Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in London is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 177 111
Rank change year-on-year -1 -66 +66
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 198 200 407
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.40% 1.42% 2.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 1.52% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 145 311
10th Percentile £163 £163 £140
25th Percentile £190 £200 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £300 £275
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £400 £398 £450
90th Percentile £519 £595 £650
England median daily rate £225 £240 £225
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 12
10th Percentile £19.54 £17.14 £18.35
25th Percentile £20.62 £21.00 £18.84
Median hourly rate £21.46 £24.18 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +27.73% -24.28%
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.41 £23.02
90th Percentile - £47.36 £24.13
England median hourly rate £23.75 £22.09 £19.50
% change year-on-year +7.51% +13.28% -

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 13,055 13,132 16,961
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 93.51% 93.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,650 8,462 12,244
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -3.45%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £799 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 143 236
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.33 £23.80 £20.69
Median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £32.60
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +7.38% -4.13%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.33
% change year-on-year -21.43% -19.22% +23.80%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 -10 32 £201 -35.86% 7
West London -17 12 £293 +21.88% 1
East London +1 4 £200 -18.37% 3
South London -9 2 £200 -38.46% 3
North London - 1 £510 -
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 January 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 91 (45.96%) Windows
2 70 (35.35%) Microsoft
3 69 (34.85%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (24.75%) Windows 10
5 41 (20.71%) Active Directory
6 31 (15.66%) Customer Service
6 31 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (14.65%) Security Cleared
8 27 (13.64%) ServiceNow
9 26 (13.13%) Azure
9 26 (13.13%) SC Cleared
9 26 (13.13%) SCCM
10 25 (12.63%) Mac OS
10 25 (12.63%) Microsoft Intune
11 24 (12.12%) Apple
12 23 (11.62%) ITIL
13 22 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
14 18 (9.09%) ITSM
14 18 (9.09%) VPN
15 17 (8.59%) TCP/IP
16 15 (7.58%) Jamf Pro
16 15 (7.58%) SQL
17 14 (7.07%) Android
17 14 (7.07%) Cisco
17 14 (7.07%) Wireless
18 13 (6.57%) Degree
18 13 (6.57%) DNS
18 13 (6.57%) HP
18 13 (6.57%) PowerShell
18 13 (6.57%) User Experience

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 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 11 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.01%) Confluence
4 1 (0.51%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.01%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.51%) DaVinci Resolve
5 1 (0.51%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (0.51%) Pro Tools
5 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.03%) Remedy ITSM
1 6 (3.03%) Shopify
2 1 (0.51%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.51%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.51%) Eikon
2 1 (0.51%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 69 (34.85%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (13.13%) Azure
3 12 (6.06%) Entra ID
4 8 (4.04%) AWS
5 6 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (3.03%) Google Workspace
5 6 (3.03%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.52%) Amazon S3
6 3 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.52%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.52%) Slack
7 2 (1.01%) Datadog
7 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.01%) SaaS
7 2 (1.01%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.51%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.51%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.51%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 18 (9.09%) VPN
2 17 (8.59%) TCP/IP
3 14 (7.07%) Wireless
4 13 (6.57%) DNS
5 11 (5.56%) DHCP
6 9 (4.55%) Firewall
6 9 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (2.53%) Internet
7 5 (2.53%) LAN
8 4 (2.02%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (2.02%) VLAN
9 3 (1.52%) Softphone
9 3 (1.52%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (1.52%) WAN
10 2 (1.01%) DMZ
10 2 (1.01%) SSH
11 1 (0.51%) Cisco Wireless
11 1 (0.51%) NX-OS
11 1 (0.51%) Skype
11 1 (0.51%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.53%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (1.52%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.01%) Power BI
4 2 (1.01%) Tableau
5 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.02%) JIRA
2 2 (1.01%) Git
