Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Support Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Hampshire is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 30 78
Rank change year-on-year -15 +48 -21
Contract Support Engineer jobs 72 50 13
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 3.80% 4.85% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.16% 5.40% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 37 7
10th Percentile £260 £195 £208
25th Percentile £263 £313 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £500 £268
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% +86.57% +15.89%
75th Percentile £556 £588 £292
90th Percentile - £600 £388
South East median daily rate £260 £238 £245
% change year-on-year +9.47% -3.06% +13.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 £19.00 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.58 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% - -
75th Percentile £23.50 £25.15 -
90th Percentile - £27.58 -
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% -50.00% +100.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Hampshire matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in Hampshire matching a recognised job title 1,731 926 1,109
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.35% 89.82% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 943 627 728
10th Percentile £331 £224 £355
25th Percentile £463 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £670 £600 £638
90th Percentile £750 £650 £700
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 86 77
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.17 £21.89
25th Percentile £20.00 £19.00 £27.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £25.15 £65.85
Median % change year-on-year +52.09% -61.81% +26.73%
75th Percentile £60.00 £41.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £73.25 £66.70 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £20.71 £58.05
% change year-on-year +129.36% -64.32% +12.36%

Support Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Support Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Support Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for Support Engineer jobs in Hampshire over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Hampshire

Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

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 Support Engineer jobs within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 23 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Basingstoke -21 28 £538 +7.50% 2
Fareham +3 13 £275 -15.38% 3
Romsey - 10 £260 -
Farnborough - 6 £275 - 3
Portsmouth -7 4 £475 +137.50% 1
Andover -12 4 - -
Eastleigh -3 2 £180 -4.00%
Southampton -8 2 £187 - 2
Winchester -5 1 £425 +41.67% 6
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, Support Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Support Engineer job ads across the Hampshire region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Windows81.9%59
2Security Cleared73.6%53
3Active Directory63.9%46
4DV Cleared51.4%37
5Problem-Solving47.2%34
6Windows Server43.1%31
7VMware41.7%30
8DNS38.9%28
8vCenter Server38.9%28
8VMware ESXi38.9%28
11SCOM36.1%26
11Technical Leadership36.1%26
13PowerShell34.7%25
14Microsoft33.3%24
15VMware Infrastructure29.2%21
16Windows 1027.8%20
17ITSM26.4%19
18Microsoft 36523.6%17
19SC Cleared20.8%15
19SQL20.8%15
19vCloud20.8%15
19VMware NSX20.8%15
23Customer Service18.1%13
24Root Cause Analysis16.7%12
25Agile15.3%11
25Broadcom15.3%11
25Capacity Management15.3%11
25ITIL15.3%11
25Network Virtualisation15.3%11
25Problem Management15.3%11

Support Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1IT Support Engineer40.3%29
2Cloud Engineer38.9%28
33rd Line Support Engineer5.6%4
3Deskside Support Engineer5.6%4
3Desktop Support5.6%4
6Applications Support Engineer2.8%2
6Technical Support Engineer2.8%2
82nd Line Support Engineer1.4%1
8Data Centre Engineer1.4%1
23 Support Engineer jobs in Hampshire