Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Support Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Somerset is £238, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 September 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
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 19 18
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 21 14 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 11.05% 7.11% 7.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.65% 8.19% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 11
10th Percentile £185 £181 £133
25th Percentile £204 £202 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £222 £145
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% +53.10% -24.68%
75th Percentile £275 £318 £209
90th Percentile £288 £576 £238
South West median daily rate £235 £210 £210
% change year-on-year +11.90% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £13.00 -
South West median hourly rate £68.00 £30.25 £19.06
% change year-on-year +124.79% +58.71% +12.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 166 171 195
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.37% 86.80% 97.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 113 138
10th Percentile £210 £201 £165
25th Percentile £263 £270 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £484
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.98% +0.78%
75th Percentile £649 £599 £625
90th Percentile £715 £649 £717
South West median daily rate £500 £515 £538
% change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 30
10th Percentile £31.62 £12.50 £32.28
25th Percentile £41.33 £13.25 £39.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £30.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +96.72% -41.22% +3.78%
75th Percentile £66.25 £57.81 £64.48
90th Percentile £70.00 £64.38 £65.62
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +6.85%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Somerset

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Somerset over the 6 months to 22 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Somerset

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 22 September 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
Bridgwater +4 5 £220 - 3
Yeovil - 5 £275 - 2
Bath 0 4 £250 +14.16% 1
Street 0 4 £190 -35.59%
Support Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 22 September 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 Somerset region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (85.71%) Windows
2 16 (76.19%) Social Skills
3 14 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 14 (66.67%) Security Cleared
4 12 (57.14%) Windows 10
5 10 (47.62%) Active Directory
5 10 (47.62%) Customer Service
6 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
6 9 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (33.33%) ServiceNow
7 7 (33.33%) SLA
7 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (28.57%) ITIL
8 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (23.81%) PABX
9 5 (23.81%) Azure
9 5 (23.81%) Smartphone
9 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Office
9 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Excel
9 5 (23.81%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (19.05%) Antivirus Management
10 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
10 4 (19.05%) VoIP
10 4 (19.05%) Remedy
10 4 (19.05%) Finance
10 4 (19.05%) Logistics
10 4 (19.05%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (14.29%) Process Improvement
11 3 (14.29%) Banking

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (23.81%) Azure
3 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) PABX
2 4 (19.05%) VoIP
3 2 (9.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
General
1 16 (76.19%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Finance
3 3 (14.29%) Banking
3 3 (14.29%) Investment Banking
4 2 (9.52%) Aerospace
4 2 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) JDO
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Self-Motivation
1 5 (23.81%) Smartphone
2 4 (19.05%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.76%) iPad
4 1 (4.76%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 18 (85.71%) Windows
2 12 (57.14%) Windows 10
3 3 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Customer Service
2 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (28.57%) ITIL
3 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (19.05%) Antivirus Management
4 4 (19.05%) Logistics
5 3 (14.29%) Data Entry
5 3 (14.29%) Process Improvement
6 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (9.52%) Inventory Management
6 2 (9.52%) Service Delivery
7 1 (4.76%) Customer Experience
7 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (4.76%) Mathematics
7 1 (4.76%) Patch Management
7 1 (4.76%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (4.76%) Service Management
7 1 (4.76%) Time Management
7 1 (4.76%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 14 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 14 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) Dell Certification
3 1 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) SLA
2 3 (14.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (47.62%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 7 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 4 (19.05%) Remedy
4 1 (4.76%) Dell
4 1 (4.76%) HP
4 1 (4.76%) McAfee
4 1 (4.76%) Starlink