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 21 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
21 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 133 79
Rank change year-on-year +18 -54 +58
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 758 565 1,006
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.42% 1.96% 2.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.65% 2.11% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 403 722
10th Percentile £151 £154 £140
25th Percentile £185 £190 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £240 £235
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.13% -1.05%
75th Percentile £338 £350 £365
90th Percentile £519 £539 £580
UK median daily rate £220 £240 £235
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.13% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 27 56
10th Percentile £17.14 £14.96 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.65 £18.13 £17.72
Median hourly rate £24.00 £22.09 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +8.65% +14.75% -3.75%
75th Percentile £25.15 £27.50 £22.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £44.40 £30.00
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £23.00 £19.12
% change year-on-year +4.35% +20.29% -1.86%

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 28,629 26,767 34,583
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.25% 92.94% 93.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,257 16,661 23,770
10th Percentile £291 £300 £285
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
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 1,766 841 1,334
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.73 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%
75th Percentile £60.19 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.79% -26.67% +50.00%

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 21 December 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 21 December 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 21 December 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 -16 207 £235 -24.19% 56
South East +25 182 £238 +8.18% 96
North of England -7 110 £200 -5.88% 78
South West +30 107 £250 +11.11% 36
Midlands +8 101 £250 -5.66% 43
West Midlands 0 72 £275 +4.76% 26
North West -16 62 £165 -17.50% 42
East of England -16 49 £200 -9.09% 54
Yorkshire -31 37 £205 -9.89% 34
East Midlands +4 31 £175 -55.13% 16
North East +4 11 £106 -34.77% 7
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 December 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.

