Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in London is £238, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 161 98
Rank change year-on-year -13 -63 +89
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 219 246 512
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.58% 1.58% 2.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 1.68% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 185 401
10th Percentile £163 £161 £143
25th Percentile £189 £200 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £300 £325
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £341 £360 £500
90th Percentile £541 £517 £750
England median daily rate £225 £240 £238
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.05% +3.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 9
10th Percentile £19.64 £16.49 £18.30
25th Percentile £21.46 £19.39 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +4.79% +26.78% -24.28%
75th Percentile £25.58 £35.25 £19.53
90th Percentile £28.40 £50.10 £21.00
England median hourly rate £24.00 £24.18 £19.00
% change year-on-year -0.74% +27.26% -6.31%

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 12,810 14,656 18,959
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 93.89% 93.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,496 9,478 13,749
10th Percentile £335 £338 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -2.65% -1.74%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £793
England median daily rate £508 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 155 228
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.11
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.68 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% - +17.19%
75th Percentile £49.13 £57.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.15 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.52% +50.70%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -16 30 £223 -36.43% 57
West London -10 15 £250 +13.64% 10
South London -8 6 £238 -26.92% 15
East London +5 2 - - 7
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 17 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.

1 112 (51.14%) Windows
2 88 (40.18%) Microsoft 365
3 84 (38.36%) Microsoft
4 69 (31.51%) Active Directory
5 55 (25.11%) Windows 10
6 42 (19.18%) Customer Service
7 39 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (16.44%) ITIL
9 35 (15.98%) Microsoft Intune
9 35 (15.98%) ServiceNow
10 34 (15.53%) Security Cleared
11 33 (15.07%) Microsoft Office
12 31 (14.16%) Azure
12 31 (14.16%) ITSM
13 29 (13.24%) SC Cleared
14 27 (12.33%) Apple
14 27 (12.33%) TCP/IP
15 26 (11.87%) SCCM
15 26 (11.87%) VPN
16 25 (11.42%) Mac OS
17 20 (9.13%) DNS
18 19 (8.68%) Citrix
19 18 (8.22%) Jamf Pro
19 18 (8.22%) PowerShell
20 17 (7.76%) DHCP
20 17 (7.76%) Microsoft Exchange
21 15 (6.85%) Agile
21 15 (6.85%) Apple iOS
21 15 (6.85%) Degree
21 15 (6.85%) Mobile Device 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 17 (7.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.94%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.74%) Confluence
4 4 (1.83%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.46%) Mattermost
5 1 (0.46%) Smallworld
Applications
1 33 (15.07%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.46%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.46%) DaVinci Resolve
5 1 (0.46%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (0.46%) Pro Tools
5 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (3.20%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.91%) Eikon
2 2 (0.91%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.46%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.46%) Eze OMS
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 88 (40.18%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (14.16%) Azure
3 13 (5.94%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.20%) OneDrive
5 5 (2.28%) Google Workspace
6 4 (1.83%) AWS
7 3 (1.37%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.37%) Slack
8 2 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.91%) 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%) OCI
9 1 (0.46%) PaaS
9 1 (0.46%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.33%) TCP/IP
2 26 (11.87%) VPN
3 20 (9.13%) DNS
4 17 (7.76%) DHCP
5 12 (5.48%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (5.02%) Internet
7 10 (4.57%) Firewall
7 10 (4.57%) LAN
8 9 (4.11%) Wireless
9 8 (3.65%) Remote Desktop
10 7 (3.20%) WAN
11 4 (1.83%) Skype
11 4 (1.83%) VLAN
11 4 (1.83%) VoIP
11 4 (1.83%) WebEx
12 3 (1.37%) Structured Cabling
13 2 (0.91%) DMZ
13 2 (0.91%) IP Telephony
13 2 (0.91%) NetScaler
13 2 (0.91%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.91%) Power BI
1 2 (0.91%) SQL Server
1 2 (0.91%) Tableau
2 1 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.46%) GIS
2 1 (0.46%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (3.20%) JIRA
2 2 (0.91%) Git
3 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.46%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 102 (46.58%) Social Skills
2 50 (22.83%) Finance
3 27 (12.33%) Banking
4 14 (6.39%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.48%) Front Office
5 12 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.20%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.28%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.83%) Law
8 4 (1.83%) Local Government
9 3 (1.37%) Legal
10 2 (0.91%) Back Office
10 2 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.91%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.91%) French Language
10 2 (0.91%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.46%) Aviation
11 1 (0.46%) Marketing
11 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.83%) Middleware
2 2 (0.91%) .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 18 (8.22%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.02%) Onboarding
3 10 (4.57%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (3.20%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.28%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.37%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.91%) CCTV
8 2 (0.91%) CMDB
8 2 (0.91%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.91%) iPhone
8 2 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.91%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.91%) Replication
8 2 (0.91%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.91%) Video\Live Streaming
8 2 (0.91%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 112 (51.14%) Windows
2 55 (25.11%) Windows 10
3 25 (11.42%) Mac OS
4 15 (6.85%) Apple iOS
5 13 (5.94%) Android
5 13 (5.94%) Linux
6 9 (4.11%) Windows Server
7 7 (3.20%) Unix
8 4 (1.83%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.37%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.46%) VMS
10 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (19.18%) Customer Service
2 39 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (16.44%) ITIL
4 31 (14.16%) ITSM
5 15 (6.85%) Agile
5 15 (6.85%) Mobile Device Management
6 13 (5.94%) Asset Management
6 13 (5.94%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (5.48%) Service Management
8 11 (5.02%) Server Management
9 10 (4.57%) Incident Management
9 10 (4.57%) Migration
10 9 (4.11%) Break/Fix
10 9 (4.11%) Change Management
10 9 (4.11%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (4.11%) Data Protection
10 9 (4.11%) User Experience
11 8 (3.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (3.65%) Workflow
11 8 (3.65%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.22%) PowerShell
2 12 (5.48%) SQL
3 9 (4.11%) Bash
4 8 (3.65%) Python
5 2 (0.91%) C#
5 2 (0.91%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.91%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.91%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.46%) ABAP
6 1 (0.46%) C
6 1 (0.46%) Java
6 1 (0.46%) Lisp
6 1 (0.46%) Magik
6 1 (0.46%) PHP
6 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.46%) Tcl
6 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.46%) VBA
6 1 (0.46%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 34 (15.53%) Security Cleared
2 29 (13.24%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.85%) Degree
4 11 (5.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.83%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.83%) MCSA
5 4 (1.83%) MCSE
6 3 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.91%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.91%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.91%) CCNA
7 2 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.91%) MCP
7 2 (0.91%) MOS
8 1 (0.46%) CCNP
8 1 (0.46%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.46%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.46%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.02%) SLA
2 5 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.28%) QA
3 3 (1.37%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.46%) GAAP
4 1 (0.46%) IFRS
4 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 69 (31.51%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.94%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.37%) Firmware
4 3 (1.37%) vSphere
5 2 (0.91%) 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 35 (15.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (11.87%) SCCM
3 18 (8.22%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.83%) AirWatch
4 4 (1.83%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.91%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.91%) Terraform
5 2 (0.91%) WSUS
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 84 (38.36%) Microsoft
2 35 (15.98%) ServiceNow
3 27 (12.33%) Apple
4 19 (8.68%) Citrix
5 11 (5.02%) Cisco
5 11 (5.02%) Remedy
6 10 (4.57%) HP
7 9 (4.11%) Bloomberg
7 9 (4.11%) VMware
8 8 (3.65%) Dell
9 6 (2.74%) Reuters
10 5 (2.28%) Solace
11 4 (1.83%) Polycom
12 3 (1.37%) Adobe
12 3 (1.37%) Atlassian
12 3 (1.37%) Google
12 3 (1.37%) ION Trading
12 3 (1.37%) SAP
12 3 (1.37%) TOWER Software
12 3 (1.37%) Wyse