Technical Support Engineer Contracts in England

Technical Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Technical Support Engineer daily rate in England is £230, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 468 511 618
Rank change year-on-year +43 +107 +87
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 17 31 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.070% 0.083% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% 0.090% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 25 27
10th Percentile £186 £150 £173
25th Percentile £206 £158 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £175 £210
Median % change year-on-year +31.43% -16.67% -12.50%
75th Percentile £513 £238 £325
90th Percentile £550 £264 £375
UK median daily rate £240 £175 £210
% change year-on-year +37.14% -16.67% -12.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £52.50 £23.25
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year - +124.49% -28.99%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £25.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £55.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -56.36% +124.49% +6.52%

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Technical Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Technical Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Support Engineer in England

Technical Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Support Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Technical Support Engineer in England

Technical Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Support Engineer in England

Technical Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Support Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Support Engineer in England

Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +37 7 £450 +106.90% 37
North of England +23 5 £215 -18.87% 76
North West - 5 £215 - 31
South East +47 3 £180 -5.26% 80
South West +35 2 £550 +233.33% 40
Technical Support Engineer
UK

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Technical Support Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (58.82%) Windows
2 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
3 7 (41.18%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
4 6 (35.29%) Firewall
5 5 (29.41%) Linux
5 5 (29.41%) SQL Server
5 5 (29.41%) Windows Server
5 5 (29.41%) Azure
5 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
6 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (23.53%) Windows 10
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (23.53%) ITIL
6 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
7 3 (17.65%) SQL
7 3 (17.65%) Oracle
7 3 (17.65%) VPN
7 3 (17.65%) SLA
7 3 (17.65%) Service Management
7 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
7 3 (17.65%) Finance
7 3 (17.65%) Information Security
7 3 (17.65%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (17.65%) Entra ID
7 3 (17.65%) AWS
7 3 (17.65%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (17.65%) Android
7 3 (17.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.88%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (29.41%) Azure
3 3 (17.65%) AWS
3 3 (17.65%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) VPN
3 2 (11.76%) Internet
3 2 (11.76%) iSCSI
3 2 (11.76%) LAN
3 2 (11.76%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (11.76%) WAN
3 2 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (11.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) SQL Server
2 3 (17.65%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (5.88%) IDOL
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) HP UFT
1 1 (5.88%) LoadRunner
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) French Language
3 2 (11.76%) Legal
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.88%) Military
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (11.76%) IVR
2 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) CMDB
3 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.88%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 10 (58.82%) Windows
2 5 (29.41%) Linux
2 5 (29.41%) Windows Server
3 4 (23.53%) Windows 10
4 3 (17.65%) Android
4 3 (17.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (17.65%) Windows 7
5 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) ITIL
1 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
2 3 (17.65%) Information Security
2 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
2 3 (17.65%) Service Management
3 2 (11.76%) BCP
3 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (11.76%) Incident Management
3 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (5.88%) Application Virtualisation
4 1 (5.88%) Break/Fix
4 1 (5.88%) Code Quality
4 1 (5.88%) Configuration Management
4 1 (5.88%) OO
4 1 (5.88%) Product Management
4 1 (5.88%) Ticket Management
4 1 (5.88%) Time Management
4 1 (5.88%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) A+ Certification
4 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.88%) Degree
4 1 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 2 (11.76%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) Apple
3 2 (11.76%) Dell
3 2 (11.76%) HP
4 1 (5.88%) Citrix
4 1 (5.88%) IBM
4 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow