Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in London is £260, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 175 111
Rank change year-on-year -21 -64 +53
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 206 192 372
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.35% 1.43% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 1.52% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 133 277
10th Percentile £181 £166 £143
25th Percentile £190 £200 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £275 £270
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +1.85% -3.57%
75th Percentile £421 £398 £385
90th Percentile £519 £600 £631
England median daily rate £213 £230 £215
% change year-on-year -7.61% +6.98% -10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 16
10th Percentile £19.54 £15.99 -
25th Percentile £21.46 £18.13 £18.93
Median hourly rate £23.11 £21.00 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% -5.19% -11.40%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £23.38
90th Percentile £26.76 £26.72 £61.64
England median hourly rate £22.50 £19.85 £20.50
% change year-on-year +13.35% -3.17% +2.50%

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 14,122 12,612 17,238
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 93.62% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,417 8,123 12,447
10th Percentile £350 £331 £325
25th Percentile £425 £437 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £787
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 140 335
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.98 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.02 £24.66 £19.05
Median hourly rate £34.75 £36.75 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +27.83% -17.27%
75th Percentile £59.79 £53.75 £49.48
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.95 £65.90
England median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.68%

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 16 February 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 16 February 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 -9 32 £201 -28.76% 14
West London -19 12 £300 +25.00% 6
East London +5 7 £200 -18.37% 3
North London - 1 £510 - 1
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 February 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 93 (45.15%) Windows
2 75 (36.41%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (33.98%) Microsoft
4 54 (26.21%) Windows 10
5 46 (22.33%) Active Directory
6 34 (16.50%) Azure
7 31 (15.05%) Security Cleared
8 30 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (14.08%) ITIL
9 29 (14.08%) ServiceNow
10 28 (13.59%) SCCM
11 26 (12.62%) SC Cleared
12 24 (11.65%) Microsoft Intune
13 23 (11.17%) Customer Service
13 23 (11.17%) Mac OS
14 22 (10.68%) Microsoft Office
14 22 (10.68%) SQL
15 20 (9.71%) Apple
16 18 (8.74%) ITSM
16 18 (8.74%) PowerShell
17 17 (8.25%) VPN
18 16 (7.77%) Entra ID
19 15 (7.28%) TCP/IP
20 14 (6.80%) Degree
20 14 (6.80%) DHCP
20 14 (6.80%) DNS
20 14 (6.80%) Microsoft Exchange
20 14 (6.80%) Wireless
21 13 (6.31%) Agile
21 13 (6.31%) Cisco

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 14 (6.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (6.31%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.46%) Confluence
4 1 (0.49%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (10.68%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.49%) DaVinci Resolve
4 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.49%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (0.49%) Pro Tools
4 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.91%) Remedy ITSM
1 6 (2.91%) Shopify
2 1 (0.49%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.49%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.49%) Eikon
2 1 (0.49%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 75 (36.41%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (16.50%) Azure
3 16 (7.77%) Entra ID
4 10 (4.85%) AWS
5 9 (4.37%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (3.88%) OneDrive
7 7 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.91%) Google Workspace
9 5 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.94%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.94%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.94%) SaaS
11 2 (0.97%) Datadog
11 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.97%) PaaS
11 2 (0.97%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.97%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.49%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.49%) GitHub
12 1 (0.49%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.25%) VPN
2 15 (7.28%) TCP/IP
3 14 (6.80%) DHCP
3 14 (6.80%) DNS
3 14 (6.80%) Wireless
4 12 (5.83%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (4.37%) Firewall
6 8 (3.88%) Internet
6 8 (3.88%) LAN
7 6 (2.91%) WAN
8 4 (1.94%) VLAN
9 3 (1.46%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (1.46%) Softphone
9 3 (1.46%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (0.97%) DMZ
10 2 (0.97%) Network Security
10 2 (0.97%) PSTN
10 2 (0.97%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.49%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.49%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.40%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.94%) Amazon Athena
3 4 (1.94%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.97%) Tableau
5 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (0.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (4.85%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) Fiddler
2 1 (0.49%) Git
2 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
General
1 86 (41.75%) Social Skills
2 40 (19.42%) Finance
3 34 (16.50%) Banking
4 15 (7.28%) Investment Banking
5 12 (5.83%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (4.37%) Front Office
8 8 (3.88%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.40%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (2.43%) French Language
11 4 (1.94%) Law
11 4 (1.94%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.46%) Legal
13 2 (0.97%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.49%) Aviation
14 1 (0.49%) Multimedia
14 1 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.49%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.91%) Middleware
2 5 (2.43%) YAML
3 4 (1.94%) PySpark
4 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.97%) .NET
5 2 (0.97%) EDI
6 1 (0.49%) Apache Camel
6 1 (0.49%) JMS
6 1 (0.49%) Kafka
6 1 (0.49%) OAuth
6 1 (0.49%) REST
6 1 (0.49%) RSS
6 1 (0.49%) Spring
6 1 (0.49%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.34%) Data Centre
1 11 (5.34%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.91%) Driving Licence
3 6 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (2.91%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (1.94%) Hedge funds
5 3 (1.46%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.97%) CCTV
6 2 (0.97%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (0.97%) Fixed Income
6 2 (0.97%) IoT
6 2 (0.97%) iPhone
6 2 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.97%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.49%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (0.49%) Equities
7 1 (0.49%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 93 (45.15%) Windows
2 54 (26.21%) Windows 10
3 23 (11.17%) Mac OS
4 12 (5.83%) Android
5 11 (5.34%) Linux
6 9 (4.37%) Windows Server
7 7 (3.40%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.91%) Unix
9 5 (2.43%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (14.08%) ITIL
3 23 (11.17%) Customer Service
4 18 (8.74%) ITSM
5 13 (6.31%) Agile
5 13 (6.31%) DevOps
5 13 (6.31%) User Experience
6 12 (5.83%) Migration
7 11 (5.34%) Mobile Device Management
8 10 (4.85%) Asset Management
8 10 (4.85%) Incident Management
8 10 (4.85%) Service Management
9 9 (4.37%) Break/Fix
9 9 (4.37%) Change Management
9 9 (4.37%) Data Protection
10 8 (3.88%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (3.88%) Mentoring
10 8 (3.88%) Zero Trust
11 7 (3.40%) Coaching
11 7 (3.40%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.68%) SQL
2 18 (8.74%) PowerShell
3 12 (5.83%) Python
4 7 (3.40%) Bash
4 7 (3.40%) C#
5 2 (0.97%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.97%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.97%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.49%) Java
6 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.49%) Tcl
6 1 (0.49%) VBA
6 1 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 31 (15.05%) Security Cleared
2 26 (12.62%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.80%) Degree
4 8 (3.88%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.40%) Azure Certification
5 7 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.94%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.46%) CCNA
7 3 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.46%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.97%) MCSA
8 2 (0.97%) MCSE
8 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.49%) City & Guilds
9 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.49%) MCITP
9 1 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.43%) SLA
2 4 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.46%) QA
4 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.49%) GAAP
4 1 (0.49%) GDPR
4 1 (0.49%) IFRS
4 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 46 (22.33%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.46%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.97%) Firmware
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.49%) vSphere
6 1 (0.49%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 28 (13.59%) SCCM
2 24 (11.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (6.31%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.46%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.97%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.97%) Terraform
5 2 (0.97%) WSUS
6 1 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.49%) Ansible
6 1 (0.49%) Grafana
6 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 70 (33.98%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.08%) ServiceNow
3 20 (9.71%) Apple
4 13 (6.31%) Cisco
5 12 (5.83%) Dell
6 11 (5.34%) HP
7 10 (4.85%) Citrix
8 8 (3.88%) Bloomberg
9 7 (3.40%) Remedy
10 6 (2.91%) VMware
11 5 (2.43%) Databricks
11 5 (2.43%) Google
12 4 (1.94%) ION Trading
12 4 (1.94%) Okta
13 3 (1.46%) Oracle
13 3 (1.46%) Reuters
13 3 (1.46%) SAP
13 3 (1.46%) Solace
13 3 (1.46%) Zscaler
14 2 (0.97%) PagerDuty