Project Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Project Support Engineer
England > London

The median Project Support Engineer daily rate in London is £363, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 370 412
Rank change year-on-year -6 +42 +169
Contract jobs requiring a Project Support Engineer 2 7 12
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% 0.045% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.048% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 5
10th Percentile - £200 £245
25th Percentile £356 £210 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £240 £270
Median % change year-on-year +51.04% -11.11% -22.75%
75th Percentile £369 - -
90th Percentile - - £371
England median daily rate £279 £240 £268
% change year-on-year +16.15% -10.28% -23.46%

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 13,007 14,697 18,713
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 93.96% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,632 9,513 13,580
10th Percentile £333 £338 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -3.08% -1.30%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £792 £795
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 156 221
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.16
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £26.57 £37.15 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.48% -2.24% +20.63%
75th Percentile £47.75 £56.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%

Project Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Project Support Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Project Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Project Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Project 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 Project Support Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 13 November 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
West London -14 2 £363 +51.04% 3
Project Support Engineer
England

Project Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 November 2025, Project 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 Project Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (50.00%) City & Guilds
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management

Project 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aviation
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft