Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Support Engineer daily rate in England is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
17 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 122 79
Rank change year-on-year +6 -43 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 754 616 1,110
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.52% 1.99% 2.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.77% 2.14% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 429 795
10th Percentile £153 £150 £140
25th Percentile £188 £188 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £240 £238
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +1.05% +3.71%
75th Percentile £346 £350 £400
90th Percentile £537 £520 £600
UK median daily rate £225 £240 £238
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.05% +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 31 57
10th Percentile £17.14 £15.22 £13.16
25th Percentile £19.65 £19.60 £17.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £24.18 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +27.26% -6.31%
75th Percentile £30.00 £40.75 £21.75
90th Percentile £66.37 £60.00 £23.95
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £23.59 £19.00
% change year-on-year +5.98% +24.16% -5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 27,257 28,735 37,323
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 93.01% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,480 17,554 25,817
10th Percentile £281 £300 £293
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,651 1,077 1,437
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.22 £15.29
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.22 £19.47
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -11.52% +50.70%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +60.48%

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 17 November 2025.

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 17 November 2025.

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 17 November 2025. 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 -13 219 £238 -20.83% 189
South East +25 188 £238 +0.42% 150
South West +38 105 £250 +13.90% 51
Midlands +4 97 £255 -3.77% 75
North of England -21 95 £200 - 86
West Midlands -1 71 £267 +0.75% 46
North West -18 52 £190 -5.00% 52
East of England -15 48 £220 -1.12% 45
Yorkshire -29 31 £205 -2.38% 29
East Midlands -3 26 £188 -21.05% 29
North East 0 12 £106 -34.77% 6
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 November 2025, 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.

1 416 (55.17%) Windows
2 304 (40.32%) Microsoft
3 237 (31.43%) Microsoft 365
4 233 (30.90%) Security Cleared
5 229 (30.37%) Active Directory
6 178 (23.61%) Problem-Solving
7 170 (22.55%) SC Cleared
8 155 (20.56%) Windows 10
9 153 (20.29%) Customer Service
10 119 (15.78%) ITIL
11 100 (13.26%) ServiceNow
12 98 (13.00%) Azure
13 96 (12.73%) Microsoft Office
14 94 (12.47%) Linux
15 90 (11.94%) DNS
16 86 (11.41%) Microsoft Intune
17 81 (10.74%) DHCP
18 74 (9.81%) Microsoft Exchange
18 74 (9.81%) Service Management
18 74 (9.81%) SharePoint
18 74 (9.81%) VPN
19 73 (9.68%) TCP/IP
20 72 (9.55%) ITSM
20 72 (9.55%) SCCM
21 59 (7.82%) DV Cleared
22 54 (7.16%) Cisco
22 54 (7.16%) Migration
23 51 (6.76%) Android
24 50 (6.63%) PowerShell
24 50 (6.63%) 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 74 (9.81%) Microsoft Exchange
1 74 (9.81%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.71%) Skype for Business
3 11 (1.46%) Exchange Server 2010
3 11 (1.46%) SharePoint Server
4 10 (1.33%) Exchange Server 2003
4 10 (1.33%) Exchange Server 2007
4 10 (1.33%) Exchange Server 2013
4 10 (1.33%) Office Communications Server
5 6 (0.80%) Confluence
6 3 (0.40%) Apache
6 3 (0.40%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.27%) Mattermost
7 2 (0.27%) Smallworld
8 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.13%) JBoss
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 96 (12.73%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) DaVinci Resolve
