IT Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

IT Support Engineer
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in Stevenage is £189, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 0.70% - 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% - 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £152 - -
25th Percentile £162 - £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £189 - £268
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.00%
75th Percentile £220 - £276
90th Percentile £233 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £189 - £161
% change year-on-year - - -29.12%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stevenage. 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 Stevenage with a recognized job title 263 160 223
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 99.38% 94.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 31 46
10th Percentile £193 £290 £222
25th Percentile £367 £311 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £470
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +3.19% -10.39%
75th Percentile £584 £575 £545
90th Percentile £758 - £613
Hertfordshire median daily rate £526 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +13.62% -7.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 80 132
10th Percentile £41.10 £39.50 £38.95
25th Percentile £45.00 £60.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £95.00 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £54.75 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -15.77% - +8.33%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Stevenage

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Stevenage

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage

For the 6 months to 4 December 2025, IT 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 Stevenage region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Apple
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Apple
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft