Support Engineer Contracts in Hertfordshire

Support Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £293, 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 39 60 60
Rank change year-on-year +21 0 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 6 13 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.87% 1.56% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.02% 1.73% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 11
10th Percentile £167 £104 £200
25th Percentile £214 £131 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £293 £253 £350
Median % change year-on-year +15.84% -27.86% +105.88%
75th Percentile £371 £290 £374
90th Percentile £419 £346 £375
East of England median daily rate £223 £225 £200
% change year-on-year -1.11% +12.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.64 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £21.28 £18.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.22% - -
75th Percentile £21.92 £21.38 -
90th Percentile - £22.80 -
East of England median hourly rate £21.28 £18.00 £17.49
% change year-on-year +18.22% +2.95% -0.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 297 750 744
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 89.93% 91.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 309 406
10th Percentile £330 £235 £210
25th Percentile £425 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £763
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 285 148
10th Percentile £27.96 £37.91 £20.31
25th Percentile £50.31 £43.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -20.00% +27.55%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £66.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £74.95
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
% change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Hertfordshire

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Hertfordshire

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Hertfordshire

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Hertfordshire

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage +28 2 £450 +49.38% 13
Hemel Hempstead +12 2 £135 - 13
Watford +7 1 - - 16
Welwyn Garden City - 1 - -
Support Engineer
East of England

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

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 Hertfordshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Security
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (33.33%) GxP
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Google
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Android
3 1 (16.67%) iPhone
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (16.67%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Workflow
3 1 (16.67%) iPad

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) iPad
2 1 (16.67%) iPhone
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Android
3 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) Coaching
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Security
1 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) ITSM
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Google
3 1 (16.67%) MobileIron
3 1 (16.67%) Nexthink