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 23 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
23 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 168 147
Rank change year-on-year -49 -21 -40
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 235 224 308
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.19% 1.65% 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 1.77% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 157 226
10th Percentile £175 £173 £144
25th Percentile £188 £206 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £263 £269
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -2.33% -25.86%
75th Percentile £400 £413 £360
90th Percentile £450 £485 £545
England median daily rate £220 £238 £225
% change year-on-year -7.37% +5.56% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 16
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.88 £17.19
25th Percentile £20.79 £21.40 £19.53
Median hourly rate £25.77 £26.00 £21.48
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +21.03% -8.59%
75th Percentile £26.50 £29.00 £24.89
90th Percentile £27.30 £30.10 £43.44
England median hourly rate £23.50 £26.14 £22.15
% change year-on-year -10.10% +18.01% +14.29%

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 18,427 12,663 15,835
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 93.09% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,044 8,556 11,285
10th Percentile £363 £331 £338
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 196 248
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £22.69 £22.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.40 £32.15
Median % change year-on-year +23.35% -5.42% -17.58%
75th Percentile £59.72 £50.13 £51.75
90th Percentile £77.47 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £45.56 £27.29 £42.50
% change year-on-year +66.91% -35.78% -3.53%

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 23 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 23 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 -13 42 £220 -26.67% 5
West London -15 14 £232 -7.40% 4
East London - 8 £200 - 2
South London -20 2 £425 +69.83% 1
North London - 2 - - 1
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 154 (65.53%) Windows
2 121 (51.49%) Active Directory
3 105 (44.68%) Microsoft 365
4 98 (41.70%) Microsoft
5 59 (25.11%) Azure
6 56 (23.83%) Windows 10
7 50 (21.28%) ServiceNow
8 49 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
9 46 (19.57%) Entra ID
10 40 (17.02%) DNS
10 40 (17.02%) Mac OS
11 39 (16.60%) Customer Service
12 38 (16.17%) Microsoft Intune
13 35 (14.89%) ITIL
13 35 (14.89%) PowerShell
14 32 (13.62%) JIRA
14 32 (13.62%) SQL
15 30 (12.77%) TCP/IP
16 27 (11.49%) DevOps
17 26 (11.06%) Apple
18 25 (10.64%) Asset Management
18 25 (10.64%) Change Management
19 24 (10.21%) DHCP
20 23 (9.79%) Degree
20 23 (9.79%) Migration
20 23 (9.79%) SharePoint
21 21 (8.94%) Microsoft Exchange
22 20 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
22 20 (8.51%) ITSM
22 20 (8.51%) 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 23 (9.79%) SharePoint
2 21 (8.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.85%) Confluence
3 2 (0.85%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.43%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle BRM
2 1 (0.43%) SAP BRIM
2 1 (0.43%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.43%) SAP FI-CA
2 1 (0.43%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 105 (44.68%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (25.11%) Azure
3 46 (19.57%) Entra ID
4 19 (8.09%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (6.38%) AWS
6 13 (5.53%) OneDrive
7 11 (4.68%) GCP
8 10 (4.26%) SaaS
9 6 (2.55%) PaaS
10 4 (1.70%) Mimecast
11 3 (1.28%) IaaS
11 3 (1.28%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.85%) Cloud Functions
12 2 (0.85%) Datadog
12 2 (0.85%) Google Compute Engine
12 2 (0.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 2 (0.85%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.85%) Nutanix
12 2 (0.85%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 40 (17.02%) DNS
2 30 (12.77%) TCP/IP
3 24 (10.21%) DHCP
4 18 (7.66%) VPN
5 16 (6.81%) Internet
6 14 (5.96%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (3.40%) Firewall
8 5 (2.13%) HTTP
8 5 (2.13%) LAN
8 5 (2.13%) WAN
9 3 (1.28%) Network Security
9 3 (1.28%) SMTP
9 3 (1.28%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.85%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.85%) PSTN
10 2 (0.85%) VLAN
10 2 (0.85%) VSAN
10 2 (0.85%) WebEx
11 1 (0.43%) Multicast
11 1 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.40%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.28%) Big Data
3 3 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.85%) MySQL
4 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.43%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.43%) KDB
5 1 (0.43%) MS Access
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (13.62%) JIRA
2 8 (3.40%) Git
3 4 (1.70%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (1.28%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.85%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.43%) GitLab
