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 2 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
2 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 134 79
Rank change year-on-year +19 -55 +57
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 757 582 1,053
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.47% 1.92% 2.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.71% 2.06% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 410 749
10th Percentile £151 £153 £140
25th Percentile £185 £188 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £240 £238
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +1.05% +2.15%
75th Percentile £347 £350 £395
90th Percentile £527 £525 £600
UK median daily rate £225 £240 £238
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.05% +0.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 27 62
10th Percentile £17.14 £14.96 £14.68
25th Percentile £19.59 £18.42 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £22.09 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.65% +16.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £26.00 £33.50 £21.69
90th Percentile £64.40 £50.45 £23.75
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £23.59 £18.93
% change year-on-year +1.74% +24.62% -2.92%

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 27,984 28,207 36,022
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.96% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,940 17,360 24,787
10th Percentile £285 £300 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -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 1,688 1,011 1,400
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.25 £15.33
25th Percentile £17.94 £21.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% -16.67% +38.46%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +44.26%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -2 213 £225 -25.00% 77
South East +34 186 £238 +3.48% 132
South West +33 105 £250 +12.36% 37
North of England -29 104 £200 - 144
Midlands +13 96 £255 -3.77% 50
West Midlands +1 71 £271 +2.26% 34
North West -16 56 £180 -10.00% 78
East of England -7 50 £216 -2.81% 49
Yorkshire -24 36 £205 -8.89% 53
East Midlands 0 25 £180 -24.21% 16
North East +1 12 £106 -34.77% 20
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 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.

1 414 (54.69%) Windows
2 302 (39.89%) Microsoft
3 237 (31.31%) Security Cleared
4 233 (30.78%) Microsoft 365
5 221 (29.19%) Active Directory
6 175 (23.12%) SC Cleared
7 169 (22.32%) Problem-Solving
8 161 (21.27%) Customer Service
9 156 (20.61%) Windows 10
10 110 (14.53%) ITIL
11 99 (13.08%) ServiceNow
12 94 (12.42%) Azure
13 92 (12.15%) Linux
14 89 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
15 85 (11.23%) DNS
16 84 (11.10%) Microsoft Intune
17 76 (10.04%) DHCP
18 72 (9.51%) SharePoint
19 71 (9.38%) ITSM
19 71 (9.38%) Service Management
19 71 (9.38%) TCP/IP
19 71 (9.38%) VPN
20 68 (8.98%) Microsoft Exchange
21 66 (8.72%) SCCM
22 61 (8.06%) DV Cleared
23 60 (7.93%) Migration
24 53 (7.00%) Android
24 53 (7.00%) Cisco
25 51 (6.74%) Windows Server
26 47 (6.21%) Mac OS

