Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in London is £240, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
29 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 167 140
Rank change year-on-year -44 -27 -30
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 236 222 304
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.19% 1.63% 1.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 1.76% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 159 227
10th Percentile £175 £163 £143
25th Percentile £188 £205 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £250 £270
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -7.41% -22.86%
75th Percentile £400 £413 £350
90th Percentile £450 £480 £545
England median daily rate £225 £235 £225
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 14
10th Percentile £18.07 £17.19 £16.81
25th Percentile £19.43 £23.03 £18.60
Median hourly rate £25.00 £26.00 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +24.91% -11.43%
75th Percentile £26.75 £28.50 £26.30
90th Percentile £27.38 £30.08 £49.06
England median hourly rate £23.00 £26.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% +15.79%

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 18,473 12,646 15,469
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.04% 93.01% 94.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,088 8,560 11,001
10th Percentile £363 £328 £343
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.34% -1.32% -4.35%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 198 220
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £29.54 £32.15
Median % change year-on-year +32.05% -8.12% -14.28%
75th Percentile £59.72 £50.38 £52.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.75 £71.31
England median hourly rate £45.56 £26.02 £43.00
% change year-on-year +75.08% -39.49% -1.58%

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 July 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 July 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 -3 43 £220 -26.67% 3
West London -18 14 £232 -7.40% 4
East London - 8 £200 - 1
South London -24 2 £425 +69.83% 1
North London - 2 - - 3
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 July 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.

1 158 (66.95%) Windows
2 126 (53.39%) Active Directory
3 105 (44.49%) Microsoft 365
4 103 (43.64%) Microsoft
5 57 (24.15%) Azure
5 57 (24.15%) Windows 10
6 52 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (22.03%) ServiceNow
7 44 (18.64%) Entra ID
8 43 (18.22%) DNS
9 41 (17.37%) Customer Service
10 40 (16.95%) Mac OS
11 37 (15.68%) Microsoft Intune
12 36 (15.25%) ITIL
13 33 (13.98%) PowerShell
14 32 (13.56%) SQL
15 31 (13.14%) JIRA
15 31 (13.14%) TCP/IP
16 27 (11.44%) DevOps
16 27 (11.44%) Migration
17 26 (11.02%) Apple
17 26 (11.02%) Asset Management
17 26 (11.02%) DHCP
18 25 (10.59%) Change Management
18 25 (10.59%) Degree
19 22 (9.32%) SharePoint
20 21 (8.90%) Continuous Improvement
20 21 (8.90%) ITSM
20 21 (8.90%) Microsoft Exchange
21 20 (8.47%) Security Cleared

