Support Engineer Contracts in Stevenage

Support Engineer
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Stevenage is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 June 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
3 Jun 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 50 41
Rank change year-on-year +21 -9 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 3 7 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 2.24% 1.41% 2.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.83% 1.59% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 6
10th Percentile £315 £240 £275
25th Percentile £338 £258 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £338 £358
Median % change year-on-year +11.19% -5.59% +24.35%
75th Percentile £413 £346 £448
90th Percentile £435 £349 £480
Hertfordshire median daily rate £301 £265 £350
% change year-on-year +13.40% -24.29% +54.70%

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 106 440 255
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 79.10% 88.89% 90.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 73 73
10th Percentile £349 £107 £273
25th Percentile £450 £333 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +37.50% -23.74%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £520
90th Percentile £626 £650 £595
Hertfordshire median daily rate £538 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +26.47% -15.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 269 110
10th Percentile £35.56 £40.00 £49.00
25th Percentile £54.38 £43.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £68.00 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -7.69% +16.07%
75th Percentile £81.01 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.00 £77.78
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £62.00 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +12.73% -12.00% +25.00%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Stevenage

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in Stevenage.

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Stevenage

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Stevenage over the 6 months to 3 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Stevenage

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in Stevenage.

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Stevenage

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage

For the 6 months to 3 June 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 Stevenage region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) GxP
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Security
2 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) GMP
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (33.33%) Tech Ops
3 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (33.33%) Windows

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Coaching
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Security
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Tech Ops
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GxP
2 1 (33.33%) GMP
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
111 Support Engineer jobs in Hertfordshire