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 25 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
25 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 121 119
Rank change year-on-year -47 -2 -34
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 760 638 645
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 2.32% 1.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.80% 2.53% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 501 417 448
10th Percentile £163 £160 £140
25th Percentile £185 £200 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £238 £230
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% -8.00%
75th Percentile £338 £385 £350
90th Percentile £470 £538 £521
UK median daily rate £238 £238 £234
% change year-on-year - +1.66% -6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 67 36
10th Percentile £15.80 £17.46 £16.63
25th Percentile £18.25 £20.95 £18.13
Median hourly rate £22.00 £26.00 £22.44
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +15.88% +17.72%
75th Percentile £35.81 £43.75 £28.91
90th Percentile £37.50 £68.00 £65.45
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £25.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year -8.91% +14.77% +15.06%

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 42,233 25,214 30,900
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 91.54% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,442 16,270 19,985
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,231 1,370 1,701
10th Percentile £15.20 £13.64 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.45 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.23 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.48% -43.94% +2.60%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.92 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +66.68% -41.51% -1.58%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 25 August 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 -27 280 £263 +5.00% 44
South East -38 159 £250 - 88
North of England -19 140 £200 -9.09% 48
North West 0 98 £200 -12.09% 26
Midlands -70 64 £250 -9.09% 43
East of England -6 59 £195 -2.50% 38
South West -56 58 £210 -10.64% 28
West Midlands -60 43 £250 -9.09% 26
Yorkshire -20 39 £200 -9.09% 18
East Midlands -15 20 £270 +47.54% 17
North East -48 4 £239 +22.44% 8
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 August 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.

1 447 (58.82%) Windows
2 344 (45.26%) Microsoft
3 336 (44.21%) Active Directory
4 316 (41.58%) Microsoft 365
5 193 (25.39%) Problem-Solving
6 184 (24.21%) Customer Service
7 172 (22.63%) Windows 10
8 152 (20.00%) ITIL
9 146 (19.21%) Security Cleared
10 130 (17.11%) Azure
11 128 (16.84%) Microsoft Intune
12 109 (14.34%) ServiceNow
13 107 (14.08%) ITSM
13 107 (14.08%) SharePoint
14 103 (13.55%) Entra ID
15 96 (12.63%) DNS
16 91 (11.97%) SC Cleared
17 86 (11.32%) PowerShell
18 70 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
19 69 (9.08%) Windows Server
20 67 (8.82%) Asset Management
21 66 (8.68%) Microsoft Exchange
21 66 (8.68%) TCP/IP
22 65 (8.55%) Degree
22 65 (8.55%) SQL
23 61 (8.03%) Linux
23 61 (8.03%) VMware
24 60 (7.89%) Service Management
25 59 (7.76%) Mac OS
26 58 (7.63%) Migration