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 22 (9.32%) SharePoint
2 21 (8.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.85%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 12 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.42%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle BRM
2 1 (0.42%) SAP BRIM
2 1 (0.42%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.42%) SAP FI-CA
2 1 (0.42%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 105 (44.49%) Microsoft 365
2 57 (24.15%) Azure
3 44 (18.64%) Entra ID
4 19 (8.05%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (6.36%) AWS
6 12 (5.08%) OneDrive
7 11 (4.66%) GCP
8 9 (3.81%) SaaS
9 4 (1.69%) Mimecast
9 4 (1.69%) PaaS
10 3 (1.27%) IaaS
10 3 (1.27%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.85%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 2 (0.85%) Cloud Functions
11 2 (0.85%) Datadog
11 2 (0.85%) Google App Engine
11 2 (0.85%) Google Compute Engine
11 2 (0.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 2 (0.85%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.85%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 43 (18.22%) DNS
2 31 (13.14%) TCP/IP
3 26 (11.02%) DHCP
4 19 (8.05%) VPN
5 16 (6.78%) Internet
6 13 (5.51%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (3.39%) Firewall
8 5 (2.12%) HTTP
9 3 (1.27%) LAN
9 3 (1.27%) Network Security
9 3 (1.27%) SMTP
9 3 (1.27%) WAN
9 3 (1.27%) WebEx
10 2 (0.85%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.85%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.85%) VLAN
10 2 (0.85%) VSAN
11 1 (0.42%) Multicast
11 1 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.39%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.27%) Big Data
3 3 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.85%) MySQL
4 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.42%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.42%) KDB
5 1 (0.42%) MS Access
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 31 (13.14%) JIRA
2 8 (3.39%) Git
3 4 (1.69%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (1.27%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.85%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.42%) GitLab
6 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.42%) Subversion
General
1 104 (44.07%) Social Skills
2 53 (22.46%) Finance
3 31 (13.14%) Banking
4 27 (11.44%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.20%) Investment Banking
6 16 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (4.24%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.81%) Front Office
8 9 (3.81%) Spanish Language
9 8 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.97%) Legal
11 6 (2.54%) Retail
12 4 (1.69%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.27%) French Language
13 3 (1.27%) Local Government
13 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.85%) Japanese Language
15 1 (0.42%) Billing
15 1 (0.42%) Korean Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.54%) .NET
2 5 (2.12%) SAML
3 4 (1.69%) OAuth
4 3 (1.27%) REST
4 3 (1.27%) RESTful
5 1 (0.42%) HTML
5 1 (0.42%) HTML5
5 1 (0.42%) Kafka
5 1 (0.42%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 38 (16.10%) Onboarding
2 19 (8.05%) Video Conferencing
3 11 (4.66%) Data Centre
3 11 (4.66%) Hedge funds
3 11 (4.66%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.24%) iPhone
5 5 (2.12%) iPad
5 5 (2.12%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.69%) BYOD
6 4 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.27%) Clustering
7 3 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.27%) PKI
8 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.85%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.42%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.42%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.42%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.42%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 158 (66.95%) Windows
2 57 (24.15%) Windows 10
3 40 (16.95%) Mac OS
4 18 (7.63%) Linux
4 18 (7.63%) Windows Server
5 12 (5.08%) Apple iOS
6 9 (3.81%) Android
7 8 (3.39%) Windows 7
8 7 (2.97%) Unix
9 5 (2.12%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.69%) Solaris
10 4 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.42%) OpenVMS
11 1 (0.42%) VMS
11 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (17.37%) Customer Service
3 36 (15.25%) ITIL
4 27 (11.44%) DevOps
4 27 (11.44%) Migration
5 26 (11.02%) Asset Management
6 25 (10.59%) Change Management
7 21 (8.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (8.90%) ITSM
8 18 (7.63%) Service Delivery
8 18 (7.63%) User Experience
9 17 (7.20%) Problem Management
9 17 (7.20%) Runbook
10 15 (6.36%) Service Management
11 13 (5.51%) Incident Management
12 12 (5.08%) CI/CD
12 12 (5.08%) High Availability
12 12 (5.08%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (4.66%) Agile
14 10 (4.24%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (13.98%) PowerShell
2 32 (13.56%) SQL
3 19 (8.05%) C#
4 10 (4.24%) Python
5 9 (3.81%) Bash
6 7 (2.97%) Java
7 6 (2.54%) C++
8 2 (0.85%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.42%) C
9 1 (0.42%) Go
9 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (10.59%) Degree
2 20 (8.47%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.66%) A+ Certification
3 11 (4.66%) DV Cleared
4 8 (3.39%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.54%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.85%) CCNA
9 2 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.47%) SLA
2 2 (0.85%) GDPR
2 2 (0.85%) QA
3 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.42%) ITGC
System Software
1 126 (53.39%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.66%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.12%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.69%) Docker
6 3 (1.27%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.27%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (1.27%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.85%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.85%) vSphere
7 2 (0.85%) zsh
8 1 (0.42%) Firmware
8 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.42%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 37 (15.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (8.05%) SCCM
3 7 (2.97%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.97%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (2.54%) Ansible
4 6 (2.54%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (2.54%) Terraform
5 5 (2.12%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.27%) Grafana
6 3 (1.27%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (1.27%) Nagios
6 3 (1.27%) Puppet
6 3 (1.27%) vMotion
7 2 (0.85%) Kibana
7 2 (0.85%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.85%) vRealize
7 2 (0.85%) WMI
7 2 (0.85%) WSUS
8 1 (0.42%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.42%) Autotask
Vendors
1 103 (43.64%) Microsoft
2 52 (22.03%) ServiceNow
3 26 (11.02%) Apple
4 14 (5.93%) Google
4 14 (5.93%) VMware
5 12 (5.08%) Citrix
6 7 (2.97%) HP
7 6 (2.54%) Cisco
7 6 (2.54%) iManage
7 6 (2.54%) Okta
7 6 (2.54%) Samsung
8 5 (2.12%) Dynatrace
8 5 (2.12%) Oracle
8 5 (2.12%) Remedy
9 4 (1.69%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.69%) Meraki
9 4 (1.69%) Netskope
9 4 (1.69%) Splunk
9 4 (1.69%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.27%) Reuters
48 Support Engineer jobs in London