Xcode
5 6 (0.84%) Maven
6 3 (0.42%) Firebug
7 2 (0.28%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.14%) MSI
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 312 (43.64%) Social Skills
2 61 (8.53%) Finance
3 45 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (5.73%) Manufacturing
5 39 (5.45%) Public Sector
6 38 (5.31%) Banking
7 26 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (2.24%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.10%) Investment Banking
11 13 (1.82%) Electronics
11 13 (1.82%) Marketing
12 12 (1.68%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.26%) Law
13 9 (1.26%) Legal
14 8 (1.12%) Front Office
15 7 (0.98%) Aviation
15 7 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.56%) Advertising
17 3 (0.42%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.24%) Middleware
2 13 (1.82%) CSS
3 10 (1.40%) Ajax
3 10 (1.40%) AngularJS
3 10 (1.40%) GraphQL
3 10 (1.40%) React
4 9 (1.26%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 5 (0.70%) OAuth
5 5 (0.70%) REST
5 5 (0.70%) YAML
6 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (0.56%) PySpark
6 4 (0.56%) SAML
7 3 (0.42%) .NET
7 3 (0.42%) HTML
7 3 (0.42%) JDO
7 3 (0.42%) XML
8 2 (0.28%) SAP Basis
8 2 (0.28%) SOAP
8 2 (0.28%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.71%) Onboarding
2 37 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (3.78%) Driving Licence
4 26 (3.64%) Data Centre
5 18 (2.52%) Smartphone
6 14 (1.96%) PKI
7 13 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.68%) iPhone
8 12 (1.68%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.40%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.84%) iPad
12 6 (0.84%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.56%) Hedge funds
13 4 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
14 3 (0.42%) CCTV
15 2 (0.28%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 348 (48.67%) Windows
2 166 (23.22%) Windows 10
3 50 (6.99%) Linux
4 40 (5.59%) Android
5 38 (5.31%) Mac OS
5 38 (5.31%) Windows Server
6 30 (4.20%) Unix
7 28 (3.92%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.84%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.84%) Windows 7
8 6 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.42%) CentOS
10 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.28%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (21.68%) Customer Service
2 120 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (11.33%) ITIL
4 73 (10.21%) Migration
5 56 (7.83%) ITSM
6 48 (6.71%) Asset Management
7 43 (6.01%) Workflow
8 37 (5.17%) User Experience
9 35 (4.90%) Service Management
9 35 (4.90%) Workflow Management
10 31 (4.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 26 (3.64%) Change Management
11 26 (3.64%) Root Cause Analysis
11 26 (3.64%) Service Delivery
12 24 (3.36%) Break/Fix
13 22 (3.08%) DevOps
14 20 (2.80%) Agile
14 20 (2.80%) Data Protection
15 18 (2.52%) Logistics
16 17 (2.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (9.51%) PowerShell
2 41 (5.73%) SQL
3 26 (3.64%) Java
3 26 (3.64%) Python
4 22 (3.08%) JavaScript
5 19 (2.66%) Shell Script
6 16 (2.24%) C#
7 12 (1.68%) Perl
8 9 (1.26%) Korn
9 8 (1.12%) Bash
10 6 (0.84%) Ada
10 6 (0.84%) C
10 6 (0.84%) C++
11 3 (0.42%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.28%) AWK
12 2 (0.28%) VBA
12 2 (0.28%) VBScript
13 1 (0.14%) Magik
13 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 209 (29.23%) Security Cleared
2 169 (23.64%) SC Cleared
3 45 (6.29%) DV Cleared
4 25 (3.50%) Degree
5 20 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (1.82%) A+ Certification
7 10 (1.40%) CCNA
7 10 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (1.40%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (1.26%) MCSE
9 7 (0.98%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.56%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.42%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.28%) Server+ Certification
13 1 (0.14%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.64%) SLA
2 6 (0.84%) GDPR
3 3 (0.42%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.42%) QA
4 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.28%) GLP
4 2 (0.28%) GMP
5 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.14%) GAAP
5 1 (0.14%) IFRS
5 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 219 (30.63%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.54%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.40%) VMware NSX
5 9 (1.26%) Oracle RAC
5 9 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.84%) Firmware
7 3 (0.42%) Docker
7 3 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.42%) vSphere
8 2 (0.28%) NFS
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 81 (11.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (6.99%) SCCM
3 26 (3.64%) Jamf Pro
4 15 (2.10%) Grafana
5 10 (1.40%) Ansible
5 10 (1.40%) vCenter Server
6 9 (1.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 9 (1.26%) Oracle RMAN
7 8 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.98%) Terraform
9 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.28%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.28%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (0.28%) WMI
9 2 (0.28%) WSUS
10 1 (0.14%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.14%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.14%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 263 (36.78%) Microsoft
2 90 (12.59%) ServiceNow
3 32 (4.48%) Oracle
4 26 (3.64%) Dell
5 25 (3.50%) Cisco
6 24 (3.36%) Apple
6 24 (3.36%) VMware
7 22 (3.08%) HP
8 20 (2.80%) SAP
9 18 (2.52%) Google
10 14 (1.96%) Juniper
11 13 (1.82%) Splunk
12 10 (1.40%) Bloomberg
12 10 (1.40%) SolarWinds
13 9 (1.26%) Citrix
13 9 (1.26%) Remedy
14 8 (1.12%) McAfee
14 8 (1.12%) Red Hat
15 7 (0.98%) Starlink
15 7 (0.98%) Zscaler
259 Support Engineer jobs in England