IT Support Engineer Contracts in the North of England

IT Support Engineer
England > North of England

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £189, 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 148 158 187
Rank change year-on-year +10 +29 +5
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 18 27 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.55% 0.57% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.61% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 21 19
10th Percentile £151 £149 £134
25th Percentile £159 £163 £157
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £189 £190 £225
Median % change year-on-year -0.66% -15.56% +25.00%
75th Percentile £213 £250 £248
90th Percentile £247 £338 £322
England median daily rate £214 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +6.88% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - - £13.13
25th Percentile - £22.00 £14.81
Median hourly rate £18.50 £42.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.47% +57.41% +92.65%
75th Percentile - £43.75 £38.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.73 £21.00 £16.25
% change year-on-year +8.24% +29.23% -7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 3,078 4,441 5,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.14% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,038 2,789 3,920
10th Percentile £230 £263 £285
25th Percentile £364 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £646 £673 £680
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 394 162
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.02 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.16 £12.53 £18.82
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.34 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.68% -36.67% +65.08%
75th Percentile £49.38 £45.97 £49.40
90th Percentile £80.22 £60.00 £65.68
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in the North of England

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the North of England

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in the North of England

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the North of England

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the North of England 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
North West +22 14 £188 +19.05% 11
Yorkshire -1 4 £210 +5.00% 27
IT Support Engineer
England

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 North of England region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (72.22%) Windows
1 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 9 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (38.89%) Customer Service
3 7 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 6 (33.33%) DHCP
4 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 6 (33.33%) VPN
4 6 (33.33%) A+ Certification
4 6 (33.33%) Management Information System
4 6 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (27.78%) Windows 10
5 5 (27.78%) DNS
5 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (27.78%) Degree
5 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
5 5 (27.78%) ITSM
6 4 (22.22%) French Language
6 4 (22.22%) Asset Management
6 4 (22.22%) Google
6 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (22.22%) GCP
6 4 (22.22%) Project Management
6 4 (22.22%) Service Management
6 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
7 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (22.22%) GCP
3 3 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) DHCP
1 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 6 (33.33%) VPN
2 5 (27.78%) DNS
3 2 (11.11%) Firewall
4 1 (5.56%) VoIP
4 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (22.22%) French Language
4 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.56%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (11.11%) Fat Client
3 2 (11.11%) iPhone
3 2 (11.11%) Smartphone
3 2 (11.11%) Thin Client
4 1 (5.56%) CMDB
4 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.56%) iPad
4 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (72.22%) Windows
2 5 (27.78%) Windows 10
3 2 (11.11%) Android
3 2 (11.11%) Apple iOS
4 1 (5.56%) Linux
4 1 (5.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (38.89%) Customer Service
3 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
3 5 (27.78%) ITSM
4 4 (22.22%) Asset Management
4 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (22.22%) Project Management
4 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 4 (22.22%) Service Management
5 3 (16.67%) ITIL
6 2 (11.11%) IT Asset Management
7 1 (5.56%) Coaching
7 1 (5.56%) Information Security
7 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
7 1 (5.56%) People Management
7 1 (5.56%) Preventative Maintenance
7 1 (5.56%) Push Notifications
7 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (5.56%) Time Management
7 1 (5.56%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) A+ Certification
2 5 (27.78%) Degree
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) DBS Check
4 2 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) SCCM
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) Dell
3 1 (5.56%) HP
3 1 (5.56%) Salesforce