1 407 (53.69%) Windows
2 302 (39.84%) Microsoft
3 241 (31.79%) Security Cleared
4 230 (30.34%) Microsoft 365
5 217 (28.63%) Active Directory
6 184 (24.27%) SC Cleared
7 168 (22.16%) Customer Service
8 166 (21.90%) Windows 10
9 164 (21.64%) Problem-Solving
10 97 (12.80%) ITIL
11 96 (12.66%) Azure
11 96 (12.66%) ServiceNow
12 91 (12.01%) Linux
13 88 (11.61%) Microsoft Intune
14 75 (9.89%) DNS
14 75 (9.89%) Microsoft Office
15 71 (9.37%) Migration
16 68 (8.97%) Service Management
16 68 (8.97%) SharePoint
17 67 (8.84%) SCCM
18 66 (8.71%) DHCP
18 66 (8.71%) VPN
19 65 (8.58%) ITSM
19 65 (8.58%) TCP/IP
20 58 (7.65%) DV Cleared
21 57 (7.52%) Microsoft Exchange
22 56 (7.39%) Android
23 50 (6.60%) Mac OS
23 50 (6.60%) Oracle
23 50 (6.60%) 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 68 (8.97%) SharePoint
2 57 (7.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (2.77%) Skype for Business
4 8 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2010
4 8 (1.06%) SharePoint Server
5 7 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2003
5 7 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2013
5 7 (0.92%) Office Communications Server
6 4 (0.53%) Confluence
7 2 (0.26%) Apache
7 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.26%) Smallworld
8 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.13%) IIS
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 75 (9.89%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
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 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.79%) Shopify
3 5 (0.66%) Primavera
4 3 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.26%) Eikon
5 2 (0.26%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.13%) assyst
6 1 (0.13%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.13%) Eze OMS
6 1 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 230 (30.34%) Microsoft 365
2 96 (12.66%) Azure
3 36 (4.75%) Entra ID
4 27 (3.56%) SaaS
5 23 (3.03%) OneDrive
6 21 (2.77%) AWS
6 21 (2.77%) Sauce Labs
7 17 (2.24%) Google Workspace
8 10 (1.32%) Power Platform
9 8 (1.06%) npm
10 7 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (0.66%) OpenShift
11 5 (0.66%) Slack
11 5 (0.66%) SuccessFactors
12 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.26%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 2 (0.26%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.26%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 75 (9.89%) DNS
2 66 (8.71%) DHCP
2 66 (8.71%) VPN
3 65 (8.58%) TCP/IP
4 38 (5.01%) Wireless
5 35 (4.62%) Firewall
5 35 (4.62%) Wi-Fi
6 31 (4.09%) WAN
7 21 (2.77%) VLAN
8 20 (2.64%) Junos
9 19 (2.51%) Cisco IOS
10 18 (2.37%) LAN
10 18 (2.37%) MPLS
11 17 (2.24%) BGP
11 17 (2.24%) IPsec
12 15 (1.98%) Cisco Firepower
12 15 (1.98%) Cisco ISE
12 15 (1.98%) Skype
13 14 (1.85%) Network Security
14 13 (1.72%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.62%) Relational Database
2 29 (3.83%) MySQL
3 13 (1.72%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.19%) Power BI
5 7 (0.92%) MariaDB
6 5 (0.66%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.53%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.40%) Tableau
9 2 (0.26%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.26%) GIS
10 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.13%) DB2
10 1 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.13%) Informix
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle ODI
10 1 (0.13%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 32 (4.22%) Browser DevTools
2 21 (2.77%) Android Studio
2 21 (2.77%) Eclipse
2 21 (2.77%) Xcode
3 18 (2.37%) JIRA
4 10 (1.32%) Firebug
4 10 (1.32%) Git
5 8 (1.06%) Maven
6 2 (0.26%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.26%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
General
1 351 (46.31%) Social Skills
2 69 (9.10%) Finance
3 61 (8.05%) Public Sector
4 52 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (4.22%) Banking
6 29 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (3.69%) Manufacturing
8 26 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (2.64%) Telecoms
10 15 (1.98%) Electronics
10 15 (1.98%) Marketing
11 13 (1.72%) Law
12 12 (1.58%) Aerospace
12 12 (1.58%) Front Office
13 9 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.19%) Legal
14 7 (0.92%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.79%) Automotive
15 6 (0.79%) Retail
16 4 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.22%) CSS
2 25 (3.30%) Middleware
3 22 (2.90%) Ajax
3 22 (2.90%) AngularJS
3 22 (2.90%) GraphQL
3 22 (2.90%) React
4 17 (2.24%) XML
5 10 (1.32%) HTML
6 7 (0.92%) JSON
7 5 (0.66%) REST
7 5 (0.66%) SOAP
8 4 (0.53%) .NET
8 4 (0.53%) JDO
9 3 (0.40%) ADO
10 2 (0.26%) EDI
10 2 (0.26%) Kafka
10 2 (0.26%) OAuth
10 2 (0.26%) PySpark
10 2 (0.26%) XMPP
10 2 (0.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (4.22%) Onboarding
3 30 (3.96%) Driving Licence
4 28 (3.69%) Data Centre
5 24 (3.17%) PKI
6 22 (2.90%) Mobile App
7 20 (2.64%) Smartphone
8 17 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.58%) iPhone
10 12 (1.58%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.19%) Replication
11 9 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
12 7 (0.92%) iPad
12 7 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.66%) NHS
14 4 (0.53%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
15 3 (0.40%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 407 (53.69%) Windows
2 166 (21.90%) Windows 10
3 91 (12.01%) Linux
4 56 (7.39%) Android
5 50 (6.60%) Mac OS
5 50 (6.60%) Windows Server
6 39 (5.15%) Apple iOS
7 34 (4.49%) Unix
8 12 (1.58%) Ubuntu
9 11 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.92%) Windows Server 2003
11 6 (0.79%) Windows 7
12 5 (0.66%) CentOS
13 3 (0.40%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
15 1 (0.13%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (22.16%) Customer Service
2 164 (21.64%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (12.80%) ITIL
4 71 (9.37%) Migration
5 68 (8.97%) Service Management
6 65 (8.58%) ITSM
7 46 (6.07%) Asset Management
7 46 (6.07%) Workflow
8 41 (5.41%) User Experience
9 40 (5.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 35 (4.62%) OO
11 32 (4.22%) Workflow Management
12 28 (3.69%) Root Cause Analysis
13 27 (3.56%) Business Intelligence
14 26 (3.43%) Service Delivery
15 25 (3.30%) Cybersecurity
16 22 (2.90%) Data Protection
16 22 (2.90%) Mobile Application Development
17 21 (2.77%) Logistics
18 19 (2.51%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (6.07%) PowerShell
2 45 (5.94%) Java
2 45 (5.94%) JavaScript
3 30 (3.96%) Python
4 26 (3.43%) SQL
5 23 (3.03%) Perl
6 15 (1.98%) Shell Script
7 14 (1.85%) C
8 12 (1.58%) Ada
8 12 (1.58%) C++
9 8 (1.06%) Bash
10 2 (0.26%) AWK
10 2 (0.26%) C#
10 2 (0.26%) Magik
10 2 (0.26%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.26%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.13%) Tcl
11 1 (0.13%) VBA
11 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 241 (31.79%) Security Cleared
2 184 (24.27%) SC Cleared
3 58 (7.65%) DV Cleared
4 42 (5.54%) Degree
5 26 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (1.85%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (1.58%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.45%) Server+ Certification
10 10 (1.32%) A+ Certification
11 8 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (0.66%) CCNA
13 5 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.53%) MCP
15 3 (0.40%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.40%) MCSE
16 2 (0.26%) MCSA
17 1 (0.13%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.09%) SLA
2 9 (1.19%) GDPR
3 6 (0.79%) QA
4 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.40%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.13%) GAAP
7 1 (0.13%) IFRS
7 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 217 (28.63%) Active Directory
2 30 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (2.51%) Hyper-V
4 16 (2.11%) VMware NSX
5 15 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.92%) Brightmail
6 7 (0.92%) ISA Server
7 6 (0.79%) Docker
7 6 (0.79%) Firmware
8 4 (0.53%) vSphere
9 3 (0.40%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.26%) NFS
10 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.13%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
11 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 88 (11.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (8.84%) SCCM
3 29 (3.83%) Jamf Pro
4 19 (2.51%) Ansible
5 18 (2.37%) vCenter Server
6 13 (1.72%) Terraform
7 11 (1.45%) Grafana
8 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.79%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (0.53%) AirWatch
10 4 (0.53%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.40%) Kubernetes
11 3 (0.40%) SCOM
11 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.26%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.26%) WSUS
13 1 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.13%) logstash
13 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 302 (39.84%) Microsoft
2 96 (12.66%) ServiceNow
3 50 (6.60%) Oracle
4 49 (6.46%) Cisco
5 43 (5.67%) VMware
6 40 (5.28%) Apple
7 33 (4.35%) Juniper
8 30 (3.96%) HP
9 25 (3.30%) Splunk
10 24 (3.17%) SAP
11 20 (2.64%) Google
11 20 (2.64%) SolarWinds
12 19 (2.51%) Dell
12 19 (2.51%) Red Hat
13 16 (2.11%) Citrix
14 12 (1.58%) Bloomberg
15 10 (1.32%) Remedy
16 8 (1.06%) McAfee
17 7 (0.92%) Starlink
18 5 (0.66%) Solace
332 Support Engineer jobs in England