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 £185, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 72 75
Rank change year-on-year -32 +3 +37
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 82 157 214
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.69% 2.88% 3.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% 3.03% 3.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 109 143
10th Percentile £140 £150 £138
25th Percentile £144 £180 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £220 £180
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +22.22% +4.35%
75th Percentile £236 £325 £250
90th Percentile £329 £475 £429
England median daily rate £215 £250 £213
% change year-on-year -14.00% +17.65% +1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 16
10th Percentile £21.10 £12.38 £12.37
25th Percentile £23.50 £15.75 £15.93
Median hourly rate £42.50 £18.35 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +131.61% +8.90% -3.71%
75th Percentile £57.33 £27.50 £23.58
90th Percentile £70.90 £38.75 £38.75
England median hourly rate £23.05 £20.00 £17.67
% change year-on-year +15.23% +13.19% +10.44%

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 4,496 5,185 6,867
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 95.28% 96.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,721 3,630 5,013
10th Percentile £263 £263 £206
25th Percentile £385 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £569
90th Percentile £663 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 165 268
10th Percentile £11.12 £14.10 £11.28
25th Percentile £13.19 £17.50 £14.82
Median hourly rate £23.48 £27.20 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.69% +36.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £47.63 £43.75 £33.96
90th Percentile £66.61 £57.06 £63.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

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 16 June 2024.

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 16 June 2024.

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 16 June 2024. 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 -25 40 £160 -31.18% 53
Yorkshire -7 34 £200 -6.98% 39
North East +5 8 £175 -12.50% 14
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 June 2024, 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 42 (51.22%) Windows
2 34 (41.46%) Microsoft
3 32 (39.02%) Active Directory
3 32 (39.02%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (31.71%) Social Skills
5 21 (25.61%) Windows 10
6 19 (23.17%) Firewall
7 17 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (18.29%) Customer Service
9 14 (17.07%) Windows Server
9 14 (17.07%) VMware
9 14 (17.07%) Cisco
10 13 (15.85%) VMware Infrastructure
11 11 (13.41%) LAN
11 11 (13.41%) Microsoft Office
11 11 (13.41%) ITIL
11 11 (13.41%) Microsoft Intune
12 10 (12.20%) Azure
13 9 (10.98%) SCCM
13 9 (10.98%) Degree
13 9 (10.98%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (9.76%) Manufacturing
14 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Exchange
14 8 (9.76%) VPN
15 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Excel
15 7 (8.54%) SQL
15 7 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
16 6 (7.32%) Mobile Device Management
16 6 (7.32%) Power Platform
16 6 (7.32%) Mac OS

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 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.66%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.22%) Site Server
Applications
1 11 (13.41%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (7.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.22%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 32 (39.02%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (12.20%) Azure
3 6 (7.32%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.66%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.22%) IaaS
5 1 (1.22%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (23.17%) Firewall
2 11 (13.41%) LAN
3 9 (10.98%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (9.76%) VPN
5 6 (7.32%) VoIP
6 5 (6.10%) Internet
6 5 (6.10%) SAN
6 5 (6.10%) VLAN
7 4 (4.88%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (4.88%) TCP/IP
7 4 (4.88%) WAN
8 2 (2.44%) Broadband
8 2 (2.44%) DNS
8 2 (2.44%) Network Security
9 1 (1.22%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (1.22%) NAS
9 1 (1.22%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.10%) Power BI
2 2 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Hudson
General
1 26 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.76%) Manufacturing
3 7 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.10%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.88%) Law
6 3 (3.66%) Finance
7 2 (2.44%) Banking
7 2 (2.44%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.22%) Automotive
8 1 (1.22%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.22%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.22%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.32%) Clustering
2 5 (6.10%) Driving Licence
2 5 (6.10%) Life Science
2 5 (6.10%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.22%) CCTV
3 1 (1.22%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.22%) LIMS
3 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.22%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 42 (51.22%) Windows
2 21 (25.61%) Windows 10
3 14 (17.07%) Windows Server
4 6 (7.32%) Mac OS
5 5 (6.10%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (3.66%) Windows 7
6 3 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.44%) Linux
7 2 (2.44%) VMS
8 1 (1.22%) Android
8 1 (1.22%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.22%) Windows 8
8 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.22%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (18.29%) Customer Service
3 11 (13.41%) ITIL
4 6 (7.32%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (6.10%) Analytics
5 5 (6.10%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (6.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (6.10%) Data Analytics
5 5 (6.10%) Data Extraction
5 5 (6.10%) FMEA
5 5 (6.10%) Process Improvement
5 5 (6.10%) Project Management
5 5 (6.10%) Smart Manufacturing
5 5 (6.10%) Test Scripting
5 5 (6.10%) Validation
6 4 (4.88%) Decision-Making
6 4 (4.88%) Email Filtering
6 4 (4.88%) Quality Management
6 4 (4.88%) Service Delivery
6 4 (4.88%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.54%) SQL
2 4 (4.88%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.22%) C#
3 1 (1.22%) Java
3 1 (1.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (10.98%) Degree
2 6 (7.32%) CCNA
2 6 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (4.88%) CCNP
3 4 (4.88%) DBS Check
3 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.22%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.22%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.10%) GAMP
1 5 (6.10%) GxP
2 2 (2.44%) SLA
3 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 32 (39.02%) Active Directory
2 13 (15.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.88%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.44%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (1.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (13.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (10.98%) SCCM
3 4 (4.88%) Autotask
3 4 (4.88%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (4.88%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (1.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (41.46%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.07%) Cisco
2 14 (17.07%) VMware
3 4 (4.88%) Apple
3 4 (4.88%) Datto
4 2 (2.44%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.44%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.44%) Veeam
5 1 (1.22%) Aruba
5 1 (1.22%) Brio
5 1 (1.22%) Google
5 1 (1.22%) Samsung
5 1 (1.22%) Sophos