The median contractor rate for a Support Engineer was £238 per day in advertised job vacancies in London during the 6 months to 3 August 2021.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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
28,216
14,540
38,095
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
92.81%
92.99%
94.26%
Number of daily rates quoted
20,295
10,476
27,685
10th Percentile
£350
£313
£313
25th Percentile
£438
£413
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£538
£513
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+4.88%
+2.50%
-
75th Percentile
£638
£613
£600
90th Percentile
£725
£701
£680
England median daily rate
£500
£475
£475
% change year-on-year
+5.26%
-
+5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted
285
168
461
10th Percentile
£14.58
£15.00
£12.04
25th Percentile
£20.00
£20.00
£15.00
Median hourly rate
£32.00
£35.50
£20.00
Median % change year-on-year
-9.86%
+77.50%
+1.27%
75th Percentile
£51.00
£47.83
£37.50
90th Percentile
£66.20
£61.25
£53.00
England median hourly rate
£19.89
£20.38
£18.88
% change year-on-year
-2.39%
+7.95%
+7.86%
Support Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in London
Job postings that featured Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.
Support Engineer Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in London.
Support Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in London over the 6 months to 3 August 2021.
Support Engineer Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in London.
Support Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram in London
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer in London over the 6 months to 3 August 2021.
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 3 August 2021. 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
Support Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in London
For the 6 months to 3 August 2021, Support Engineer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.
Support Engineer Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
