Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in London is £245, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
4 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 163 162
Rank change year-on-year -37 -1 -63
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 279 215 266
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.39% 1.63% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 1.75% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 153 200
10th Percentile £173 £163 £149
25th Percentile £200 £200 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 £250 £275
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -9.09% -23.34%
75th Percentile £400 £400 £364
90th Percentile £500 £499 £538
England median daily rate £225 £238 £234
% change year-on-year -5.46% +1.57% -6.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 11
10th Percentile £23.65 £18.83 £18.13
25th Percentile £23.88 £24.66 £19.07
Median hourly rate £25.00 £26.00 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +24.91% -2.92%
75th Percentile £26.25 £28.00 £28.19
90th Percentile £26.70 £30.05 £57.50
England median hourly rate £22.50 £26.00 £22.88
% change year-on-year -13.46% +13.66% +20.02%

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 18,724 12,266 15,102
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 92.83% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,111 8,233 10,330
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 £685
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 368 206 188
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.04 £17.76
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £31.00 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +25.83% -9.50% -8.47%
75th Percentile £62.84 £50.56 £55.25
90th Percentile £80.38 £66.54 £72.81
England median hourly rate £42.58 £25.15 £46.18
% change year-on-year +69.28% -45.54% +5.29%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -2 50 £275 -0.90% 13
West London -20 18 £226 -9.80% 5
South London -15 4 £425 +70.00% 4
East London - 4 £180 - 2
North London - 3 - -
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 September 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.

1 193 (69.18%) Windows
2 138 (49.46%) Active Directory
3 137 (49.10%) Microsoft
4 136 (48.75%) Microsoft 365
5 73 (26.16%) Customer Service
6 67 (24.01%) Windows 10
7 65 (23.30%) Problem-Solving
8 53 (19.00%) ServiceNow
9 52 (18.64%) Azure
9 52 (18.64%) Mac OS
10 48 (17.20%) Entra ID
11 47 (16.85%) Microsoft Intune
12 46 (16.49%) DNS
13 45 (16.13%) ITIL
13 45 (16.13%) PowerShell
14 43 (15.41%) ITSM
15 41 (14.70%) SharePoint
16 40 (14.34%) TCP/IP
17 38 (13.62%) Security Cleared
18 36 (12.90%) Migration
19 34 (12.19%) SLA
20 33 (11.83%) Apple
20 33 (11.83%) Asset Management
20 33 (11.83%) Degree
20 33 (11.83%) Microsoft Exchange
21 32 (11.47%) Continuous Improvement
22 30 (10.75%) Linux
22 30 (10.75%) OneDrive
22 30 (10.75%) VPN
23 29 (10.39%) Service 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 41 (14.70%) SharePoint
2 33 (11.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.79%) MTS
4 2 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.72%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (6.45%) 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%) Bloomberg TOMS
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
1 136 (48.75%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (18.64%) Azure
3 48 (17.20%) Entra ID
4 30 (10.75%) OneDrive
5 23 (8.24%) AWS
6 13 (4.66%) SaaS
7 10 (3.58%) GCP
8 6 (2.15%) 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
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
11 3 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (16.49%) DNS
2 40 (14.34%) TCP/IP
3 30 (10.75%) VPN
4 26 (9.32%) DHCP
5 19 (6.81%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (6.09%) Internet
7 11 (3.94%) Firewall
8 7 (2.51%) WAN
9 6 (2.15%) Network Security
10 5 (1.79%) LAN
10 5 (1.79%) WebEx
11 3 (1.08%) BGP
11 3 (1.08%) MPLS
11 3 (1.08%) Multicast
11 3 (1.08%) OSPF
11 3 (1.08%) SMTP
11 3 (1.08%) VLAN
12 2 (0.72%) HTTP
12 2 (0.72%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.72%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.58%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.43%) Oracle Database
2 4 (1.43%) 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
4 2 (0.72%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.36%) Kdb+
5 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 25 (8.96%) JIRA
2 10 (3.58%) Git
3 3 (1.08%) Artifactory
3 3 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.72%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.36%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.36%) GitLab
5 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 116 (41.58%) Social Skills
2 65 (23.30%) Finance
3 32 (11.47%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (11.47%) Banking
4 21 (7.53%) Investment Banking
5 18 (6.45%) Front Office
6 16 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (4.30%) Financial Institution
7 12 (4.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.58%) Legal
8 10 (3.58%) Spanish Language
9 8 (2.87%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.15%) Retail
11 5 (1.79%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.08%) French Language
12 3 (1.08%) Local Government
13 2 (0.72%) Japanese Language
14 1 (0.36%) Billing
14 1 (0.36%) Korean Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.02%) Terraform
2 7 (2.51%) .NET
3 4 (1.43%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (0.72%) Kafka
4 2 (0.72%) REST
4 2 (0.72%) RESTful
4 2 (0.72%) SAML
5 1 (0.36%) FpML
5 1 (0.36%) HTML
5 1 (0.36%) HTML5
5 1 (0.36%) Node.js
5 1 (0.36%) OAuth
5 1 (0.36%) React
Miscellaneous
1 54 (19.35%) Onboarding
2 26 (9.32%) Video Conferencing
3 17 (6.09%) Hedge funds
4 11 (3.94%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.58%) iPhone
6 7 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.79%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.79%) iPad
7 5 (1.79%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.43%) BYOD
9 3 (1.08%) Clustering
9 3 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.08%) PKI
10 2 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.72%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.72%) Equities
10 2 (0.72%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 193 (69.18%) Windows
2 67 (24.01%) Windows 10
3 52 (18.64%) Mac OS
4 30 (10.75%) Linux
5 26 (9.32%) Apple iOS
6 23 (8.24%) Windows Server
7 19 (6.81%) 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 73 (26.16%) Customer Service
2 65 (23.30%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (16.13%) ITIL
4 43 (15.41%) ITSM
5 36 (12.90%) Migration
6 33 (11.83%) Asset Management
7 32 (11.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (10.39%) Service Management
9 23 (8.24%) User Experience
10 22 (7.89%) DevOps
11 21 (7.53%) Runbook
12 20 (7.17%) CI/CD
13 19 (6.81%) Problem Management
13 19 (6.81%) Root Cause Analysis
13 19 (6.81%) Service Delivery
14 18 (6.45%) Incident Management
15 16 (5.73%) High Availability
16 15 (5.38%) Change Management
17 14 (5.02%) Inventory Management
17 14 (5.02%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (16.13%) PowerShell
2 29 (10.39%) SQL
3 23 (8.24%) Python
4 15 (5.38%) Java
5 10 (3.58%) Bash
5 10 (3.58%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.87%) C#
7 6 (2.15%) C++
8 5 (1.79%) Tcl
9 3 (1.08%) Go
9 3 (1.08%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.72%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.36%) C
11 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 38 (13.62%) Security Cleared
2 33 (11.83%) Degree
3 21 (7.53%) SC Cleared
4 18 (6.45%) DV Cleared
5 14 (5.02%) A+ Certification
6 9 (3.23%) 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%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.72%) OCA
10 2 (0.72%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.36%) ACSP
11 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.36%) CCNP
11 1 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.19%) SLA
2 2 (0.72%) QA
3 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.36%) GDPR
3 1 (0.36%) ITGC
System Software
1 138 (49.46%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.23%) Docker
4 7 (2.51%) 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 20 (7.17%) SCCM
3 14 (5.02%) Kubernetes
4 10 (3.58%) Ansible
5 8 (2.87%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (2.15%) WSUS
7 5 (1.79%) Grafana
7 5 (1.79%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.43%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.08%) Nagios
9 3 (1.08%) Prometheus
9 3 (1.08%) Puppet
9 3 (1.08%) vMotion
10 2 (0.72%) Kibana
10 2 (0.72%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.72%) vRealize
11 1 (0.36%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.36%) Thomson Reuters DACS
11 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 137 (49.10%) Microsoft
2 53 (19.00%) ServiceNow
3 33 (11.83%) Apple
4 19 (6.81%) Google
5 16 (5.73%) VMware
6 13 (4.66%) Cisco
7 11 (3.94%) Bloomberg
7 11 (3.94%) Citrix
7 11 (3.94%) Oracle
7 11 (3.94%) Samsung
8 8 (2.87%) ION Trading
9 7 (2.51%) Dynatrace
9 7 (2.51%) Okta
10 6 (2.15%) iManage
10 6 (2.15%) Splunk
11 5 (1.79%) HP
11 5 (1.79%) MarketAxess
11 5 (1.79%) Meraki
11 5 (1.79%) Sybase
11 5 (1.79%) Tradeweb
149 Support Engineer jobs in London