Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Support Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Sheffield is £228, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 41 46
Rank change year-on-year -42 +5 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 5 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.69% 0.68% 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.79% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £171 - £171
25th Percentile £198 - £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £228 - £190
Median % change year-on-year - - -65.45%
75th Percentile £309 - £196
90th Percentile £439 - £199
South Yorkshire median daily rate £228 - £195
% change year-on-year - - -56.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £13.53
25th Percentile - £20.50 £15.39
Median hourly rate - £21.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% -
75th Percentile - £21.50 £19.75
90th Percentile - - £19.90
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - £21.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year - +10.53% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 648 252 345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 85.42% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 146 221
10th Percentile £316 £220 £375
25th Percentile £400 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £523 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £625
90th Percentile £609 £697 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.79 £15.39
25th Percentile £16.68 £14.35 £18.88
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.10 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% -14.85% +11.84%
75th Percentile £22.33 £20.38 £23.75
90th Percentile £24.02 £21.05 £27.50
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £18.10 £22.50
% change year-on-year +7.76% -19.58% +18.42%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Sheffield

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Sheffield over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Sheffield

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Sheffield

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 21 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 Sheffield region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (20.00%) KYC
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Mimecast
3 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (20.00%) Sophos
3 1 (20.00%) Splunk
3 1 (20.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (20.00%) WatchGuard
3 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 10

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Mimecast
3 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) ITSM
1 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (20.00%) KYC
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Sophos
2 1 (20.00%) Splunk
2 1 (20.00%) WatchGuard