Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in London is £235, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 175 105
Rank change year-on-year -17 -70 +64
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 203 217 417
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.41% 1.48% 2.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 1.59% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 158 319
10th Percentile £163 £161 £143
25th Percentile £188 £200 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £306 £300
Median % change year-on-year -23.27% +2.08% +12.36%
75th Percentile £391 £390 £475
90th Percentile £519 £588 £713
England median daily rate £225 £240 £225
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -5.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 11
10th Percentile £19.54 £17.14 £18.33
25th Percentile £21.04 £21.00 £18.54
Median hourly rate £22.73 £24.18 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +27.73% -24.28%
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.41 £19.86
90th Percentile £25.58 £47.36 £24.25
England median hourly rate £24.00 £21.50 £19.38
% change year-on-year +11.63% +10.94% -0.62%

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 13,324 13,661 17,008
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 93.46% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,838 8,810 12,270
10th Percentile £350 £337 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £553
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -0.62% -4.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £799 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 150 218
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.76 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.88 £23.80 £21.31
Median hourly rate £31.00 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.44% - +2.94%
75th Percentile £57.81 £53.75 £57.88
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.15
England median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.26% -23.71% +40.01%

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 1 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer in London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

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 1 January 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 -8 33 £203 -37.69% 35
West London -17 12 £293 +21.88% 4
East London +3 4 £200 -18.37% 3
South London -9 2 £200 -38.46% 4
North London - 1 £510 -
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 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 99 (48.77%) Windows
2 76 (37.44%) Microsoft
3 75 (36.95%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (26.60%) Windows 10
5 49 (24.14%) Active Directory
6 33 (16.26%) Customer Service
7 32 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (14.29%) Security Cleared
9 28 (13.79%) SCCM
10 27 (13.30%) Azure
10 27 (13.30%) Microsoft Intune
10 27 (13.30%) ServiceNow
11 26 (12.81%) Apple
11 26 (12.81%) Mac OS
11 26 (12.81%) Microsoft Office
11 26 (12.81%) SC Cleared
12 24 (11.82%) ITIL
13 20 (9.85%) ITSM
13 20 (9.85%) VPN
14 19 (9.36%) TCP/IP
15 15 (7.39%) DNS
15 15 (7.39%) Jamf Pro
15 15 (7.39%) SQL
16 14 (6.90%) Android
16 14 (6.90%) Cisco
16 14 (6.90%) HP
16 14 (6.90%) PowerShell
16 14 (6.90%) Wireless
17 13 (6.40%) Degree
17 13 (6.40%) User Experience

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 12 (5.91%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.99%) Confluence
4 1 (0.49%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 26 (12.81%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.99%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.49%) DaVinci Resolve
5 1 (0.49%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (0.49%) Pro Tools
5 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.96%) Remedy ITSM
1 6 (2.96%) Shopify
2 2 (0.99%) Eikon
2 2 (0.99%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.49%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.49%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.49%) Eze OMS
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 75 (36.95%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (13.30%) Azure
3 12 (5.91%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.45%) Google Workspace
5 6 (2.96%) AWS
5 6 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (2.96%) OneDrive
6 4 (1.97%) Slack
7 3 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.48%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.99%) Datadog
8 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.99%) SaaS
8 2 (0.99%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.49%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.49%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.85%) VPN
2 19 (9.36%) TCP/IP
3 15 (7.39%) DNS
4 14 (6.90%) Wireless
5 12 (5.91%) DHCP
6 11 (5.42%) Firewall
7 10 (4.93%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (2.96%) LAN
9 5 (2.46%) Internet
10 4 (1.97%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (1.97%) VLAN
11 3 (1.48%) Softphone
11 3 (1.48%) Structured Cabling
11 3 (1.48%) WAN
12 2 (0.99%) DMZ
12 2 (0.99%) SSH
13 1 (0.49%) Cisco IOS
13 1 (0.49%) NAS
13 1 (0.49%) Network Security
13 1 (0.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.97%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.99%) Power BI
3 2 (0.99%) Tableau
4 1 (0.49%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.97%) JIRA
2 2 (0.99%) Git
2 2 (0.99%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.49%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.49%) Fiddler
General
1 92 (45.32%) Social Skills
2 42 (20.69%) Finance
3 29 (14.29%) Banking
4 14 (6.90%) Front Office
5 10 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (4.93%) Investment Banking
5 10 (4.93%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.94%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.46%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.97%) French Language
9 4 (1.97%) Law
10 3 (1.48%) Legal
11 2 (0.99%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.49%) Electronics
12 1 (0.49%) Local Government
12 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.49%) Marketing
12 1 (0.49%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.96%) Middleware
2 2 (0.99%) .NET
2 2 (0.99%) EDI
2 2 (0.99%) Kafka
2 2 (0.99%) YAML
3 1 (0.49%) ADO
3 1 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.49%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.49%) JSON
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.49%) OAuth
3 1 (0.49%) PySpark
3 1 (0.49%) REST
3 1 (0.49%) RSS
3 1 (0.49%) TIBCO EMS
3 1 (0.49%) Ultra Messaging
3 1 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.91%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.42%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.45%) Driving Licence
4 6 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.97%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (1.97%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.48%) Hedge funds
7 2 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.99%) CCTV
7 2 (0.99%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.99%) Fixed Income
7 2 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.99%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.99%) Replication
7 2 (0.99%) Web Conferencing
8 1 (0.49%) 3D Graphics
8 1 (0.49%) Derivative
8 1 (0.49%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 99 (48.77%) Windows
2 54 (26.60%) Windows 10
3 26 (12.81%) Mac OS
4 14 (6.90%) Android
5 11 (5.42%) Apple iOS
5 11 (5.42%) Linux
6 9 (4.43%) Windows Server
7 6 (2.96%) Unix
8 4 (1.97%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.49%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (16.26%) Customer Service
2 32 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (11.82%) ITIL
4 20 (9.85%) ITSM
5 13 (6.40%) User Experience
6 12 (5.91%) Mobile Device Management
7 11 (5.42%) Migration
8 10 (4.93%) Agile
8 10 (4.93%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (4.93%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (4.43%) Asset Management
9 9 (4.43%) Incident Management
10 8 (3.94%) Break/Fix
10 8 (3.94%) Data Protection
10 8 (3.94%) Zero Trust
11 7 (3.45%) Coaching
11 7 (3.45%) Mentoring
11 7 (3.45%) Root Cause Analysis
11 7 (3.45%) Workflow
12 6 (2.96%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.39%) SQL
2 14 (6.90%) PowerShell
3 7 (3.45%) Python
4 6 (2.96%) Bash
5 2 (0.99%) C#
5 2 (0.99%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.99%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.49%) C
6 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.49%) Tcl
6 1 (0.49%) VBA
6 1 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 26 (12.81%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.40%) Degree
4 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.96%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.46%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.97%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.48%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.99%) CCNA
9 2 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.99%) MCP
9 2 (0.99%) MCSA
9 2 (0.99%) MCSE
10 1 (0.49%) City & Guilds
10 1 (0.49%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.49%) MCITP
10 1 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.96%) SLA
2 4 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.48%) QA
4 2 (0.99%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.49%) GAAP
5 1 (0.49%) IFRS
5 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 49 (24.14%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.48%) Firmware
5 1 (0.49%) Docker
5 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.49%) vSphere
5 1 (0.49%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 28 (13.79%) SCCM
2 27 (13.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (7.39%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.97%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (1.48%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.48%) Terraform
6 2 (0.99%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.99%) Grafana
6 2 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.99%) WSUS
7 1 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.49%) Ansible
7 1 (0.49%) Autotask
7 1 (0.49%) Kibana
7 1 (0.49%) logstash
7 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 76 (37.44%) Microsoft
2 27 (13.30%) ServiceNow
3 26 (12.81%) Apple
4 14 (6.90%) Cisco
4 14 (6.90%) HP
5 12 (5.91%) Bloomberg
5 12 (5.91%) Dell
6 11 (5.42%) Citrix
7 7 (3.45%) Remedy
7 7 (3.45%) VMware
8 6 (2.96%) Google
9 5 (2.46%) Reuters
9 5 (2.46%) Solace
10 4 (1.97%) ION Trading
10 4 (1.97%) Oracle
10 4 (1.97%) SAP
11 3 (1.48%) Okta
11 3 (1.48%) Zscaler
12 2 (0.99%) Databricks
12 2 (0.99%) New Relic