Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in London is £260, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 170 118
Rank change year-on-year -21 -52 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 206 194 374
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.38% 1.42% 2.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 1.51% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 135 277
10th Percentile £181 £165 £142
25th Percentile £190 £200 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £275 £270
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +1.85% -2.70%
75th Percentile £425 £400 £400
90th Percentile £519 £600 £631
England median daily rate £220 £237 £220
% change year-on-year -7.17% +7.73% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 6 16
10th Percentile £19.69 £16.35 £18.63
25th Percentile £21.46 £18.85 £18.93
Median hourly rate £24.00 £22.59 £21.48
Median % change year-on-year +6.24% +5.16% -14.07%
75th Percentile £25.15 £27.35 £23.02
90th Percentile £26.56 £44.21 £24.77
England median hourly rate £22.50 £21.55 £20.25
% change year-on-year +4.43% +6.40% +2.53%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 13,809 12,833 17,092
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 93.62% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,178 8,202 12,366
10th Percentile £350 £336 £325
25th Percentile £425 £443 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 140 334
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.98 £15.96
25th Percentile £23.75 £24.66 £18.95
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £28.16
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +24.31% -15.34%
75th Percentile £63.00 £53.75 £49.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.95 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -2.10%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in London over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in London

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

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 Support Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 5 February 2026. 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 -7 31 £200 -23.81% 22
West London -19 13 £293 +21.88% 3
East London +5 5 £200 -18.37% 5
South London -15 1 £175 -46.15% 3
North London - 1 £510 - 2
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 92 (44.66%) Windows
2 76 (36.89%) Microsoft 365
3 73 (35.44%) Microsoft
4 52 (25.24%) Windows 10
5 43 (20.87%) Active Directory
6 32 (15.53%) Azure
7 31 (15.05%) Security Cleared
8 30 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (14.08%) ITIL
9 29 (14.08%) ServiceNow
10 28 (13.59%) SCCM
11 27 (13.11%) Customer Service
12 26 (12.62%) SC Cleared
13 25 (12.14%) Microsoft Intune
14 23 (11.17%) Microsoft Office
15 22 (10.68%) Mac OS
16 21 (10.19%) SQL
17 20 (9.71%) Apple
18 19 (9.22%) ITSM
18 19 (9.22%) PowerShell
19 17 (8.25%) VPN
20 15 (7.28%) Degree
20 15 (7.28%) Entra ID
20 15 (7.28%) Microsoft Exchange
20 15 (7.28%) TCP/IP
21 14 (6.80%) Cisco
21 14 (6.80%) Wireless
22 13 (6.31%) Agile
22 13 (6.31%) Android
22 13 (6.31%) Jamf Pro

