Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in London is £238, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 158 98
Rank change year-on-year -20 -60 +85
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 222 244 501
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.57% 1.55% 2.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.70% 1.66% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 184 397
10th Percentile £163 £158 £143
25th Percentile £188 £200 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £300 £325
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £350 £353 £500
90th Percentile £539 £525 £750
England median daily rate £225 £240 £238
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.05% +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 9
10th Percentile £19.54 £16.49 £18.30
25th Percentile £21.46 £19.39 £18.50
Median hourly rate £24.58 £24.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% +26.78% -24.28%
75th Percentile £25.15 £35.25 £19.53
90th Percentile £27.20 £50.10 £21.00
England median hourly rate £24.00 £24.18 £19.00
% change year-on-year -0.74% +27.26% -6.31%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 13,093 14,735 18,649
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 93.78% 93.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,686 9,545 13,504
10th Percentile £333 £333 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -2.25% -2.14%
75th Percentile £654 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £794 £792
England median daily rate £508 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 156 222
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.18
25th Percentile £21.00 £23.80 £21.81
Median hourly rate £26.57 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.15% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £49.63 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.10 £80.97 £73.74
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.13% -12.82% +43.38%

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 21 November 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer in London over the 6 months to 21 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Engineer 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 21 November 2025. 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 -9 33 £225 -30.77% 58
West London -9 15 £250 +4.17% 10
South London -7 5 £225 -30.77% 11
East London +5 2 - - 6
North London - 1 £510 - 3
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 November 2025, 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.

1 116 (52.25%) Windows
2 88 (39.64%) Microsoft 365
3 84 (37.84%) Microsoft
4 67 (30.18%) Active Directory
5 58 (26.13%) Windows 10
6 43 (19.37%) Customer Service
7 40 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (16.22%) ITIL
8 36 (16.22%) Microsoft Intune
8 36 (16.22%) Security Cleared
9 34 (15.32%) ServiceNow
10 32 (14.41%) Azure
10 32 (14.41%) ITSM
11 31 (13.96%) Microsoft Office
11 31 (13.96%) SC Cleared
12 29 (13.06%) Apple
13 28 (12.61%) SCCM
13 28 (12.61%) TCP/IP
14 27 (12.16%) Mac OS
15 26 (11.71%) VPN
16 20 (9.01%) DNS
17 18 (8.11%) Jamf Pro
17 18 (8.11%) PowerShell
18 17 (7.66%) Citrix
18 17 (7.66%) DHCP
19 16 (7.21%) Microsoft Exchange
20 15 (6.76%) Agile
20 15 (6.76%) Android
20 15 (6.76%) Apple iOS
20 15 (6.76%) Degree

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 16 (7.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.86%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.70%) Confluence
4 4 (1.80%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.45%) Mattermost
5 1 (0.45%) Smallworld
Applications
1 31 (13.96%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.45%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.45%) DaVinci Resolve
5 1 (0.45%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (0.45%) Pro Tools
5 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (3.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.90%) Eikon
2 2 (0.90%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.45%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.45%) Eze OMS
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 88 (39.64%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (14.41%) Azure
3 15 (6.76%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.15%) OneDrive
5 5 (2.25%) Google Workspace
6 4 (1.80%) AWS
7 3 (1.35%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.35%) Slack
8 2 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.90%) SaaS
9 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.45%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.45%) IaaS
9 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.45%) OCI
9 1 (0.45%) PaaS
9 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 28 (12.61%) TCP/IP
2 26 (11.71%) VPN
3 20 (9.01%) DNS
4 17 (7.66%) DHCP
5 11 (4.95%) Firewall
5 11 (4.95%) Internet
5 11 (4.95%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (4.95%) Wireless
6 9 (4.05%) LAN
7 8 (3.60%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (2.70%) WAN
9 4 (1.80%) Skype
9 4 (1.80%) VLAN
9 4 (1.80%) WebEx
10 3 (1.35%) Softphone
10 3 (1.35%) Structured Cabling
11 2 (0.90%) DMZ
11 2 (0.90%) IP Telephony
11 2 (0.90%) SSH
11 2 (0.90%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.90%) Power BI
1 2 (0.90%) SQL Server
1 2 (0.90%) Tableau
2 1 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.45%) GIS
2 1 (0.45%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (3.15%) JIRA
2 2 (0.90%) Git
3 1 (0.45%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.45%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 105 (47.30%) Social Skills
2 49 (22.07%) Finance
3 28 (12.61%) Banking
4 14 (6.31%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.41%) Front Office
6 10 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.25%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.80%) Law
9 4 (1.80%) Local Government
9 4 (1.80%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.35%) Legal
11 2 (0.90%) Back Office
11 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.90%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.90%) French Language
12 1 (0.45%) Aviation
12 1 (0.45%) Marketing
12 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.80%) Middleware
2 2 (0.90%) .NET
3 1 (0.45%) ADO
3 1 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.45%) JSF
3 1 (0.45%) JSON
3 1 (0.45%) Kafka
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.45%) OAuth
3 1 (0.45%) React
3 1 (0.45%) REST
3 1 (0.45%) RSS
3 1 (0.45%) TIBCO EMS
3 1 (0.45%) Ultra Messaging
3 1 (0.45%) XML
3 1 (0.45%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.56%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 10 (4.50%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.70%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.35%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.90%) CCTV
8 2 (0.90%) CMDB
8 2 (0.90%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.90%) iPhone
8 2 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.90%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.90%) Replication
8 2 (0.90%) Video\Live Streaming
8 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.45%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (0.45%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 116 (52.25%) Windows
2 58 (26.13%) Windows 10
3 27 (12.16%) Mac OS
4 15 (6.76%) Android
4 15 (6.76%) Apple iOS
5 12 (5.41%) Linux
5 12 (5.41%) Windows Server
6 6 (2.70%) Unix
7 3 (1.35%) Mac OS X
7 3 (1.35%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (19.37%) Customer Service
2 40 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (16.22%) ITIL
4 32 (14.41%) ITSM
5 15 (6.76%) Agile
6 14 (6.31%) Mobile Device Management
7 13 (5.86%) Asset Management
7 13 (5.86%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (5.41%) Migration
8 12 (5.41%) Service Management
9 11 (4.95%) Server Management
10 10 (4.50%) Break/Fix
10 10 (4.50%) Incident Management
10 10 (4.50%) Workflow
11 9 (4.05%) Change Management
11 9 (4.05%) Collaborative Working
11 9 (4.05%) User Experience
12 8 (3.60%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (3.60%) Data Protection
12 8 (3.60%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.11%) PowerShell
2 12 (5.41%) SQL
3 8 (3.60%) Bash
4 7 (3.15%) Python
5 2 (0.90%) C#
5 2 (0.90%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.90%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.90%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.45%) ABAP
6 1 (0.45%) C
6 1 (0.45%) Java
6 1 (0.45%) Lisp
6 1 (0.45%) Magik
6 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.45%) Tcl
6 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.45%) VBA
6 1 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 31 (13.96%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.76%) Degree
4 11 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.25%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.80%) MCSA
6 4 (1.80%) MCSE
7 3 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.90%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.90%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.90%) CCNA
8 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.90%) MCP
8 2 (0.90%) MOS
9 1 (0.45%) CCNP
9 1 (0.45%) City & Guilds
9 1 (0.45%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.45%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.05%) SLA
2 5 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.25%) QA
3 3 (1.35%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.45%) GAAP
4 1 (0.45%) IFRS
4 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 67 (30.18%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (3.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.35%) Firmware
4 3 (1.35%) vSphere
5 2 (0.90%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.45%) Docker
6 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.45%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 36 (16.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (12.61%) SCCM
3 18 (8.11%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.80%) AirWatch
4 4 (1.80%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.90%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.90%) Terraform
5 2 (0.90%) WSUS
6 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.45%) Ansible
6 1 (0.45%) Autotask
6 1 (0.45%) Grafana
6 1 (0.45%) Kibana
6 1 (0.45%) logstash
6 1 (0.45%) SCOM
Vendors
1 84 (37.84%) Microsoft
2 34 (15.32%) ServiceNow
3 29 (13.06%) Apple
4 17 (7.66%) Citrix
5 13 (5.86%) Cisco
6 12 (5.41%) HP
7 11 (4.95%) Bloomberg
8 10 (4.50%) Dell
8 10 (4.50%) Remedy
9 9 (4.05%) VMware
10 6 (2.70%) Reuters
11 5 (2.25%) Solace
12 4 (1.80%) Polycom
13 3 (1.35%) Adobe
13 3 (1.35%) Atlassian
13 3 (1.35%) Google
13 3 (1.35%) ION Trading
13 3 (1.35%) Oracle
13 3 (1.35%) SAP
13 3 (1.35%) TOWER Software