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 13 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
13 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 125 76
Rank change year-on-year +13 -49 +60
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 769 617 1,099
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.55% 1.99% 2.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.79% 2.14% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 522 426 782
10th Percentile £156 £150 £140
25th Percentile £188 £188 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £240 £247
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -2.93% +7.50%
75th Percentile £338 £350 £400
90th Percentile £536 £538 £606
UK median daily rate £225 £240 £250
% change year-on-year -6.25% -3.81% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 33 58
10th Percentile £17.14 £15.78 £13.16
25th Percentile £19.65 £20.50 £17.31
Median hourly rate £24.00 £24.18 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +27.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £30.00 £41.50 £21.75
90th Percentile £66.37 £68.72 £25.98
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £24.18 £19.00
% change year-on-year +3.39% +27.26% -6.31%

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 27,530 28,855 36,759
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.15% 93.00% 93.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,691 17,644 25,457
10th Percentile £281 £300 £296
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
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 1,638 1,081 1,411
10th Percentile £14.08 £15.22 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.22 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.05 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +60.48%

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 13 November 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 13 November 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 13 November 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 -21 226 £239 -20.42% 201
South East +32 190 £238 +0.42% 156
South West +36 109 £250 +13.64% 57
Midlands +5 100 £250 -6.54% 81
North of England -19 95 £205 +2.50% 90
West Midlands +2 74 £255 -4.67% 48
North West -17 52 £190 -5.00% 56
East of England -17 48 £220 - 49
Yorkshire -28 30 £205 +2.50% 29
East Midlands +1 26 £188 -21.05% 33
North East +1 13 £106 -34.77% 6
Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 November 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.

1 428 (55.66%) Windows
2 312 (40.57%) Microsoft
3 244 (31.73%) Microsoft 365
4 241 (31.34%) Active Directory
5 232 (30.17%) Security Cleared
6 181 (23.54%) Problem-Solving
7 170 (22.11%) SC Cleared
8 163 (21.20%) Windows 10
9 158 (20.55%) Customer Service
10 125 (16.25%) ITIL
11 106 (13.78%) ServiceNow
12 101 (13.13%) Microsoft Office
13 99 (12.87%) Azure
14 96 (12.48%) Linux
15 94 (12.22%) DNS
16 89 (11.57%) Microsoft Intune
17 82 (10.66%) DHCP
18 79 (10.27%) Microsoft Exchange
19 77 (10.01%) ITSM
20 75 (9.75%) SharePoint
21 74 (9.62%) Service Management
21 74 (9.62%) VPN
22 73 (9.49%) TCP/IP
23 72 (9.36%) SCCM
24 58 (7.54%) DV Cleared
25 55 (7.15%) Cisco
26 54 (7.02%) Migration
27 53 (6.89%) Android
28 52 (6.76%) PowerShell
29 50 (6.50%) 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 79 (10.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (9.75%) SharePoint
3 30 (3.90%) Skype for Business
4 11 (1.43%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (1.43%) SharePoint Server
5 10 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2003
5 10 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (1.30%) Office Communications Server
6 6 (0.78%) Confluence
7 4 (0.52%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.39%) Apache
8 3 (0.39%) Mattermost
8 3 (0.39%) Smallworld
9 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.13%) IIS
10 1 (0.13%) JBoss