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
1 107 (14.08%) SharePoint
2 66 (8.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.79%) NetWeaver
4 4 (0.53%) MTS
5 3 (0.39%) Confluence
5 3 (0.39%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.26%) IIS
6 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.13%) Tuxedo
7 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 37 (4.87%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.26%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.13%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.13%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle BRM
3 1 (0.13%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.13%) SAP FI-CA
3 1 (0.13%) SAP FS
3 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.13%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 316 (41.58%) Microsoft 365
2 130 (17.11%) Azure
3 103 (13.55%) Entra ID
4 41 (5.39%) OneDrive
5 36 (4.74%) AWS
6 21 (2.76%) SaaS
7 18 (2.37%) GCP
8 13 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (1.45%) Power Platform
10 7 (0.92%) Google Workspace
11 6 (0.79%) Mimecast
12 5 (0.66%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (0.66%) IaaS
12 5 (0.66%) PaaS
13 4 (0.53%) Cloud Functions
13 4 (0.53%) Google App Engine
13 4 (0.53%) Google Compute Engine
13 4 (0.53%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 3 (0.39%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 3 (0.39%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 96 (12.63%) DNS
2 66 (8.68%) TCP/IP
3 56 (7.37%) VPN
4 53 (6.97%) DHCP
5 38 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
6 28 (3.68%) LAN
7 24 (3.16%) Firewall
7 24 (3.16%) WAN
8 21 (2.76%) Internet
9 13 (1.71%) SAN
10 11 (1.45%) VLAN
11 7 (0.92%) Skype
12 6 (0.79%) Network Security
12 6 (0.79%) Wireless
13 5 (0.66%) HTTP
13 5 (0.66%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.66%) SMTP
13 5 (0.66%) WLAN
14 4 (0.53%) WebEx
15 3 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.24%) MySQL
3 9 (1.18%) Power BI
4 8 (1.05%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (0.92%) Pentaho
5 7 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.79%) SAP HANA
7 5 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.66%) MaxDB
7 5 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (0.66%) Sybase ASE
8 3 (0.39%) Big Data
8 3 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.39%) KDB
8 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.26%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 54 (7.11%) JIRA
2 20 (2.63%) Git
3 9 (1.18%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.39%) Android Studio
5 3 (0.39%) Artifactory
5 3 (0.39%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.39%) Xcode
6 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.26%) Firebug
7 1 (0.13%) GitLab
7 1 (0.13%) MSI
7 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.13%) Subversion
7 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 317 (41.71%) Social Skills
2 92 (12.11%) Analytical Skills
3 79 (10.39%) Finance
4 38 (5.00%) Banking
5 32 (4.21%) Manufacturing
6 27 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (2.76%) Investment Banking
9 17 (2.24%) Front Office
10 14 (1.84%) Law
10 14 (1.84%) Legal
10 14 (1.84%) Retail
11 13 (1.71%) Telecoms
12 12 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.58%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.32%) Spanish Language
14 9 (1.18%) Public Sector
15 7 (0.92%) Marketing
16 4 (0.53%) Advertising
17 3 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.97%) Terraform
2 9 (1.18%) .NET
3 7 (0.92%) JDO
3 7 (0.92%) Oracle GoldenGate
3 7 (0.92%) REST
4 5 (0.66%) CSS
4 5 (0.66%) LDAP
4 5 (0.66%) SAML
4 5 (0.66%) SAP Basis
4 5 (0.66%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (0.66%) SAPUI5
5 4 (0.53%) OAuth
6 3 (0.39%) Ajax
6 3 (0.39%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.39%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (0.39%) JSP
6 3 (0.39%) Middleware
6 3 (0.39%) RESTful
6 3 (0.39%) Web Services
6 3 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (13.03%) Onboarding
2 28 (3.68%) Video Conferencing
3 23 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 23 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (2.11%) Hedge funds
6 15 (1.97%) iPhone
7 14 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.45%) Driving Licence
10 10 (1.32%) iPad
11 9 (1.18%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.05%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.92%) CMDB
14 6 (0.79%) BYOD
14 6 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
14 6 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.79%) PKI
14 6 (0.79%) Smartphone
15 4 (0.53%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 447 (58.82%) Windows
2 172 (22.63%) Windows 10
3 69 (9.08%) Windows Server
4 61 (8.03%) Linux
5 59 (7.76%) Mac OS
6 38 (5.00%) Apple iOS
7 32 (4.21%) Unix
8 31 (4.08%) Android
9 12 (1.58%) Windows 7
10 9 (1.18%) Ubuntu
10 9 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.53%) OpenVMS
11 4 (0.53%) Solaris
11 4 (0.53%) VMS
11 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.26%) CentOS
12 2 (0.26%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (25.39%) Problem-Solving
2 184 (24.21%) Customer Service
3 152 (20.00%) ITIL
4 107 (14.08%) ITSM
5 70 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 67 (8.82%) Asset Management
7 60 (7.89%) Service Management
8 58 (7.63%) Migration
9 56 (7.37%) Service Delivery
10 53 (6.97%) User Experience
11 51 (6.71%) Root Cause Analysis
12 40 (5.26%) Incident Management
12 40 (5.26%) Problem Management
13 35 (4.61%) Change Management
14 34 (4.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 34 (4.47%) Runbook
15 31 (4.08%) Technical Leadership
16 30 (3.95%) DevOps
17 27 (3.55%) Data Protection
18 26 (3.42%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 86 (11.32%) PowerShell
2 65 (8.55%) SQL
3 37 (4.87%) Python
4 28 (3.68%) Java
5 22 (2.89%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.84%) Bash
6 14 (1.84%) C#
6 14 (1.84%) Shell Script
7 7 (0.92%) C++
7 7 (0.92%) Korn
8 5 (0.66%) Perl
9 4 (0.53%) Tcl
9 4 (0.53%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.39%) Go
11 2 (0.26%) DCL
11 2 (0.26%) VBA
12 1 (0.13%) C
12 1 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 146 (19.21%) Security Cleared
2 91 (11.97%) SC Cleared
3 65 (8.55%) Degree
4 46 (6.05%) DV Cleared
5 25 (3.29%) A+ Certification
6 20 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (2.37%) Network+ Certification
8 16 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (1.84%) CCNA
10 12 (1.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 11 (1.45%) MCSE
12 9 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.18%) DBS Check
13 8 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.79%) Azure Certification
15 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 2 (0.26%) CCNP
17 1 (0.13%) CTC Cleared
17 1 (0.13%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.97%) SLA
2 5 (0.66%) Data Quality
2 5 (0.66%) QA
3 3 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.26%) GDPR
4 2 (0.26%) GxP
5 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.13%) GLP
5 1 (0.13%) GMP
5 1 (0.13%) GRC
5 1 (0.13%) ITGC
5 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 336 (44.21%) Active Directory
2 48 (6.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (3.42%) VMware ESXi
4 21 (2.76%) Hyper-V
5 18 (2.37%) VMware NSX
6 14 (1.84%) vCloud
7 12 (1.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (1.18%) Docker
9 7 (0.92%) Oracle RAC
9 7 (0.92%) vSphere
10 5 (0.66%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.39%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.26%) zsh
13 1 (0.13%) NFS
13 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 128 (16.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (5.92%) SCCM
3 26 (3.42%) vCenter Server
4 20 (2.63%) SCOM
5 15 (1.97%) Kubernetes
6 13 (1.71%) Grafana
6 13 (1.71%) Jamf Pro
7 12 (1.58%) Ansible
8 11 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.92%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 7 (0.92%) Oracle RMAN
9 7 (0.92%) WSUS
10 4 (0.53%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.39%) AirWatch
11 3 (0.39%) Nagios
11 3 (0.39%) NetBackup
11 3 (0.39%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.39%) Puppet
11 3 (0.39%) vMotion
11 3 (0.39%) vRealize
Vendors
1 344 (45.26%) Microsoft
2 109 (14.34%) ServiceNow
3 61 (8.03%) VMware
4 34 (4.47%) Apple
5 28 (3.68%) Oracle
6 25 (3.29%) Citrix
6 25 (3.29%) Google
7 23 (3.03%) Cisco
8 15 (1.97%) Splunk
9 14 (1.84%) Bloomberg
10 13 (1.71%) Dell
10 13 (1.71%) iManage
11 12 (1.58%) Okta
11 12 (1.58%) Samsung
12 10 (1.32%) HP
12 10 (1.32%) Meraki
13 9 (1.18%) McAfee
13 9 (1.18%) SAP
13 9 (1.18%) Sybase
14 8 (1.05%) Dynatrace
258 Support Engineer jobs in England