Support Engineer Contracts in Reading

Support Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Reading is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 60 78
Rank change year-on-year +5 +18 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 5 31 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.84% 2.60% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 2.79% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 26 6
10th Percentile - - £150
25th Percentile - £213 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £215 £199
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +8.18% +32.50%
75th Percentile £275 £325 £502
90th Percentile £290 £500 £600
Berkshire median daily rate £300 £215 £198
% change year-on-year +39.53% +8.86% +25.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate - - £23.00
% change year-on-year - - +31.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 563 1,112 996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.29% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 632 664
10th Percentile £325 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £651
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 51 24
10th Percentile - £35.00 £26.45
25th Percentile - £52.90 £51.48
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £74.66 £74.20
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.46 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Reading

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Reading

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Reading

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 1 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 Reading region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) SailPoint
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (20.00%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Okta
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Internet
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (20.00%) IIS
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Okta