Technical Support Engineer Contracts in the North of England

Technical Support Engineer
England > North of England

The median Technical Support Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £220, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 August 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
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 167 193
Rank change year-on-year -19 +26 +53
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 3 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.075% 0.024% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.026% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £149
25th Percentile - - £187
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £200 £225
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -11.11% -59.09%
75th Percentile - - £316
90th Percentile - - £375
England median daily rate £208 £205 £245
% change year-on-year +1.22% -16.33% -7.55%

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 3,686 3,814 4,958
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 92.39% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,374 2,334 3,363
10th Percentile £251 £273 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £640 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 280 201
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.42 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.56 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.32 £30.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.62% +15.38% +29.58%
75th Percentile £47.53 £51.22 £45.88
90th Percentile £76.88 £70.00 £59.25
England median hourly rate £25.23 £45.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -43.94% +7.14% +63.55%

Technical Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 August 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 - 2 £220 - 6
North East - 1 - - 1
Technical Support Engineer
England

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 15 August 2025, Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (33.33%) PagerDuty
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Military
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification

Technical 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Military
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) Fintech
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) PagerDuty