Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in London is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 160 92
Rank change year-on-year -23 -68 +95
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 216 248 518
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.57% 1.59% 2.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 1.69% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 183 407
10th Percentile £163 £158 £147
25th Percentile £193 £200 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £295 £325
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% -9.23% +30.00%
75th Percentile £338 £368 £500
90th Percentile £539 £525 £750
England median daily rate £225 £240 £240
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 9
10th Percentile £20.21 £17.14 £18.30
25th Percentile £24.86 £21.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.25 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% +38.67% -24.28%
75th Percentile £26.00 £29.38 £20.19
90th Percentile £29.60 £47.75 £24.60
England median hourly rate £25.00 £24.18 £19.25
% change year-on-year +3.39% +25.61% -8.33%

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 12,746 14,684 18,857
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.03% 93.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,467 9,481 13,720
10th Percentile £332 £338 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £798
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 155 210
10th Percentile £17.29 £17.25 £18.15
25th Percentile £22.13 £24.15 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.68 £37.50 £40.17
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% -6.64% +22.64%
75th Percentile £47.38 £59.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.54 £80.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.63% -12.11% +52.93%

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 6 November 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Support Engineer 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 6 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
Central London -14 28 £223 -36.43% 112
West London -9 15 £250 +25.00% 17
South London -2 6 £238 -5.00% 16
North London - 1 £510 - 3
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, 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.

1 110 (50.93%) Windows
2 86 (39.81%) Microsoft 365
3 83 (38.43%) Microsoft
4 72 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 52 (24.07%) Windows 10
6 42 (19.44%) Customer Service
7 36 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
8 35 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (15.74%) ServiceNow
10 33 (15.28%) ITIL
11 32 (14.81%) Azure
11 32 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
12 29 (13.43%) ITSM
12 29 (13.43%) Security Cleared
13 27 (12.50%) TCP/IP
14 24 (11.11%) Apple
14 24 (11.11%) Mac OS
14 24 (11.11%) SC Cleared
14 24 (11.11%) VPN
15 22 (10.19%) DNS
15 22 (10.19%) SCCM
16 18 (8.33%) DHCP
16 18 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
16 18 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
17 17 (7.87%) Citrix
18 16 (7.41%) PowerShell
19 15 (6.94%) Apple iOS
19 15 (6.94%) Mobile Device Management
20 13 (6.02%) Agile
20 13 (6.02%) Asset Management

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 18 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (6.02%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.78%) Confluence
4 4 (1.85%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.93%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.46%) Mattermost
Applications
1 32 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.39%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.46%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.46%) DaVinci Resolve
4 1 (0.46%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (0.46%) Pro Tools
4 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.31%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.93%) Eikon
2 2 (0.93%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.46%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.46%) Eze OMS
Cloud Services
1 86 (39.81%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (14.81%) Azure
3 13 (6.02%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.24%) OneDrive
5 6 (2.78%) Google Workspace
6 5 (2.31%) Slack
7 4 (1.85%) AWS
7 4 (1.85%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.93%) SaaS
9 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.46%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.46%) IaaS
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.46%) PaaS
9 1 (0.46%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 24 (11.11%) VPN
3 22 (10.19%) DNS
4 18 (8.33%) DHCP
5 12 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (5.09%) Internet
6 11 (5.09%) LAN
7 9 (4.17%) Firewall
8 8 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
9 7 (3.24%) WAN
10 6 (2.78%) Wireless
11 5 (2.31%) VoIP
12 4 (1.85%) Skype
12 4 (1.85%) VLAN
12 4 (1.85%) WebEx
13 2 (0.93%) IP Telephony
13 2 (0.93%) NetScaler
13 2 (0.93%) SSH
13 2 (0.93%) Structured Cabling
14 1 (0.46%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.39%) Power BI
2 2 (0.93%) Apache Cassandra
2 2 (0.93%) GIS
2 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.46%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (3.24%) JIRA
2 2 (0.93%) Git
3 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.46%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 100 (46.30%) Social Skills
2 48 (22.22%) Finance
3 23 (10.65%) Banking
4 14 (6.48%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (4.63%) Front Office
7 9 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.85%) Law
9 4 (1.85%) Local Government
10 3 (1.39%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.39%) Legal
11 2 (0.93%) Back Office
11 2 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.93%) French Language
11 2 (0.93%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.46%) Aviation
12 1 (0.46%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.85%) Middleware
2 2 (0.93%) .NET
3 1 (0.46%) ADO
3 1 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.46%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.46%) JSF
3 1 (0.46%) JSON
3 1 (0.46%) Kafka
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.46%) OAuth
3 1 (0.46%) React
3 1 (0.46%) REST
3 1 (0.46%) RSS
3 1 (0.46%) TIBCO EMS
3 1 (0.46%) Ultra Messaging
3 1 (0.46%) XML
3 1 (0.46%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.87%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.09%) Onboarding
3 10 (4.63%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (3.24%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.39%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.93%) CCTV
8 2 (0.93%) CMDB
8 2 (0.93%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.93%) iPhone
8 2 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.93%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.93%) Replication
8 2 (0.93%) SCADA
8 2 (0.93%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.93%) Video\Live Streaming
8 2 (0.93%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 110 (50.93%) Windows
2 52 (24.07%) Windows 10
3 24 (11.11%) Mac OS
4 15 (6.94%) Apple iOS
5 13 (6.02%) Linux
6 10 (4.63%) Android
7 9 (4.17%) Windows Server
8 6 (2.78%) Unix
9 4 (1.85%) Windows 7
10 3 (1.39%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.46%) VMS
11 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (19.44%) Customer Service
2 35 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (15.28%) ITIL
4 29 (13.43%) ITSM
5 15 (6.94%) Mobile Device Management
6 13 (6.02%) Agile
6 13 (6.02%) Asset Management
6 13 (6.02%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (5.56%) Server Management
8 10 (4.63%) Incident Management
8 10 (4.63%) Service Management
9 9 (4.17%) Change Management
9 9 (4.17%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (4.17%) Data Protection
9 9 (4.17%) Migration
9 9 (4.17%) User Experience
10 8 (3.70%) Break/Fix
10 8 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (3.70%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (3.70%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.41%) PowerShell
2 12 (5.56%) SQL
3 9 (4.17%) Bash
4 8 (3.70%) Python
5 2 (0.93%) C#
5 2 (0.93%) Magik
5 2 (0.93%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.46%) ABAP
6 1 (0.46%) C
6 1 (0.46%) Java
6 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.46%) Lisp
6 1 (0.46%) PHP
6 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.46%) Tcl
6 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.46%) VBA
6 1 (0.46%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (13.43%) Security Cleared
2 24 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.02%) Degree
4 10 (4.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.85%) MCSA
6 3 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.39%) MCSE
7 2 (0.93%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.93%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.93%) CCNA
7 2 (0.93%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.93%) MCP
7 2 (0.93%) MOS
8 1 (0.46%) CCNP
8 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.46%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.46%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.02%) SLA
2 5 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.85%) QA
4 3 (1.39%) Accessibility
System Software
1 72 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.02%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (3.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.39%) Firmware
4 3 (1.39%) vSphere
5 2 (0.93%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.46%) Docker
6 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.46%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 36 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (10.19%) SCCM
3 18 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.85%) AirWatch
4 4 (1.85%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.93%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.93%) Terraform
6 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.46%) Ansible
6 1 (0.46%) Autotask
6 1 (0.46%) Grafana
6 1 (0.46%) Kibana
6 1 (0.46%) logstash
6 1 (0.46%) SCOM
Vendors
1 83 (38.43%) Microsoft
2 34 (15.74%) ServiceNow
3 24 (11.11%) Apple
4 17 (7.87%) Citrix
5 10 (4.63%) Remedy
6 9 (4.17%) VMware
7 8 (3.70%) Cisco
8 7 (3.24%) Bloomberg
8 7 (3.24%) HP
9 5 (2.31%) Dell
9 5 (2.31%) Google
9 5 (2.31%) Solace
10 4 (1.85%) Okta
10 4 (1.85%) Polycom
10 4 (1.85%) Reuters
11 3 (1.39%) Adobe
11 3 (1.39%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.39%) Oracle
11 3 (1.39%) TOWER Software
11 3 (1.39%) Wyse