IT Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

IT Support Engineer
North West > Lancashire

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in Lancashire is £165, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - -8
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.36% - 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% - 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £153 - -
25th Percentile £158 - £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 - £155
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.06%
75th Percentile £169 - £158
90th Percentile £171 - -
North West median daily rate £152 £150 £165
% change year-on-year +1.00% -9.09% -18.01%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 202 178 227
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 96.22% 93.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 56 122
10th Percentile £153 £250 £356
25th Percentile £363 £309 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +7.84%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £650
90th Percentile £660 £627 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 45 61
10th Percentile £41.16 £16.58 £20.58
25th Percentile - £18.00 £37.55
Median hourly rate £45.46 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -12.68% +22.19%
75th Percentile £74.26 £51.00 £47.83
90th Percentile £75.79 £74.37 £55.81
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £31.25 £31.50
% change year-on-year -5.28% -0.79% +56.48%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Lancashire

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 11 November 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
Lytham St Annes - 3 £165 - 1
IT Support Engineer
North West

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 11 November 2025, IT 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 Lancashire region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft