Support Engineer Contracts in London

Support Engineer
England > London

The median Support Engineer daily rate in London is £281, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 145 142
Rank change year-on-year -18 -3 +81
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 200 309 480
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.63% 1.77% 1.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.75% 1.89% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 224 368
10th Percentile £183 £143 £150
25th Percentile £210 £183 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £281 £253 £368
Median % change year-on-year +11.39% -31.29% +47.00%
75th Percentile £413 £352 £628
90th Percentile £528 £538 £814
England median daily rate £250 £215 £250
% change year-on-year +16.28% -14.00% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 18 14
10th Percentile £21.16 £17.57 £12.74
25th Percentile £24.30 £20.00 £21.94
Median hourly rate £25.83 £22.15 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year +16.61% -10.51% +12.50%
75th Percentile £28.31 £23.91 £31.81
90th Percentile £29.33 £37.81 £35.68
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.40 £21.67
% change year-on-year +12.28% +3.37% +23.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 11,456 16,326 24,227
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 93.54% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,770 11,799 17,668
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £518 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.43% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 321 276
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.00 £17.99
25th Percentile £24.30 £20.02 £22.72
Median hourly rate £31.67 £27.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.17% -23.61% +2.86%
75th Percentile £49.94 £46.48 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.08 £65.03 £82.38
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% +89.04%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in London

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in London.

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in London

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in London

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in London.

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer 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 31 May 2025. 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 -6 43 £350 +27.27% 11
West London +16 14 £250 +66.67% 7
South London +3 5 £251 +31.84% 3
Support Engineer
England

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 104 (52.00%) Windows
2 101 (50.50%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 79 (39.50%) Active Directory
5 71 (35.50%) Azure
6 63 (31.50%) Social Skills
7 47 (23.50%) Finance
8 44 (22.00%) Windows 10
9 40 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (19.50%) Microsoft Intune
11 37 (18.50%) VPN
12 33 (16.50%) Entra ID
13 32 (16.00%) Customer Service
13 32 (16.00%) DNS
14 28 (14.00%) Microsoft Exchange
14 28 (14.00%) Firewall
15 27 (13.50%) Security Cleared
16 24 (12.00%) SCCM
16 24 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
17 23 (11.50%) ITIL
17 23 (11.50%) Migration
17 23 (11.50%) Palo Alto
18 22 (11.00%) SharePoint
19 21 (10.50%) ServiceNow
20 20 (10.00%) Agile
21 19 (9.50%) Degree
22 18 (9.00%) CheckPoint
22 18 (9.00%) PowerShell
22 18 (9.00%) Banking
22 18 (9.00%) OneDrive

