Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Support Engineer
Merseyside > Liverpool

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Liverpool is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 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
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 14 27
Rank change year-on-year -6 +13 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 6 15 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool 3.95% 7.94% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.03% 8.47% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 2
10th Percentile £169 £142 £263
25th Percentile £185 £149 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £200 £383
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -47.71% -4.38%
75th Percentile £200 £263 £464
90th Percentile £230 £318 £508
Merseyside median daily rate £190 £200 £383
% change year-on-year -5.00% -47.71% -4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
10th Percentile - £18.03 -
25th Percentile - £18.06 £15.25
Median hourly rate - £20.07 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year - +29.45% -10.07%
75th Percentile - £23.40 £15.75
90th Percentile - £23.85 -
Merseyside median hourly rate - £20.07 £15.50
% change year-on-year - +29.45% -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 149 177 185
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.03% 93.65% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 75 105
10th Percentile £177 £155 £223
25th Percentile £300 £209 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £531
90th Percentile £705 £600 £600
Merseyside median daily rate £430 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +7.50% -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 13
10th Percentile - £15.99 -
25th Percentile - £17.44 £16.25
Median hourly rate £12.21 £18.11 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.58% -9.45% +39.13%
75th Percentile £17.44 £23.53 £29.00
90th Percentile - £28.91 £46.00
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.30 £18.13 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.58% -9.35% +14.29%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Liverpool

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Liverpool

For the 6 months to 27 September 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 Liverpool region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Banking
3 3 (50.00%) Data Entry
3 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (50.00%) Investment Banking
3 3 (50.00%) Logistics
4 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
5 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
5 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
5 1 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
5 1 (16.67%) WhatsApp
5 1 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (16.67%) HP
5 1 (16.67%) Remedy
5 1 (16.67%) LAN
5 1 (16.67%) SLA
5 1 (16.67%) Android
5 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
5 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
5 1 (16.67%) Remote Monitoring and Management

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Investment Banking
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (50.00%) Data Entry
1 3 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
2 1 (16.67%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (16.67%) HP
1 1 (16.67%) Remedy
1 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow