Support Engineer Contracts in the North East

Support Engineer
England > North East

The median Support Engineer daily rate in the North East is £195, 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 24 30 43
Rank change year-on-year +6 +13 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 14 8 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 4.38% 2.37% 3.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.55% 2.62% 3.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 11
10th Percentile - - £134
25th Percentile £153 £163 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £175 £210
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% -16.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £375 £191 £234
90th Percentile £385 £203 £300
England median daily rate £245 £215 £250
% change year-on-year +13.95% -14.00% +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 308 305 414
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.25% 90.24% 97.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 140 319
10th Percentile £200 £190 £231
25th Percentile £344 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £475 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.89% -12.04% +13.68%
75th Percentile £558 £588 £625
90th Percentile £638 £653 £720
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 63 2
10th Percentile - £10.42 £32.98
25th Percentile £11.60 £11.50 £35.56
Median hourly rate £13.00 £13.99 £40.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% -65.67% +139.71%
75th Percentile £23.97 £34.50 £45.56
90th Percentile £49.73 £50.00 £47.93
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 North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the North East

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in the North East

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

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

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in the North East

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in the North East

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East 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
Tyne and Wear 0 8 £195 - 5
Durham +2 5 £155 -11.43% 4
Support Engineer
England

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

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 North East region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (42.86%) Windows
4 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
4 5 (35.71%) Degree
5 4 (28.57%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (21.43%) ITIL
6 3 (21.43%) Service Management
6 3 (21.43%) VMware
6 3 (21.43%) Patch Management
6 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (21.43%) Azure
6 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
7 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
7 2 (14.29%) Migration
7 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
7 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
7 2 (14.29%) Server Migrations
8 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (7.14%) Nutanix
8 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
8 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (7.14%) ITSM
8 1 (7.14%) Management Information System

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (7.14%) DNS
2 1 (7.14%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (7.14%) WebEx
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.14%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) AIX
2 1 (7.14%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Unix
2 1 (7.14%) VMS
2 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) ITIL
1 3 (21.43%) Patch Management
1 3 (21.43%) Service Management
2 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
2 2 (14.29%) Migration
2 2 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 2 (14.29%) Server Migrations
3 1 (7.14%) Antivirus Management
3 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
3 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
3 1 (7.14%) ITSM
3 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.14%) Product Management
3 1 (7.14%) Server Management
3 1 (7.14%) Software Deployment
3 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) A+ Certification
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Ansible
1 1 (7.14%) SCCM
1 1 (7.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (7.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) VMware
3 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.14%) Bomgar
4 1 (7.14%) IBM
4 1 (7.14%) Oracle
4 1 (7.14%) Sage