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 6 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
6 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 123 113
Rank change year-on-year -48 -10 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 691 608 752
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.57% 2.29% 2.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 2.49% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 391 512
10th Percentile £157 £160 £140
25th Percentile £185 £200 £167
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £238 £225
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £338 £375 £338
90th Percentile £450 £495 £500
UK median daily rate £225 £238 £225
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 50 51
10th Percentile £16.97 £17.96 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.31 £20.64 £19.07
Median hourly rate £22.50 £26.14 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.93% +13.65% +15.00%
75th Percentile £34.85 £46.56 £43.75
90th Percentile £37.50 £68.00 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £25.15 £22.40
% change year-on-year -2.58% +12.28% +12.00%

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 40,797 24,455 34,589
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 92.13% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,949 15,940 22,636
10th Percentile £325 £290 £300
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £735 £748 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,946 1,154 2,533
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.85 £12.88
25th Percentile £21.93 £17.98 £16.86
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.71% -30.00% -9.20%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.12 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £74.53
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £26.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year +62.57% -29.47% -14.05%

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 6 July 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 6 July 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 6 July 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 -49 236 £261 -4.13% 52
South East -26 154 £238 -5.00% 75
North of England -63 96 £190 -6.17% 50
Midlands -48 75 £210 -17.65% 45
East of England -3 65 £195 -13.33% 24
South West -46 65 £210 -10.64% 54
North West -39 58 £190 -5.00% 26
West Midlands -61 46 £250 -9.09% 21
Yorkshire -31 37 £190 -19.15% 18
East Midlands -1 28 £200 +16.96% 24
North East -53 1 £290 +48.72% 8
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 July 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.

1 374 (54.12%) Windows
2 286 (41.39%) Active Directory
3 266 (38.49%) Microsoft
4 256 (37.05%) Microsoft 365
5 161 (23.30%) Windows 10
6 148 (21.42%) Problem-Solving
7 135 (19.54%) Customer Service
8 129 (18.67%) Azure
9 126 (18.23%) Security Cleared
10 123 (17.80%) ITIL
11 110 (15.92%) Microsoft Intune
12 87 (12.59%) SC Cleared
12 87 (12.59%) ServiceNow
13 76 (11.00%) Entra ID
14 72 (10.42%) DNS
15 71 (10.27%) SharePoint
16 70 (10.13%) PowerShell
17 64 (9.26%) ITSM
18 63 (9.12%) SQL
19 59 (8.54%) JIRA
20 48 (6.95%) Microsoft Exchange
20 48 (6.95%) Migration
20 48 (6.95%) Windows Server
21 47 (6.80%) Mac OS
21 47 (6.80%) VMware
22 46 (6.66%) Degree
22 46 (6.66%) Linux
23 45 (6.51%) Continuous Improvement
24 43 (6.22%) DHCP
24 43 (6.22%) VPN

