IT Support Engineer Contracts in London

IT Support Engineer
England > London

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in London is £251, 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 304 325 411
Rank change year-on-year +21 +86 +91
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 49 66 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.39% 0.37% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.40% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 52 59
10th Percentile £154 £143 £140
25th Percentile £200 £173 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £251 £238 £200
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% +18.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £325 £300 £288
90th Percentile £418 £384 £350
England median daily rate £214 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +6.88% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 4
10th Percentile £24.60 £18.93 -
25th Percentile £25.24 £19.73 £12.13
Median hourly rate £26.30 £21.08 £13.22
Median % change year-on-year +24.77% +59.48% -24.49%
75th Percentile £27.35 £22.24 £17.07
90th Percentile £27.99 £22.51 £22.28
England median hourly rate £22.73 £21.00 £16.25
% change year-on-year +8.24% +29.23% -7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in London

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in London

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in London

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in London

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London +2 11 £198 -1.25% 3
South London +7 2 £326 +71.32%
West London +11 1 £238 +58.33%
IT Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT 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 London region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (69.39%) Windows
3 31 (63.27%) Microsoft
4 26 (53.06%) Active Directory
5 21 (42.86%) Azure
6 17 (34.69%) Social Skills
7 16 (32.65%) Finance
8 15 (30.61%) VPN
8 15 (30.61%) Entra ID
9 14 (28.57%) Apple iOS
9 14 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (28.57%) Onboarding
10 13 (26.53%) Microsoft Intune
10 13 (26.53%) Windows 10
11 12 (24.49%) Slack
12 11 (22.45%) Asana
13 10 (20.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (20.41%) Service Management
14 9 (18.37%) Microsoft Exchange
14 9 (18.37%) ITSM
14 9 (18.37%) Android
14 9 (18.37%) Customer Service
15 8 (16.33%) Palo Alto
15 8 (16.33%) Asset Management
15 8 (16.33%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (16.33%) SharePoint
16 7 (14.29%) Zscaler
17 6 (12.24%) Mac OS
17 6 (12.24%) Video Conferencing
17 6 (12.24%) SaaS

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 9 (18.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (16.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.04%) Confluence
3 1 (2.04%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 35 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (42.86%) Azure
3 15 (30.61%) Entra ID
4 12 (24.49%) Slack
5 11 (22.45%) Asana
6 6 (12.24%) OneDrive
6 6 (12.24%) SaaS
7 4 (8.16%) Google Workspace
8 1 (2.04%) AWS
8 1 (2.04%) Mimecast
8 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (30.61%) VPN
2 8 (16.33%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (8.16%) DHCP
3 4 (8.16%) DNS
3 4 (8.16%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (6.12%) LAN
4 3 (6.12%) TCP/IP
4 3 (6.12%) VoIP
5 1 (2.04%) Firewall
5 1 (2.04%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (12.24%) JIRA
General
1 17 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 16 (32.65%) Finance
3 10 (20.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.08%) Banking
5 2 (4.08%) Local Government
5 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.08%) Retail
6 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Games
6 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.57%) Onboarding
2 6 (12.24%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.04%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.04%) iPhone
3 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.04%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 34 (69.39%) Windows
2 14 (28.57%) Apple iOS
3 13 (26.53%) Windows 10
4 9 (18.37%) Android
5 6 (12.24%) Mac OS
6 3 (6.12%) Windows Server
7 2 (4.08%) Linux
8 1 (2.04%) VMS
8 1 (2.04%) Windows 7
8 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (20.41%) Service Management
3 9 (18.37%) Customer Service
3 9 (18.37%) ITSM
4 8 (16.33%) Asset Management
5 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (10.20%) Investment Management
5 5 (10.20%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (8.16%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (8.16%) Identity Management
6 4 (8.16%) IT Asset Management
6 4 (8.16%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 3 (6.12%) ITIL
7 3 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (6.12%) User Experience
8 2 (4.08%) Break/Fix
8 2 (4.08%) Data Loss Prevention
8 2 (4.08%) Data Protection
8 2 (4.08%) Proactive Monitoring
8 2 (4.08%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.04%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.04%) Degree
3 1 (2.04%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (53.06%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.12%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.08%) vSphere
4 1 (2.04%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (26.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.08%) CASB
2 2 (4.08%) SCCM
3 1 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (2.04%) Plesk
3 1 (2.04%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (63.27%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.33%) Palo Alto
3 7 (14.29%) Zscaler
4 6 (12.24%) Google
5 3 (6.12%) Cisco
5 3 (6.12%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.08%) Apple
6 2 (4.08%) VMware
7 1 (2.04%) Meraki
7 1 (2.04%) Proofpoint
7 1 (2.04%) Rackspace
7 1 (2.04%) Remedy