5 1 (0.13%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (0.13%) Pro Tools
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.66%) Primavera
3 3 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.27%) Eikon
4 2 (0.27%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.13%) Eze OMS
5 1 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 237 (31.43%) Microsoft 365
2 98 (13.00%) Azure
3 34 (4.51%) Entra ID
4 27 (3.58%) AWS
5 25 (3.32%) OneDrive
5 25 (3.32%) SaaS
6 18 (2.39%) Sauce Labs
7 17 (2.25%) Google Workspace
8 12 (1.59%) Power Platform
9 6 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (0.80%) npm
10 5 (0.66%) OpenShift
10 5 (0.66%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.40%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.40%) Slack
12 2 (0.27%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.27%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 2 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 90 (11.94%) DNS
2 81 (10.74%) DHCP
3 74 (9.81%) VPN
4 73 (9.68%) TCP/IP
5 41 (5.44%) WAN
6 37 (4.91%) Firewall
6 37 (4.91%) Wi-Fi
6 37 (4.91%) Wireless
7 28 (3.71%) LAN
8 23 (3.05%) Cisco IOS
9 22 (2.92%) VLAN
10 20 (2.65%) Junos
11 19 (2.52%) Skype
12 18 (2.39%) MPLS
13 17 (2.25%) BGP
13 17 (2.25%) IPsec
14 15 (1.99%) Cisco Firepower
14 15 (1.99%) Cisco ISE
15 13 (1.72%) PABX
15 13 (1.72%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.51%) Relational Database
2 25 (3.32%) MySQL
3 17 (2.25%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.19%) Power BI
5 6 (0.80%) MariaDB
6 5 (0.66%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.40%) DB2
8 3 (0.40%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.40%) Tableau
9 2 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.27%) GIS
10 1 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.13%) Informix
10 1 (0.13%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.13%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 28 (3.71%) Browser DevTools
2 18 (2.39%) Android Studio
2 18 (2.39%) Eclipse
2 18 (2.39%) Xcode
3 16 (2.12%) JIRA
4 9 (1.19%) Firebug
5 8 (1.06%) Git
6 6 (0.80%) Maven
7 3 (0.40%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 336 (44.56%) Social Skills
2 80 (10.61%) Finance
3 66 (8.75%) Public Sector
4 54 (7.16%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (4.77%) Manufacturing
6 34 (4.51%) Banking
7 29 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (3.18%) Telecoms
9 23 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.25%) Marketing
11 16 (2.12%) Electronics
12 12 (1.59%) Aerospace
12 12 (1.59%) Front Office
13 9 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.06%) Investment Banking
15 7 (0.93%) Law
15 7 (0.93%) Legal
15 7 (0.93%) Retail
16 6 (0.80%) Automotive
16 6 (0.80%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.85%) CSS
2 23 (3.05%) Middleware
3 21 (2.79%) React
4 19 (2.52%) Ajax
4 19 (2.52%) AngularJS
4 19 (2.52%) GraphQL
5 16 (2.12%) XML
6 10 (1.33%) HTML
7 7 (0.93%) JSON
8 5 (0.66%) .NET
8 5 (0.66%) REST
8 5 (0.66%) SOAP
9 4 (0.53%) JDO
9 4 (0.53%) OAuth
9 4 (0.53%) XMPP
10 3 (0.40%) ADO
10 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
11 2 (0.27%) Kafka
11 2 (0.27%) OpenTelemetry
11 2 (0.27%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
2 29 (3.85%) Data Centre
3 26 (3.45%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.05%) PKI
5 21 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
5 21 (2.79%) Driving Licence
6 20 (2.65%) Mobile App
7 16 (2.12%) Smartphone
8 14 (1.86%) Video Conferencing
9 13 (1.72%) iPhone
10 12 (1.59%) Replication
11 11 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.46%) Management Information System
12 7 (0.93%) iPad
12 7 (0.93%) NHS
13 6 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.80%) Operational Technology
14 5 (0.66%) Virtual Team
15 4 (0.53%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 416 (55.17%) Windows
2 155 (20.56%) Windows 10
3 94 (12.47%) Linux
4 51 (6.76%) Android
5 50 (6.63%) Windows Server
6 43 (5.70%) Apple iOS
7 41 (5.44%) Mac OS
