Support Engineer Contracts in Leiston

Support Engineer
Suffolk > Leiston

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Leiston is £210, 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 3 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 8 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leiston 44.44% 100.00% 100.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 47.06% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile - £184 -
25th Percentile £200 £198 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £220 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £230 - -
90th Percentile £242 - -
Suffolk median daily rate £210 £210 £214
% change year-on-year - -1.75% +22.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leiston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leiston. 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 Leiston with a recognized job title 17 3 1
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 0
10th Percentile £200 £184 -
25th Percentile £206 £198 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £220 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £232 - -
Suffolk median daily rate £225 £450 £650
% change year-on-year -50.00% -30.77% +33.68%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leiston

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Leiston

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leiston

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Leiston

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

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 Leiston region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (75.00%) Inventory Management
2 6 (75.00%) Antivirus Management
2 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 6 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (75.00%) Windows 10
2 6 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (75.00%) VPN
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (75.00%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (75.00%) McAfee
2 6 (75.00%) Time Management
2 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) iPhone
2 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 6 (75.00%) iPad
2 6 (75.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
4 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (25.00%) Legal
5 1 (12.50%) Line Management
5 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leiston 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 6 (75.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) VPN
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) iPad
1 6 (75.00%) iPhone
1 6 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (75.00%) Antivirus Management
2 6 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (75.00%) Inventory Management
2 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 6 (75.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 6 (75.00%) Time Management
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) McAfee
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft