Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in London is £278, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
29 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 162 150
Rank change year-on-year -47 -12 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 215 200 308
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.17% 1.65% 1.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.77% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 133 225
10th Percentile £185 £176 £143
25th Percentile £200 £208 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £278 £288 £250
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% +15.00% -30.31%
75th Percentile £419 £413 £350
90th Percentile £500 £531 £538
England median daily rate £210 £240 £215
% change year-on-year -12.50% +11.63% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 19
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.16 £17.75
25th Percentile £20.14 £24.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.77 £25.83 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% +16.61% -10.51%
75th Percentile £27.38 £28.31 £24.73
90th Percentile £28.20 £29.33 £65.60
England median hourly rate £22.50 £25.15 £22.40
% change year-on-year -10.54% +12.28% +5.99%

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 17,077 11,323 16,346
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 93.44% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,301 7,687 11,841
10th Percentile £356 £350 £325
25th Percentile £431 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £756 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.91% -1.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 151 322
10th Percentile £18.79 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.42 £20.22
Median hourly rate £39.00 £31.00 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year +25.81% +12.10% -23.18%
75th Percentile £63.10 £49.88 £46.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £62.00 £65.03
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.07 £37.50
% change year-on-year +54.80% -22.48% -16.67%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -30 29 £220 -32.31% 7
East London - 9 £200 - 3
West London -32 8 £238 -5.00% 4
South London -15 2 £425 +69.66% 5
North London - 2 - - 1
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 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.

1 103 (47.91%) Windows
2 85 (39.53%) Active Directory
3 80 (37.21%) Microsoft 365
4 77 (35.81%) Microsoft
5 64 (29.77%) Azure
6 51 (23.72%) Windows 10
7 38 (17.67%) ServiceNow
7 38 (17.67%) SQL
8 32 (14.88%) Entra ID
9 31 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (13.02%) DevOps
10 28 (13.02%) Microsoft Intune
11 25 (11.63%) JIRA
12 24 (11.16%) Change Management
12 24 (11.16%) ITIL
13 23 (10.70%) DNS
14 21 (9.77%) PowerShell
15 20 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (9.30%) Mac OS
15 20 (9.30%) Migration
16 19 (8.84%) C#
17 18 (8.37%) SCCM
18 17 (7.91%) AWS
18 17 (7.91%) Customer Service
19 16 (7.44%) TCP/IP
20 15 (6.98%) CI/CD
20 15 (6.98%) DHCP
20 15 (6.98%) SharePoint
21 14 (6.51%) Apple
21 14 (6.51%) Microsoft Office

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 15 (6.98%) SharePoint
2 11 (5.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.93%) Confluence
3 2 (0.93%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (2.79%) Shopify
2 1 (0.47%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 80 (37.21%) Microsoft 365
2 64 (29.77%) Azure
3 32 (14.88%) Entra ID
4 20 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (7.91%) AWS
6 10 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (3.26%) SaaS
8 6 (2.79%) GCP
9 5 (2.33%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.86%) Datadog
10 4 (1.86%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.86%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.40%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.40%) PaaS
11 3 (1.40%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.93%) Nutanix
12 2 (0.93%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.93%) Snowflake
13 1 (0.47%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.70%) DNS
2 16 (7.44%) TCP/IP
3 15 (6.98%) DHCP
4 10 (4.65%) Internet
4 10 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (3.26%) VPN
6 5 (2.33%) HTTP
7 4 (1.86%) LAN
7 4 (1.86%) WAN
7 4 (1.86%) Wireless
8 2 (0.93%) Firewall
8 2 (0.93%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.93%) PSTN
8 2 (0.93%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.93%) VSAN
9 1 (0.47%) Network Security
9 1 (0.47%) NGFW
9 1 (0.47%) Softphone
9 1 (0.47%) VLAN
9 1 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.12%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.86%) Amazon Athena
3 4 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.47%) MS Access
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.47%) Power BI
6 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 25 (11.63%) JIRA
2 7 (3.26%) Git
3 4 (1.86%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.93%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 87 (40.47%) Social Skills
2 45 (20.93%) Finance
3 34 (15.81%) Banking
4 22 (10.23%) Investment Banking
5 18 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (5.12%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (3.72%) Front Office
8 7 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.79%) French Language
9 6 (2.79%) Legal
10 5 (2.33%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.86%) Spanish Language
12 3 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.40%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.40%) Retail
12 3 (1.40%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.93%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.93%) Local Government
13 2 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.47%) Korean Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.33%) SAML
1 5 (2.33%) YAML
2 4 (1.86%) .NET
2 4 (1.86%) OAuth
2 4 (1.86%) PySpark
2 4 (1.86%) REST
3 3 (1.40%) Middleware
3 3 (1.40%) RESTful
4 2 (0.93%) EDI
4 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Graph
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%) Spring
5 1 (0.47%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.51%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.26%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.79%) Hedge funds
4 6 (2.79%) iPhone
4 6 (2.79%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (2.79%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.40%) BYOD
7 2 (0.93%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.93%) IoT
8 1 (0.47%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.47%) iPad
8 1 (0.47%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.47%) NHS
8 1 (0.47%) PKI
8 1 (0.47%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 103 (47.91%) Windows
2 51 (23.72%) Windows 10
3 20 (9.30%) Mac OS
4 10 (4.65%) Windows Server
5 9 (4.19%) Linux
6 8 (3.72%) Apple iOS
6 8 (3.72%) Windows 7
7 6 (2.79%) Unix
8 4 (1.86%) Solaris
9 3 (1.40%) Android
10 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (13.02%) DevOps
3 24 (11.16%) Change Management
3 24 (11.16%) ITIL
4 20 (9.30%) Migration
5 17 (7.91%) Customer Service
6 15 (6.98%) CI/CD
7 14 (6.51%) User Experience
8 13 (6.05%) Agile
9 12 (5.58%) Problem Management
9 12 (5.58%) Runbook
10 11 (5.12%) Asset Management
10 11 (5.12%) Incident Management
10 11 (5.12%) Service Delivery
11 10 (4.65%) ITSM
11 10 (4.65%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (4.19%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (4.19%) Risk Assessment
13 8 (3.72%) Mobile Device Management
13 8 (3.72%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (17.67%) SQL
2 21 (9.77%) PowerShell
3 19 (8.84%) C#
4 12 (5.58%) Python
5 6 (2.79%) Bash
6 5 (2.33%) C++
7 4 (1.86%) Java
8 3 (1.40%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.47%) C
9 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.47%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (6.51%) Security Cleared
2 12 (5.58%) Degree
3 9 (4.19%) Azure Certification
4 7 (3.26%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.79%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.93%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.93%) CCNA
6 2 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.65%) SLA
2 2 (0.93%) GDPR
2 2 (0.93%) QA
3 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.47%) ITGC
System Software
1 85 (39.53%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.26%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.93%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.93%) vSphere
5 1 (0.47%) Firmware
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.47%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.47%) zsh
Systems Management
1 28 (13.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (8.37%) SCCM
3 7 (3.26%) Jamf Pro
3 7 (3.26%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.86%) Terraform
5 3 (1.40%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.93%) Kibana
6 2 (0.93%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.93%) vRealize
6 2 (0.93%) WMI
7 1 (0.47%) Ansible
7 1 (0.47%) Autotask
7 1 (0.47%) Grafana
7 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 77 (35.81%) Microsoft
2 38 (17.67%) ServiceNow
3 14 (6.51%) Apple
4 7 (3.26%) Google
5 6 (2.79%) iManage
5 6 (2.79%) Okta
5 6 (2.79%) VMware
6 5 (2.33%) Cisco
6 5 (2.33%) Citrix
6 5 (2.33%) Databricks
6 5 (2.33%) HP
7 4 (1.86%) Bloomberg
7 4 (1.86%) Meraki
7 4 (1.86%) Netskope
7 4 (1.86%) Zscaler
8 3 (1.40%) Dell
8 3 (1.40%) IBM
9 2 (0.93%) Oracle
9 2 (0.93%) PagerDuty
9 2 (0.93%) Reuters
52 Support Engineer jobs in London