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 71 (10.27%) SharePoint
2 48 (6.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.16%) NetWeaver
4 4 (0.58%) Confluence
5 3 (0.43%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.29%) IIS
6 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.14%) Tuxedo
7 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 30 (4.34%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.87%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.14%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 256 (37.05%) Microsoft 365
2 129 (18.67%) Azure
3 76 (11.00%) Entra ID
4 29 (4.20%) AWS
5 26 (3.76%) OneDrive
6 21 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (2.75%) SaaS
8 13 (1.88%) GCP
9 11 (1.59%) Power Platform
10 9 (1.30%) PaaS
11 6 (0.87%) IaaS
12 5 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (0.72%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.58%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (0.58%) Mimecast
14 3 (0.43%) OpenShift
14 3 (0.43%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.43%) Sauce Labs
15 2 (0.29%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 72 (10.42%) DNS
2 43 (6.22%) DHCP
2 43 (6.22%) VPN
3 42 (6.08%) TCP/IP
4 41 (5.93%) LAN
4 41 (5.93%) Wi-Fi
5 25 (3.62%) WAN
6 19 (2.75%) Firewall
7 17 (2.46%) Internet
7 17 (2.46%) SAN
8 11 (1.59%) WLAN
9 10 (1.45%) VLAN
10 7 (1.01%) HTTP
10 7 (1.01%) Skype
11 4 (0.58%) Network Security
11 4 (0.58%) Wireless
12 3 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.43%) SMTP
12 3 (0.43%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.34%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.60%) MySQL
3 10 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (1.30%) Power BI
4 9 (1.30%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.16%) SAP HANA
6 7 (1.01%) Pentaho
6 7 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.01%) Sybase ASE
7 6 (0.87%) MaxDB
7 6 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.58%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.58%) Oracle Database 12c
10 3 (0.43%) Big Data
10 3 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.29%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 59 (8.54%) JIRA
2 17 (2.46%) Git
3 9 (1.30%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.43%) Android Studio
4 3 (0.43%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.43%) Xcode
5 2 (0.29%) Firebug
5 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.14%) GitLab
6 1 (0.14%) MSI
6 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.14%) Subversion
6 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 276 (39.94%) Social Skills
2 73 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (9.26%) Finance
4 37 (5.35%) Banking
4 37 (5.35%) Manufacturing
5 21 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (2.89%) Investment Banking
6 20 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (1.88%) Law
7 13 (1.88%) Retail
8 9 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.30%) Front Office
9 8 (1.16%) Aerospace
9 8 (1.16%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.01%) Aviation
10 7 (1.01%) Legal
10 7 (1.01%) Marketing
10 7 (1.01%) Public Sector
10 7 (1.01%) Spanish Language
11 6 (0.87%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.45%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 10 (1.45%) REST
2 7 (1.01%) .NET
2 7 (1.01%) JDO
2 7 (1.01%) SAP Basis
3 6 (0.87%) SAP Fiori
3 6 (0.87%) SAPUI5
4 5 (0.72%) CSS
4 5 (0.72%) LDAP
4 5 (0.72%) SAML
5 4 (0.58%) Middleware
5 4 (0.58%) OAuth
6 3 (0.43%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.43%) HTML
6 3 (0.43%) JSP
6 3 (0.43%) React
6 3 (0.43%) RESTful
6 3 (0.43%) Web Services
6 3 (0.43%) XML
6 3 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (9.99%) Onboarding
2 28 (4.05%) Data Centre
3 23 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (2.89%) Video Conferencing
5 18 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (2.46%) Virtual Team
7 14 (2.03%) iPhone
8 13 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.30%) Hedge funds
11 7 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.01%) iPad
12 6 (0.87%) BYOD
12 6 (0.87%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.87%) PKI
13 5 (0.72%) CCTV
13 5 (0.72%) Driving Licence
13 5 (0.72%) Smartphone
14 4 (0.58%) Distributed Systems
15 3 (0.43%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 374 (54.12%) Windows
2 161 (23.30%) Windows 10
3 48 (6.95%) Windows Server
4 47 (6.80%) Mac OS
5 46 (6.66%) Linux
6 39 (5.64%) Unix
7 23 (3.33%) Apple iOS
8 15 (2.17%) Android
9 10 (1.45%) Windows 7
10 7 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.87%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.58%) Solaris
14 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.29%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.29%) OpenVMS
15 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 2 (0.29%) VMS
16 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (21.42%) Problem-Solving
2 135 (19.54%) Customer Service
3 123 (17.80%) ITIL
4 64 (9.26%) ITSM
5 48 (6.95%) Migration
6 45 (6.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (6.08%) Change Management
8 41 (5.93%) Asset Management
8 41 (5.93%) Service Delivery
9 36 (5.21%) User Experience
10 34 (4.92%) DevOps
11 33 (4.78%) Service Management
12 30 (4.34%) Incident Management
12 30 (4.34%) Problem Management
12 30 (4.34%) Root Cause Analysis
13 29 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 25 (3.62%) High Availability
15 24 (3.47%) Runbook
16 22 (3.18%) Data Protection
17 21 (3.04%) Break/Fix
Programming Languages
1 70 (10.13%) PowerShell
2 63 (9.12%) SQL
3 26 (3.76%) Python
4 21 (3.04%) C#
5 20 (2.89%) Java
6 17 (2.46%) Shell Script
7 16 (2.32%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.45%) Korn
9 9 (1.30%) Bash
10 7 (1.01%) C++
10 7 (1.01%) Perl
11 3 (0.43%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.29%) DCL
12 2 (0.29%) Go
13 1 (0.14%) C
13 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.14%) VBA
13 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 126 (18.23%) Security Cleared
2 87 (12.59%) SC Cleared
3 46 (6.66%) Degree
4 32 (4.63%) DV Cleared
5 23 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (3.04%) A+ Certification
7 18 (2.60%) Network+ Certification
8 17 (2.46%) CCNA
8 17 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.88%) MCSE
10 8 (1.16%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.16%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.14%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.14%) CCNP
14 1 (0.14%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.34%) SLA
2 4 (0.58%) Data Quality
2 4 (0.58%) GDPR
3 3 (0.43%) QA
3 3 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.29%) GLP
4 2 (0.29%) GMP
5 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.14%) GRC
5 1 (0.14%) GxP
5 1 (0.14%) ITGC
System Software
1 286 (41.39%) Active Directory
2 38 (5.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (3.04%) VMware ESXi
4 19 (2.75%) Hyper-V
5 17 (2.46%) VMware NSX
6 12 (1.74%) vCloud
7 10 (1.45%) Oracle RAC
7 10 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.16%) vSphere
9 4 (0.58%) BitLocker
9 4 (0.58%) Docker
10 3 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.43%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.29%) Firmware
11 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.14%) NFS
12 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.14%) zsh
Systems Management
1 110 (15.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (4.78%) SCCM
3 21 (3.04%) vCenter Server
4 16 (2.32%) Jamf Pro
5 15 (2.17%) SCOM
6 12 (1.74%) Grafana
7 10 (1.45%) Ansible
7 10 (1.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 10 (1.45%) Oracle RMAN
7 10 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.87%) Kubernetes
9 5 (0.72%) Terraform
10 3 (0.43%) AirWatch
10 3 (0.43%) Nagios
10 3 (0.43%) Puppet
10 3 (0.43%) vMotion
10 3 (0.43%) vRealize
11 2 (0.29%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.29%) Kibana
11 2 (0.29%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 266 (38.49%) Microsoft
2 87 (12.59%) ServiceNow
3 47 (6.80%) VMware
4 27 (3.91%) Apple
5 26 (3.76%) Oracle
6 18 (2.60%) Citrix
7 17 (2.46%) Dell
8 14 (2.03%) Google
8 14 (2.03%) HP
9 11 (1.59%) Cisco
10 10 (1.45%) SAP
11 9 (1.30%) McAfee
12 8 (1.16%) Denodo
12 8 (1.16%) Splunk
12 8 (1.16%) Starlink
12 8 (1.16%) Talend
13 7 (1.01%) Okta
13 7 (1.01%) Samsung
13 7 (1.01%) Sybase
14 6 (0.87%) Siemens
274 Support Engineer jobs in England