Support Engineer Contracts in Somerset

Support Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Somerset is £195 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 28 20
Rank change year-on-year +12 -8 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 13 3 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 6.37% 1.54% 7.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.91% 1.56% 7.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 7
10th Percentile £121 £146 £134
25th Percentile £141 £153 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £168 £193
Median % change year-on-year +16.42% -12.99% +4.76%
75th Percentile £296 £183 £212
90th Percentile £318 £191 £339
South West median daily rate £190 £200 £190
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £15.30
25th Percentile - £15.44 £15.38
Median hourly rate £12.00 £15.88 £15.63
Median % change year-on-year -24.41% +1.57% +4.03%
75th Percentile - £16.31 £15.76
90th Percentile - - £15.76
South West median hourly rate £13.85 £14.94 £17.50
% change year-on-year -7.28% -14.64% +6.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 188 192 202
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.16% 98.46% 97.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 146 139
10th Percentile £188 £203 £223
25th Percentile £313 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +14.71% -5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £524
90th Percentile £610 £730 £594
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 16 13
10th Percentile £12.28 £17.38 £20.89
25th Percentile £15.23 £32.11 £46.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +0.50% +15.70%
75th Percentile £40.00 £61.09 £56.00
90th Percentile £48.00 £76.84 £57.99
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £64.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year -14.26% +35.04% +11.76%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Somerset

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Somerset over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Somerset

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer 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 14 May 2024. 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 -3 5 £123 -14.04% 1
Street - 3 £295 - 2
Bath - 2 - -
Yeovil - 1 £275 - 9
Support Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, 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 5 (38.46%) Windows
1 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Data Centre
2 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
3 3 (23.08%) Internet
3 3 (23.08%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (23.08%) Application Packaging
3 3 (23.08%) Network Management
3 3 (23.08%) Software Deployment
3 3 (23.08%) Break/Fix
3 3 (23.08%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
3 3 (23.08%) Customer Experience
3 3 (23.08%) Server Management
4 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 2 (15.38%) Degree
4 2 (15.38%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (15.38%) Android
4 2 (15.38%) NHS
4 2 (15.38%) Broadband
4 2 (15.38%) VoIP
4 2 (15.38%) Cisco
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange

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 3 (23.08%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Internet
2 2 (15.38%) Broadband
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (15.38%) VoIP
3 1 (7.69%) Firewall
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Data Centre
2 2 (15.38%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Application Packaging
2 3 (23.08%) Break/Fix
2 3 (23.08%) Creative Thinking
2 3 (23.08%) Customer Experience
2 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
2 3 (23.08%) Network Management
2 3 (23.08%) Server Management
2 3 (23.08%) Software Deployment
3 2 (15.38%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.69%) ITIL
4 1 (7.69%) Patch Management
4 1 (7.69%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft