Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Support Engineer daily rate in England is £213, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
3 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 125 89
Rank change year-on-year -3 -36 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 741 520 892
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.08% 2.08% 2.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.26% 2.24% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 508 370 633
10th Percentile £151 £154 £139
25th Percentile £185 £188 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £230 £215
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +6.98% -14.00%
75th Percentile £330 £375 £300
90th Percentile £500 £527 £450
UK median daily rate £213 £226 £215
% change year-on-year -5.76% +4.88% -12.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 24 59
10th Percentile £17.23 £16.67 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.10 £18.13 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.29 £22.09 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.42% +10.45% +2.56%
75th Percentile £25.15 £29.75 £30.00
90th Percentile £48.88 £48.75 £46.39
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £23.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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 32,730 23,243 35,186
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 92.89% 92.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,732 14,914 23,562
10th Percentile £306 £300 £270
25th Percentile £411 £409 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £624 £638 £638
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 2,123 731 2,215
10th Percentile £15.19 £16.25 £13.15
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.00 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year - +2.94% -17.10%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.25 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £34.31 £34.08
% change year-on-year -2.35% +0.66% -15.85%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -26 211 £261 -13.28% 59
South East +6 157 £225 +9.76% 127
North of England -30 111 £190 -13.64% 80
South West +8 108 £250 +11.11% 31
Midlands -9 98 £200 -18.37% 34
West Midlands -26 61 £220 -15.38% 19
East of England -1 58 £201 -6.40% 31
North West -28 57 £152 -29.53% 43
Yorkshire -36 45 £205 -11.83% 30
East Midlands -1 39 £200 +5.26% 15
North East -11 9 £106 -48.29% 11
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 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.

1 373 (50.34%) Windows
2 276 (37.25%) Microsoft
3 245 (33.06%) Microsoft 365
4 223 (30.09%) Security Cleared
5 219 (29.55%) Active Directory
6 179 (24.16%) SC Cleared
7 174 (23.48%) Windows 10
8 159 (21.46%) Customer Service
9 133 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
10 100 (13.50%) Azure
11 96 (12.96%) ServiceNow
12 85 (11.47%) Microsoft Intune
13 84 (11.34%) ITIL
14 73 (9.85%) Migration
15 70 (9.45%) Linux
16 67 (9.04%) PowerShell
17 62 (8.37%) ITSM
18 61 (8.23%) SCCM
19 58 (7.83%) SharePoint
20 56 (7.56%) DNS
21 55 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
22 52 (7.02%) DHCP
23 51 (6.88%) Entra ID
24 49 (6.61%) DV Cleared
25 48 (6.48%) Wi-Fi
26 47 (6.34%) Asset Management
26 47 (6.34%) Service Management
26 47 (6.34%) TCP/IP
27 45 (6.07%) Android
27 45 (6.07%) Microsoft Exchange

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 58 (7.83%) SharePoint
2 45 (6.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.89%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.54%) Apache
5 3 (0.40%) Confluence
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.27%) IIS
6 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.27%) NetWeaver
6 2 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.27%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.13%) Tuxedo
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 55 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
1 7 (0.94%) Shopify
2 6 (0.81%) Teamcenter
3 5 (0.67%) Primavera
4 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.13%) assyst
5 1 (0.13%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.13%) Eikon
5 1 (0.13%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 245 (33.06%) Microsoft 365
2 100 (13.50%) Azure
3 51 (6.88%) Entra ID
4 30 (4.05%) OneDrive
5 23 (3.10%) SaaS
6 19 (2.56%) Google Workspace
7 18 (2.43%) AWS
8 14 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (1.75%) Sauce Labs
10 10 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (1.35%) Power Platform
11 7 (0.94%) npm
12 5 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (0.54%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.54%) OpenShift
13 4 (0.54%) PaaS
14 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (0.40%) Nutanix
14 3 (0.40%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 56 (7.56%) DNS
2 52 (7.02%) DHCP
3 48 (6.48%) Wi-Fi
4 47 (6.34%) TCP/IP
5 42 (5.67%) VPN
6 31 (4.18%) LAN
7 29 (3.91%) Firewall
8 27 (3.64%) Wireless
9 23 (3.10%) WAN
10 15 (2.02%) Skype
10 15 (2.02%) VLAN
11 13 (1.75%) Network Security
11 13 (1.75%) PABX
12 11 (1.48%) Junos
13 10 (1.35%) Cisco Firepower
13 10 (1.35%) Cisco IOS
13 10 (1.35%) Cisco ISE
13 10 (1.35%) Internet
14 7 (0.94%) BGP
14 7 (0.94%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.56%) Relational Database
1 19 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.16%) MySQL
3 7 (0.94%) Power BI
3 7 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.54%) RDBMS
6 3 (0.40%) InfluxDB
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database 12c
7 2 (0.27%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.27%) Sybase ASE
7 2 (0.27%) Tableau
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.13%) GIS
8 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 38 (5.13%) JIRA
2 17 (2.29%) Browser DevTools
3 13 (1.75%) Android Studio
3 13 (1.75%) Eclipse
3 13 (1.75%) Xcode
4 9 (1.21%) Git
5 7 (0.94%) Maven
6 4 (0.54%) Firebug
7 2 (0.27%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.13%) MSI
General
1 327 (44.13%) Social Skills
2 60 (8.10%) Finance
3 46 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (5.80%) Public Sector
5 42 (5.67%) Banking
6 40 (5.40%) Manufacturing
7 28 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.29%) Investment Banking
9 17 (2.29%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.02%) Aerospace
11 13 (1.75%) Electronics
11 13 (1.75%) Marketing
12 11 (1.48%) Law
13 8 (1.08%) Aviation
13 8 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.08%) Front Office
14 7 (0.94%) Legal
15 5 (0.67%) Automotive
16 4 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.10%) Middleware
2 17 (2.29%) CSS
3 13 (1.75%) Ajax
3 13 (1.75%) AngularJS
3 13 (1.75%) GraphQL
3 13 (1.75%) React
4 6 (0.81%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 6 (0.81%) PySpark
4 6 (0.81%) REST
5 5 (0.67%) SOAP
5 5 (0.67%) YAML
6 4 (0.54%) HTML
6 4 (0.54%) JDO
6 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (0.54%) XML
7 2 (0.27%) .NET
7 2 (0.27%) ADO
7 2 (0.27%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.27%) SAP Basis
7 2 (0.27%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.07%) Onboarding
2 39 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (3.64%) Driving Licence
4 26 (3.51%) Data Centre
5 22 (2.97%) Smartphone
6 18 (2.43%) PKI
7 14 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (1.75%) Mobile App
9 12 (1.62%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.35%) iPhone
11 8 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.08%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.67%) iPad
14 4 (0.54%) Hedge funds
15 3 (0.40%) CCTV
15 3 (0.40%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 373 (50.34%) Windows
2 174 (23.48%) Windows 10
3 70 (9.45%) Linux
4 45 (6.07%) Android
5 44 (5.94%) Mac OS
6 40 (5.40%) Windows Server
7 33 (4.45%) Apple iOS
7 33 (4.45%) Unix
8 12 (1.62%) Ubuntu
9 9 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.94%) Windows 7
11 5 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.54%) CentOS
13 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (21.46%) Customer Service
2 133 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
3 84 (11.34%) ITIL
4 73 (9.85%) Migration
5 62 (8.37%) ITSM
6 47 (6.34%) Asset Management
6 47 (6.34%) Service Management
7 45 (6.07%) Workflow
8 37 (4.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 36 (4.86%) User Experience
10 35 (4.72%) Workflow Management
11 27 (3.64%) Service Delivery
12 24 (3.24%) Root Cause Analysis
13 23 (3.10%) Break/Fix
14 22 (2.97%) DevOps
14 22 (2.97%) OO
14 22 (2.97%) Stakeholder Management
15 21 (2.83%) Data Protection
16 19 (2.56%) Agile
16 19 (2.56%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 67 (9.04%) PowerShell
2 36 (4.86%) SQL
3 32 (4.32%) Java
3 32 (4.32%) JavaScript
4 28 (3.78%) Python
5 22 (2.97%) Shell Script
6 15 (2.02%) Perl
7 13 (1.75%) C#
8 12 (1.62%) Ada
8 12 (1.62%) C
8 12 (1.62%) C++
9 6 (0.81%) Bash
9 6 (0.81%) Korn
10 2 (0.27%) AWK
10 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.27%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.27%) VBScript
11 1 (0.13%) Magik
11 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 223 (30.09%) Security Cleared
2 179 (24.16%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.61%) DV Cleared
4 32 (4.32%) Degree
5 27 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (1.89%) A+ Certification
7 12 (1.62%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.62%) Network+ Certification
8 8 (1.08%) CCNA
8 8 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.08%) DBS Check
8 8 (1.08%) MCSE
9 5 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.67%) Server+ Certification
10 4 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.40%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.13%) HND
12 1 (0.13%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.78%) SLA
2 9 (1.21%) GDPR
3 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.40%) QA
4 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.27%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.13%) GAAP
5 1 (0.13%) GLP
5 1 (0.13%) GMP
5 1 (0.13%) IFRS
5 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 219 (29.55%) Active Directory
2 26 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.02%) Hyper-V
4 12 (1.62%) VMware NSX
5 11 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.81%) Firmware
6 6 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
7 4 (0.54%) Docker
7 4 (0.54%) vSphere
8 3 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.27%) NFS
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 85 (11.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 61 (8.23%) SCCM
3 27 (3.64%) Jamf Pro
4 14 (1.89%) Ansible
5 13 (1.75%) vCenter Server
6 11 (1.48%) Grafana
7 8 (1.08%) Terraform
8 6 (0.81%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 6 (0.81%) Oracle RMAN
9 5 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.54%) Red Hat Satellite
11 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.40%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.27%) Kubernetes
12 2 (0.27%) SCOM
12 2 (0.27%) WMI
12 2 (0.27%) WSUS
13 1 (0.13%) Autotask
13 1 (0.13%) McAfee ePO
13 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 276 (37.25%) Microsoft
2 96 (12.96%) ServiceNow
3 34 (4.59%) Oracle
3 34 (4.59%) VMware
4 32 (4.32%) Cisco
5 29 (3.91%) Apple
6 26 (3.51%) Dell
7 21 (2.83%) Google
8 20 (2.70%) HP
9 19 (2.56%) SAP
10 18 (2.43%) Juniper
11 17 (2.29%) Red Hat
12 16 (2.16%) Splunk
13 14 (1.89%) SolarWinds
14 11 (1.48%) Citrix
15 10 (1.35%) Bloomberg
15 10 (1.35%) Remedy
16 6 (0.81%) Siemens
16 6 (0.81%) Twitter
17 5 (0.67%) Reuters
334 Support Engineer jobs in England