Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Support Engineer
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Swindon is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 19 11
Rank change year-on-year -11 -8 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 3 1 10
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 1.37% 0.88% 8.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 1.01% 10.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 8
10th Percentile £100 - £143
25th Percentile £175 - £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £210
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.00%
75th Percentile £350 - £399
90th Percentile £380 - £444
Wiltshire median daily rate £255 £220 £203
% change year-on-year +15.91% +8.64% -3.57%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 207 99 99
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.52% 87.61% 81.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 62 67
10th Percentile £375 £236 £180
25th Percentile £425 £308 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £725 £584 £519
90th Percentile £788 £636 £600
Wiltshire median daily rate £525 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 0
10th Percentile £11.32 - -
25th Percentile £12.08 - -
Median hourly rate £15.96 - -
75th Percentile £49.88 - -
90th Percentile £51.00 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £41.71 £22.38 £12.79
% change year-on-year +86.35% +75.00% -74.42%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Swindon

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Swindon

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Swindon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Swindon over the 6 months to 1 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Swindon

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Swindon.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Swindon

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 1 September 2026, 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 Swindon region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) NetBackup
1 1 (33.33%) NonStop SQL
1 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Runbook
1 1 (33.33%) Security Hardening
1 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
1 1 (33.33%) Veritas
1 1 (33.33%) VMware
1 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) VMware NSX
1 1 (33.33%) vRealize
1 1 (33.33%) vSphere
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) NonStop SQL
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Runbook
1 1 (33.33%) Security Hardening
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) VMware NSX
1 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) NetBackup
1 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
1 1 (33.33%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Veritas
1 1 (33.33%) VMware