IT Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

IT Support Engineer
Merseyside > Liverpool

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in Liverpool is £138, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 31 26
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 +11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 7 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 3.63% 0.50% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.85% 0.54% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £134 - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £138 £125 £225
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -44.44% -
75th Percentile £141 - £238
90th Percentile £165 - -
Merseyside median daily rate £152 £125 £225
% change year-on-year +21.20% -44.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.25
Median hourly rate - - £15.50
75th Percentile - - £15.75
90th Percentile - - -
Merseyside median hourly rate - - £15.50
% change year-on-year - - -10.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Liverpool

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Liverpool. 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 Liverpool with a recognized job title 182 186 141
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.47% 90.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 85 66
10th Percentile £143 £144 £193
25th Percentile £163 £165 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +3.13% -15.79%
75th Percentile £508 £575 £505
90th Percentile £649 £624 £600
Merseyside median daily rate £300 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -25.00% - -13.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 18 15
10th Percentile £12.21 £14.09 £12.70
25th Percentile - £16.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £15.18 £18.07 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.97% -4.92% +88.31%
75th Percentile £51.02 £23.00 £25.25
90th Percentile - £24.18 £42.00
Merseyside median hourly rate £18.67 £18.07 £18.75
% change year-on-year +3.35% -3.65% +14.68%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Liverpool

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool

For the 6 months to 13 December 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 Liverpool region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (85.71%) Azure
2 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (85.71%) SharePoint
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Remedy

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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 6 (85.71%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Remedy