8 32 (4.24%) Unix
9 13 (1.72%) Ubuntu
10 11 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (1.33%) Windows Server 2003
12 8 (1.06%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.66%) CentOS
14 4 (0.53%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
15 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
16 1 (0.13%) VMS
16 1 (0.13%) Windows 8
16 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (23.61%) Problem-Solving
2 153 (20.29%) Customer Service
3 119 (15.78%) ITIL
4 74 (9.81%) Service Management
5 72 (9.55%) ITSM
6 54 (7.16%) Migration
7 45 (5.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 41 (5.44%) Asset Management
9 39 (5.17%) Workflow
10 34 (4.51%) User Experience
11 32 (4.24%) Business Intelligence
11 32 (4.24%) OO
12 28 (3.71%) Service Delivery
13 25 (3.32%) Cybersecurity
13 25 (3.32%) Root Cause Analysis
14 24 (3.18%) Data Protection
14 24 (3.18%) Workflow Management
15 23 (3.05%) Stakeholder Management
16 22 (2.92%) High Availability
17 20 (2.65%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 50 (6.63%) PowerShell
2 43 (5.70%) JavaScript
3 41 (5.44%) Java
4 33 (4.38%) Python
5 26 (3.45%) SQL
6 20 (2.65%) Perl
7 15 (1.99%) C
7 15 (1.99%) Shell Script
8 13 (1.72%) Bash
9 12 (1.59%) Ada
9 12 (1.59%) C++
10 4 (0.53%) C#
11 3 (0.40%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.27%) AWK
12 2 (0.27%) Magik
12 2 (0.27%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.13%) ABAP
13 1 (0.13%) PHP
13 1 (0.13%) VBA
13 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 233 (30.90%) Security Cleared
2 170 (22.55%) SC Cleared
3 59 (7.82%) DV Cleared
4 46 (6.10%) Degree
5 29 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (1.86%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.72%) DBS Check
7 13 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.46%) CCNA
9 11 (1.46%) Server+ Certification
10 9 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (1.06%) A+ Certification
12 5 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.66%) MCSE
13 4 (0.53%) MCP
13 4 (0.53%) MCSA
14 3 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 2 (0.27%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (4.91%) SLA
2 11 (1.46%) QA
3 9 (1.19%) GDPR
4 5 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.40%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.13%) GAAP
7 1 (0.13%) GMP
7 1 (0.13%) GxP
7 1 (0.13%) IFRS
7 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 229 (30.37%) Active Directory
2 32 (4.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.65%) Hyper-V
3 20 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (2.12%) VMware NSX
5 10 (1.33%) Brightmail
5 10 (1.33%) ISA Server
5 10 (1.33%) vSphere
6 7 (0.93%) Docker
7 5 (0.66%) Firmware
8 3 (0.40%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.27%) NFS
9 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.13%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 86 (11.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 72 (9.55%) SCCM
3 26 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
4 21 (2.79%) Ansible
5 18 (2.39%) vCenter Server
6 11 (1.46%) SCOM
6 11 (1.46%) Terraform
7 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Clustering
8 7 (0.93%) Grafana
9 6 (0.80%) Kubernetes
9 6 (0.80%) Red Hat Satellite
10 5 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.66%) AirWatch
11 4 (0.53%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.27%) AppManager
13 2 (0.27%) Cisco Prime
13 2 (0.27%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.27%) OpenView
13 2 (0.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 304 (40.32%) Microsoft
2 100 (13.26%) ServiceNow
3 54 (7.16%) Cisco
4 47 (6.23%) Oracle
5 45 (5.97%) VMware
6 40 (5.31%) Apple
7 33 (4.38%) Juniper
8 25 (3.32%) SolarWinds
9 24 (3.18%) SAP
10 23 (3.05%) Citrix
10 23 (3.05%) Splunk
11 22 (2.92%) HP
12 21 (2.79%) Red Hat
13 18 (2.39%) Google
14 13 (1.72%) Remedy
15 10 (1.33%) Dell
16 9 (1.19%) Bloomberg
17 7 (0.93%) McAfee
17 7 (0.93%) Starlink
18 6 (0.80%) Meraki
566 Support Engineer jobs in England