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 27 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
27 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 138 88
Rank change year-on-year +13 -50 +37
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 742 524 886
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.09% 2.04% 2.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.28% 2.19% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 374 635
10th Percentile £151 £155 £140
25th Percentile £185 £188 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £230 £215
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +6.98% -14.00%
75th Percentile £325 £375 £307
90th Percentile £500 £523 £460
UK median daily rate £213 £226 £215
% change year-on-year -5.97% +5.12% -10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 23 57
10th Percentile £17.14 £16.67 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £18.13 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.00 £22.09 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.12% +7.76% +3.80%
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.21 £30.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £47.30 £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 32,563 23,895 34,861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 92.95% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,678 15,176 23,386
10th Percentile £306 £300 £270
25th Percentile £411 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,085 729 2,154
10th Percentile £15.18 £16.25 £13.23
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.00 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £34.52
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +4.30% -13.71%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.30 £71.89
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £34.31 £35.00
% change year-on-year -2.35% -1.99% -12.50%

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 27 February 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 27 February 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 27 February 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 -28 213 £269 -10.42% 67
South East +8 162 £231 +12.80% 116
North of England -34 108 £190 -13.64% 71
South West +5 107 £250 +11.11% 30
Midlands -7 97 £200 -20.00% 35
West Midlands -25 60 £215 -17.31% 20
East of England -6 58 £201 -6.40% 27
North West -19 56 £152 -29.53% 38
Yorkshire -42 43 £205 -11.83% 28
East Midlands +5 39 £200 +5.26% 15
North East -15 9 £106 -48.29% 9
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 February 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.

1 379 (51.08%) Windows
2 281 (37.87%) Microsoft
3 244 (32.88%) Microsoft 365
4 226 (30.46%) Security Cleared
5 217 (29.25%) Active Directory
6 183 (24.66%) SC Cleared
7 173 (23.32%) Windows 10
8 157 (21.16%) Customer Service
9 139 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
10 106 (14.29%) Azure
11 93 (12.53%) ServiceNow
12 88 (11.86%) ITIL
13 86 (11.59%) Microsoft Intune
14 79 (10.65%) Linux
15 73 (9.84%) Migration
16 66 (8.89%) PowerShell
17 62 (8.36%) ITSM
17 62 (8.36%) SCCM
18 61 (8.22%) DNS
19 58 (7.82%) SharePoint
20 57 (7.68%) DHCP
21 55 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
22 54 (7.28%) Service Management
23 53 (7.14%) TCP/IP
24 52 (7.01%) Entra ID
25 50 (6.74%) Wi-Fi
26 49 (6.60%) DV Cleared
27 48 (6.47%) Asset Management
28 46 (6.20%) Workflow
29 45 (6.06%) Android

