IT Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

IT Support Engineer
England > London

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in London is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 320 335 325
Rank change year-on-year +15 -10 +136
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 60 38 78
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.42% 0.25% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.27% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 25 56
10th Percentile £155 £155 £113
25th Percentile £181 £165 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £223
Median % change year-on-year - -10.11% -6.12%
75th Percentile £238 £255 £288
90th Percentile £288 £269 £306
England median daily rate £200 £190 £200
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 4
10th Percentile £19.50 £21.95 -
25th Percentile £24.29 £23.39 -
Median hourly rate £25.58 £25.59 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -0.06% +35.18% +5.17%
75th Percentile £26.00 £27.35 -
90th Percentile £28.00 £27.99 -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £21.00 £18.93
% change year-on-year +7.14% +10.94% +10.04%

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 13,278 14,222 17,588
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 93.51% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,809 9,204 12,720
10th Percentile £340 £338 £329
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £685
90th Percentile £757 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.39 £17.75
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £28.06 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% - -
75th Percentile £56.69 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.79 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in London

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies 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 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in London

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support Engineer in London over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 17 December 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 +12 10 £188 +13.64% 2
West London -17 2 £220 +10.00% 1
East London - 2 - -
South London -3 1 £225 +28.57% 1
IT Support Engineer
England

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 17 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 London region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
1 36 (60.00%) Windows
2 28 (46.67%) Microsoft
3 26 (43.33%) Active Directory
4 25 (41.67%) Windows 10
5 12 (20.00%) Customer Service
6 11 (18.33%) Apple
6 11 (18.33%) ITIL
6 11 (18.33%) ServiceNow
7 10 (16.67%) ITSM
7 10 (16.67%) Mac OS
7 10 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (15.00%) HP
8 9 (15.00%) SCCM
9 8 (13.33%) Android
9 8 (13.33%) Apple iOS
9 8 (13.33%) Cisco
9 8 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (13.33%) Security Cleared
9 8 (13.33%) User Experience
10 7 (11.67%) Dell
10 7 (11.67%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Office
10 7 (11.67%) SC Cleared
10 7 (11.67%) SharePoint
10 7 (11.67%) VPN
11 6 (10.00%) DV Cleared
12 5 (8.33%) Coaching
12 5 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
12 5 (8.33%) Remedy

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 7 (11.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (8.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 36 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.67%) Azure
2 4 (6.67%) Google Workspace
3 3 (5.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.33%) Slack
5 1 (1.67%) IaaS
5 1 (1.67%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.67%) PaaS
5 1 (1.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.67%) VPN
2 5 (8.33%) Wireless
3 4 (6.67%) TCP/IP
3 4 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (5.00%) DNS
4 3 (5.00%) Firewall
5 2 (3.33%) DHCP
5 2 (3.33%) DMZ
5 2 (3.33%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) Power BI
General
1 32 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.00%) Banking
3 8 (13.33%) Finance
4 4 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.33%) Front Office
5 2 (3.33%) Investment Banking
5 2 (3.33%) Law
6 1 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.67%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.67%) Local Government
6 1 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.67%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.33%) Driving Licence
1 5 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (3.33%) iPhone
3 2 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.67%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.67%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (1.67%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 36 (60.00%) Windows
2 25 (41.67%) Windows 10
3 10 (16.67%) Mac OS
4 8 (13.33%) Android
4 8 (13.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.67%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 11 (18.33%) ITIL
3 10 (16.67%) ITSM
4 8 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (13.33%) User Experience
5 5 (8.33%) Coaching
5 5 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (6.67%) Asset Management
6 4 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (6.67%) High Availability
7 3 (5.00%) Agile
8 2 (3.33%) Break/Fix
8 2 (3.33%) Customer Experience
8 2 (3.33%) Inventory Management
8 2 (3.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 2 (3.33%) Process Improvement
8 2 (3.33%) Service Delivery
8 2 (3.33%) Service Management
9 1 (1.67%) Infrastructure Automation
9 1 (1.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.67%) C
2 1 (1.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (11.67%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.67%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.67%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.67%) Degree
4 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (43.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (15.00%) SCCM
3 7 (11.67%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (3.33%) WSUS
5 1 (1.67%) Autotask
Vendors
1 28 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.33%) Apple
2 11 (18.33%) ServiceNow
3 9 (15.00%) HP
4 8 (13.33%) Cisco
5 7 (11.67%) Dell
6 5 (8.33%) Remedy
7 4 (6.67%) Citrix
8 3 (5.00%) Reuters
9 2 (3.33%) Bloomberg
9 2 (3.33%) Google
9 2 (3.33%) ION Trading
9 2 (3.33%) VMware
10 1 (1.67%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (1.67%) Rapid7
10 1 (1.67%) TOWER Software
10 1 (1.67%) Yealink
10 1 (1.67%) Zscaler