Support Engineer Contracts in Swansea

Support Engineer
West Wales > Swansea

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Swansea is £201, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 July 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
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 6 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 6 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swansea 22.22% 6.67% 7.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 23.08% 6.67% 7.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
10th Percentile - - £167
25th Percentile £185 - £169
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £201 £200 £173
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% +15.94% +56.82%
75th Percentile £219 - £176
90th Percentile - - £179
West Wales median daily rate £201 £200 £173
% change year-on-year +0.63% +15.94% +56.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Swansea

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swansea. 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 Swansea with a recognized job title 26 15 38
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.30% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 11 29
10th Percentile £185 £200 £156
25th Percentile £206 £419 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £325
Median % change year-on-year - +46.15% -13.33%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £513
90th Percentile £623 - £544
West Wales median daily rate £475 £475 £325
% change year-on-year - +46.15% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - - £14.87
25th Percentile £17.75 £11.75 £14.89
Median hourly rate £18.50 £13.50 £15.21
Median % change year-on-year +37.04% -11.23% +1.38%
75th Percentile £19.25 £15.25 £15.73
90th Percentile - - £15.88
West Wales median hourly rate £18.50 £13.50 £15.21
% change year-on-year +37.04% -11.23% +1.38%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Swansea

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Swansea

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Swansea

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Swansea

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Swansea

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swansea

For the 6 months to 19 July 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 Swansea region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (50.00%) Apple
1 3 (50.00%) SolarWinds
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (50.00%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (50.00%) ConnectWise
1 3 (50.00%) Autotask
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (16.67%) NIST
3 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swansea 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Autotask
1 3 (50.00%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Apple
1 3 (50.00%) ConnectWise
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) SolarWinds