Support Engineer Contracts in Leeds

Support Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Leeds is £235, 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 46 51 75
Rank change year-on-year +5 +24 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 14 12 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 3.01% 1.50% 1.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.10% 1.63% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 15
10th Percentile £194 £188 £157
25th Percentile £223 £235 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £325 £225
Median % change year-on-year -27.69% +44.44% +28.57%
75th Percentile £245 £338 £255
90th Percentile £248 - £284
West Yorkshire median daily rate £235 £325 £231
% change year-on-year -27.69% +40.54% +33.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £12.38
25th Percentile £40.50 - £12.94
Median hourly rate £41.00 - £15.25
75th Percentile £41.50 - £16.94
90th Percentile - - £17.13
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £41.00 - £15.25
% change year-on-year - - -9.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 452 736 1,303
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.20% 92.12% 97.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 458 948
10th Percentile £257 £300 £356
25th Percentile £352 £413 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -7.11% +7.65%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £619
90th Percentile £638 £675 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -3.06% -6.67% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 11
10th Percentile £17.08 £11.24 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.47 £11.75 £16.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £12.53 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +227.21% -79.95% +179.02%
75th Percentile £98.56 £15.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £102.00 £17.67 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.82 £14.34 £32.50
% change year-on-year +73.14% -55.89% +92.88%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Leeds

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Leeds

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

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

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Leeds

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Leeds

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

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 Leeds region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (92.86%) Customer Service
2 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
3 10 (71.43%) Active Directory
3 10 (71.43%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (71.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (64.29%) VPN
5 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
6 6 (42.86%) Windows
7 5 (35.71%) ITIL
7 5 (35.71%) LAN
7 5 (35.71%) VoIP
7 5 (35.71%) WAN
7 5 (35.71%) DNS
7 5 (35.71%) SharePoint
7 5 (35.71%) DHCP
7 5 (35.71%) AppManager
7 5 (35.71%) Service Delivery
7 5 (35.71%) ITSM
7 5 (35.71%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (35.71%) VMware
7 5 (35.71%) OneDrive
7 5 (35.71%) Windows 10
7 5 (35.71%) VLAN
7 5 (35.71%) Ivanti
7 5 (35.71%) SCCM
7 5 (35.71%) Degree
7 5 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (28.57%) Case Management

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

Application Platforms
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (35.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (35.71%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (64.29%) VPN
2 5 (35.71%) DHCP
2 5 (35.71%) DNS
2 5 (35.71%) LAN
2 5 (35.71%) VLAN
2 5 (35.71%) VoIP
2 5 (35.71%) WAN
2 5 (35.71%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (14.29%) IMAP
3 2 (14.29%) Network Security
3 2 (14.29%) POP3
3 2 (14.29%) SMTP
4 1 (7.14%) Wireless
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Legal
2 1 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (7.14%) iPhone
2 1 (7.14%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Windows 10
3 2 (14.29%) Linux
3 2 (14.29%) Unix
4 1 (7.14%) Android
4 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Customer Service
2 5 (35.71%) ITIL
2 5 (35.71%) ITSM
2 5 (35.71%) Service Delivery
3 4 (28.57%) Case Management
3 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Service Management
4 2 (14.29%) Threat Detection
5 1 (7.14%) Incident Response
5 1 (7.14%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (7.14%) Patch Management
5 1 (7.14%) User Experience
5 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 5 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) AppManager
1 5 (35.71%) SCCM
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) Ivanti
2 5 (35.71%) VMware
3 4 (28.57%) Citrix
3 4 (28.57%) ServiceNow
4 2 (14.29%) Splunk