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 (7.82%) SharePoint
2 45 (6.06%) 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 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) DaVinci Resolve
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 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
1 244 (32.88%) Microsoft 365
2 106 (14.29%) Azure
3 52 (7.01%) Entra ID
4 31 (4.18%) OneDrive
5 25 (3.37%) AWS
6 23 (3.10%) SaaS
7 19 (2.56%) Google Workspace
8 13 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.75%) Sauce Labs
9 10 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.35%) Power Platform
10 7 (0.94%) npm
11 5 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.54%) Amazon S3
12 4 (0.54%) OpenShift
12 4 (0.54%) PaaS
13 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (0.40%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.27%) Nutanix
14 2 (0.27%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 61 (8.22%) DNS
2 57 (7.68%) DHCP
3 53 (7.14%) TCP/IP
4 50 (6.74%) Wi-Fi
5 42 (5.66%) VPN
6 32 (4.31%) LAN
7 29 (3.91%) Firewall
8 27 (3.64%) Wireless
9 24 (3.23%) WAN
10 21 (2.83%) VLAN
11 15 (2.02%) Skype
12 13 (1.75%) Network Security
12 13 (1.75%) PABX
13 11 (1.48%) Junos
14 10 (1.35%) Cisco Firepower
14 10 (1.35%) Cisco IOS
14 10 (1.35%) Cisco ISE
15 9 (1.21%) Internet
16 7 (0.94%) BGP
16 7 (0.94%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.56%) Relational Database
2 16 (2.16%) MySQL
2 16 (2.16%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.94%) Power BI
4 6 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
6 4 (0.54%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.40%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database 12c
8 2 (0.27%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.27%) Sybase ASE
8 2 (0.27%) Tableau
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.13%) MaxDB
9 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 34 (4.58%) JIRA
2 17 (2.29%) Browser DevTools
3 13 (1.75%) Android Studio
3 13 (1.75%) Eclipse
3 13 (1.75%) Xcode
4 10 (1.35%) 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
1 326 (43.94%) Social Skills
2 60 (8.09%) Finance
3 51 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (5.80%) Banking
5 42 (5.66%) Public Sector
6 39 (5.26%) Manufacturing
7 27 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (2.43%) Telecoms
10 17 (2.29%) Investment Banking
11 15 (2.02%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.75%) Electronics
12 13 (1.75%) Marketing
13 11 (1.48%) Law
14 9 (1.21%) Front Office
15 8 (1.08%) Aviation
15 8 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.94%) Legal
17 5 (0.67%) Automotive
18 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 7 (0.94%) REST
5 6 (0.81%) PySpark
5 6 (0.81%) SOAP
6 5 (0.67%) YAML
7 4 (0.54%) HTML
7 4 (0.54%) JDO
7 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (0.54%) XML
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 2 (0.27%) .NET
9 2 (0.27%) OAuth
9 2 (0.27%) SAP Basis
9 2 (0.27%) Spring
9 2 (0.27%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.93%) Onboarding
2 37 (4.99%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (3.64%) Driving Licence
4 25 (3.37%) Data Centre
5 22 (2.96%) Smartphone
6 19 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (2.43%) PKI
8 14 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.75%) Mobile App
10 12 (1.62%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
12 8 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.08%) iPhone
12 8 (1.08%) Management Information System
13 7 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.54%) CCTV
14 4 (0.54%) Hedge funds
15 3 (0.40%) iPad
15 3 (0.40%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 379 (51.08%) Windows
2 173 (23.32%) Windows 10
3 79 (10.65%) Linux
4 45 (6.06%) Android
5 44 (5.93%) Mac OS
6 40 (5.39%) Windows Server
7 34 (4.58%) Apple iOS
8 31 (4.18%) Unix
9 12 (1.62%) Ubuntu
10 11 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.94%) Windows 7
12 5 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.54%) CentOS
14 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (21.16%) Customer Service
2 139 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (11.86%) ITIL
4 73 (9.84%) Migration
5 62 (8.36%) ITSM
6 54 (7.28%) Service Management
7 48 (6.47%) Asset Management
8 46 (6.20%) Workflow
9 45 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 35 (4.72%) User Experience
10 35 (4.72%) Workflow Management
11 28 (3.77%) Service Delivery
12 23 (3.10%) OO
12 23 (3.10%) Root Cause Analysis
13 22 (2.96%) Break/Fix
14 21 (2.83%) Data Protection
14 21 (2.83%) DevOps
14 21 (2.83%) Stakeholder Management
15 19 (2.56%) Agile
15 19 (2.56%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (8.89%) PowerShell
2 33 (4.45%) Java
2 33 (4.45%) SQL
3 32 (4.31%) JavaScript
4 28 (3.77%) Python
5 19 (2.56%) Shell Script
6 15 (2.02%) Perl
7 12 (1.62%) Ada
7 12 (1.62%) C
7 12 (1.62%) C++
8 11 (1.48%) C#
9 7 (0.94%) Bash
10 3 (0.40%) Korn
11 2 (0.27%) AWK
11 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.27%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.27%) VBScript
12 1 (0.13%) Magik
12 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 226 (30.46%) Security Cleared
2 183 (24.66%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.60%) DV Cleared
4 32 (4.31%) Degree
4 32 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (2.43%) Azure Certification
6 17 (2.29%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (1.75%) A+ Certification
8 11 (1.48%) Server+ Certification
9 8 (1.08%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.94%) CCNA
10 7 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (0.94%) MCSE
11 5 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.40%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.13%) City & Guilds
14 1 (0.13%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.91%) SLA
2 9 (1.21%) GDPR
3 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.40%) 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%) GLP
5 1 (0.13%) GMP
5 1 (0.13%) IFRS
5 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 217 (29.25%) Active Directory
2 32 (4.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.70%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.62%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.81%) Firmware
7 4 (0.54%) Docker
7 4 (0.54%) vSphere
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
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 86 (11.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 62 (8.36%) SCCM
3 27 (3.64%) Jamf Pro
4 16 (2.16%) Ansible
5 13 (1.75%) vCenter Server
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 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.40%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.40%) Kubernetes
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.27%) SCOM
11 2 (0.27%) WSUS
12 1 (0.13%) Autotask
12 1 (0.13%) McAfee ePO
12 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.13%) WMI
Vendors
1 281 (37.87%) Microsoft
2 93 (12.53%) ServiceNow
3 42 (5.66%) VMware
4 32 (4.31%) Cisco
5 31 (4.18%) Oracle
6 29 (3.91%) Apple
7 25 (3.37%) Dell
8 21 (2.83%) Google
9 20 (2.70%) HP
10 19 (2.56%) Red Hat
10 19 (2.56%) SAP
11 18 (2.43%) Juniper
12 16 (2.16%) Splunk
13 14 (1.89%) SolarWinds
14 12 (1.62%) Citrix
15 10 (1.35%) Remedy
16 9 (1.21%) Bloomberg
17 6 (0.81%) Siemens
17 6 (0.81%) Twitter
18 5 (0.67%) Databricks
313 Support Engineer jobs in England