IT Support Engineer Contracts in Surrey

IT Support Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in Surrey is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 May 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 55 65
Rank change year-on-year +33 +10 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 14 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 5.26% 0.33% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.45% 0.36% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 5
10th Percentile £194 £181 £172
25th Percentile £238 £184 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £191 £275
Median % change year-on-year +30.72% -30.45% -
75th Percentile £289 £197 £331
90th Percentile £354 £199 £335
South East median daily rate £250 £155 £203
% change year-on-year +61.29% -23.46% +4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £28.65 - -
25th Percentile £29.63 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £108.73 - -
90th Percentile £153.72 - -
South East median hourly rate £30.25 £17.50 £11.50
% change year-on-year +72.86% +52.17% -38.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 257 559 682
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.62% 93.01% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 400 522
10th Percentile £195 £250 £200
25th Percentile £263 £369 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -3.38% +3.50%
75th Percentile £538 £619 £634
90th Percentile £581 £700 £736
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 62 31
10th Percentile £14.80 £12.53 -
25th Percentile £24.83 £13.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -33.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £48.57 £58.00 £62.53
90th Percentile £62.50 £76.86 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £33.47 £48.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -30.28% -4.00% +143.90%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in Surrey

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in Surrey

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in Surrey over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in Surrey

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in Surrey

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support Engineer in Surrey over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in Surrey

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Guildford - 5 £250 - 1
Redhill +10 2 - - 1
Staines - 1 - -
Weybridge - 1 £350 -
Camberley - 1 - -
IT Support Engineer
South East

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, IT 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 Surrey region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Windows
2 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
5 4 (28.57%) Windows 10
6 3 (21.43%) DBS Check
6 3 (21.43%) Google
6 3 (21.43%) Incident Management
6 3 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (21.43%) Google Workspace
6 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (21.43%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (14.29%) Jenkins
7 2 (14.29%) Docker
7 2 (14.29%) DevOps
7 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
7 2 (14.29%) Public Cloud
7 2 (14.29%) Korean Language
7 2 (14.29%) Degree
7 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 2 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 2 (14.29%) Firewall
7 2 (14.29%) LAMP
7 2 (14.29%) Linux
7 2 (14.29%) Apache
7 2 (14.29%) Tomcat
7 2 (14.29%) PHP
7 2 (14.29%) SQL

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 2 (14.29%) Apache
1 2 (14.29%) IIS
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (14.29%) Tomcat
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Google Workspace
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (14.29%) Firewall
2 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.14%) FTP
3 1 (7.14%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) MySQL
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (14.29%) Korean Language
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) .NET
1 2 (14.29%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 2 (14.29%) Public Cloud
2 2 (14.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Windows 10
3 2 (14.29%) Linux
4 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
4 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
4 1 (7.14%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) Incident Management
3 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 2 (14.29%) DevOps
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (14.29%) ITIL
3 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.14%) Break/Fix
4 1 (7.14%) Change Management
4 1 (7.14%) Line Management
4 1 (7.14%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PHP
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) DBS Check
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (7.14%) A+ Certification
3 1 (7.14%) MCP
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) Docker
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (7.14%) XenApp
3 1 (7.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Google
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco
3 1 (7.14%) Citrix
3 1 (7.14%) Dell
3 1 (7.14%) HP
3 1 (7.14%) IBM
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow