IT Support Engineer Contract Job Trends 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 £160, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 158 166
Rank change year-on-year -8 +8 +72
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 16 14 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.40% 0.34% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.36% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 16
10th Percentile £152 £134 £138
25th Percentile £153 £144 £162
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £160 £210
Median % change year-on-year - -23.81% +7.69%
75th Percentile £200 £200 £256
90th Percentile £209 £220 -
England median daily rate £200 £200 £190
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 11
10th Percentile - - £12.28
25th Percentile - £20.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £18.50 £21.50 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.95% +26.47% -1.36%
75th Percentile - £22.00 £19.75
90th Percentile - - £21.00
England median hourly rate £20.93 £21.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year -0.36% +18.51% +1.26%

All DemandTrendContract 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 3,667 3,880 4,778
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 92.93% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,390 2,304 3,227
10th Percentile £251 £285 £263
25th Percentile £369 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £550 £585 £600
90th Percentile £642 £675 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 271 200
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.13 £15.72
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.65
Median hourly rate £22.32 £29.77 £26.64
Median % change year-on-year -25.04% +11.75% +32.34%
75th Percentile £48.56 £48.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.79 £69.75 £56.02
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.86% +68.27%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies 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 2 September 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 +3 11 £160 +6.67% 13
Yorkshire -18 4 £155 -22.50% 5
North East +1 1 - - 4
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 2 September 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 10 (62.50%) Windows
2 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (37.50%) VPN
4 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (31.25%) A+ Certification
4 5 (31.25%) Management Information System
4 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (31.25%) Customer Service
5 4 (25.00%) GCP
5 4 (25.00%) ITSM
5 4 (25.00%) Azure
5 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (25.00%) Degree
5 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (25.00%) French Language
5 4 (25.00%) Google
5 4 (25.00%) Project Management
5 4 (25.00%) Service Management
5 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
5 4 (25.00%) DNS
5 4 (25.00%) DHCP
5 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
7 2 (12.50%) ITIL
7 2 (12.50%) Android

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 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
1 4 (25.00%) GCP
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) VPN
2 4 (25.00%) DHCP
2 4 (25.00%) DNS
2 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (6.25%) Firewall
3 1 (6.25%) Internet
3 1 (6.25%) LAN
3 1 (6.25%) Spanning Tree
3 1 (6.25%) VLAN
3 1 (6.25%) VoIP
3 1 (6.25%) WAN
3 1 (6.25%) Wireless
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (25.00%) French Language
4 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.25%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Management Information System
2 4 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (12.50%) iPhone
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
4 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 1 (6.25%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 10 (62.50%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Android
2 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
2 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
2 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.25%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (31.25%) Customer Service
3 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (25.00%) ITSM
3 4 (25.00%) Project Management
3 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 4 (25.00%) Service Management
4 2 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (6.25%) Asset Management
5 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (6.25%) Converged Infrastructure
5 1 (6.25%) High Availability
5 1 (6.25%) Information Security
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (6.25%) Preventative Maintenance
5 1 (6.25%) Push Notifications
5 1 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) A+ Certification
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.25%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Google
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco
3 1 (6.25%) HP
3 1 (6.25%) Remedy
3 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) Sophos
3 1 (6.25%) VMware
3 1 (6.25%) WatchGuard