Support Engineer Contracts in the South West

Support Engineer
England > South West

The median Support Engineer daily rate in the South West is £235, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 May 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 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 83 72
Rank change year-on-year +48 -11 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 91 69 99
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.46% 2.18% 2.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.98% 2.34% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 47 77
10th Percentile £200 £133 £147
25th Percentile £210 £154 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £185 £200
Median % change year-on-year +27.03% -7.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £310 £214 £250
90th Percentile £385 £307 £400
England median daily rate £235 £215 £250
% change year-on-year +9.30% -14.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 3
10th Percentile £20.62 £12.00 £14.31
25th Percentile £26.28 £12.19 £15.15
Median hourly rate £68.00 £13.85 £16.94
Median % change year-on-year +390.97% -18.22% -6.51%
75th Percentile - £46.39 £23.66
90th Percentile - - £27.47
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £20.60
% change year-on-year +14.32% +6.80% +17.31%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,523 2,948 3,181
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 93.20% 92.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 966 1,875 2,378
10th Percentile £217 £213 £275
25th Percentile £376 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £613 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 413 250
10th Percentile £18.15 £14.00 £18.09
25th Percentile £24.38 £27.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +39.78%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £72.98
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £83.44
England median hourly rate £30.00 £36.65 £44.77
% change year-on-year -18.14% -18.13% +94.40%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the South West

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in the South West

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in the South West

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in the South West

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Engineer in the South West

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
Bristol +49 38 £235 +14.63% 24
Gloucestershire +24 16 £250 +28.21% 23
Devon +11 14 - - 10
Somerset +3 13 £250 +6.38% 10
Wiltshire +30 10 £220 -16.19% 12
Dorset +2 2 £210 +20.00% 10
Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 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 South West region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 58 (63.74%) Social Skills
2 51 (56.04%) Microsoft
3 44 (48.35%) Security Cleared
4 41 (45.05%) SC Cleared
5 29 (31.87%) Finance
6 28 (30.77%) Windows
7 25 (27.47%) Active Directory
7 25 (27.47%) SLA
8 22 (24.18%) ITIL
8 22 (24.18%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (23.08%) Driving Licence
9 21 (23.08%) Windows 10
10 20 (21.98%) Customer Experience
10 20 (21.98%) HP
10 20 (21.98%) Dell
10 20 (21.98%) Dell Certification
11 19 (20.88%) Mathematics
12 18 (19.78%) Customer Service
12 18 (19.78%) Software Engineering
12 18 (19.78%) Microsoft Office
12 18 (19.78%) JavaScript
13 16 (17.58%) Service Delivery
13 16 (17.58%) Azure
14 15 (16.48%) Microsoft Intune
14 15 (16.48%) Linux
15 14 (15.38%) Degree
16 13 (14.29%) VPN
16 13 (14.29%) Service Management
17 12 (13.19%) Microsoft Exchange
17 12 (13.19%) Public Sector

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 12 (13.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (9.89%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 18 (19.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (24.18%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (17.58%) Azure
3 8 (8.79%) AWS
3 8 (8.79%) GCP
4 4 (4.40%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.20%) Google Workspace
5 2 (2.20%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (14.29%) VPN
2 7 (7.69%) VoIP
3 4 (4.40%) DNS
3 4 (4.40%) LAN
3 4 (4.40%) WAN
3 4 (4.40%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (2.20%) DHCP
4 2 (2.20%) Firewall
4 2 (2.20%) VLAN
5 1 (1.10%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.30%) Oracle Database
1 3 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (3.30%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.10%) MongoDB
General
1 58 (63.74%) Social Skills
2 29 (31.87%) Finance
3 12 (13.19%) Public Sector
4 8 (8.79%) Electronics
4 8 (8.79%) Manufacturing
4 8 (8.79%) Marketing
4 8 (8.79%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.30%) Legal
6 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.20%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.99%) Middleware
2 7 (7.69%) .NET
2 7 (7.69%) CSS
2 7 (7.69%) HTML
3 2 (2.20%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 21 (23.08%) Driving Licence
2 9 (9.89%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.49%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.40%) iPad
4 4 (4.40%) iPhone
4 4 (4.40%) Smartphone
5 2 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.10%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 28 (30.77%) Windows
2 21 (23.08%) Windows 10
3 15 (16.48%) Linux
4 11 (12.09%) Ubuntu
5 3 (3.30%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.30%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.20%) Android
7 1 (1.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (24.18%) ITIL
2 20 (21.98%) Customer Experience
3 19 (20.88%) Mathematics
4 18 (19.78%) Customer Service
4 18 (19.78%) Software Engineering
5 16 (17.58%) Service Delivery
6 13 (14.29%) Service Management
7 12 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (12.09%) ITSM
9 8 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (8.79%) Digital Marketing
9 8 (8.79%) Programme Management
9 8 (8.79%) Software Licensing
9 8 (8.79%) User Experience
10 7 (7.69%) Computer Science
10 7 (7.69%) Continuous Delivery
10 7 (7.69%) Continuous Integration
10 7 (7.69%) Software Delivery
10 7 (7.69%) Test Automation
10 7 (7.69%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 18 (19.78%) JavaScript
2 11 (12.09%) Ada
2 11 (12.09%) C
2 11 (12.09%) C++
2 11 (12.09%) Shell Script
3 7 (7.69%) C#
4 3 (3.30%) SQL
5 2 (2.20%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.10%) Bash
6 1 (1.10%) Python
Qualifications
1 44 (48.35%) Security Cleared
2 41 (45.05%) SC Cleared
3 20 (21.98%) Dell Certification
4 14 (15.38%) Degree
5 7 (7.69%) Azure Certification
5 7 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (7.69%) DV Cleared
5 7 (7.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (4.40%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.20%) A+ Certification
7 2 (2.20%) MCP
7 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (27.47%) SLA
2 7 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.10%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (27.47%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.30%) Docker
3 2 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (16.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.40%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.20%) AppManager
3 2 (2.20%) SCCM
4 1 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (56.04%) Microsoft
2 20 (21.98%) Dell
2 20 (21.98%) HP
3 12 (13.19%) ServiceNow
4 11 (12.09%) Red Hat
5 10 (10.99%) Google
6 8 (8.79%) SAP
7 7 (7.69%) Citrix
8 4 (4.40%) McAfee
9 3 (3.30%) Oracle
9 3 (3.30%) Remedy
10 2 (2.20%) Ivanti
10 2 (2.20%) VMware