Support Engineer Contracts in Manchester

Support Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £238, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 73 90
Rank change year-on-year +23 +17 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 29 23 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 3.13% 1.52% 1.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.34% 1.58% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 13 20
10th Percentile £156 £141 £162
25th Percentile £164 £155 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £220 £315
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -30.16% +110.00%
75th Percentile £383 £270 £399
90th Percentile £414 £353 £550
North West median daily rate £215 £160 £280
% change year-on-year +34.38% -42.86% +55.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £17.72 -
North West median hourly rate - £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year - -6.67% +84.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Manchester

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Manchester

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Manchester

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Manchester

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bolton - 8 £188 - 3
Wigan +4 3 £163 +1.56% 3
Oldham - 1 £200 -
Stockport - 1 £145 - 3
Support Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Manchester region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (72.41%) Microsoft
2 15 (51.72%) Windows
3 11 (37.93%) Service Delivery
4 10 (34.48%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (31.03%) Active Directory
6 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
7 7 (24.14%) Refinitiv
7 7 (24.14%) Root Cause Analysis
7 7 (24.14%) Bloomberg
7 7 (24.14%) Unix
7 7 (24.14%) SQL
7 7 (24.14%) Sybase
7 7 (24.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 7 (24.14%) Azure
7 7 (24.14%) Cash Management
7 7 (24.14%) Kondor
7 7 (24.14%) Incident Management
8 6 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
9 5 (17.24%) DHCP
9 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
9 5 (17.24%) VPN
9 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (17.24%) SharePoint
10 4 (13.79%) Service Management
10 4 (13.79%) ITSM
10 4 (13.79%) A+ Certification
10 4 (13.79%) Project Management

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (17.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (24.14%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (24.14%) Azure
3 4 (13.79%) GCP
4 3 (10.34%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (10.34%) Entra ID
4 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
4 3 (10.34%) PowerApps
5 2 (6.90%) AWS
5 2 (6.90%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) DHCP
1 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
1 5 (17.24%) VPN
2 4 (13.79%) DNS
3 2 (6.90%) Firewall
3 2 (6.90%) Network Security
4 1 (3.45%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Hudson
General
1 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Finance
2 4 (13.79%) French Language
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 4 (13.79%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (13.79%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.90%) Fat Client
3 2 (6.90%) Thin Client
4 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.45%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 15 (51.72%) Windows
2 7 (24.14%) Unix
3 4 (13.79%) Windows 10
4 3 (10.34%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.45%) Android
5 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Service Delivery
2 7 (24.14%) Cash Management
2 7 (24.14%) Incident Management
2 7 (24.14%) Root Cause Analysis
3 6 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
5 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
5 4 (13.79%) ITSM
5 4 (13.79%) Project Management
5 4 (13.79%) Service Management
6 3 (10.34%) Knowledge Transfer
6 3 (10.34%) Proactive Maintenance
6 3 (10.34%) Project Delivery
7 2 (6.90%) Asset Management
7 2 (6.90%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (6.90%) Data Management
7 2 (6.90%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (6.90%) IT Asset Management
7 2 (6.90%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) SQL
2 3 (10.34%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (13.79%) A+ Certification
2 4 (13.79%) Degree
3 1 (3.45%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 9 (31.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.34%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (72.41%) Microsoft
2 7 (24.14%) Bloomberg
2 7 (24.14%) Refinitiv
2 7 (24.14%) Sybase
3 4 (13.79%) Google
4 2 (6.90%) Thycotic
5 1 (3.45%) Dell
5 1 (3.45%) HP