Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Support Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Hampshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 53 58
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 40 17 39
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 2.79% 2.33% 2.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.03% 2.46% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 12 13
10th Percentile £187 £192 £137
25th Percentile £200 £249 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £292 £250
Median % change year-on-year +71.53% +16.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile - £435 £475
90th Percentile - £494 £485
South East median daily rate £231 £205 £215
% change year-on-year +12.80% -4.65% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 2
10th Percentile - - £15.03
25th Percentile £19.00 - £19.19
Median hourly rate £23.58 £24.66 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% -6.06% +34.86%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £33.19
90th Percentile £30.00 - £37.28
South East median hourly rate £20.18 £24.66 £20.00
% change year-on-year -18.17% +23.30% -2.44%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,319 691 1,342
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.04% 94.53% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 834 492 743
10th Percentile £325 £310 £332
25th Percentile £463 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% -1.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £613 £667
90th Percentile £738 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 36 128
10th Percentile £13.95 £20.04 £12.51
25th Percentile £16.17 £24.66 £18.32
Median hourly rate £23.58 £35.00 £47.75
Median % change year-on-year -32.64% -26.70% +9.14%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £56.44 £75.00 £75.16
South East median hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £43.67
% change year-on-year -17.65% -2.67% -2.97%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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 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 jobs citing Support Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 27 February 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 IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 27 February 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Basingstoke - 16 £500 - 2
Southampton -1 5 - - 5
Winchester - 3 £293 -
Andover -11 2 £213 -26.09%
Farnborough - 2 £300 -
Aldershot - 1 - - 4
Eastleigh - 1 £188 - 1
Havant - 1 - -
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 27 February 2026, 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 Hampshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (42.50%) Active Directory
3 15 (37.50%) Windows
4 14 (35.00%) DV Cleared
5 12 (30.00%) Service Management
5 12 (30.00%) Windows Server
6 11 (27.50%) Customer Service
6 11 (27.50%) ITSM
7 10 (25.00%) Cisco
7 10 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
7 10 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
7 10 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
7 10 (25.00%) Juniper
7 10 (25.00%) Junos
7 10 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 10 (25.00%) SolarWinds
7 10 (25.00%) vCenter Server
7 10 (25.00%) VMware NSX
8 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
9 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (12.50%) Asset Management
10 5 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (12.50%) Migration
10 5 (12.50%) Workflow
10 5 (12.50%) Workflow Management
11 4 (10.00%) Agile
11 4 (10.00%) Linux
11 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (10.00%) Platform Engineering
11 4 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.50%) AWS
3 1 (2.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 10 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
1 10 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
1 10 (25.00%) Junos
2 2 (5.00%) SAN
2 2 (5.00%) SNMP
3 1 (2.50%) Firewall
3 1 (2.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Back Office
4 1 (2.50%) Banking
4 1 (2.50%) Finance
4 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (10.00%) PKI
3 2 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.50%) Fat Client
4 1 (2.50%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 15 (37.50%) Windows
2 12 (30.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (10.00%) Linux
4 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.00%) Service Management
2 11 (27.50%) Customer Service
2 11 (27.50%) ITSM
3 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 5 (12.50%) Migration
4 5 (12.50%) Workflow
4 5 (12.50%) Workflow Management
5 4 (10.00%) Agile
5 4 (10.00%) Platform Engineering
5 4 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (7.50%) Problem Management
6 3 (7.50%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 2 (5.00%) Break/Fix
7 2 (5.00%) Capacity Management
7 2 (5.00%) Fault Management
7 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (5.00%) Inventory Management
7 2 (5.00%) ITIL
7 2 (5.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 22 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (35.00%) DV Cleared
3 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (5.00%) A+ Certification
5 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (5.00%) CCNA
5 2 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (5.00%) MCSE
5 2 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (2.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (42.50%) Active Directory
2 10 (25.00%) VMware NSX
3 4 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (25.00%) vCenter Server
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Cisco
1 10 (25.00%) Juniper
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 10 (25.00%) SolarWinds
2 4 (10.00%) VMware
3 3 (7.50%) Datto
4 2 (5.00%) Dell
5 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow