Support Engineer Contracts in the North West

Support Engineer
England > North West

The median Support Engineer daily rate in the North West is £215, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 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
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 93 64
Rank change year-on-year +20 -29 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 54 41 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.71% 1.47% 2.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.91% 1.56% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 22 58
10th Percentile £153 £140 £173
25th Percentile £169 £141 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £160 £233
Median % change year-on-year +34.38% -31.18% +22.37%
75th Percentile £230 £245 £359
90th Percentile £414 £318 £522
England median daily rate £248 £215 £250
% change year-on-year +15.12% -14.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 8
10th Percentile - £26.25 £14.63
25th Percentile - £41.25 £17.21
Median hourly rate £65.00 £42.50 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% +104.82% -10.00%
75th Percentile - £70.90 £38.75
90th Percentile - - £41.47
England median hourly rate £25.15 £23.05 £20.30
% change year-on-year +9.13% +13.52% +14.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,853 2,633 2,851
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 94.51% 94.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,243 1,627 2,023
10th Percentile £268 £268 £300
25th Percentile £375 £382 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £579 £588
90th Percentile £662 £671 £675
England median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 316 131
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.77 £14.55
25th Percentile £14.13 £14.24 £17.71
Median hourly rate £28.75 £32.90 £28.70
Median % change year-on-year -12.60% +14.62% +14.80%
75th Percentile £60.00 £48.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £79.65 £71.69 £57.50
England median hourly rate £29.00 £38.50 £44.53
% change year-on-year -24.68% -13.54% +85.54%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the North West

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in the North West

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in the North West

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in the North West

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Manchester +20 20 £285 +29.55% 54
Cheshire +9 17 £230 +109.09% 18
Lancashire +13 10 £155 +10.71% 23
Cumbria -1 4 £200 - 16
Merseyside -4 3 £215 +48.28% 6
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 West region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 37 (68.52%) Microsoft
2 29 (53.70%) Active Directory
3 27 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 26 (48.15%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (42.59%) ITIL
6 21 (38.89%) Windows
7 19 (35.19%) Management Information System
8 15 (27.78%) SQL
8 15 (27.78%) Microsoft Exchange
8 15 (27.78%) Azure
8 15 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (25.93%) Security Cleared
9 14 (25.93%) PowerShell
9 14 (25.93%) Service Delivery
10 13 (24.07%) SC Cleared
11 12 (22.22%) VPN
11 12 (22.22%) Linux
12 11 (20.37%) Entra ID
13 10 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (18.52%) Problem Management
14 9 (16.67%) Skype for Business
14 9 (16.67%) ITSM
14 9 (16.67%) Windows 10
14 9 (16.67%) Skype
14 9 (16.67%) WebEx
14 9 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
14 9 (16.67%) Windows Server
15 8 (14.81%) Procure-to-Pay
15 8 (14.81%) Mattermost
15 8 (14.81%) Windows Server 2016

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 15 (27.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (16.67%) Skype for Business
3 8 (14.81%) Mattermost
3 8 (14.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (9.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (9.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 15 (27.78%) Azure
1 15 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (20.37%) Entra ID
3 4 (7.41%) GCP
3 4 (7.41%) SaaS
4 2 (3.70%) AWS
5 1 (1.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (22.22%) VPN
2 9 (16.67%) Skype
2 9 (16.67%) WebEx
3 8 (14.81%) LAN
3 8 (14.81%) Softphone
3 8 (14.81%) Unified Communications
4 7 (12.96%) TCP/IP
5 6 (11.11%) DHCP
6 5 (9.26%) DNS
7 4 (7.41%) Firewall
7 4 (7.41%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (5.56%) Internet
8 3 (5.56%) iSCSI
8 3 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (5.56%) WAN
8 3 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (5.56%) Wireless
9 2 (3.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 27 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 5 (9.26%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (9.26%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (7.41%) Finance
5 4 (7.41%) French Language
6 2 (3.70%) Legal
7 1 (1.85%) Electronics
7 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Military
7 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.81%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (35.19%) Management Information System
2 7 (12.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 4 (7.41%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (5.56%) IVR
5 2 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.85%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.85%) CMDB
6 1 (1.85%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.85%) iPad
6 1 (1.85%) iPhone
6 1 (1.85%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.85%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (38.89%) Windows
2 12 (22.22%) Linux
3 9 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 9 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 8 (14.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (12.96%) Unix
6 5 (9.26%) Windows 8
6 5 (9.26%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (9.26%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (9.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (9.26%) Windows XP
7 4 (7.41%) Android
8 2 (3.70%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (48.15%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (42.59%) ITIL
3 14 (25.93%) Service Delivery
4 10 (18.52%) Problem Management
5 9 (16.67%) ITSM
6 8 (14.81%) Asset Management
6 8 (14.81%) B2B
6 8 (14.81%) Customer Service
6 8 (14.81%) Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (12.96%) Cash Management
7 7 (12.96%) Incident Management
7 7 (12.96%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (9.26%) Business Case
9 5 (9.26%) Computer Science
9 5 (9.26%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (9.26%) Proactive Maintenance
9 5 (9.26%) Project Delivery
9 5 (9.26%) Technical Analysis
9 5 (9.26%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (27.78%) SQL
2 14 (25.93%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (25.93%) Security Cleared
2 13 (24.07%) SC Cleared
3 10 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (14.81%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (11.11%) A+ Certification
5 6 (11.11%) Degree
6 2 (3.70%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (53.70%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (14.81%) SCOM
2 7 (12.96%) SCCM
3 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (7.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (68.52%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.81%) Cisco
2 8 (14.81%) Red Hat
2 8 (14.81%) Splunk
3 7 (12.96%) Bloomberg
3 7 (12.96%) Refinitiv
3 7 (12.96%) Sybase
4 5 (9.26%) Canon
5 4 (7.41%) Google
6 3 (5.56%) Apple
7 2 (3.70%) Thycotic
8 1 (1.85%) Dell
8 1 (1.85%) HP