Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in London is £245, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
7 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 168 160
Rank change year-on-year -33 -8 -61
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 281 217 267
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.39% 1.62% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 1.75% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 155 200
10th Percentile £173 £163 £150
25th Percentile £200 £200 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 £250 £288
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -13.04% -20.69%
75th Percentile £400 £400 £364
90th Percentile £500 £493 £538
England median daily rate £225 £238 £235
% change year-on-year -5.46% +1.28% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 11
10th Percentile £23.65 £18.83 £18.13
25th Percentile £23.88 £24.66 £19.07
Median hourly rate £25.00 £26.00 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +24.91% -2.92%
75th Percentile £26.25 £28.00 £28.19
90th Percentile £26.70 £30.05 £57.50
England median hourly rate £22.50 £26.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year -13.46% +7.53% +25.61%

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 18,858 12,435 15,274
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 92.85% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,185 8,333 10,422
10th Percentile £363 £325 £344
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £681
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 370 207 188
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.05 £17.76
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.84
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.87% -12.86% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.38 £56.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £66.34 £72.81
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £47.37
% change year-on-year +73.20% -46.91% +8.01%

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 7 September 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 7 September 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 +2 51 £258 -6.36% 9
West London -17 18 £226 -9.80% 5
South London -13 4 £425 +70.00% 3
East London - 4 £180 - 2
North London - 3 - -
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 September 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.

1 195 (69.40%) Windows
2 140 (49.82%) Active Directory
3 138 (49.11%) Microsoft
4 137 (48.75%) Microsoft 365
5 75 (26.69%) Customer Service
6 68 (24.20%) Windows 10
7 65 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
8 53 (18.86%) Azure
8 53 (18.86%) Mac OS
8 53 (18.86%) ServiceNow
9 48 (17.08%) Entra ID
9 48 (17.08%) Microsoft Intune
10 47 (16.73%) DNS
10 47 (16.73%) ITIL
11 45 (16.01%) PowerShell
12 43 (15.30%) ITSM
13 42 (14.95%) SharePoint
14 41 (14.59%) TCP/IP
15 38 (13.52%) Security Cleared
16 36 (12.81%) Migration
17 35 (12.46%) SLA
18 34 (12.10%) Microsoft Exchange
19 33 (11.74%) Apple
19 33 (11.74%) Asset Management
19 33 (11.74%) Degree
20 32 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
21 31 (11.03%) Linux
22 30 (10.68%) OneDrive
22 30 (10.68%) VPN
23 29 (10.32%) Service Management

