IT Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

IT Support Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £220, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 September 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
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 37 52
Rank change year-on-year +1 +15 +41
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 2 6 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 0.80% 2.09% 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 2.21% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile £192 - -
25th Percentile £201 - £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 - £200
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £236 - £225
90th Percentile £245 - £260
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £220 - £203
% change year-on-year - - +15.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £13.15
25th Percentile - - £13.16
Median hourly rate - £18.70 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year - +42.10% -
75th Percentile - - £17.46
90th Percentile - - £20.03
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £18.70 £16.83
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 235 271 620
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.38% 94.43% 94.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 197 493
10th Percentile £223 £253 £284
25th Percentile £335 £375 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £600
90th Percentile £635 £610 £699
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £435 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 9
10th Percentile £14.39 £17.52 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.12 £18.65 £13.16
Median hourly rate £17.94 £26.25 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -31.68% +93.44% +8.56%
75th Percentile £26.71 £36.19 £18.75
90th Percentile £29.61 £37.12 £21.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.91 £19.35 £16.40
% change year-on-year -17.78% +17.99% +5.81%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in Milton Keynes

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 26 September 2025, IT 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 Milton Keynes region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Web Conferencing
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Planview
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Apple

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (50.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Planview
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow