Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in London is £240, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
17 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 165 146
Rank change year-on-year -53 -19 -34
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 236 223 307
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.19% 1.64% 1.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 1.76% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 155 225
10th Percentile £175 £172 £144
25th Percentile £189 £206 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £270 £268
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +0.93% -27.70%
75th Percentile £400 £413 £381
90th Percentile £465 £490 £545
England median daily rate £220 £238 £225
% change year-on-year -7.37% +5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 16
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.88 £17.19
25th Percentile £22.21 £21.40 £19.53
Median hourly rate £25.77 £26.00 £21.48
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +21.03% -15.27%
75th Percentile £27.00 £29.00 £24.89
90th Percentile £27.98 £30.10 £43.44
England median hourly rate £23.00 £26.14 £22.15
% change year-on-year -12.01% +18.01% +12.15%

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 18,394 12,646 16,190
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 93.25% 94.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,070 8,556 11,553
10th Percentile £360 £331 £331
25th Percentile £449 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 200 275
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.48 £22.86 £20.98
Median hourly rate £39.00 £31.25 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +24.80% +3.61% -19.40%
75th Percentile £60.25 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.88 £63.75 £70.55
England median hourly rate £45.56 £27.70 £40.00
% change year-on-year +64.46% -30.75% -6.98%

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 July 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 17 July 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 -10 38 £220 -26.67% 7
West London -14 15 £232 -7.40% 1
East London - 8 £200 - 2
South London -18 2 £425 +69.66%
North London - 2 - - 1
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 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.

1 152 (64.41%) Windows
2 122 (51.69%) Active Directory
3 106 (44.92%) Microsoft 365
4 100 (42.37%) Microsoft
5 61 (25.85%) Azure
6 55 (23.31%) Windows 10
7 49 (20.76%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (20.76%) ServiceNow
8 46 (19.49%) Entra ID
9 40 (16.95%) Microsoft Intune
10 38 (16.10%) Mac OS
11 37 (15.68%) DNS
12 36 (15.25%) Customer Service
12 36 (15.25%) ITIL
13 34 (14.41%) SQL
14 32 (13.56%) PowerShell
15 29 (12.29%) JIRA
16 28 (11.86%) DevOps
17 26 (11.02%) Change Management
17 26 (11.02%) TCP/IP
18 25 (10.59%) Apple
18 25 (10.59%) Asset Management
19 24 (10.17%) Degree
19 24 (10.17%) Migration
20 22 (9.32%) DHCP
20 22 (9.32%) Microsoft Exchange
21 21 (8.90%) SharePoint
22 20 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
22 20 (8.47%) ITSM
22 20 (8.47%) SCCM

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 22 (9.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (8.90%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.85%) Confluence
3 2 (0.85%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (6.36%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.42%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 106 (44.92%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (25.85%) Azure
3 46 (19.49%) Entra ID
4 19 (8.05%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (7.20%) AWS
6 12 (5.08%) OneDrive
7 10 (4.24%) GCP
7 10 (4.24%) SaaS
8 6 (2.54%) PaaS
9 5 (2.12%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.27%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.27%) IaaS
10 3 (1.27%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.85%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 2 (0.85%) Datadog
11 2 (0.85%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.85%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.85%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (15.68%) DNS
2 26 (11.02%) TCP/IP
3 22 (9.32%) DHCP
4 15 (6.36%) Internet
4 15 (6.36%) VPN
5 14 (5.93%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (3.81%) Firewall
7 5 (2.12%) HTTP
7 5 (2.12%) LAN
7 5 (2.12%) WAN
8 4 (1.69%) Network Security
9 3 (1.27%) SMTP
9 3 (1.27%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.85%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.85%) PSTN
10 2 (0.85%) VSAN
10 2 (0.85%) WebEx
11 1 (0.42%) VLAN
11 1 (0.42%) VoIP
11 1 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.39%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.27%) Big Data
3 3 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.85%) MySQL
4 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.42%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.42%) KDB
5 1 (0.42%) MS Access
5 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 29 (12.29%) JIRA
2 7 (2.97%) Git
3 4 (1.69%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.85%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.42%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.42%) GitLab
5 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.42%) Subversion
General
1 100 (42.37%) Social Skills
2 52 (22.03%) Finance
3 35 (14.83%) Banking
4 28 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.47%) Investment Banking
6 15 (6.36%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.81%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.81%) Front Office
8 8 (3.39%) Spanish Language
9 7 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.97%) Legal
10 6 (2.54%) Retail
11 4 (1.69%) French Language
12 3 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.27%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.85%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.85%) Local Government
13 2 (0.85%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.42%) Korean Language
14 1 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.12%) .NET
1 5 (2.12%) SAML
2 4 (1.69%) OAuth
2 4 (1.69%) REST
3 3 (1.27%) RESTful
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Camel
5 1 (0.42%) HTML
5 1 (0.42%) HTML5
5 1 (0.42%) JMS
5 1 (0.42%) Kafka
5 1 (0.42%) Middleware
5 1 (0.42%) Node.js
5 1 (0.42%) PySpark
5 1 (0.42%) Spring
5 1 (0.42%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (14.83%) Onboarding
2 17 (7.20%) Video Conferencing
3 11 (4.66%) Data Centre
3 11 (4.66%) iPhone
3 11 (4.66%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.81%) Hedge funds
5 6 (2.54%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.69%) BYOD
6 4 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.69%) iPad
7 3 (1.27%) Clustering
7 3 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.27%) PKI
8 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.85%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.85%) IoT
9 1 (0.42%) Equities
9 1 (0.42%) NHS
9 1 (0.42%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 152 (64.41%) Windows
2 55 (23.31%) Windows 10
3 38 (16.10%) Mac OS
4 19 (8.05%) Linux
5 16 (6.78%) Windows Server
6 10 (4.24%) Apple iOS
7 8 (3.39%) Unix
8 7 (2.97%) Android
8 7 (2.97%) Windows 7
9 5 (2.12%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.69%) Solaris
11 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (20.76%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (15.25%) Customer Service
2 36 (15.25%) ITIL
3 28 (11.86%) DevOps
4 26 (11.02%) Change Management
5 25 (10.59%) Asset Management
6 24 (10.17%) Migration
7 20 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (8.47%) ITSM
8 19 (8.05%) Service Delivery
9 18 (7.63%) Service Management
10 17 (7.20%) User Experience
11 16 (6.78%) Problem Management
11 16 (6.78%) Runbook
12 14 (5.93%) Agile
13 13 (5.51%) Stakeholder Management
14 12 (5.08%) CI/CD
15 11 (4.66%) Incident Management
16 10 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 10 (4.24%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (14.41%) SQL
2 32 (13.56%) PowerShell
3 19 (8.05%) C#
4 12 (5.08%) Python
5 8 (3.39%) Bash
6 7 (2.97%) Java
7 6 (2.54%) C++
8 3 (1.27%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.42%) C
10 1 (0.42%) Go
10 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (10.17%) Degree
2 19 (8.05%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.81%) A+ Certification
3 9 (3.81%) DV Cleared
4 8 (3.39%) Azure Certification
4 8 (3.39%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.85%) CCNA
6 2 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.20%) SLA
2 2 (0.85%) GDPR
2 2 (0.85%) QA
3 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.42%) ITGC
System Software
1 122 (51.69%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.66%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.12%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.69%) Docker
6 3 (1.27%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.27%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (1.27%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.85%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.85%) vSphere
8 1 (0.42%) Firmware
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.42%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.42%) zsh
Systems Management
1 40 (16.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (8.47%) SCCM
3 7 (2.97%) Ansible
3 7 (2.97%) Jamf Pro
3 7 (2.97%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (2.54%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.12%) Terraform
5 5 (2.12%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.27%) Nagios
6 3 (1.27%) Puppet
6 3 (1.27%) vMotion
7 2 (0.85%) Grafana
7 2 (0.85%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.85%) Kibana
7 2 (0.85%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.85%) vRealize
7 2 (0.85%) WMI
8 1 (0.42%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.42%) Autotask
8 1 (0.42%) WSUS
Vendors
1 100 (42.37%) Microsoft
2 49 (20.76%) ServiceNow
3 25 (10.59%) Apple
4 12 (5.08%) VMware
5 11 (4.66%) Citrix
5 11 (4.66%) Google
6 7 (2.97%) HP
7 6 (2.54%) iManage
7 6 (2.54%) Okta
7 6 (2.54%) Samsung
8 5 (2.12%) Cisco
9 4 (1.69%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.69%) Meraki
9 4 (1.69%) Netskope
9 4 (1.69%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.27%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.27%) IBM
10 3 (1.27%) Reuters
10 3 (1.27%) Splunk
10 3 (1.27%) Symantec
45 Support Engineer jobs in London