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 42 (14.95%) SharePoint
2 34 (12.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.78%) MTS
4 2 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.71%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.71%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 4 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.36%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle BRM
2 1 (0.36%) SAP BRIM
2 1 (0.36%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.36%) SAP FI-CA
2 1 (0.36%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 137 (48.75%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (18.86%) Azure
3 48 (17.08%) Entra ID
4 30 (10.68%) OneDrive
5 23 (8.19%) AWS
6 13 (4.63%) SaaS
7 10 (3.56%) GCP
8 6 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.78%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (1.78%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.42%) Cloud Functions
10 4 (1.42%) Google App Engine
10 4 (1.42%) Google Compute Engine
10 4 (1.42%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 3 (1.07%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.07%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 3 (1.07%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.07%) IaaS
11 3 (1.07%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.07%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (16.73%) DNS
2 41 (14.59%) TCP/IP
3 30 (10.68%) VPN
4 27 (9.61%) DHCP
5 19 (6.76%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (6.05%) Internet
7 11 (3.91%) Firewall
8 8 (2.85%) WAN
9 6 (2.14%) Network Security
10 5 (1.78%) LAN
10 5 (1.78%) WebEx
11 3 (1.07%) BGP
11 3 (1.07%) MPLS
11 3 (1.07%) Multicast
11 3 (1.07%) OSPF
11 3 (1.07%) SD-WAN
11 3 (1.07%) SMTP
11 3 (1.07%) VLAN
12 2 (0.71%) HTTP
12 2 (0.71%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.56%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.42%) Oracle Database
2 4 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.07%) Big Data
3 3 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.07%) KDB
3 3 (1.07%) MySQL
4 2 (0.71%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.36%) Kdb+
5 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 25 (8.90%) JIRA
2 10 (3.56%) Git
3 3 (1.07%) Artifactory
3 3 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.36%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.36%) GitLab
5 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 117 (41.64%) Social Skills
2 66 (23.49%) Finance
3 32 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (11.39%) Banking
4 21 (7.47%) Investment Banking
5 18 (6.41%) Front Office
6 16 (5.69%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (4.27%) Financial Institution
7 12 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.91%) Legal
9 10 (3.56%) Spanish Language
10 8 (2.85%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.14%) Retail
12 5 (1.78%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.07%) French Language
13 3 (1.07%) Local Government
14 2 (0.71%) Japanese Language
15 1 (0.36%) Billing
15 1 (0.36%) Korean Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.98%) Terraform
2 7 (2.49%) .NET
3 4 (1.42%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (0.71%) Kafka
4 2 (0.71%) REST
4 2 (0.71%) RESTful
4 2 (0.71%) SAML
5 1 (0.36%) FpML
5 1 (0.36%) HTML
5 1 (0.36%) HTML5
5 1 (0.36%) Node.js
5 1 (0.36%) OAuth
5 1 (0.36%) React
Miscellaneous
1 54 (19.22%) Onboarding
2 27 (9.61%) Video Conferencing
3 17 (6.05%) Hedge funds
4 11 (3.91%) Data Centre
5 10 (3.56%) iPhone
6 7 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.78%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.78%) iPad
7 5 (1.78%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.42%) BYOD
9 3 (1.07%) Clustering
9 3 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.07%) PKI
10 2 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.71%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.71%) Equities
10 2 (0.71%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 195 (69.40%) Windows
2 68 (24.20%) Windows 10
3 53 (18.86%) Mac OS
4 31 (11.03%) Linux
5 27 (9.61%) Apple iOS
6 24 (8.54%) Windows Server
7 20 (7.12%) Android
8 8 (2.85%) Unix
8 8 (2.85%) Windows 7
9 5 (1.78%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.42%) Solaris
10 4 (1.42%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.71%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.71%) VMS
11 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (26.69%) Customer Service
2 65 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (16.73%) ITIL
4 43 (15.30%) ITSM
5 36 (12.81%) Migration
6 33 (11.74%) Asset Management
7 32 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (10.32%) Service Management
9 24 (8.54%) User Experience
10 22 (7.83%) DevOps
11 21 (7.47%) Runbook
12 20 (7.12%) CI/CD
13 19 (6.76%) Problem Management
13 19 (6.76%) Root Cause Analysis
13 19 (6.76%) Service Delivery
14 18 (6.41%) Incident Management
15 16 (5.69%) High Availability
16 15 (5.34%) Change Management
17 14 (4.98%) Inventory Management
17 14 (4.98%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (16.01%) PowerShell
2 29 (10.32%) SQL
3 23 (8.19%) Python
4 15 (5.34%) Java
5 10 (3.56%) Bash
5 10 (3.56%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.85%) C#
7 6 (2.14%) C++
8 5 (1.78%) Tcl
9 3 (1.07%) Go
9 3 (1.07%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.71%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.71%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.36%) C
11 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 38 (13.52%) Security Cleared
2 33 (11.74%) Degree
3 21 (7.47%) SC Cleared
4 18 (6.41%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.98%) A+ Certification
6 9 (3.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (2.14%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.71%) CCNP
10 2 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.71%) OCA
10 2 (0.71%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.36%) ACSP
11 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (12.46%) SLA
2 2 (0.71%) QA
3 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.36%) GDPR
3 1 (0.36%) ITGC
System Software
1 140 (49.82%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.20%) Docker
4 8 (2.85%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.78%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.07%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.07%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (1.07%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.71%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.71%) vSphere
7 2 (0.71%) zsh
8 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 48 (17.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (7.47%) SCCM
3 14 (4.98%) Kubernetes
4 10 (3.56%) Ansible
5 8 (2.85%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (2.14%) WSUS
7 5 (1.78%) Grafana
7 5 (1.78%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.42%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.07%) Nagios
9 3 (1.07%) Prometheus
9 3 (1.07%) Puppet
9 3 (1.07%) vMotion
10 2 (0.71%) Kibana
10 2 (0.71%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.71%) vRealize
11 1 (0.36%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.36%) Thomson Reuters DACS
11 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 138 (49.11%) Microsoft
2 53 (18.86%) ServiceNow
3 33 (11.74%) Apple
4 19 (6.76%) Google
5 17 (6.05%) VMware
6 14 (4.98%) Cisco
7 11 (3.91%) Bloomberg
7 11 (3.91%) Citrix
7 11 (3.91%) Oracle
7 11 (3.91%) Samsung
8 8 (2.85%) ION Trading
9 7 (2.49%) Dynatrace
9 7 (2.49%) Okta
10 6 (2.14%) iManage
10 6 (2.14%) Meraki
10 6 (2.14%) Splunk
11 5 (1.78%) MarketAxess
11 5 (1.78%) Remedy
11 5 (1.78%) Symantec
11 5 (1.78%) Tradeweb
109 Support Engineer jobs in London