10 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 101 (13.13%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.13%) DaVinci Resolve
6 1 (0.13%) OmniGraffle
6 1 (0.13%) Pro Tools
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.65%) Primavera
3 3 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.26%) Eikon
4 2 (0.26%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.13%) Eze OMS
5 1 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 244 (31.73%) Microsoft 365
2 99 (12.87%) Azure
3 34 (4.42%) Entra ID
4 28 (3.64%) AWS
5 25 (3.25%) SaaS
6 24 (3.12%) OneDrive
7 19 (2.47%) Google Workspace
8 18 (2.34%) Sauce Labs
9 13 (1.69%) Power Platform
10 6 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (0.78%) npm
11 5 (0.65%) OpenShift
11 5 (0.65%) Slack
11 5 (0.65%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.39%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.26%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 2 (0.26%) GCP
13 2 (0.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 94 (12.22%) DNS
2 82 (10.66%) DHCP
3 74 (9.62%) VPN
4 73 (9.49%) TCP/IP
5 43 (5.59%) WAN
6 38 (4.94%) Firewall
7 37 (4.81%) Wi-Fi
7 37 (4.81%) Wireless
8 31 (4.03%) LAN
9 23 (2.99%) Cisco IOS
10 22 (2.86%) VLAN
11 21 (2.73%) Skype
12 20 (2.60%) Junos
13 18 (2.34%) MPLS
14 17 (2.21%) BGP
14 17 (2.21%) IPsec
15 15 (1.95%) Cisco Firepower
15 15 (1.95%) Cisco ISE
16 14 (1.82%) VoIP
17 13 (1.69%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.42%) Relational Database
2 25 (3.25%) MySQL
3 17 (2.21%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.30%) Power BI
5 6 (0.78%) MariaDB
6 5 (0.65%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.39%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.39%) DB2
8 3 (0.39%) GIS
8 3 (0.39%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.39%) Tableau
9 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.13%) Informix
10 1 (0.13%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.13%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 28 (3.64%) Browser DevTools
2 18 (2.34%) Android Studio
2 18 (2.34%) Eclipse
2 18 (2.34%) Xcode
3 16 (2.08%) JIRA
4 9 (1.17%) Firebug
5 8 (1.04%) Git
6 6 (0.78%) Maven
7 3 (0.39%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 352 (45.77%) Social Skills
2 79 (10.27%) Finance
3 67 (8.71%) Public Sector
4 55 (7.15%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (4.68%) Manufacturing
6 32 (4.16%) Banking
7 30 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (3.25%) Telecoms
9 24 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.21%) Marketing
11 16 (2.08%) Electronics
12 12 (1.56%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.30%) Front Office
15 8 (1.04%) Automotive
16 7 (0.91%) Law
16 7 (0.91%) Legal
16 7 (0.91%) Retail
17 6 (0.78%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.78%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.77%) CSS
2 23 (2.99%) Middleware
3 21 (2.73%) React
4 19 (2.47%) Ajax
4 19 (2.47%) AngularJS
4 19 (2.47%) GraphQL
5 16 (2.08%) XML
6 10 (1.30%) HTML
7 7 (0.91%) JSON
8 5 (0.65%) .NET
8 5 (0.65%) REST
8 5 (0.65%) SOAP
8 5 (0.65%) XMPP
9 4 (0.52%) JDO
9 4 (0.52%) OAuth
10 3 (0.39%) ADO
10 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
11 2 (0.26%) OpenTelemetry
11 2 (0.26%) PySpark
11 2 (0.26%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.16%) Self-Motivation
2 29 (3.77%) Data Centre
3 25 (3.25%) Onboarding
4 22 (2.86%) Driving Licence
4 22 (2.86%) PKI
5 20 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
5 20 (2.60%) Mobile App
6 16 (2.08%) Smartphone
7 14 (1.82%) iPhone
7 14 (1.82%) Replication
7 14 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
8 12 (1.56%) Management Information System
9 11 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.04%) iPad
12 7 (0.91%) NHS
13 6 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.78%) Operational Technology
14 5 (0.65%) Virtual Team
15 4 (0.52%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 428 (55.66%) Windows
2 163 (21.20%) Windows 10
3 96 (12.48%) Linux
4 53 (6.89%) Android
5 50 (6.50%) Windows Server
6 45 (5.85%) Mac OS
7 44 (5.72%) Apple iOS
8 32 (4.16%) Unix
9 13 (1.69%) Ubuntu
10 11 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (1.30%) Windows Server 2003
12 9 (1.17%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.65%) CentOS
14 4 (0.52%) 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
16 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (23.54%) Problem-Solving
2 158 (20.55%) Customer Service
3 125 (16.25%) ITIL
4 77 (10.01%) ITSM
5 74 (9.62%) Service Management
6 54 (7.02%) Migration
7 45 (5.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 40 (5.20%) Asset Management
9 39 (5.07%) Workflow
10 35 (4.55%) User Experience
11 33 (4.29%) Business Intelligence
12 32 (4.16%) OO
13 30 (3.90%) Service Delivery
14 26 (3.38%) Root Cause Analysis
15 25 (3.25%) Cybersecurity
16 24 (3.12%) High Availability
16 24 (3.12%) Stakeholder Management
17 23 (2.99%) Data Protection
17 23 (2.99%) Workflow Management
18 20 (2.60%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 52 (6.76%) PowerShell
2 43 (5.59%) JavaScript
3 41 (5.33%) Java
4 34 (4.42%) Python
5 31 (4.03%) SQL
6 20 (2.60%) Perl
7 15 (1.95%) C
7 15 (1.95%) Shell Script
8 14 (1.82%) Bash
9 12 (1.56%) Ada
9 12 (1.56%) C++
10 4 (0.52%) C#
11 3 (0.39%) Magik
11 3 (0.39%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.39%) VBScript
12 2 (0.26%) AWK
12 2 (0.26%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.13%) ABAP
13 1 (0.13%) Tcl
13 1 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 232 (30.17%) Security Cleared
2 170 (22.11%) SC Cleared
3 58 (7.54%) DV Cleared
4 48 (6.24%) Degree
5 29 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (1.82%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.69%) DBS Check
7 13 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.43%) CCNA
9 11 (1.43%) Server+ Certification
10 10 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.04%) A+ Certification
13 7 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.65%) MCSE
16 4 (0.52%) MCP
16 4 (0.52%) MCSA
17 2 (0.26%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.59%) SLA
2 10 (1.30%) QA
3 9 (1.17%) GDPR
4 7 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.39%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.13%) GAAP
7 1 (0.13%) GMP
7 1 (0.13%) GxP
7 1 (0.13%) IFRS
7 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 241 (31.34%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.60%) Hyper-V
4 19 (2.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (2.08%) VMware NSX
6 11 (1.43%) vSphere
7 10 (1.30%) Brightmail
7 10 (1.30%) ISA Server
8 7 (0.91%) Docker
9 5 (0.65%) Firmware
10 3 (0.39%) 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%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
12 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 89 (11.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 72 (9.36%) SCCM
3 26 (3.38%) Jamf Pro
4 22 (2.86%) Ansible
5 18 (2.34%) vCenter Server
6 12 (1.56%) SCOM
7 11 (1.43%) Terraform
8 10 (1.30%) Microsoft Clustering
9 7 (0.91%) Grafana
9 7 (0.91%) Kubernetes
10 6 (0.78%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.65%) AirWatch
12 4 (0.52%) ITRS Geneos
13 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.26%) AppManager
14 2 (0.26%) Cisco Prime
14 2 (0.26%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.26%) OpenView
15 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 312 (40.57%) Microsoft
2 106 (13.78%) ServiceNow
3 55 (7.15%) Cisco
4 48 (6.24%) Oracle
5 44 (5.72%) VMware
6 40 (5.20%) Apple
7 33 (4.29%) Juniper
8 25 (3.25%) SolarWinds
9 24 (3.12%) Splunk
10 23 (2.99%) Citrix
10 23 (2.99%) SAP
11 22 (2.86%) HP
11 22 (2.86%) Red Hat
12 21 (2.73%) Google
13 14 (1.82%) Remedy
14 10 (1.30%) Dell
15 7 (0.91%) Bloomberg
15 7 (0.91%) McAfee
15 7 (0.91%) Okta
15 7 (0.91%) Starlink
595 Support Engineer jobs in England