IT Support Engineer Contracts in South Wales

IT Support Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in South Wales is £230, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 July 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
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 31 43
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 +27
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 3 12 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.09% 3.15% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 3.46% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 6
10th Percentile £154 - £147
25th Percentile £183 £143 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £145 £158
Median % change year-on-year +58.62% -7.94% -
75th Percentile £278 £148 £171
90th Percentile £306 - £173
Wales median daily rate £190 £145 £165
% change year-on-year +31.03% -12.12% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.00 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £22.50
75th Percentile £17.00 - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median hourly rate £16.00 - £22.50
% change year-on-year - - +80.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 253 347 419
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 91.08% 95.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 236 323
10th Percentile £180 £140 £180
25th Percentile £263 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £480 £545 £588
90th Percentile £555 £625 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 44 30
10th Percentile £12.99 £15.28 £15.70
25th Percentile £13.08 £18.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate £17.26 £25.60 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -32.60% +41.12% +0.78%
75th Percentile £20.75 £50.63 £23.75
90th Percentile £24.20 £68.13 £48.88
Wales median hourly rate £19.51 £25.60 £18.14
% change year-on-year -23.81% +41.12% +9.94%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in South Wales

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in South Wales

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in South Wales over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in South Wales

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in South Wales

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 19 July 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
Cardiff -1 2 £325 +124.14% 2
Neath Port Talbot - 1 £135 - 1
IT Support Engineer
Wales

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 19 July 2025, 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 Wales region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (33.33%) CMDB
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (33.33%) Break/Fix

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CMDB
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Break/Fix
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) ITSM
1 1 (33.33%) Time Management
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft