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 30 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
30 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 132 89
Rank change year-on-year +5 -43 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 742 500 906
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.25% 1.88% 2.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.45% 2.02% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 521 352 651
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% -5.06%
75th Percentile £338 £350 £325
90th Percentile £500 £550 £500
UK median daily rate £220 £225 £221
% change year-on-year -2.22% +1.69% -4.84%
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 30,253 24,723 35,060
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 93.04% 93.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,276 15,264 23,666
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -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 1,876 738 1,991
10th Percentile £14.83 £15.98 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.11% +4.29%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.36 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £28.90 £32.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year -11.09% -10.96% +4.29%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -10 206 £260 -5.45% 64
South East +12 164 £238 +16.10% 142
South West +20 111 £250 +11.11% 39
North of England -17 108 £190 -13.64% 83
Midlands -5 102 £200 -20.00% 63
West Midlands -9 67 £243 -6.73% 35
North West -6 58 £152 -29.53% 45
East of England -3 53 £201 -8.52% 48
Yorkshire -31 40 £205 -8.89% 29
East Midlands 0 37 £200 +5.26% 28
North East -4 10 £106 -48.29% 13
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 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.

1 382 (51.48%) Windows
2 286 (38.54%) Microsoft
3 235 (31.67%) Security Cleared
4 231 (31.13%) Microsoft 365
5 206 (27.76%) Active Directory
6 181 (24.39%) SC Cleared
7 166 (22.37%) Windows 10
8 162 (21.83%) Customer Service
9 145 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
10 104 (14.02%) Azure
11 91 (12.26%) ITIL
11 91 (12.26%) ServiceNow
12 90 (12.13%) Microsoft Intune
13 86 (11.59%) Linux
14 69 (9.30%) Migration
15 67 (9.03%) Microsoft Office
16 64 (8.63%) ITSM
16 64 (8.63%) SCCM
16 64 (8.63%) SharePoint
17 61 (8.22%) DNS
17 61 (8.22%) Service Management
18 58 (7.82%) PowerShell
19 57 (7.68%) DHCP
19 57 (7.68%) DV Cleared
19 57 (7.68%) VPN
20 56 (7.55%) TCP/IP
21 50 (6.74%) Android
22 49 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
22 49 (6.60%) Microsoft Exchange
23 47 (6.33%) Entra ID

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 64 (8.63%) SharePoint
2 49 (6.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (2.43%) Skype for Business
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 2010
5 4 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (0.54%) Office Communications Server
6 3 (0.40%) Confluence
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 67 (9.03%) 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
1 231 (31.13%) Microsoft 365
2 104 (14.02%) Azure
3 47 (6.33%) Entra ID
4 27 (3.64%) SaaS
5 26 (3.50%) AWS
5 26 (3.50%) OneDrive
6 17 (2.29%) Google Workspace
7 16 (2.16%) Sauce Labs
8 10 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (1.35%) Power Platform
9 7 (0.94%) npm
10 5 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (0.54%) Amazon S3
11 4 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (0.54%) OpenShift
12 3 (0.40%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.40%) Slack
13 2 (0.27%) Datadog
13 2 (0.27%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 61 (8.22%) DNS
2 57 (7.68%) DHCP
2 57 (7.68%) VPN
3 56 (7.55%) TCP/IP
4 42 (5.66%) Wi-Fi
5 32 (4.31%) Firewall
5 32 (4.31%) Wireless
6 30 (4.04%) WAN
7 25 (3.37%) 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 24 (3.23%) Relational Database
2 20 (2.70%) 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%) 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%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 21 (2.83%) Browser DevTools
2 19 (2.56%) JIRA
3 16 (2.16%) Android Studio
3 16 (2.16%) Eclipse
3 16 (2.16%) Xcode
4 9 (1.21%) Git
5 7 (0.94%) Maven
6 4 (0.54%) Firebug
7 2 (0.27%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
General
1 326 (43.94%) Social Skills
2 68 (9.16%) Finance
3 53 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 50 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (5.53%) Banking
6 36 (4.85%) Manufacturing
7 28 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (2.96%) 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 21 (2.83%) 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
5 5 (0.67%) SOAP
5 5 (0.67%) XML
5 5 (0.67%) YAML
6 4 (0.54%) HTML
6 4 (0.54%) JDO
6 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.27%) .NET
7 2 (0.27%) ADO
7 2 (0.27%) EDI
7 2 (0.27%) Kafka
7 2 (0.27%) OAuth
7 2 (0.27%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.12%) Self-Motivation
2 35 (4.72%) Onboarding
3 28 (3.77%) 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%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
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
1 382 (51.48%) Windows
2 166 (22.37%) Windows 10
3 86 (11.59%) Linux
4 50 (6.74%) Android
5 47 (6.33%) Windows Server
6 42 (5.66%) Mac OS
7 38 (5.12%) Apple iOS
8 30 (4.04%) Unix
9 12 (1.62%) Ubuntu
10 10 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 8 (1.08%) 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
1 162 (21.83%) Customer Service
2 145 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
3 91 (12.26%) ITIL
4 69 (9.30%) Migration
5 64 (8.63%) ITSM
6 61 (8.22%) Service Management
7 49 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 45 (6.06%) Asset Management
9 44 (5.93%) Workflow
10 37 (4.99%) User Experience
11 34 (4.58%) Workflow Management
12 27 (3.64%) Root Cause Analysis
12 27 (3.64%) Service Delivery
13 25 (3.37%) OO
14 22 (2.96%) Stakeholder Management
15 21 (2.83%) Business Intelligence
16 20 (2.70%) Cybersecurity
16 20 (2.70%) Data Protection
17 19 (2.56%) Logistics
18 18 (2.43%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 58 (7.82%) PowerShell
2 36 (4.85%) JavaScript
3 34 (4.58%) Java
4 31 (4.18%) 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 (31.67%) Security Cleared
2 181 (24.39%) SC Cleared
3 57 (7.68%) 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 8 (1.08%) A+ Certification
9 8 (1.08%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.40%) CCNA
12 3 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.40%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.40%) MCSE
13 2 (0.27%) MCSA
14 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
1 206 (27.76%) Active Directory
2 30 (4.04%) 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 90 (12.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 64 (8.63%) SCCM
3 27 (3.64%) 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 (38.54%) Microsoft
2 91 (12.26%) ServiceNow
3 43 (5.80%) VMware
4 42 (5.66%) Cisco
5 31 (4.18%) Oracle
6 30 (4.04%) Apple
7 29 (3.91%) Juniper
8 24 (3.23%) 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
14 10 (1.35%) Remedy
15 7 (0.94%) McAfee
15 7 (0.94%) Starlink
16 5 (0.67%) Solace
412 Support Engineer jobs in England