Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in London is £255, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
28 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 161 161
Rank change year-on-year -41 0 -59
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 279 218 269
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.38% 1.63% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 1.76% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 156 201
10th Percentile £173 £163 £140
25th Percentile £200 £200 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £255 £250 £275
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -9.09% -24.55%
75th Percentile £400 £381 £360
90th Percentile £497 £475 £545
England median daily rate £225 £238 £232
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.45% -7.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 12
10th Percentile £23.65 £18.83 £16.44
25th Percentile £23.88 £24.66 £18.13
Median hourly rate £25.00 £26.00 £20.41
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +27.40% -4.82%
75th Percentile £26.25 £28.00 £27.59
90th Percentile £26.70 £30.05 £54.69
England median hourly rate £22.00 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year -12.52% +14.32% +15.42%

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 18,810 12,420 15,268
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.34% 92.91% 94.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,163 8,366 10,558
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 369 206 196
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.04 £17.69
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £33.29
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.87% -11.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £49.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £79.00 £65.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £44.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -42.84% +0.32%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 -1 52 £240 -13.51% 13
West London -21 18 £226 -9.80% 7
East London - 5 £200 - 1
South London -16 4 £425 +70.00% 2
North London - 3 - -
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 August 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.

1 192 (68.82%) Windows
2 142 (50.90%) Active Directory
3 136 (48.75%) Microsoft
4 133 (47.67%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (24.37%) Customer Service
5 68 (24.37%) Windows 10
6 67 (24.01%) Problem-Solving
7 57 (20.43%) Azure
8 55 (19.71%) ServiceNow
9 53 (19.00%) Mac OS
10 50 (17.92%) DNS
10 50 (17.92%) Entra ID
11 47 (16.85%) Microsoft Intune
12 46 (16.49%) ITIL
12 46 (16.49%) PowerShell
13 43 (15.41%) TCP/IP
14 40 (14.34%) ITSM
15 38 (13.62%) SharePoint
16 35 (12.54%) Migration
17 34 (12.19%) Security Cleared
18 33 (11.83%) Apple
18 33 (11.83%) Microsoft Exchange
18 33 (11.83%) SLA
19 32 (11.47%) Asset Management
19 32 (11.47%) Degree
20 31 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
21 30 (10.75%) Linux
21 30 (10.75%) VPN
22 29 (10.39%) SQL
23 27 (9.68%) DHCP

