Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Support Engineer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Staffordshire is £139, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 6 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 10.17% - 3.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.71% - 3.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile £137 - £160
25th Percentile £137 - £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £139 - £175
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.67%
75th Percentile £140 - £344
90th Percentile £140 - £350
West Midlands median daily rate £275 £270 £325
% change year-on-year +1.85% -16.92% +44.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 56 121 185
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 94.53% 92.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 69 137
10th Percentile £140 £110 £263
25th Percentile £185 £208 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -30.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £588
90th Percentile £568 £595 £745
West Midlands median daily rate £487 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.60% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 7
10th Percentile £24.50 £18.76 £21.80
25th Percentile £29.00 £28.51 £22.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.47 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% +37.86% +25.88%
75th Percentile £40.25 £37.19 £28.75
90th Percentile £42.95 £41.13 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £21.24
% change year-on-year +19.76% -1.11% +17.97%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Staffordshire

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Stafford - 2 - -
Uttoxeter - 2 £139 -
Burton-upon-Trent - 1 - - 1
Tamworth - 1 - - 1
Support Engineer
West Midlands

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 16 September 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 Staffordshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Workflow Management
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Workflow
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
3 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft