Support Engineer Contracts in Milton Keynes

Support Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £225 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 64 51
Rank change year-on-year +27 -13 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 8 10 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 2.04% 1.36% 3.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.19% 1.47% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 15
10th Percentile £209 £263 £120
25th Percentile £219 £313 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £370 £175
Median % change year-on-year -39.19% +111.43% -12.28%
75th Percentile £233 £515 £227
90th Percentile £243 £592 £239
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £220 £250 £175
% change year-on-year -12.00% +42.86% -12.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 - £21.00
75th Percentile £24.00 - £21.50
90th Percentile £27.60 - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.00 - £21.00
% change year-on-year - - -16.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 366 682 655
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 93.04% 97.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 559 512
10th Percentile £269 £313 £200
25th Percentile £400 £409 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.70%
75th Percentile £587 £573 £573
90th Percentile £691 £650 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £480 £475
% change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 2 37
10th Percentile £15.85 £9.87 £10.29
25th Percentile £17.91 £10.42 -
Median hourly rate £22.55 £11.58 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year +94.73% +7.52% -17.15%
75th Percentile £27.75 £12.50 £14.51
90th Percentile £48.75 £12.89 £23.50
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £23.48 £13.16 £11.84
% change year-on-year +78.44% +11.20% -15.46%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Milton Keynes

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Milton Keynes

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Milton Keynes

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Engineer in Milton Keynes

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
3 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (37.50%) SLA
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
4 2 (25.00%) Information Security
4 2 (25.00%) SCCM
4 2 (25.00%) VPN
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (25.00%) Azure
4 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle
5 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 1 (12.50%) AirWatch
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Server

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Database
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Blackberry
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
3 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (12.50%) Linux
4 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
4 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
2 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (25.00%) Information Security
2 2 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Apple
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) HP
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
2 1 (12.50%) Remedy
2 1 (12.50%) SAP