Support Engineer Contracts in Gloucestershire

Support Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Gloucestershire 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 28 50 44
Rank change year-on-year +22 -6 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 13 8 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 4.74% 1.86% 4.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.12% 2.05% 4.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 10
10th Percentile £209 - £200
25th Percentile £210 £170 £249
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £195 £350
Median % change year-on-year +17.95% -44.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £550 £210 £550
90th Percentile £565 - £599
South West median daily rate £225 £188 £200
% change year-on-year +20.00% -6.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.50 - -
Median hourly rate £33.00 - -
75th Percentile £34.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £68.00 £13.85 £15.88
% change year-on-year +390.97% -12.76% -12.37%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 254 390 442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 90.91% 93.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 237 308
10th Percentile £133 £300 £320
25th Percentile £365 £425 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 38 36
10th Percentile £24.99 £15.05 £35.00
25th Percentile £33.75 £15.79 £49.38
Median hourly rate £67.50 £37.50 £71.50
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -47.55% +138.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.69 £79.33
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Gloucestershire

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Gloucestershire

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Gloucestershire

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Gloucestershire

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire 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
Gloucester 0 6 £230 +15.00% 18
Cheltenham - 3 £600 - 15
Filton - 1 - - 3
Support Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
3 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
4 7 (53.85%) Azure
4 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
4 7 (53.85%) SharePoint
5 6 (46.15%) Windows
5 6 (46.15%) VPN
5 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
6 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (38.46%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (38.46%) Linux
6 5 (38.46%) SQL
6 5 (38.46%) Oracle
6 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
6 5 (38.46%) ITIL
7 4 (30.77%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (30.77%) McAfee
7 4 (30.77%) Time Management
7 4 (30.77%) iPhone
7 4 (30.77%) iPad
7 4 (30.77%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (30.77%) Antivirus Management
7 4 (30.77%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (30.77%) Inventory Management
7 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
7 4 (30.77%) Windows 10
8 3 (23.08%) Oracle Database
8 3 (23.08%) Docker

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 7 (53.85%) SharePoint
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Entra ID
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (15.38%) AWS
4 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
4 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) VPN
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle Database
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) iPad
1 4 (30.77%) iPhone
1 4 (30.77%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Linux
3 4 (30.77%) Windows 10
4 2 (15.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) ITIL
1 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Antivirus Management
2 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
2 4 (30.77%) Inventory Management
2 4 (30.77%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (30.77%) Time Management
3 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (15.38%) Remediation Plan
3 2 (15.38%) Service Management
3 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (7.69%) Agile
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) Data Management
4 1 (7.69%) ITSM
4 1 (7.69%) Problem Management
4 1 (7.69%) Project Management
4 1 (7.69%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (23.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (23.08%) Kubernetes
3 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) Oracle
3 4 (30.77%) McAfee
4 1 (7.69%) Google