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 38 (13.62%) SharePoint
2 33 (11.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.43%) MTS
4 2 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.72%) OpenStack
Applications
1 17 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.72%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 4 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.36%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.36%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle BRM
2 1 (0.36%) SAP BRIM
2 1 (0.36%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.36%) SAP FI-CA
2 1 (0.36%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 133 (47.67%) Microsoft 365
2 57 (20.43%) Azure
3 50 (17.92%) Entra ID
4 27 (9.68%) OneDrive
5 25 (8.96%) AWS
6 13 (4.66%) GCP
7 12 (4.30%) SaaS
8 8 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (1.79%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.43%) Cloud Functions
10 4 (1.43%) Google App Engine
10 4 (1.43%) Google Compute Engine
10 4 (1.43%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 4 (1.43%) PaaS
11 3 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.08%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 3 (1.08%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.08%) IaaS
11 3 (1.08%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 50 (17.92%) DNS
2 43 (15.41%) TCP/IP
3 30 (10.75%) VPN
4 27 (9.68%) DHCP
5 19 (6.81%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (6.45%) Internet
7 10 (3.58%) Firewall
8 6 (2.15%) WAN
9 5 (1.79%) HTTP
9 5 (1.79%) LAN
9 5 (1.79%) Network Security
10 4 (1.43%) WebEx
11 3 (1.08%) Multicast
11 3 (1.08%) SMTP
11 3 (1.08%) VLAN
12 2 (0.72%) BGP
12 2 (0.72%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.72%) MPLS
12 2 (0.72%) OSPF
12 2 (0.72%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.08%) Big Data
3 3 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.08%) KDB
3 3 (1.08%) MySQL
3 3 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.72%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.36%) Kdb+
5 1 (0.36%) MS Access
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (9.32%) JIRA
2 10 (3.58%) Git
3 4 (1.43%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (1.43%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.08%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.72%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.36%) GitLab
6 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 115 (41.22%) Social Skills
2 66 (23.66%) Finance
3 33 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (11.11%) Banking
5 20 (7.17%) Investment Banking
6 17 (6.09%) Front Office
7 16 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (4.30%) Financial Institution
8 12 (4.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.58%) Legal
9 10 (3.58%) Spanish Language
10 8 (2.87%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.15%) Retail
12 5 (1.79%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.08%) French Language
13 3 (1.08%) Local Government
14 2 (0.72%) Japanese Language
15 1 (0.36%) Billing
15 1 (0.36%) Korean Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.02%) Terraform
2 7 (2.51%) .NET
3 5 (1.79%) SAML
4 4 (1.43%) OAuth
5 3 (1.08%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (1.08%) REST
5 3 (1.08%) RESTful
6 2 (0.72%) Kafka
6 2 (0.72%) Node.js
7 1 (0.36%) FpML
7 1 (0.36%) HTML
7 1 (0.36%) HTML5
7 1 (0.36%) React
Miscellaneous
1 52 (18.64%) Onboarding
2 25 (8.96%) Video Conferencing
3 16 (5.73%) Hedge funds
4 11 (3.94%) iPhone
5 10 (3.58%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.15%) iPad
8 5 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.79%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.43%) BYOD
9 4 (1.43%) Fixed Income
10 3 (1.08%) Clustering
10 3 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.08%) PKI
11 2 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.72%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.72%) Equities
11 2 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 192 (68.82%) Windows
2 68 (24.37%) Windows 10
3 53 (19.00%) Mac OS
4 30 (10.75%) Linux
5 24 (8.60%) Apple iOS
6 22 (7.89%) Windows Server
7 17 (6.09%) Android
8 8 (2.87%) Unix
8 8 (2.87%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.79%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.43%) Solaris
10 4 (1.43%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.72%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.72%) VMS
11 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (24.37%) Customer Service
2 67 (24.01%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (16.49%) ITIL
4 40 (14.34%) ITSM
5 35 (12.54%) Migration
6 32 (11.47%) Asset Management
7 31 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (9.32%) Service Management
9 24 (8.60%) DevOps
9 24 (8.60%) Runbook
9 24 (8.60%) User Experience
10 22 (7.89%) CI/CD
11 20 (7.17%) Problem Management
11 20 (7.17%) Service Delivery
12 18 (6.45%) Incident Management
13 16 (5.73%) Root Cause Analysis
14 15 (5.38%) Change Management
14 15 (5.38%) High Availability
15 14 (5.02%) Inventory Management
15 14 (5.02%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (16.49%) PowerShell
2 29 (10.39%) SQL
3 25 (8.96%) Python
4 16 (5.73%) Java
5 13 (4.66%) Bash
6 10 (3.58%) JavaScript
7 9 (3.23%) C#
8 6 (2.15%) C++
9 4 (1.43%) Tcl
10 3 (1.08%) Go
10 3 (1.08%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.72%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.72%) VBA
12 1 (0.36%) C
12 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 34 (12.19%) Security Cleared
2 32 (11.47%) Degree
3 18 (6.45%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.09%) DV Cleared
5 13 (4.66%) A+ Certification
6 8 (2.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (2.15%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.36%) ACSP
11 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.36%) CCNA
11 1 (0.36%) CCNP
11 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (11.83%) SLA
2 2 (0.72%) QA
3 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.36%) GDPR
3 1 (0.36%) ITGC
System Software
1 142 (50.90%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.23%) Docker
4 8 (2.87%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.08%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.08%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (1.08%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.72%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.72%) vSphere
7 2 (0.72%) zsh
8 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 47 (16.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (7.53%) SCCM
3 14 (5.02%) Kubernetes
4 9 (3.23%) Ansible
5 8 (2.87%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (2.51%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (2.15%) WSUS
8 5 (1.79%) Grafana
8 5 (1.79%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.43%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (1.08%) Nagios
10 3 (1.08%) Prometheus
10 3 (1.08%) Puppet
10 3 (1.08%) vMotion
11 2 (0.72%) Kibana
11 2 (0.72%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.72%) vRealize
12 1 (0.36%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.36%) Thomson Reuters DACS
12 1 (0.36%) WMI
Vendors
1 136 (48.75%) Microsoft
2 55 (19.71%) ServiceNow
3 33 (11.83%) Apple
4 19 (6.81%) Google
5 16 (5.73%) VMware
6 11 (3.94%) Bloomberg
6 11 (3.94%) Cisco
6 11 (3.94%) Citrix
6 11 (3.94%) Samsung
7 8 (2.87%) Oracle
8 7 (2.51%) Dynatrace
8 7 (2.51%) ION Trading
8 7 (2.51%) Okta
9 6 (2.15%) iManage
9 6 (2.15%) Splunk
10 5 (1.79%) Adobe
10 5 (1.79%) HP
10 5 (1.79%) Meraki
10 5 (1.79%) Remedy
10 5 (1.79%) Symantec
75 Support Engineer jobs in London