IT Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

IT Support Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in Hampshire is £206, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 September 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
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 90 89
Rank change year-on-year +18 -1 +15
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 6 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.63% 0.075% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.081% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £183 - -
25th Percentile £186 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £206 - £175
Median % change year-on-year - - -53.33%
75th Percentile £236 - -
90th Percentile £267 - -
South East median daily rate £200 £190 £200
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -36.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.03
25th Percentile £19.00 - £19.19
Median hourly rate £20.00 - £26.25
75th Percentile £21.00 - £33.19
90th Percentile - - £37.28
South East median hourly rate £16.50 £18.70 £16.83
% change year-on-year -11.76% +11.11% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 882 1,241 1,227
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 93.10% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 789 698
10th Percentile £251 £356 £263
25th Percentile £422 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £645 £613
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 107 106
10th Percentile £16.17 £21.89 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.88 £48.66 £21.01
Median hourly rate £33.47 £57.35 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.64% +6.70% +65.18%
75th Percentile £55.00 £73.75 £65.94
90th Percentile £71.00 £78.75 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £51.66
% change year-on-year -56.15% +11.01% +113.65%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in Hampshire

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 22 September 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
Andover -2 1 £213 - 1
Eastleigh - 1 £188 - 1
Fareham - 1 £275 -
Winchester - 1 £200 -
IT Support Engineer
South East

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 22 September 2025, IT 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 Hampshire region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 2 (33.33%) Ticket Management
3 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Datto
3 2 (33.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
4 1 (16.67%) SCCM
4 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
4 1 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
4 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
1 2 (33.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
1 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Ticket Management
2 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Datto