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 101 (42.98%) Social Skills
2 52 (22.13%) Finance
3 31 (13.19%) Banking
4 26 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.23%) Investment Banking
6 15 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.83%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.40%) Front Office
8 8 (3.40%) Spanish Language
9 7 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.55%) Legal
10 6 (2.55%) Retail
11 4 (1.70%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.28%) French Language
12 3 (1.28%) Local Government
12 3 (1.28%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.85%) Japanese Language
14 1 (0.43%) Billing
14 1 (0.43%) Korean Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.55%) .NET
2 5 (2.13%) SAML
3 4 (1.70%) OAuth
4 3 (1.28%) REST
4 3 (1.28%) RESTful
5 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.43%) HTML
6 1 (0.43%) HTML5
6 1 (0.43%) Kafka
6 1 (0.43%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.32%) Onboarding
2 19 (8.09%) Video Conferencing
3 11 (4.68%) Data Centre
3 11 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.26%) Hedge funds
4 10 (4.26%) iPhone
5 5 (2.13%) iPad
5 5 (2.13%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.70%) BYOD
6 4 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.28%) Clustering
7 3 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.28%) PKI
8 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.85%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.85%) IoT
9 1 (0.43%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.43%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.43%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 154 (65.53%) Windows
2 56 (23.83%) Windows 10
3 40 (17.02%) Mac OS
4 18 (7.66%) Linux
5 16 (6.81%) Windows Server
6 11 (4.68%) Apple iOS
7 9 (3.83%) Android
8 7 (2.98%) Unix
9 6 (2.55%) Windows 7
10 5 (2.13%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.70%) Solaris
12 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.43%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (16.60%) Customer Service
3 35 (14.89%) ITIL
4 27 (11.49%) DevOps
5 25 (10.64%) Asset Management
5 25 (10.64%) Change Management
6 23 (9.79%) Migration
7 20 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (8.51%) ITSM
8 17 (7.23%) Problem Management
8 17 (7.23%) Runbook
8 17 (7.23%) Service Delivery
8 17 (7.23%) User Experience
9 15 (6.38%) Service Management
10 13 (5.53%) Agile
10 13 (5.53%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (5.11%) CI/CD
11 12 (5.11%) Incident Management
12 11 (4.68%) High Availability
13 10 (4.26%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (14.89%) PowerShell
2 32 (13.62%) SQL
3 19 (8.09%) C#
4 12 (5.11%) Python
5 9 (3.83%) Bash
6 7 (2.98%) Java
7 6 (2.55%) C++
8 2 (0.85%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.43%) C
9 1 (0.43%) Go
9 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.43%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (9.79%) Degree
2 20 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.68%) DV Cleared
4 10 (4.26%) A+ Certification
5 8 (3.40%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.98%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.70%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.85%) CCNA
10 2 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.09%) SLA
2 2 (0.85%) GDPR
2 2 (0.85%) QA
3 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.43%) ITGC
System Software
1 121 (51.49%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.68%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.70%) Docker
6 3 (1.28%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.28%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (1.28%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.85%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.85%) vSphere
7 2 (0.85%) zsh
8 1 (0.43%) Firmware
8 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.43%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 38 (16.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (8.09%) SCCM
3 8 (3.40%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (2.98%) Kubernetes
4 7 (2.98%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (2.55%) Ansible
5 6 (2.55%) Terraform
6 5 (2.13%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.28%) Grafana
7 3 (1.28%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (1.28%) Nagios
7 3 (1.28%) Puppet
7 3 (1.28%) vMotion
8 2 (0.85%) Kibana
8 2 (0.85%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.85%) vRealize
8 2 (0.85%) WMI
9 1 (0.43%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.43%) Autotask
9 1 (0.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 98 (41.70%) Microsoft
2 50 (21.28%) ServiceNow
3 26 (11.06%) Apple
4 12 (5.11%) Google
4 12 (5.11%) VMware
5 11 (4.68%) Citrix
6 7 (2.98%) HP
7 6 (2.55%) iManage
7 6 (2.55%) Okta
7 6 (2.55%) Samsung
8 5 (2.13%) Cisco
8 5 (2.13%) Dynatrace
8 5 (2.13%) Remedy
9 4 (1.70%) Meraki
9 4 (1.70%) Netskope
9 4 (1.70%) Oracle
9 4 (1.70%) Splunk
9 4 (1.70%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.28%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.28%) Reuters
38 Support Engineer jobs in London