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (14.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (11.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.00%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.00%) SAS
5 1 (0.50%) Confluence
5 1 (0.50%) Mattermost
5 1 (0.50%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.50%) Smallworld
Applications
1 24 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.00%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.50%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (1.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.00%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.50%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 101 (50.50%) Microsoft 365
2 71 (35.50%) Azure
3 33 (16.50%) Entra ID
4 18 (9.00%) OneDrive
5 16 (8.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 14 (7.00%) Power Platform
7 13 (6.50%) Slack
8 11 (5.50%) Google Workspace
9 10 (5.00%) Asana
10 8 (4.00%) AWS
10 8 (4.00%) Power Automate
10 8 (4.00%) SaaS
11 1 (0.50%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.50%) Azure WebJobs
11 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.50%) PaaS
11 1 (0.50%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 37 (18.50%) VPN
2 32 (16.00%) DNS
3 28 (14.00%) Firewall
4 16 (8.00%) NGFW
4 16 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (7.00%) DHCP
6 9 (4.50%) Network Security
6 9 (4.50%) VoIP
7 8 (4.00%) LAN
7 8 (4.00%) TCP/IP
7 8 (4.00%) Wireless
8 7 (3.50%) WAN
9 5 (2.50%) Remote Desktop
9 5 (2.50%) WebEx
10 4 (2.00%) Skype
11 2 (1.00%) SSL
11 2 (1.00%) Unified Communications
11 2 (1.00%) VLAN
12 1 (0.50%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (0.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.50%) Power BI
2 4 (2.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.00%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.00%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.50%) GIS
Development Applications
1 9 (4.50%) JIRA
2 2 (1.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.00%) JMeter
2 2 (1.00%) LoadRunner
2 2 (1.00%) Postman
2 2 (1.00%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.50%) Selenium
3 1 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.50%) WebDriver
3 1 (0.50%) Zephyr
General
1 63 (31.50%) Social Skills
2 47 (23.50%) Finance
3 18 (9.00%) Banking
4 17 (8.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (5.50%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.00%) Back Office
7 4 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.00%) Local Government
7 4 (2.00%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.50%) Advertising
8 3 (1.50%) Front Office
8 3 (1.50%) Legal
8 3 (1.50%) Retail
8 3 (1.50%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.00%) French Language
9 2 (1.00%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.00%) Law
9 2 (1.00%) Marketing
9 2 (1.00%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.00%) ADO
2 3 (1.50%) React
3 2 (1.00%) XML
4 1 (0.50%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.50%) Playwright
4 1 (0.50%) REST
4 1 (0.50%) SPFx
4 1 (0.50%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.00%) Anti-Spyware
1 16 (8.00%) Onboarding
2 11 (5.50%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (3.00%) Smartphone
4 5 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.50%) Microsoft Licensing
6 2 (1.00%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.00%) PKI
6 2 (1.00%) Replication
6 2 (1.00%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.50%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.50%) Clustering
7 1 (0.50%) CMDB
7 1 (0.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.50%) Handset
7 1 (0.50%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.50%) NHS
7 1 (0.50%) RSA SecurID
7 1 (0.50%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 104 (52.00%) Windows
2 44 (22.00%) Windows 10
3 16 (8.00%) Apple iOS
4 15 (7.50%) Mac OS
4 15 (7.50%) Windows Server
5 14 (7.00%) Android
6 10 (5.00%) Linux
7 8 (4.00%) Windows 7
8 5 (2.50%) Unix
8 5 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.50%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (1.00%) CentOS
10 2 (1.00%) Mac OS X
10 2 (1.00%) VMS
10 2 (1.00%) Windows 8
10 2 (1.00%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (16.00%) Customer Service
3 23 (11.50%) ITIL
3 23 (11.50%) Migration
4 20 (10.00%) Agile
5 17 (8.50%) ITSM
5 17 (8.50%) Kalman Filter
6 16 (8.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 16 (8.00%) Service Management
7 15 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (6.50%) Service Delivery
9 12 (6.00%) High Availability
10 10 (5.00%) Task Automation
11 9 (4.50%) Asset Management
11 9 (4.50%) User Experience
12 8 (4.00%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (4.00%) Data Protection
12 8 (4.00%) Incident Management
12 8 (4.00%) Mobile Device Management
13 7 (3.50%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.00%) PowerShell
2 10 (5.00%) Python
2 10 (5.00%) SQL
3 6 (3.00%) PHP
4 5 (2.50%) Bash
4 5 (2.50%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.00%) ABAP
5 2 (1.00%) ActionScript
5 2 (1.00%) ActionScript 2.0
5 2 (1.00%) C
5 2 (1.00%) Java
6 1 (0.50%) C++
6 1 (0.50%) Lisp
6 1 (0.50%) Magik
Qualifications
1 27 (13.50%) Security Cleared
2 19 (9.50%) Degree
3 16 (8.00%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.00%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.50%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.00%) ACSP
7 2 (1.00%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.00%) CCNA
7 2 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.50%) CCSA
8 1 (0.50%) CCSE
8 1 (0.50%) CISSP
8 1 (0.50%) GIAC
8 1 (0.50%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.50%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.50%) JNCIS
8 1 (0.50%) MCP
8 1 (0.50%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.50%) SLA
2 4 (2.00%) QA
3 2 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
System Software
1 79 (39.50%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (3.00%) vSphere
4 5 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.00%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.00%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (1.00%) XenApp
6 1 (0.50%) Firmware
6 1 (0.50%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.50%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (19.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (12.00%) SCCM
3 16 (8.00%) Terraform
4 5 (2.50%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.00%) CASB
5 2 (1.00%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.00%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (1.00%) Nagios
5 2 (1.00%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.50%) Plesk
6 1 (0.50%) Rundeck
6 1 (0.50%) SCOM
6 1 (0.50%) SCOrch
6 1 (0.50%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.50%) vMotion
6 1 (0.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 80 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.50%) Palo Alto
3 21 (10.50%) ServiceNow
4 18 (9.00%) CheckPoint
5 16 (8.00%) Infoblox
6 14 (7.00%) Cisco
7 11 (5.50%) Apple
7 11 (5.50%) Citrix
7 11 (5.50%) Google
8 8 (4.00%) HP
8 8 (4.00%) Remedy
9 7 (3.50%) VMware
10 6 (3.00%) Bloomberg
10 6 (3.00%) Zscaler
11 5 (2.50%) Dell
12 4 (2.00%) Oracle
12 4 (2.00%) SAP
13 3 (1.50%) Juniper
13 3 (1.50%) Okta
13 3 (1.50%) SolarWinds