Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in London is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 162 141
Rank change year-on-year -46 -21 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 206 204 308
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.14% 1.65% 1.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 1.77% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 132 224
10th Percentile £185 £176 £140
25th Percentile £200 £206 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £275 £255
Median % change year-on-year - +7.84% -27.14%
75th Percentile £420 £413 £350
90th Percentile £500 £473 £545
England median daily rate £210 £235 £215
% change year-on-year -10.64% +9.30% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 20
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.55 £17.94
25th Percentile £20.14 £24.18 £19.73
Median hourly rate £25.77 £24.66 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% +11.33% -10.51%
75th Percentile £27.38 £28.00 £24.46
90th Percentile £28.20 £28.25 £61.55
England median hourly rate £22.75 £25.15 £22.08
% change year-on-year -9.54% +13.93% +7.16%

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 16,751 11,531 16,335
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 93.34% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,107 7,870 11,819
10th Percentile £355 £350 £325
25th Percentile £431 £428 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £757 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.27% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 150 318
10th Percentile £19.23 £20.24 £16.01
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.66 £20.07
Median hourly rate £39.00 £34.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% +23.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.50 £46.05
90th Percentile £76.58 £63.88 £65.32
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.23 £37.18
% change year-on-year +53.95% -21.38% -16.94%

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 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 21 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 -26 26 £210 -30.00% 4
East London 0 8 £200 -18.37% 8
West London -32 7 £239 -4.50% 6
South London -17 2 £425 +69.83% 6
North London - 2 - - 2
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 93 (45.15%) Windows
2 75 (36.41%) Active Directory
2 75 (36.41%) Microsoft 365
3 73 (35.44%) Microsoft
4 62 (30.10%) Azure
5 49 (23.79%) Windows 10
6 39 (18.93%) ServiceNow
7 36 (17.48%) SQL
8 31 (15.05%) Entra ID
9 28 (13.59%) DevOps
9 28 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (12.14%) Microsoft Intune
11 24 (11.65%) ITIL
11 24 (11.65%) JIRA
12 22 (10.68%) Change Management
12 22 (10.68%) DNS
13 20 (9.71%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (9.71%) PowerShell
13 20 (9.71%) SCCM
14 19 (9.22%) C#
15 18 (8.74%) Customer Service
16 17 (8.25%) Mac OS
16 17 (8.25%) Migration
17 15 (7.28%) AWS
17 15 (7.28%) Security Cleared
18 14 (6.80%) DHCP
18 14 (6.80%) TCP/IP
19 13 (6.31%) Apple
19 13 (6.31%) CI/CD
19 13 (6.31%) 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 12 (5.83%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.97%) Confluence
3 2 (0.97%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (2.91%) Shopify
2 2 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.49%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.49%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 75 (36.41%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (30.10%) Azure
3 31 (15.05%) Entra ID
4 20 (9.71%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (7.28%) AWS
6 10 (4.85%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.91%) GCP
8 5 (2.43%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (2.43%) SaaS
9 4 (1.94%) Datadog
9 4 (1.94%) Mimecast
9 4 (1.94%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.46%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.46%) PaaS
10 3 (1.46%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.97%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.97%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.97%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.49%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 22 (10.68%) DNS
2 14 (6.80%) DHCP
2 14 (6.80%) TCP/IP
3 9 (4.37%) Internet
3 9 (4.37%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (3.40%) VPN
5 5 (2.43%) HTTP
5 5 (2.43%) Wireless
6 4 (1.94%) LAN
6 4 (1.94%) WAN
7 2 (0.97%) Firewall
7 2 (0.97%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.97%) PSTN
7 2 (0.97%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.97%) VSAN
8 1 (0.49%) Network Security
8 1 (0.49%) NGFW
8 1 (0.49%) Softphone
8 1 (0.49%) VLAN
8 1 (0.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.85%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.94%) Amazon Athena
3 4 (1.94%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.49%) MS Access
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.49%) Power BI
6 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 24 (11.65%) JIRA
2 7 (3.40%) Git
3 4 (1.94%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.97%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.49%) Subversion
General
1 84 (40.78%) Social Skills
2 41 (19.90%) Finance
3 32 (15.53%) Banking
4 19 (9.22%) Investment Banking
5 16 (7.77%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.37%) Front Office
6 9 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.91%) French Language
8 6 (2.91%) Legal
9 3 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.46%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.46%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.46%) Retail
9 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.97%) Japanese Language
10 2 (0.97%) Local Government
10 2 (0.97%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.49%) Korean Language
11 1 (0.49%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.43%) SAML
1 5 (2.43%) YAML
2 4 (1.94%) .NET
2 4 (1.94%) OAuth
2 4 (1.94%) PySpark
2 4 (1.94%) REST
3 3 (1.46%) Middleware
3 3 (1.46%) RESTful
4 2 (0.97%) EDI
4 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Camel
5 1 (0.49%) HTML
5 1 (0.49%) HTML5
5 1 (0.49%) JMS
5 1 (0.49%) Kafka
5 1 (0.49%) Node.js
5 1 (0.49%) Spring
5 1 (0.49%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.37%) Onboarding
1 9 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (2.91%) Data Centre
2 6 (2.91%) iPhone
2 6 (2.91%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (1.94%) Hedge funds
3 4 (1.94%) Virtual Team
4 3 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.97%) BYOD
5 2 (0.97%) Client/Server
5 2 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (0.97%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.97%) IoT
6 1 (0.49%) Equities
6 1 (0.49%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.49%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.49%) iPad
6 1 (0.49%) NHS
6 1 (0.49%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 93 (45.15%) Windows
2 49 (23.79%) Windows 10
3 17 (8.25%) Mac OS
4 8 (3.88%) Windows 7
5 7 (3.40%) Apple iOS
5 7 (3.40%) Linux
5 7 (3.40%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.94%) Android
6 4 (1.94%) Unix
7 2 (0.97%) Solaris
8 1 (0.49%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (13.59%) DevOps
1 28 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (11.65%) ITIL
3 22 (10.68%) Change Management
4 18 (8.74%) Customer Service
5 17 (8.25%) Migration
6 13 (6.31%) CI/CD
6 13 (6.31%) User Experience
7 12 (5.83%) Problem Management
7 12 (5.83%) Service Delivery
8 11 (5.34%) ITSM
9 10 (4.85%) Agile
10 9 (4.37%) Asset Management
10 9 (4.37%) Incident Management
10 9 (4.37%) Risk Assessment
11 8 (3.88%) Mobile Device Management
11 8 (3.88%) Runbook
11 8 (3.88%) Service Management
11 8 (3.88%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (3.40%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 36 (17.48%) SQL
2 20 (9.71%) PowerShell
3 19 (9.22%) C#
4 12 (5.83%) Python
5 5 (2.43%) Bash
6 4 (1.94%) Java
7 3 (1.46%) C++
7 3 (1.46%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.49%) C
8 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.49%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (7.28%) Security Cleared
2 12 (5.83%) Degree
3 9 (4.37%) Azure Certification
4 8 (3.88%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.40%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.97%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.97%) CCNA
6 2 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.97%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.49%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.88%) SLA
2 2 (0.97%) GDPR
3 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.49%) ITGC
System Software
1 75 (36.41%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.40%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.97%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.97%) vSphere
5 1 (0.49%) Firmware
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 25 (12.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (9.71%) SCCM
3 7 (3.40%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (2.91%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.94%) Terraform
6 3 (1.46%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.97%) Kibana
7 2 (0.97%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.97%) vRealize
7 2 (0.97%) WMI
8 1 (0.49%) Ansible
8 1 (0.49%) Autotask
8 1 (0.49%) Grafana
8 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 73 (35.44%) Microsoft
2 39 (18.93%) ServiceNow
3 13 (6.31%) Apple
4 8 (3.88%) Google
5 6 (2.91%) Cisco
5 6 (2.91%) HP
5 6 (2.91%) iManage
5 6 (2.91%) VMware
6 5 (2.43%) Bloomberg
6 5 (2.43%) Citrix
6 5 (2.43%) Databricks
6 5 (2.43%) Okta
7 4 (1.94%) Dell
7 4 (1.94%) Meraki
7 4 (1.94%) Netskope
7 4 (1.94%) Zscaler
8 3 (1.46%) IBM
9 2 (0.97%) Oracle
9 2 (0.97%) Remedy
9 2 (0.97%) SAP