Technical Support Engineer Contracts in London

Technical Support Engineer
England > London

The median Technical Support Engineer daily rate in London is £218 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 391 488 564
Rank change year-on-year +97 +76 -114
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 8 14 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.045% 0.051% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.054% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 17
10th Percentile £198 £192 £194
25th Percentile £199 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £218 £275 £235
Median % change year-on-year -20.91% +17.02% -18.26%
75th Percentile £322 £325 £269
90th Percentile £350 £391 £317
England median daily rate £175 £210 £236
% change year-on-year -16.67% -11.11% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £25.52
25th Percentile £52.50 £23.25 £31.70
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.50 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +124.49% -46.74% +206.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £25.75 £50.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £24.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year +124.49% -28.99% +130.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,628 25,954 37,220
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 95.32% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,036 18,763 27,151
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £442 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 294 454
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.98 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.53 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.66 £35.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.55% +0.71% +12.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £64.45 £77.48 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%

Technical Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Support Engineer in London

Technical Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Support Engineer in London

Technical Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Support Engineer in London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Support Engineer in London

Technical Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Support Engineer in London

Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
West London +19 1 - -
Central London - 1 £225 - 1
Technical Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (62.50%) Windows 10
3 5 (62.50%) Degree
3 5 (62.50%) SCCM
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
4 3 (37.50%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (37.50%) FTP
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (37.50%) ITIL
4 3 (37.50%) Internet
4 3 (37.50%) Multimedia
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (37.50%) Smartphone
4 3 (37.50%) Software Distribution
4 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
5 2 (25.00%) Inventory Management
5 2 (25.00%) Snow
5 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
5 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared

Technical 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 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) FTP
1 3 (37.50%) Internet
2 1 (12.50%) VoIP
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Multimedia
2 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Electronics
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Smartphone
2 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (25.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (62.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Software Distribution
3 2 (25.00%) Inventory Management
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (12.50%) ITSM
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Release Management
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Snow
3 1 (12.50%) Bomgar
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow