Technical Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Staines

Technical Support Engineer
Surrey > Staines

The median Technical Support Engineer daily rate in Staines is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
29 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 9 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 -6 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 8 8 28
As % of all contract jobs in Staines 21.62% 29.63% 46.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.86% 32.00% 49.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 28
10th Percentile - £163 £208
25th Percentile £163 £193 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £205 £310
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% -33.87% +35.93%
75th Percentile £188 £208 £315
90th Percentile - £211 £365
Surrey median daily rate £208 £205 £310
% change year-on-year +1.22% -33.87% +35.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Staines

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Staines. 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 Staines with a recognized job title 35 25 57
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 92.59% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 22 57
10th Percentile £163 - £207
25th Percentile £204 £203 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £205 £310
Median % change year-on-year +107.32% -33.87% -20.00%
75th Percentile £656 £208 £550
90th Percentile £1,050 £236 £622
Surrey median daily rate £496 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +7.24% -7.50% -2.91%

Technical Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staines

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staines.

Technical Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Staines

Technical Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Staines

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Support Engineer job vacancies in Staines

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staines

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, Technical Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Staines region featuring Technical Support Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Browser DevTools
1 7 (87.50%) CSS
1 7 (87.50%) Customer Service
1 7 (87.50%) JavaScript
1 7 (87.50%) MySQL
1 7 (87.50%) Oracle
1 7 (87.50%) Relational Database
2 6 (75.00%) Firebug
2 6 (75.00%) HTML
2 6 (75.00%) MariaDB
2 6 (75.00%) OO
2 6 (75.00%) XML
3 2 (25.00%) Linux
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Unix
4 1 (12.50%) Ajax
4 1 (12.50%) AngularJS
4 1 (12.50%) AWS
4 1 (12.50%) Azure
4 1 (12.50%) Case Management
4 1 (12.50%) GCP
4 1 (12.50%) Google
4 1 (12.50%) GraphQL
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) ITSM
4 1 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (12.50%) Okta
4 1 (12.50%) Perl
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staines by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) GCP
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) MySQL
1 7 (87.50%) Relational Database
2 6 (75.00%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Browser DevTools
2 6 (75.00%) Firebug
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (87.50%) CSS
2 6 (75.00%) HTML
2 6 (75.00%) XML
3 1 (12.50%) Ajax
3 1 (12.50%) AngularJS
3 1 (12.50%) GraphQL
3 1 (12.50%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) CMDB
1 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Unix
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Customer Service
2 6 (75.00%) OO
3 1 (12.50%) Case Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) ITSM
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Task Automation
3 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) Perl
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) Okta
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
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