IT Support Engineer Contracts in the South East

IT Support Engineer
England > South East

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in the South East is £155 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 177 199
Rank change year-on-year +13 +22 +1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 23 26 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.42% 0.47% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.49% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 17 37
10th Percentile £112 £158 £126
25th Percentile £131 £170 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £205 £193
Median % change year-on-year -24.39% +6.49% +10.00%
75th Percentile £211 £288 £388
90th Percentile £225 £320 -
England median daily rate £195 £200 £200
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 £11.50 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +52.17% -38.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £18.75 £12.25 £20.38
90th Percentile - - £21.05
England median hourly rate £22.00 £18.74 £17.50
% change year-on-year +17.43% +7.06% +6.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,033 5,286 7,309
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 94.66% 95.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,026 3,699 4,998
10th Percentile £214 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £393 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £619 £601 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 484 230 322
10th Percentile £12.79 £16.25 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.20 £21.95 £15.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +142.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £39.69
90th Percentile £77.35 £75.00 £58.29
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +4.55%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in the South East

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the South East.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the South East

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in the South East

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the South East

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Hampshire -5 8 £173 +15.00% 6
Thames Valley +9 7 £145 -27.50% 6
Oxfordshire +12 5 £145 -27.50% 3
Surrey +5 3 £200 -33.33% 8
West Sussex +4 3 £113 -57.14% 5
Buckinghamshire +27 2 £100 -53.49% 1
Kent - 2 £220 - 2
IT Support Engineer
England

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, IT 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 South East region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (86.96%) Windows
2 16 (69.57%) Active Directory
2 16 (69.57%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (60.87%) Customer Service
3 14 (60.87%) Microsoft
4 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
4 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (26.09%) Windows 10
7 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (21.74%) SCCM
8 4 (17.39%) Degree
8 4 (17.39%) Asset Management
8 4 (17.39%) LAN
8 4 (17.39%) ITIL
8 4 (17.39%) SLA
8 4 (17.39%) DHCP
8 4 (17.39%) A+ Certification
8 4 (17.39%) Apple
8 4 (17.39%) ServiceNow
8 4 (17.39%) Apple iOS
8 4 (17.39%) Android
9 3 (13.04%) Azure
9 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
9 3 (13.04%) Inventory Management
9 3 (13.04%) WAN
9 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
10 2 (8.70%) Linux

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 16 (69.57%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.04%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) DHCP
1 4 (17.39%) LAN
2 3 (13.04%) WAN
3 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
3 2 (8.70%) VLAN
3 2 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (8.70%) Wireless
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (4.35%) DNS
4 1 (4.35%) Skype
4 1 (4.35%) Telepresence
4 1 (4.35%) VoIP
4 1 (4.35%) VPN
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Automotive
2 2 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Finance
2 2 (8.70%) French Language
2 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
2 2 (8.70%) Portuguese Language
2 2 (8.70%) Spanish Language
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) CMDB
1 2 (8.70%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.35%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.35%) iPhone
2 1 (4.35%) NHS
2 1 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.35%) Smartcard
2 1 (4.35%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 20 (86.96%) Windows
2 6 (26.09%) Windows 10
3 4 (17.39%) Android
3 4 (17.39%) Apple iOS
4 2 (8.70%) Linux
4 2 (8.70%) Windows 7
4 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
5 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Customer Service
2 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (17.39%) Asset Management
3 4 (17.39%) ITIL
4 3 (13.04%) Inventory Management
5 2 (8.70%) Break/Fix
5 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (8.70%) ITSM
5 2 (8.70%) Logistics
6 1 (4.35%) Agile
6 1 (4.35%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (4.35%) Computer Science
6 1 (4.35%) Configuration Management
6 1 (4.35%) Data Migration
6 1 (4.35%) Migration
6 1 (4.35%) Risk Management
6 1 (4.35%) Service Delivery
6 1 (4.35%) Service Management
6 1 (4.35%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) A+ Certification
1 4 (17.39%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (4.35%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (69.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (21.74%) SCCM
3 1 (4.35%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 14 (60.87%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) Apple
2 4 (17.39%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.70%) Cisco
3 2 (8.70%) MobileIron
4 1 (4.35%) Adobe
4 1 (4.35%) F5
4 1 (4.35%) HP
4 1 (4.35%) Planview
4 1 (4.35%) Polycom