Support Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

Support Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Support Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £275, 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 57 51 61
Rank change year-on-year -6 +10 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 57 86 124
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.98% 3.12% 3.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.30% 3.40% 3.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 50 71
10th Percentile £139 £122 £135
25th Percentile £160 £146 £169
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £200 £250
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -20.00% +26.58%
75th Percentile £443 £288 £350
90th Percentile £498 £356 £475
England median daily rate £245 £215 £250
% change year-on-year +13.95% -14.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 10
10th Percentile £16.67 - £16.39
25th Percentile £17.40 - £18.13
Median hourly rate £18.13 £17.00 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year +6.65% -12.26% +10.09%
75th Percentile £24.71 £20.38 £21.70
90th Percentile £24.91 £22.40 £23.08
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +14.32% +10.00% +14.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 1,725 2,532 3,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 91.84% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,707 2,290
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.26%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 213 128
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.84 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.21
Median hourly rate £18.82 £19.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -2.05% +16.33%
75th Percentile £28.18 £35.00 £28.88
90th Percentile £35.58 £54.60 £61.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the Midlands

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in the Midlands

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in the Midlands

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in the Midlands

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +15 49 £288 +43.75% 36
East Midlands -18 8 £213 +13.33% 57
Support Engineer
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (40.35%) Social Skills
2 20 (35.09%) Windows
3 18 (31.58%) Security Cleared
3 18 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (24.56%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (24.56%) Active Directory
5 13 (22.81%) Microsoft
6 12 (21.05%) VPN
7 10 (17.54%) Customer Service
7 10 (17.54%) SC Cleared
8 9 (15.79%) PKI
8 9 (15.79%) WAN
8 9 (15.79%) Juniper
8 9 (15.79%) JavaScript
8 9 (15.79%) MPLS
8 9 (15.79%) BGP
8 9 (15.79%) IPsec
8 9 (15.79%) Public Sector
8 9 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (15.79%) Windows 10
9 7 (12.28%) Python
10 6 (10.53%) PHP
10 6 (10.53%) Project Management
10 6 (10.53%) React
10 6 (10.53%) API Development
11 5 (8.77%) Project Delivery
11 5 (8.77%) Advertising
11 5 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (8.77%) Citrix
11 5 (8.77%) Cisco

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (5.26%) IIS
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.75%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (1.75%) QuarkXPress
Cloud Services
1 14 (24.56%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.77%) Azure
3 2 (3.51%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.75%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (21.05%) VPN
2 9 (15.79%) BGP
2 9 (15.79%) IPsec
2 9 (15.79%) MPLS
2 9 (15.79%) WAN
3 2 (3.51%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (3.51%) SAN
4 1 (1.75%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.51%) Oracle Database
General
1 23 (40.35%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.77%) Advertising
4 4 (7.02%) Finance
5 3 (5.26%) Legal
6 2 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Back Office
7 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Electronics
7 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.75%) Marketing
7 1 (1.75%) Retail
7 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.53%) React
2 3 (5.26%) HTML
2 3 (5.26%) Middleware
3 1 (1.75%) REST
3 1 (1.75%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) PKI
2 4 (7.02%) Driving Licence
3 3 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (5.26%) NHS
4 2 (3.51%) iPhone
4 2 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.75%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (35.09%) Windows
2 9 (15.79%) Windows 10
3 4 (7.02%) Mac OS
4 3 (5.26%) Mac OS X
5 2 (3.51%) AIX
5 2 (3.51%) Android
5 2 (3.51%) Linux
5 2 (3.51%) Unix
6 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (17.54%) Customer Service
3 6 (10.53%) API Development
3 6 (10.53%) Project Management
4 5 (8.77%) Agile
4 5 (8.77%) Load Balancing
4 5 (8.77%) Project Delivery
4 5 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (7.02%) Asset Management
5 4 (7.02%) Data Protection
5 4 (7.02%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (7.02%) Time Management
6 3 (5.26%) Full-Stack Development
6 3 (5.26%) Incident Management
6 3 (5.26%) ITIL
6 3 (5.26%) Performance Tuning
7 2 (3.51%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 2 (3.51%) Service Delivery
7 2 (3.51%) Service Management
7 2 (3.51%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.79%) JavaScript
2 7 (12.28%) Python
3 6 (10.53%) PHP
4 5 (8.77%) PowerShell
5 3 (5.26%) SQL
6 2 (3.51%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 10 (17.54%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.77%) Degree
3 5 (8.77%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.26%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.51%) A+ Certification
5 2 (3.51%) MCP
6 1 (1.75%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.26%) SLA
2 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 14 (24.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.75%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.26%) SCCM
3 2 (3.51%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (3.51%) Tivoli
3 2 (3.51%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 13 (22.81%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.79%) Juniper
3 5 (8.77%) Cisco
3 5 (8.77%) Citrix
4 4 (7.02%) VMware
5 3 (5.26%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.51%) Apple
6 2 (3.51%) Dell
6 2 (3.51%) HP
6 2 (3.51%) IBM
6 2 (3.51%) Nexthink
6 2 (3.51%) Oracle
7 1 (1.75%) Adobe
7 1 (1.75%) Quark
7 1 (1.75%) SAP