Support Engineer Contracts in the South West

Support Engineer
England > South West

The median Support Engineer daily rate in the South West is £190 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 85 54
Rank change year-on-year +10 -31 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 75 98 152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.35% 2.72% 4.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.52% 2.94% 4.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 73 87
10th Percentile £129 £152 £128
25th Percentile £154 £180 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £200 £190
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £223 £225 £240
90th Percentile £300 £400 £421
England median daily rate £213 £250 £208
% change year-on-year -15.00% +20.48% -1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 15
10th Percentile £12.00 £12.37 £15.35
25th Percentile £12.19 £12.81 £16.24
Median hourly rate £13.85 £14.94 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.28% -14.64% +6.06%
75th Percentile £46.39 £17.07 £24.50
90th Percentile - £23.66 £26.65
England median hourly rate £21.41 £20.00 £17.53
% change year-on-year +7.04% +14.09% +6.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,975 3,338 3,559
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 92.52% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,895 2,501 2,548
10th Percentile £209 £263 £225
25th Percentile £384 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +8.99%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £714 £662
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 401 266 204
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.04 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £50.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.25
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +37.57% +11.18%
75th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £63.64
90th Percentile £77.50 £84.38 £69.12
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 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
Wiltshire -6 18 £263 +29.95% 18
Somerset +16 16 £180 +26.32% 13
Devon +6 14 £165 +26.92% 8
Bristol -3 14 £205 +2.50% 24
Gloucestershire -9 8 £195 -44.29% 19
Dorset +10 5 £175 - 7
Cornwall -4 4 £150 -16.67% 3
Support Engineer
England

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

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

1 41 (54.67%) Windows
2 29 (38.67%) Security Cleared
2 29 (38.67%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (38.67%) Social Skills
3 28 (37.33%) SC Cleared
4 24 (32.00%) Active Directory
5 23 (30.67%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (24.00%) Microsoft
7 16 (21.33%) Customer Service
8 15 (20.00%) SCCM
8 15 (20.00%) SLA
9 13 (17.33%) ITIL
10 12 (16.00%) Windows 10
11 11 (14.67%) Telecoms
12 10 (13.33%) Line Management
12 10 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (12.00%) Mobile Device Management
13 9 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 8 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
14 8 (10.67%) Degree
14 8 (10.67%) PowerShell
14 8 (10.67%) Legal
14 8 (10.67%) Microsoft Office
15 7 (9.33%) Cisco
15 7 (9.33%) VMware
15 7 (9.33%) Management Information System
15 7 (9.33%) Public Sector
15 7 (9.33%) Antivirus Management
16 6 (8.00%) Police
16 6 (8.00%) Decision-Making

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 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (4.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.67%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (10.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 23 (30.67%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.67%) Azure
3 3 (4.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.33%) Firewall
2 3 (4.00%) Internet
2 3 (4.00%) VPN
3 2 (2.67%) Broadband
3 2 (2.67%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (2.67%) LAN
3 2 (2.67%) Skype
3 2 (2.67%) VoIP
3 2 (2.67%) WAN
4 1 (1.33%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (1.33%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (1.33%) WebEx
4 1 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.33%) Wireless
General
1 29 (38.67%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.67%) Telecoms
3 8 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.67%) Legal
4 7 (9.33%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.00%) Police
6 5 (6.67%) Finance
6 5 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.00%) Electronics
7 3 (4.00%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.00%) Marketing
8 2 (2.67%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.67%) Military
8 2 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.33%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) REST
1 1 (1.33%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.33%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.33%) CMDB
3 4 (5.33%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.33%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.67%) BYOD
4 2 (2.67%) NHS
5 1 (1.33%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.33%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 41 (54.67%) Windows
2 12 (16.00%) Windows 10
3 6 (8.00%) Windows 7
4 4 (5.33%) Android
4 4 (5.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (38.67%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (21.33%) Customer Service
3 13 (17.33%) ITIL
4 10 (13.33%) Line Management
5 9 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (12.00%) Mobile Device Management
6 7 (9.33%) Antivirus Management
7 6 (8.00%) Coaching
7 6 (8.00%) Decision-Making
8 5 (6.67%) Customer Experience
8 5 (6.67%) Patch Management
8 5 (6.67%) Service Delivery
9 4 (5.33%) Customer-Centric Approach
9 4 (5.33%) Customer-Centricity
9 4 (5.33%) Information Security
9 4 (5.33%) Infrastructure Management
9 4 (5.33%) Performance Monitoring
9 4 (5.33%) Preventative Maintenance
9 4 (5.33%) Project Delivery
9 4 (5.33%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.67%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (38.67%) Security Cleared
2 28 (37.33%) SC Cleared
3 10 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (10.67%) Degree
5 3 (4.00%) MCP
6 2 (2.67%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.33%) CCNA
7 1 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.33%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.33%) MCSA
7 1 (1.33%) MCSE
7 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (20.00%) SLA
2 2 (2.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 24 (32.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 1 (1.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (20.00%) SCCM
2 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 18 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.33%) Cisco
2 7 (9.33%) VMware
3 6 (8.00%) BT
4 4 (5.33%) SAP
5 3 (4.00%) Citrix
5 3 (4.00%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.33%) Apple
6 1 (1.33%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.33%) Veeam