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 15 (7.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (6.31%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.46%) Confluence
4 1 (0.49%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 23 (11.17%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.49%) DaVinci Resolve
4 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.49%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (0.49%) Pro Tools
4 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.91%) Remedy ITSM
1 6 (2.91%) Shopify
2 1 (0.49%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.49%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.49%) Eikon
2 1 (0.49%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 76 (36.89%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (15.53%) Azure
3 15 (7.28%) Entra ID
4 10 (4.85%) AWS
5 9 (4.37%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (3.88%) OneDrive
7 5 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.43%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.94%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.94%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.94%) SaaS
9 2 (0.97%) Datadog
9 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.97%) PaaS
9 2 (0.97%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.97%) Slack
9 2 (0.97%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.49%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.49%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.25%) VPN
2 15 (7.28%) TCP/IP
3 14 (6.80%) Wireless
4 12 (5.83%) DHCP
4 12 (5.83%) DNS
4 12 (5.83%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (4.37%) Firewall
6 8 (3.88%) LAN
7 6 (2.91%) Internet
7 6 (2.91%) WAN
8 4 (1.94%) VLAN
9 3 (1.46%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (1.46%) Softphone
9 3 (1.46%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (0.97%) DMZ
10 2 (0.97%) Network Security
10 2 (0.97%) PSTN
10 2 (0.97%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.49%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.49%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.40%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.94%) Amazon Athena
3 4 (1.94%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.97%) Tableau
5 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (0.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (3.88%) JIRA
2 2 (0.97%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.49%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.49%) Git
General
1 85 (41.26%) Social Skills
2 44 (21.36%) Finance
3 34 (16.50%) Banking
4 15 (7.28%) Investment Banking
5 12 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (5.34%) Front Office
6 11 (5.34%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.37%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.43%) French Language
9 5 (2.43%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.94%) Law
10 4 (1.94%) Legal
11 2 (0.97%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.49%) Electronics
12 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.49%) Marketing
12 1 (0.49%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.49%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.91%) Middleware
2 5 (2.43%) YAML
3 4 (1.94%) PySpark
4 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.97%) .NET
5 2 (0.97%) EDI
5 2 (0.97%) REST
6 1 (0.49%) Apache Camel
6 1 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.49%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.49%) JMS
6 1 (0.49%) JSON
6 1 (0.49%) Kafka
6 1 (0.49%) OAuth
6 1 (0.49%) RSS
6 1 (0.49%) Spring
6 1 (0.49%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.49%) Ultra Messaging
6 1 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.34%) Data Centre
1 11 (5.34%) Onboarding
2 7 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (3.40%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (2.91%) Driving Licence
3 6 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (1.94%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.46%) Hedge funds
6 2 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.97%) CCTV
6 2 (0.97%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (0.97%) Fixed Income
6 2 (0.97%) IoT
6 2 (0.97%) iPhone
6 2 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.97%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.97%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.49%) Equities
7 1 (0.49%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 92 (44.66%) Windows
2 52 (25.24%) Windows 10
3 22 (10.68%) Mac OS
4 13 (6.31%) Android
5 12 (5.83%) Linux
6 9 (4.37%) Windows Server
7 8 (3.88%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.91%) Unix
9 5 (2.43%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (14.08%) ITIL
3 27 (13.11%) Customer Service
4 19 (9.22%) ITSM
5 13 (6.31%) Agile
5 13 (6.31%) User Experience
6 12 (5.83%) DevOps
6 12 (5.83%) Mobile Device Management
7 11 (5.34%) Migration
8 10 (4.85%) Asset Management
8 10 (4.85%) Incident Management
8 10 (4.85%) Service Management
9 9 (4.37%) Data Protection
9 9 (4.37%) Mentoring
10 8 (3.88%) Break/Fix
10 8 (3.88%) CI/CD
10 8 (3.88%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (3.88%) Zero Trust
11 7 (3.40%) Collaborative Working
11 7 (3.40%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.19%) SQL
2 19 (9.22%) PowerShell
3 13 (6.31%) Python
4 7 (3.40%) Bash
5 5 (2.43%) C#
6 2 (0.97%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.97%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.97%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.49%) Java
7 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.49%) Tcl
7 1 (0.49%) VBA
7 1 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 31 (15.05%) Security Cleared
2 26 (12.62%) SC Cleared
3 15 (7.28%) Degree
4 8 (3.88%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.40%) Azure Certification
5 7 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.94%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.46%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.97%) CCNA
8 2 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.97%) MCSA
8 2 (0.97%) MCSE
8 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.49%) City & Guilds
9 1 (0.49%) MCITP
9 1 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (1.94%) SLA
2 3 (1.46%) QA
3 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.49%) GAAP
3 1 (0.49%) GDPR
3 1 (0.49%) IFRS
3 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 43 (20.87%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.97%) Firmware
5 1 (0.49%) Docker
5 1 (0.49%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.49%) vSphere
5 1 (0.49%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 28 (13.59%) SCCM
2 25 (12.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (6.31%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.94%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (1.46%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.97%) Grafana
6 2 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.97%) Terraform
6 2 (0.97%) WSUS
7 1 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.49%) Ansible
7 1 (0.49%) Kibana
7 1 (0.49%) logstash
7 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 73 (35.44%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.08%) ServiceNow
3 20 (9.71%) Apple
4 14 (6.80%) Cisco
5 12 (5.83%) Dell
5 12 (5.83%) HP
6 10 (4.85%) Citrix
7 9 (4.37%) Bloomberg
8 7 (3.40%) Remedy
9 6 (2.91%) VMware
10 5 (2.43%) Databricks
11 4 (1.94%) Google
11 4 (1.94%) ION Trading
11 4 (1.94%) SAP
11 4 (1.94%) Solace
12 3 (1.46%) Okta
12 3 (1.46%) Oracle
12 3 (1.46%) Reuters
12 3 (1.46%) Zscaler
13 2 (0.97%) PagerDuty