Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in London is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
17 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 159 130
Rank change year-on-year -61 -29 +29
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 211 211 331
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.22% 1.67% 1.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 1.78% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 144 243
10th Percentile £185 £182 £140
25th Percentile £193 £209 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £308 £260
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +18.27% -13.33%
75th Percentile £415 £413 £353
90th Percentile £500 £547 £575
England median daily rate £210 £245 £213
% change year-on-year -14.29% +15.29% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 21
10th Percentile £18.37 £19.28 -
25th Percentile £19.54 £21.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £21.46 £24.18 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +16.17% -16.74%
75th Percentile £25.77 £24.66 £23.09
90th Percentile £27.60 £26.91 £57.50
England median hourly rate £22.50 £24.66 £20.82
% change year-on-year -8.76% +18.47% +7.85%

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 16,086 11,843 16,724
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 93.49% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,735 8,116 12,083
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 142 346
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.21 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.66 £19.94
Median hourly rate £37.25 £35.00 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year +6.43% +26.56% -20.99%
75th Percentile £63.08 £50.75 £44.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.88 £64.77
England median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £34.21
% change year-on-year +38.46% -5.00% -21.59%

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 April 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 April 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 -21 29 £211 -35.00% 14
East London +3 9 £200 -18.37% 5
West London -26 9 £238 -1.04% 6
South London -18 2 £425 +30.77% 4
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 April 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.

1 101 (47.87%) Windows
2 81 (38.39%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (35.07%) Microsoft
4 72 (34.12%) Active Directory
5 60 (28.44%) Azure
6 59 (27.96%) Windows 10
7 39 (18.48%) SQL
8 35 (16.59%) ServiceNow
9 34 (16.11%) Entra ID
10 31 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (14.22%) ITIL
12 27 (12.80%) Microsoft Intune
13 26 (12.32%) DevOps
14 25 (11.85%) JIRA
15 23 (10.90%) Change Management
15 23 (10.90%) SCCM
16 22 (10.43%) PowerShell
17 21 (9.95%) Customer Service
18 20 (9.48%) Azure DevOps
18 20 (9.48%) C#
18 20 (9.48%) DNS
18 20 (9.48%) Security Cleared
19 17 (8.06%) TCP/IP
20 16 (7.58%) Mac OS
20 16 (7.58%) Migration
21 15 (7.11%) Degree
21 15 (7.11%) Microsoft Office
21 15 (7.11%) User Experience
22 14 (6.64%) Apple
23 13 (6.16%) CI/CD

