Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in the North West

Support Engineer
England > North West

The median Support Engineer daily rate in the North West is £168, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 67 100
Rank change year-on-year -17 +33 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 61 50 39
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.45% 2.32% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.69% 2.50% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 38 23
10th Percentile £134 £150 £142
25th Percentile £150 £163 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £168 £200 £213
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% -5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £238 £278 £265
90th Percentile £250 £400 £353
England median daily rate £225 £240 £238
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 5
10th Percentile £19.60 £17.47 £16.24
25th Percentile £21.12 £18.03 -
Median hourly rate £23.31 £22.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% +24.15% -3.49%
75th Percentile £26.73 £23.14 -
90th Percentile £67.84 £23.66 -
England median hourly rate £24.00 £22.09 £19.06
% change year-on-year +8.65% +15.90% -4.70%

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 2,270 2,002 2,420
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.13% 92.81% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,479 1,132 1,669
10th Percentile £213 £250 £300
25th Percentile £358 £381 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £663 £650 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 121 165
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.49 £15.75
25th Percentile £20.72 £18.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.99 £27.13 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.25% -22.50% +60.92%
75th Percentile £55.72 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £64.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the North West

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies 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 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in the North West

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in the North West

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 17 December 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
Merseyside 0 21 £152 -19.20% 9
Manchester -8 17 £200 -11.11% 21
Cheshire -17 12 £228 -32.59% 16
Lancashire -7 7 £170 -15.00% 11
Cumbria +8 4 £140 -30.00% 3
Support Engineer
England

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 38 (62.30%) Windows
2 31 (50.82%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (47.54%) Active Directory
4 23 (37.70%) Microsoft
5 22 (36.07%) Customer Service
6 17 (27.87%) Windows 10
7 13 (21.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
8 12 (19.67%) Azure
8 12 (19.67%) SharePoint
9 11 (18.03%) SC Cleared
9 11 (18.03%) ServiceNow
10 9 (14.75%) Asset Management
11 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Exchange
12 5 (8.20%) Cisco
13 4 (6.56%) Android
13 4 (6.56%) Apple iOS
13 4 (6.56%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (6.56%) DBS Check
13 4 (6.56%) Entra ID
13 4 (6.56%) High Availability
13 4 (6.56%) HP
13 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
13 4 (6.56%) SCCM
13 4 (6.56%) Service Management
13 4 (6.56%) SLA
14 3 (4.92%) Apache
14 3 (4.92%) Continuous Improvement
14 3 (4.92%) Dell
14 3 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineering

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 12 (19.67%) SharePoint
2 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (4.92%) Apache
4 2 (3.28%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (3.28%) Apache Spark
4 2 (3.28%) Jupyter
5 1 (1.64%) JBoss
Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (50.82%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (19.67%) Azure
3 4 (6.56%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.92%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.28%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (3.28%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 2 (3.28%) AWS
6 1 (1.64%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.64%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.64%) SaaS
6 1 (1.64%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.28%) LAN
1 2 (3.28%) SSL
1 2 (3.28%) VPN
2 1 (1.64%) Firewall
2 1 (1.64%) Internet
2 1 (1.64%) IP Telephony
2 1 (1.64%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (1.64%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.64%) WAN
2 1 (1.64%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.28%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.64%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 31 (50.82%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (3.28%) Aerospace
4 2 (3.28%) Banking
4 2 (3.28%) Finance
4 2 (3.28%) Investment Banking
4 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.28%) Military
4 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.64%) Italian Language
5 1 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.64%) Polish Language
5 1 (1.64%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) Middleware
2 1 (1.64%) Kafka
2 1 (1.64%) Node.js
2 1 (1.64%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.75%) Driving Licence
2 4 (6.56%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.64%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 38 (62.30%) Windows
2 17 (27.87%) Windows 10
3 4 (6.56%) Android
3 4 (6.56%) Apple iOS
4 3 (4.92%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.64%) Linux
5 1 (1.64%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (36.07%) Customer Service
2 9 (14.75%) Asset Management
3 4 (6.56%) High Availability
3 4 (6.56%) Service Management
4 3 (4.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (4.92%) ITSM
4 3 (4.92%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (4.92%) Migration
4 3 (4.92%) Web Filtering
5 2 (3.28%) Business Continuity
5 2 (3.28%) Data Entry
5 2 (3.28%) Data Protection
5 2 (3.28%) ITIL
5 2 (3.28%) Knowledge Management
5 2 (3.28%) Logistics
5 2 (3.28%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (3.28%) Ticket Management
6 1 (1.64%) E-Commerce
6 1 (1.64%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.28%) AWK
2 1 (1.64%) Python
2 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
2 11 (18.03%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (6.56%) DBS Check
4 2 (3.28%) A+ Certification
4 2 (3.28%) Degree
4 2 (3.28%) MCP
5 1 (1.64%) CCNA
5 1 (1.64%) CCNP
5 1 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.56%) SLA
2 1 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 29 (47.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (21.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.56%) SCCM
3 2 (3.28%) Ansible
3 2 (3.28%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.64%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 23 (37.70%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.03%) ServiceNow
3 5 (8.20%) Cisco
4 4 (6.56%) HP
5 3 (4.92%) Dell
5 3 (4.92%) Meraki
6 2 (3.28%) Apple
6 2 (3.28%) Computacenter
7 1 (1.64%) BMC
7 1 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.64%) Google
7 1 (1.64%) IBM
7 1 (1.64%) Oracle
7 1 (1.64%) QNAP
7 1 (1.64%) Remedy
7 1 (1.64%) VMware
7 1 (1.64%) Zscaler
53 Support Engineer jobs in the North West