2 2 (1.01%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.51%) Fiddler
General
1 87 (43.94%) Social Skills
2 41 (20.71%) Finance
3 29 (14.65%) Banking
4 13 (6.57%) Front Office
5 10 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (5.05%) Investment Banking
6 9 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.53%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.02%) French Language
10 4 (2.02%) Law
11 3 (1.52%) Legal
12 2 (1.01%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.51%) Electronics
13 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.51%) Marketing
13 1 (0.51%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.51%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.03%) Middleware
2 3 (1.52%) PySpark
2 3 (1.52%) YAML
3 2 (1.01%) .NET
3 2 (1.01%) EDI
3 2 (1.01%) Kafka
4 1 (0.51%) ADO
4 1 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.51%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.51%) JSON
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.51%) OAuth
4 1 (0.51%) REST
4 1 (0.51%) RSS
4 1 (0.51%) TIBCO EMS
4 1 (0.51%) Ultra Messaging
4 1 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.06%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.03%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.02%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (2.02%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.01%) CCTV
5 2 (1.01%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (1.01%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.01%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.01%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.01%) Replication
5 2 (1.01%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (0.51%) Equities
6 1 (0.51%) PKI
6 1 (0.51%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 91 (45.96%) Windows
2 49 (24.75%) Windows 10
3 25 (12.63%) Mac OS
4 14 (7.07%) Android
5 11 (5.56%) Linux
6 10 (5.05%) Apple iOS
7 8 (4.04%) Windows Server
8 6 (3.03%) Unix
9 4 (2.02%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (15.66%) Customer Service
1 31 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (11.62%) ITIL
3 18 (9.09%) ITSM
4 13 (6.57%) User Experience
5 12 (6.06%) Mobile Device Management
6 11 (5.56%) Agile
6 11 (5.56%) Migration
7 9 (4.55%) Asset Management
7 9 (4.55%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (4.55%) Incident Management
8 8 (4.04%) Break/Fix
8 8 (4.04%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (4.04%) Data Protection
8 8 (4.04%) Zero Trust
9 7 (3.54%) Coaching
9 7 (3.54%) DevOps
9 7 (3.54%) Mentoring
9 7 (3.54%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (3.54%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.58%) SQL
2 13 (6.57%) PowerShell
3 9 (4.55%) Python
4 6 (3.03%) Bash
5 2 (1.01%) C#
5 2 (1.01%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.01%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.51%) Tcl
6 1 (0.51%) VBA
6 1 (0.51%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (14.65%) Security Cleared
2 26 (13.13%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.57%) Degree
4 7 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (3.03%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.53%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.02%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.52%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.01%) CCNA
9 2 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.01%) MCP
9 2 (1.01%) MCSA
9 2 (1.01%) MCSE
10 1 (0.51%) City & Guilds
10 1 (0.51%) MCITP
10 1 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.53%) SLA
2 4 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.52%) QA
4 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.51%) GAAP
4 1 (0.51%) IFRS
4 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (20.71%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.54%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.01%) Firmware
5 1 (0.51%) Docker
5 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.51%) vSphere
5 1 (0.51%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 26 (13.13%) SCCM
2 25 (12.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (7.58%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (2.02%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (1.52%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.52%) Terraform
6 2 (1.01%) AirWatch
6 2 (1.01%) Grafana
6 2 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.01%) WSUS
7 1 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.51%) Ansible
7 1 (0.51%) Autotask
7 1 (0.51%) Kibana
7 1 (0.51%) logstash
7 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 70 (35.35%) Microsoft
2 27 (13.64%) ServiceNow
3 24 (12.12%) Apple
4 14 (7.07%) Cisco
5 13 (6.57%) HP
6 12 (6.06%) Dell
7 11 (5.56%) Bloomberg
8 10 (5.05%) Citrix
9 7 (3.54%) Remedy
9 7 (3.54%) VMware
10 5 (2.53%) Google
10 5 (2.53%) Solace
11 4 (2.02%) ION Trading
11 4 (2.02%) Reuters
11 4 (2.02%) SAP
12 3 (1.52%) Databricks
12 3 (1.52%) Okta
12 3 (1.52%) Oracle
12 3 (1.52%) Zscaler
13 2 (1.01%) Splunk