Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Support Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £212, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 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
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 33 48
Rank change year-on-year +1 +15 +29
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 6 10 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 2.50% 3.42% 2.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.64% 3.64% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 12
10th Percentile £177 £233 -
25th Percentile £189 £244 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £212 £333 £209
Median % change year-on-year -36.24% +59.28% -16.50%
75th Percentile £232 £418 £231
90th Percentile £243 £422 £295
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £212 £333 £205
% change year-on-year -36.24% +62.20% -16.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - £13.15
25th Percentile - - £13.16
Median hourly rate £15.12 £18.70 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year -19.14% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £34.44 - £21.75
90th Percentile £46.02 - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.12 £18.70 £20.00
% change year-on-year -19.14% -6.50% +2.56%

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 227 275 636
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.58% 94.18% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 200 512
10th Percentile £217 £249 £275
25th Percentile £353 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% -10.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £600
90th Percentile £638 £625 £695
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £438 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -2.78% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 9
10th Percentile £14.08 £17.52 £13.16
25th Percentile £14.98 £18.65 £13.16
Median hourly rate £16.50 £26.25 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -37.16% +93.44% +12.52%
75th Percentile £18.00 £36.19 £18.75
90th Percentile £28.73 £37.12 £21.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.25 £19.35 £16.40
% change year-on-year -21.19% +17.99% +11.19%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

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

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies 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 14 September 2025.

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 14 September 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) QA
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Time Management
4 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) Coaching
4 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
5 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
5 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
5 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
5 1 (16.67%) COBOL
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) SLA
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) HP

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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mainframe
1 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Time Management
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Use Case
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Apple
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) HP
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Planview
1 1 (16.67%) Remedy
1 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow