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 24 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
24 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 166 138
Rank change year-on-year -51 -28 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 212 209 326
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.21% 1.64% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 1.75% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 143 239
10th Percentile £185 £182 £140
25th Percentile £194 £208 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £300 £260
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £415 £413 £353
90th Percentile £500 £495 £575
England median daily rate £210 £245 £215
% change year-on-year -14.29% +13.95% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 21
10th Percentile £18.37 £19.57 -
25th Percentile £19.54 £21.80 £18.93
Median hourly rate £21.46 £24.42 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% +17.32% -15.90%
75th Percentile £25.77 £27.17 £23.09
90th Percentile £27.60 £28.21 £57.50
England median hourly rate £22.50 £25.15 £20.82
% change year-on-year -10.54% +20.83% +4.08%

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 16,249 11,912 16,648
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 93.50% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,831 8,175 12,033
10th Percentile £350 £340 £325
25th Percentile £425 £431 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 145 342
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.08 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.88 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +26.56% -20.99%
75th Percentile £63.16 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.50 £64.45
England median hourly rate £45.46 £31.76 £35.00
% change year-on-year +43.14% -9.26% -22.22%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 -25 30 £220 -32.31% 5
West London -24 10 £230 -4.06% 2
East London +5 9 £200 -18.37% 2
South London -15 2 £425 +30.77% 2
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 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.

1 100 (47.17%) Windows
2 83 (39.15%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (34.91%) Active Directory
3 74 (34.91%) Microsoft
4 62 (29.25%) Azure
5 58 (27.36%) Windows 10
6 39 (18.40%) SQL
7 35 (16.51%) ServiceNow
8 34 (16.04%) Entra ID
9 29 (13.68%) ITIL
9 29 (13.68%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (12.74%) DevOps
11 26 (12.26%) Microsoft Intune
12 25 (11.79%) JIRA
13 23 (10.85%) Change Management
13 23 (10.85%) SCCM
14 21 (9.91%) Customer Service
14 21 (9.91%) PowerShell
14 21 (9.91%) Security Cleared
15 20 (9.43%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (9.43%) C#
15 20 (9.43%) DNS
16 18 (8.49%) Migration
17 16 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
17 16 (7.55%) User Experience
18 15 (7.08%) Mac OS
18 15 (7.08%) TCP/IP
19 14 (6.60%) Apple
19 14 (6.60%) Degree
19 14 (6.60%) SC 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 13 (6.13%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.94%) Confluence
4 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
Applications
1 16 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.83%) Shopify
2 5 (2.36%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.47%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.47%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.47%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.47%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.47%) Eikon
3 1 (0.47%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 83 (39.15%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (29.25%) Azure
3 34 (16.04%) Entra ID
4 20 (9.43%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (5.66%) AWS
6 10 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.83%) GCP
8 5 (2.36%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.36%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (2.36%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.89%) Datadog
9 4 (1.89%) Mimecast
9 4 (1.89%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.89%) SaaS
10 3 (1.42%) PaaS
10 3 (1.42%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.94%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.94%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.94%) Snowflake
12 1 (0.47%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.43%) DNS
2 15 (7.08%) TCP/IP
3 12 (5.66%) DHCP
4 9 (4.25%) Wireless
5 6 (2.83%) Internet
5 6 (2.83%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.36%) HTTP
7 4 (1.89%) Firewall
7 4 (1.89%) LAN
7 4 (1.89%) VPN
7 4 (1.89%) WAN
8 3 (1.42%) Softphone
9 2 (0.94%) DMZ
9 2 (0.94%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.94%) PSTN
9 2 (0.94%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.47%) Network Security
10 1 (0.47%) VLAN
10 1 (0.47%) VoIP
10 1 (0.47%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.30%) SQL Server
1 7 (3.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (1.89%) Amazon Athena
2 4 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.94%) Tableau
4 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.47%) MS Access
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (0.47%) Power BI
4 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 25 (11.79%) JIRA
2 7 (3.30%) Git
3 4 (1.89%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.94%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 89 (41.98%) Social Skills
2 41 (19.34%) Finance
3 34 (16.04%) Banking
4 18 (8.49%) Investment Banking
5 14 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (5.19%) Front Office
7 9 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.83%) French Language
10 5 (2.36%) Legal
11 4 (1.89%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.42%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.42%) Retail
13 2 (0.94%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.94%) Local Government
14 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.47%) Korean Language
14 1 (0.47%) Law
14 1 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.36%) .NET
1 5 (2.36%) SAML
1 5 (2.36%) YAML
2 4 (1.89%) OAuth
2 4 (1.89%) PySpark
3 3 (1.42%) Middleware
3 3 (1.42%) REST
4 2 (0.94%) EDI
4 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.94%) RESTful
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Camel
5 1 (0.47%) HTML
5 1 (0.47%) HTML5
5 1 (0.47%) JMS
5 1 (0.47%) Kafka
5 1 (0.47%) Node.js
5 1 (0.47%) Spring
5 1 (0.47%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (3.77%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.83%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.36%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.36%) iPhone
5 4 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (1.89%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.94%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.94%) Hedge funds
7 2 (0.94%) IoT
7 2 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.47%) Derivative
8 1 (0.47%) Equities
8 1 (0.47%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.47%) iPad
8 1 (0.47%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.47%) NHS
8 1 (0.47%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 100 (47.17%) Windows
2 58 (27.36%) Windows 10
3 15 (7.08%) Mac OS
4 10 (4.72%) Apple iOS
5 9 (4.25%) Android
5 9 (4.25%) Windows Server
6 8 (3.77%) Windows 7
7 6 (2.83%) Linux
8 4 (1.89%) Unix
9 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (13.68%) ITIL
1 29 (13.68%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (12.74%) DevOps
3 23 (10.85%) Change Management
4 21 (9.91%) Customer Service
5 18 (8.49%) Migration
6 16 (7.55%) User Experience
7 13 (6.13%) CI/CD
7 13 (6.13%) ITSM
8 12 (5.66%) Problem Management
9 10 (4.72%) Agile
10 9 (4.25%) Incident Management
10 9 (4.25%) Risk Assessment
10 9 (4.25%) Service Management
11 8 (3.77%) Asset Management
11 8 (3.77%) SDLC
11 8 (3.77%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (3.30%) Break/Fix
12 7 (3.30%) ERP
12 7 (3.30%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 39 (18.40%) SQL
2 21 (9.91%) PowerShell
3 20 (9.43%) C#
4 13 (6.13%) Python
5 5 (2.36%) Bash
6 4 (1.89%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.42%) Java
8 2 (0.94%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.94%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.47%) C
9 1 (0.47%) C++
9 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (9.91%) Security Cleared
2 14 (6.60%) Degree
2 14 (6.60%) SC Cleared
3 11 (5.19%) DV Cleared
4 9 (4.25%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.42%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.94%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.94%) CCNA
6 2 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.47%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.47%) MCITP
7 1 (0.47%) MCSE
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.36%) SLA
2 2 (0.94%) QA
3 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.47%) GAAP
3 1 (0.47%) GDPR
3 1 (0.47%) IFRS
3 1 (0.47%) ITGC
3 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 74 (34.91%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.83%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.47%) Firmware
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.47%) vSphere
5 1 (0.47%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (12.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (10.85%) SCCM
3 8 (3.77%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.89%) Terraform
6 2 (0.94%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.94%) WMI
6 2 (0.94%) WSUS
7 1 (0.47%) Ansible
7 1 (0.47%) Autotask
7 1 (0.47%) Grafana
7 1 (0.47%) Kibana
7 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.47%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.47%) vRealize
Vendors
1 74 (34.91%) Microsoft
2 35 (16.51%) ServiceNow
3 14 (6.60%) Apple
4 10 (4.72%) Cisco
4 10 (4.72%) Dell
4 10 (4.72%) HP
5 9 (4.25%) Bloomberg
6 8 (3.77%) Google
7 6 (2.83%) Citrix
7 6 (2.83%) iManage
8 5 (2.36%) Databricks
8 5 (2.36%) Okta
8 5 (2.36%) Remedy
8 5 (2.36%) Reuters
8 5 (2.36%) VMware
9 4 (1.89%) Meraki
9 4 (1.89%) Netskope
9 4 (1.89%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.42%) IBM
10 3 (1.42%) SAP
31 Support Engineer jobs in London