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 20 August 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 40 81
Rank change year-on-year -21 +41 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 53 40 15
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 2.71% 4.04% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.92% 4.31% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 34 8
10th Percentile £200 £270 £127
25th Percentile £260 £406 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £575 £213
Median % change year-on-year -52.17% +170.59% -15.00%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £252
90th Percentile - - £299
South East median daily rate £250 £250 £234
% change year-on-year - +7.01% +0.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.66 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.79% - -
75th Percentile £23.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £24.66 £46.50
% change year-on-year -10.79% -46.97% +253.34%

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 1,814 929 1,393
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 93.74% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,045 659 879
10th Percentile £363 £200 £363
25th Percentile £465 £418 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -6.52% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £650
90th Percentile £738 £650 £723
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.31% +4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 63 134
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.48 £21.89
25th Percentile £25.00 £25.15 £51.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year - -17.18% +9.24%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.13 £70.43
90th Percentile £68.55 £74.75 £76.86
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +108.45% -56.15% +14.70%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -23 22 £538 -6.52% 3
Romsey - 9 £260 -
Fareham -3 6 £275 -15.38% 8
Southampton -4 4 £187 - 1
Andover -15 4 - -
Portsmouth -6 2 £475 +137.50%
Farnborough - 2 £288 - 1
Winchester -3 1 £425 +112.50% 3
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 20 August 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 41 (77.36%) Security Cleared
2 37 (69.81%) Windows
3 30 (56.60%) Active Directory
4 28 (52.83%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (49.06%) DV Cleared
6 21 (39.62%) VMware
7 19 (35.85%) DNS
7 19 (35.85%) SCOM
7 19 (35.85%) Technical Leadership
7 19 (35.85%) vCenter Server
7 19 (35.85%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (33.96%) Windows Server
9 17 (32.08%) PowerShell
10 14 (26.42%) Microsoft
10 14 (26.42%) SC Cleared
10 14 (26.42%) VMware Infrastructure
11 13 (24.53%) ITSM
11 13 (24.53%) SQL
11 13 (24.53%) vCloud
11 13 (24.53%) VMware NSX
12 12 (22.64%) Customer Service
13 10 (18.87%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (13.21%) Software Distribution
14 7 (13.21%) Windows 10
15 6 (11.32%) Agile
15 6 (11.32%) Broadcom
15 6 (11.32%) Capacity Management
15 6 (11.32%) Change Management
15 6 (11.32%) ITIL
15 6 (11.32%) Network Virtualisation

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 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.87%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.77%) Azure
2 2 (3.77%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 19 (35.85%) DNS
2 2 (3.77%) SAN
2 2 (3.77%) Skype
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 9 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (7.55%) Social Skills
3 2 (3.77%) Military
3 2 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.55%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.77%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 37 (69.81%) Windows
2 18 (33.96%) Windows Server
3 7 (13.21%) Windows 10
4 6 (11.32%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.89%) Android
6 1 (1.89%) CentOS
6 1 (1.89%) Linux
6 1 (1.89%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.89%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (52.83%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (35.85%) Technical Leadership
3 13 (24.53%) ITSM
4 12 (22.64%) Customer Service
5 7 (13.21%) Software Distribution
6 6 (11.32%) Agile
6 6 (11.32%) Capacity Management
6 6 (11.32%) Change Management
6 6 (11.32%) ITIL
6 6 (11.32%) Network Virtualisation
6 6 (11.32%) Problem Management
6 6 (11.32%) Service Delivery
6 6 (11.32%) Service Management
6 6 (11.32%) Task Automation
7 5 (9.43%) Asset Management
8 4 (7.55%) Migration
8 4 (7.55%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (3.77%) Break/Fix
9 2 (3.77%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (32.08%) PowerShell
2 13 (24.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (77.36%) Security Cleared
2 26 (49.06%) DV Cleared
3 14 (26.42%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.77%) A+ Certification
4 2 (3.77%) CCNA
4 2 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.77%) MCSE
4 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.77%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (56.60%) Active Directory
2 19 (35.85%) VMware ESXi
3 14 (26.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (24.53%) vCloud
4 13 (24.53%) VMware NSX
5 2 (3.77%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.77%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (35.85%) SCOM
1 19 (35.85%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 21 (39.62%) VMware
2 14 (26.42%) Microsoft
3 6 (11.32%) Broadcom
3 6 (11.32%) SolarWinds
4 2 (3.77%) Dell
5 1 (1.89%) Apple
5 1 (1.89%) Atlassian