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 72 (9.51%) SharePoint
2 68 (8.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (3.17%) Skype for Business
4 11 (1.45%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (1.45%) SharePoint Server
5 10 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2003
5 10 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (1.32%) Office Communications Server
6 6 (0.79%) Confluence
7 3 (0.40%) Apache
8 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.26%) Smallworld
9 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.13%) IIS
9 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 89 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (3.04%) 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 8 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.66%) Primavera
3 3 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.26%) Eikon
4 2 (0.26%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.13%) assyst
5 1 (0.13%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.13%) Eze OMS
5 1 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.13%) Shopify
5 1 (0.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 233 (30.78%) Microsoft 365
2 94 (12.42%) Azure
3 37 (4.89%) Entra ID
4 24 (3.17%) AWS
5 23 (3.04%) OneDrive
5 23 (3.04%) SaaS
6 18 (2.38%) Google Workspace
6 18 (2.38%) Sauce Labs
7 11 (1.45%) Power Platform
8 7 (0.92%) npm
9 6 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (0.66%) OpenShift
10 5 (0.66%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (0.53%) Slack
12 3 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.40%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.26%) GCP
13 2 (0.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 85 (11.23%) DNS
2 76 (10.04%) DHCP
3 71 (9.38%) TCP/IP
3 71 (9.38%) VPN
4 39 (5.15%) Firewall
4 39 (5.15%) Wireless
5 35 (4.62%) WAN
6 34 (4.49%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (2.91%) Cisco IOS
7 22 (2.91%) LAN
8 20 (2.64%) Junos
8 20 (2.64%) VLAN
9 18 (2.38%) MPLS
10 17 (2.25%) BGP
10 17 (2.25%) IPsec
11 15 (1.98%) Cisco Firepower
11 15 (1.98%) Cisco ISE
11 15 (1.98%) Skype
12 14 (1.85%) Network Security
13 13 (1.72%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.23%) Relational Database
2 25 (3.30%) MySQL
3 15 (1.98%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.06%) Power BI
5 6 (0.79%) MariaDB
6 5 (0.66%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.53%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.40%) Tableau
9 2 (0.26%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.26%) GIS
10 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
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
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (3.70%) Browser DevTools
2 18 (2.38%) Android Studio
2 18 (2.38%) Eclipse
2 18 (2.38%) JIRA
2 18 (2.38%) Xcode
3 9 (1.19%) Firebug
3 9 (1.19%) Git
4 7 (0.92%) Maven
5 3 (0.40%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
General
1 342 (45.18%) Social Skills
2 71 (9.38%) Finance
3 64 (8.45%) Public Sector
4 48 (6.34%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (4.62%) Banking
6 32 (4.23%) Manufacturing
7 28 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (3.04%) Telecoms
10 16 (2.11%) Marketing
11 15 (1.98%) 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 (0.92%) Law
15 7 (0.92%) Retail
16 6 (0.79%) Automotive
16 6 (0.79%) Legal
17 5 (0.66%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.83%) CSS
2 24 (3.17%) Middleware
3 21 (2.77%) React
4 19 (2.51%) Ajax
4 19 (2.51%) AngularJS
4 19 (2.51%) GraphQL
5 16 (2.11%) XML
6 10 (1.32%) HTML
7 7 (0.92%) 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
10 3 (0.40%) ADO
10 3 (0.40%) Kafka
10 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
11 2 (0.26%) OpenTelemetry
11 2 (0.26%) PySpark
11 2 (0.26%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
2 31 (4.10%) Data Centre
3 30 (3.96%) Onboarding
4 26 (3.43%) Driving Licence
5 25 (3.30%) PKI
6 21 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (2.51%) Mobile App
8 15 (1.98%) Smartphone
9 13 (1.72%) iPhone
10 12 (1.59%) Replication
11 11 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.45%) Management Information System
11 11 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
12 7 (0.92%) iPad
12 7 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.79%) NHS
14 5 (0.66%) Operational Technology
14 5 (0.66%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.40%) Hedge funds
15 3 (0.40%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 414 (54.69%) Windows
2 156 (20.61%) Windows 10
3 92 (12.15%) Linux
4 53 (7.00%) Android
5 51 (6.74%) Windows Server
6 47 (6.21%) Mac OS
7 42 (5.55%) Apple iOS
8 31 (4.10%) Unix
9 13 (1.72%) Ubuntu
10 11 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (1.32%) Windows Server 2003
12 6 (0.79%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.66%) CentOS
14 4 (0.53%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
15 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
16 1 (0.13%) VMS
16 1 (0.13%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (22.32%) Problem-Solving
2 161 (21.27%) Customer Service
3 110 (14.53%) ITIL
4 71 (9.38%) ITSM
4 71 (9.38%) Service Management
5 60 (7.93%) Migration
6 44 (5.81%) Asset Management
7 43 (5.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 42 (5.55%) Workflow
9 33 (4.36%) User Experience
10 31 (4.10%) OO
11 29 (3.83%) Business Intelligence
11 29 (3.83%) Service Delivery
12 28 (3.70%) Workflow Management
13 27 (3.57%) Cybersecurity
14 26 (3.43%) Root Cause Analysis
15 24 (3.17%) Data Protection
16 21 (2.77%) Break/Fix
16 21 (2.77%) High Availability
17 20 (2.64%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 47 (6.21%) PowerShell
2 43 (5.68%) JavaScript
3 42 (5.55%) Java
4 31 (4.10%) Python
5 21 (2.77%) SQL
6 20 (2.64%) Perl
7 15 (1.98%) C
7 15 (1.98%) Shell Script
8 12 (1.59%) Ada
8 12 (1.59%) C++
9 11 (1.45%) Bash
10 4 (0.53%) C#
11 3 (0.40%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.26%) AWK
12 2 (0.26%) Magik
12 2 (0.26%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.13%) Tcl
13 1 (0.13%) VBA
13 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 237 (31.31%) Security Cleared
2 175 (23.12%) SC Cleared
3 61 (8.06%) DV Cleared
4 44 (5.81%) Degree
5 28 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (1.85%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (1.59%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.45%) Server+ Certification
10 10 (1.32%) CCNA
11 8 (1.06%) A+ Certification
11 8 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.53%) MCP
13 4 (0.53%) MCSE
14 3 (0.40%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.40%) MCSA
15 2 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.36%) SLA
2 9 (1.19%) GDPR
2 9 (1.19%) QA
3 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.40%) 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
1 221 (29.19%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.64%) Hyper-V
4 17 (2.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (2.11%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.32%) Brightmail
6 10 (1.32%) ISA Server
7 8 (1.06%) vSphere
8 7 (0.92%) Docker
9 6 (0.79%) Firmware
10 3 (0.40%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.26%) NFS
11 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.13%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.13%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
12 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 84 (11.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 66 (8.72%) SCCM
3 29 (3.83%) Jamf Pro
4 21 (2.77%) Ansible
5 18 (2.38%) vCenter Server
6 12 (1.59%) Terraform
7 10 (1.32%) Microsoft Clustering
8 8 (1.06%) Grafana
9 6 (0.79%) Red Hat Satellite
10 5 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.66%) AirWatch
10 5 (0.66%) Kubernetes
10 5 (0.66%) SCOM
11 4 (0.53%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.26%) Cisco Prime
13 2 (0.26%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.26%) OpenView
13 2 (0.26%) WSUS
14 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 302 (39.89%) Microsoft
2 99 (13.08%) ServiceNow
3 53 (7.00%) Cisco
4 46 (6.08%) Oracle
5 44 (5.81%) Apple
5 44 (5.81%) VMware
6 33 (4.36%) Juniper
7 25 (3.30%) HP
8 24 (3.17%) SAP
9 21 (2.77%) SolarWinds
9 21 (2.77%) Splunk
10 20 (2.64%) Google
11 19 (2.51%) Citrix
11 19 (2.51%) Red Hat
12 13 (1.72%) Dell
13 11 (1.45%) Bloomberg
13 11 (1.45%) Remedy
14 7 (0.92%) McAfee
14 7 (0.92%) Starlink
15 6 (0.79%) Zscaler
453 Support Engineer jobs in England