Support Engineer Contracts in the North of England

Support Engineer
England > North of England

The median Support Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £215, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 102 76
Rank change year-on-year +21 -26 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 90 82 151
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 2.69% 1.74% 2.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.88% 1.87% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 61 106
10th Percentile £153 £140 £150
25th Percentile £164 £149 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £190 £215
Median % change year-on-year +13.16% -11.63% +19.44%
75th Percentile £246 £238 £325
90th Percentile £383 £338 £425
England median daily rate £250 £215 £250
% change year-on-year +16.28% -14.00% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 8
10th Percentile - £22.00 £14.63
25th Percentile £18.10 £24.13 £16.31
Median hourly rate £18.35 £42.50 £18.85
Median % change year-on-year -56.82% +125.46% +11.37%
75th Percentile £30.13 £43.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £51.05 £70.90 £41.47
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.40 £21.67
% change year-on-year +12.28% +3.37% +23.13%

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 3,120 4,377 5,285
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 93.01% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,062 2,718 3,703
10th Percentile £236 £263 £275
25th Percentile £375 £388 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.92% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £578 £595
90th Percentile £638 £671 £688
England median daily rate £518 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.43% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 425 159
10th Percentile £12.79 £11.07 £14.20
25th Percentile £14.34 £12.86 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.36 £22.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% -25.00% +54.16%
75th Percentile £46.89 £46.91 £48.29
90th Percentile £74.38 £64.50 £65.80
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% +89.04%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the North of England

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in the North of England

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in the North of England

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in the North of England

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Engineer in the North of England

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 Support Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 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 +23 56 £215 +34.38% 70
Yorkshire +1 19 £235 +17.50% 30
North East +8 15 £195 +11.43% 16
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 of England region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 57 (63.33%) Microsoft
2 50 (55.56%) Social Skills
3 47 (52.22%) Active Directory
4 36 (40.00%) Windows
5 34 (37.78%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (37.78%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (36.67%) ITIL
7 26 (28.89%) Security Cleared
7 26 (28.89%) Microsoft Exchange
8 24 (26.67%) SC Cleared
9 21 (23.33%) Microsoft Office
9 21 (23.33%) Service Delivery
10 20 (22.22%) Management Information System
11 19 (21.11%) Azure
11 19 (21.11%) Customer Service
12 18 (20.00%) VPN
13 17 (18.89%) Degree
13 17 (18.89%) ITSM
14 16 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
15 15 (16.67%) SQL
15 15 (16.67%) PowerShell
16 14 (15.56%) Windows 10
17 13 (14.44%) Linux
18 12 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
19 11 (12.22%) Entra ID
19 11 (12.22%) Microsoft Certification
20 10 (11.11%) SharePoint
20 10 (11.11%) Citrix
20 10 (11.11%) Problem Management
20 10 (11.11%) WebEx

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 26 (28.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 9 (10.00%) Skype for Business
4 8 (8.89%) Mattermost
Applications
1 21 (23.33%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (6.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (7.78%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 34 (37.78%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (21.11%) Azure
3 11 (12.22%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.44%) GCP
4 4 (4.44%) SaaS
5 2 (2.22%) AWS
5 2 (2.22%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.11%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.11%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.11%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (20.00%) VPN
2 10 (11.11%) WebEx
3 9 (10.00%) Skype
4 8 (8.89%) LAN
4 8 (8.89%) Softphone
4 8 (8.89%) Structured Cabling
4 8 (8.89%) Unified Communications
5 7 (7.78%) DHCP
5 7 (7.78%) DNS
5 7 (7.78%) TCP/IP
6 6 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (5.56%) Firewall
8 4 (4.44%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (4.44%) Wireless
9 3 (3.33%) Internet
9 3 (3.33%) iSCSI
9 3 (3.33%) WAN
10 2 (2.22%) Network Security
11 1 (1.11%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.33%) SQL Server
General
1 50 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 16 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 5 (5.56%) Finance
4 5 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (4.44%) Banking
5 4 (4.44%) French Language
5 4 (4.44%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.33%) Legal
7 2 (2.22%) Military
8 1 (1.11%) Electronics
8 1 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.89%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 7 (7.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 4 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.33%) IVR
4 3 (3.33%) Smartphone
5 2 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.22%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.22%) iPhone
6 1 (1.11%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (1.11%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.11%) CMDB
6 1 (1.11%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.11%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.11%) iPad
6 1 (1.11%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.11%) PKI
6 1 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.11%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (40.00%) Windows
2 14 (15.56%) Windows 10
3 13 (14.44%) Linux
4 9 (10.00%) Windows Server
5 8 (8.89%) Unix
5 8 (8.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (7.78%) Apple iOS
7 6 (6.67%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (5.56%) Android
8 5 (5.56%) Windows 8
8 5 (5.56%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (5.56%) Windows XP
9 1 (1.11%) AIX
9 1 (1.11%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.11%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (1.11%) VMS
9 1 (1.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (37.78%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (36.67%) ITIL
3 21 (23.33%) Service Delivery
4 19 (21.11%) Customer Service
5 17 (18.89%) ITSM
6 10 (11.11%) Problem Management
7 9 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (10.00%) Incident Management
8 8 (8.89%) Asset Management
8 8 (8.89%) B2B
8 8 (8.89%) Procure-to-Pay
8 8 (8.89%) Project Delivery
8 8 (8.89%) Service Management
8 8 (8.89%) Time Management
9 7 (7.78%) Cash Management
9 7 (7.78%) Root Cause Analysis
10 6 (6.67%) Case Management
10 6 (6.67%) Computer Science
10 6 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (6.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 15 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 15 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (2.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (28.89%) Security Cleared
2 24 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 17 (18.89%) Degree
4 11 (12.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (8.89%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (8.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 7 (7.78%) A+ Certification
7 2 (2.22%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.11%) Dell Certification
8 1 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.44%) SLA
3 2 (2.22%) QA
System Software
1 47 (52.22%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (3.33%) Virtual Servers
2 3 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (10.00%) SCCM
3 8 (8.89%) SCOM
4 4 (4.44%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.11%) Ansible
5 1 (1.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (1.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 57 (63.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.11%) Citrix
3 8 (8.89%) Cisco
3 8 (8.89%) Red Hat
3 8 (8.89%) ServiceNow
3 8 (8.89%) Splunk
4 7 (7.78%) Apple
4 7 (7.78%) Bloomberg
4 7 (7.78%) Refinitiv
4 7 (7.78%) Sybase
5 5 (5.56%) Canon
6 4 (4.44%) Google
7 3 (3.33%) VMware
8 2 (2.22%) Dell
8 2 (2.22%) HP
8 2 (2.22%) Thycotic
9 1 (1.11%) Bomgar
9 1 (1.11%) IBM
9 1 (1.11%) Sage
9 1 (1.11%) Salesforce