Support Engineer Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Support Engineer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £350, 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 31 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - -7
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 5 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 2.24% - 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.30% - 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £171 - -
25th Percentile £270 - £134
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £148
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.67%
75th Percentile £428 - £198
90th Percentile £524 - £263
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £195 £195 £190
% change year-on-year - +2.63% +35.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 217 188 322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.31% 89.52% 98.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 93 252
10th Percentile £236 £338 £320
25th Percentile £358 £400 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £565
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -11.50% +13.00%
75th Percentile £570 £590 £650
90th Percentile £625 £650 £742
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £455 £500 £555
% change year-on-year -9.00% -9.91% +11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 22 0
10th Percentile £21.05 £12.66 -
25th Percentile £30.50 £18.69 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 -
75th Percentile £50.38 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £51.35 £67.88 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £13.00 £17.50 -
% change year-on-year -25.71% - -

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (40.00%) Server Migrations
4 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Nutanix
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (20.00%) Ansible
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) WebEx
4 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (20.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 1 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Antivirus Management
4 1 (20.00%) Server Management
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (20.00%) WebEx
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Linux
2 1 (20.00%) VMS
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Server Migrations
2 1 (20.00%) Antivirus Management
2 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Product Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Server Management
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (20.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Bomgar
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) Sage