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 13 (6.16%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.95%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (7.11%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.84%) Shopify
2 5 (2.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.47%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.47%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.47%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.47%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.47%) Eikon
3 1 (0.47%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 81 (38.39%) Microsoft 365
2 60 (28.44%) Azure
3 34 (16.11%) Entra ID
4 20 (9.48%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (5.69%) AWS
6 10 (4.74%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.84%) Google Workspace
8 5 (2.37%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (2.37%) GCP
9 4 (1.90%) Datadog
9 4 (1.90%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.90%) SaaS
10 3 (1.42%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.42%) PaaS
10 3 (1.42%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.95%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.95%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.95%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.48%) DNS
2 17 (8.06%) TCP/IP
3 13 (6.16%) DHCP
4 9 (4.27%) Wireless
5 8 (3.79%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (3.32%) Internet
7 5 (2.37%) HTTP
7 5 (2.37%) LAN
7 5 (2.37%) VPN
7 5 (2.37%) WAN
8 4 (1.90%) Firewall
9 3 (1.42%) Softphone
10 2 (0.95%) DMZ
10 2 (0.95%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.95%) PSTN
10 2 (0.95%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.95%) VLAN
11 1 (0.47%) NGFW
11 1 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
11 1 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.32%) SQL Server
1 7 (3.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (1.90%) Amazon Athena
2 4 (1.90%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.95%) Tableau
4 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.47%) MS Access
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.47%) Power BI
4 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 25 (11.85%) JIRA
2 7 (3.32%) Git
3 4 (1.90%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.95%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 89 (42.18%) Social Skills
2 41 (19.43%) Finance
3 34 (16.11%) Banking
4 18 (8.53%) Investment Banking
5 13 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (5.21%) Front Office
7 9 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.84%) French Language
9 4 (1.90%) Legal
10 3 (1.42%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.42%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.95%) Japanese Language
11 2 (0.95%) Local Government
11 2 (0.95%) Retail
12 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.47%) Korean Language
12 1 (0.47%) Law
12 1 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.37%) .NET
1 5 (2.37%) SAML
1 5 (2.37%) YAML
2 4 (1.90%) OAuth
2 4 (1.90%) PySpark
3 3 (1.42%) Middleware
4 2 (0.95%) EDI
4 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.95%) REST
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Camel
5 1 (0.47%) HTML
5 1 (0.47%) HTML5
5 1 (0.47%) JMS
5 1 (0.47%) Kafka
5 1 (0.47%) Node.js
5 1 (0.47%) RESTful
5 1 (0.47%) Spring
5 1 (0.47%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (3.79%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.84%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.84%) Driving Licence
4 4 (1.90%) iPhone
4 4 (1.90%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (1.90%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.42%) Hedge funds
5 3 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.95%) IoT
7 1 (0.47%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.47%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.47%) iPad
7 1 (0.47%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.47%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.47%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.47%) NHS
7 1 (0.47%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 101 (47.87%) Windows
2 59 (27.96%) Windows 10
3 16 (7.58%) Mac OS
4 10 (4.74%) Android
4 10 (4.74%) Apple iOS
5 9 (4.27%) Windows Server
6 8 (3.79%) Windows 7
7 6 (2.84%) Linux
8 4 (1.90%) Unix
9 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (14.22%) ITIL
3 26 (12.32%) DevOps
4 23 (10.90%) Change Management
5 21 (9.95%) Customer Service
6 16 (7.58%) Migration
7 15 (7.11%) User Experience
8 13 (6.16%) CI/CD
8 13 (6.16%) ITSM
9 12 (5.69%) Problem Management
10 11 (5.21%) Agile
11 10 (4.74%) Service Management
12 9 (4.27%) Incident Management
12 9 (4.27%) Risk Assessment
13 8 (3.79%) Break/Fix
13 8 (3.79%) Mobile Device Management
13 8 (3.79%) SDLC
14 7 (3.32%) Data Protection
14 7 (3.32%) Service Delivery
14 7 (3.32%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 39 (18.48%) SQL
2 22 (10.43%) PowerShell
3 20 (9.48%) C#
4 13 (6.16%) Python
5 5 (2.37%) Bash
6 4 (1.90%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.95%) Java
7 2 (0.95%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.95%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.47%) C
8 1 (0.47%) C++
8 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.47%) VBA
8 1 (0.47%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (9.48%) Security Cleared
2 15 (7.11%) Degree
3 13 (6.16%) SC Cleared
4 11 (5.21%) DV Cleared
5 9 (4.27%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.42%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.42%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.95%) CCNA
7 2 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.47%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.47%) MCITP
8 1 (0.47%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.37%) SLA
2 2 (0.95%) QA
3 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.47%) GAAP
3 1 (0.47%) GDPR
3 1 (0.47%) IFRS
3 1 (0.47%) ITGC
3 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 72 (34.12%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.84%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.47%) Firmware
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.47%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 27 (12.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (10.90%) SCCM
3 8 (3.79%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (2.84%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.42%) Terraform
6 2 (0.95%) WMI
6 2 (0.95%) WSUS
7 1 (0.47%) Ansible
7 1 (0.47%) Autotask
7 1 (0.47%) Grafana
7 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 74 (35.07%) Microsoft
2 35 (16.59%) ServiceNow
3 14 (6.64%) Apple
4 10 (4.74%) Dell
5 9 (4.27%) Bloomberg
5 9 (4.27%) Cisco
5 9 (4.27%) HP
6 8 (3.79%) Google
7 6 (2.84%) Citrix
8 5 (2.37%) Databricks
8 5 (2.37%) Okta
8 5 (2.37%) Remedy
8 5 (2.37%) Reuters
8 5 (2.37%) Zscaler
9 4 (1.90%) iManage
9 4 (1.90%) Netskope
9 4 (1.90%) VMware
10 3 (1.42%) IBM
10 3 (1.42%) ION Trading
10 3 (1.42%) Oracle
59 Support Engineer jobs in London