IT Support Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £173 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 274 267 337
Rank change year-on-year -7 +70 +5
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 117 168 184
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.74% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.78% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 100 96
10th Percentile £121 £130 £129
25th Percentile £143 £152 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £173 £180 £190
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -5.26% +15.15%
75th Percentile £203 £238 £271
90th Percentile £275 £323 £388
UK median daily rate £188 £190 £201
% change year-on-year -1.32% -5.24% +18.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 18 22
10th Percentile £12.04 £13.23 £12.31
25th Percentile £13.48 £15.75 £15.38
Median hourly rate £22.00 £19.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +11.43% +6.06%
75th Percentile £29.07 £23.56 £19.39
90th Percentile £43.75 £32.63 £21.35
UK median hourly rate £22.08 £19.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +16.18% +8.57% +6.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,457 21,470 29,426
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 94.27% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,679 14,924 20,705
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £388 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,081 1,408
10th Percentile £12.51 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.00 £14.86
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.03
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.70%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 June 2024. 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
North of England +11 26 £175 -7.89% 43
South East +15 25 £165 -17.50% 44
Midlands +6 20 £150 -45.36% 32
East Midlands +12 16 £150 -52.38% 19
Yorkshire +13 14 £200 +14.29% 13
East of England +4 13 £194 +1.97% 21
Wales +16 12 £145 -12.12% 1
Scotland +31 10 £200 +21.21% 12
South West -1 10 £136 -19.85% 24
North West +1 7 £151 -36.98% 27
North East +12 5 £175 +27.27% 3
West Midlands -2 4 £150 -6.25% 13
Northern Ireland -7 1 - - 5
IT Support Engineer
UK

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 6 June 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 58 (49.57%) Windows
2 56 (47.86%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (37.61%) Active Directory
4 41 (35.04%) Microsoft
5 37 (31.62%) Social Skills
6 32 (27.35%) Customer Service
7 27 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (18.80%) Windows 10
9 19 (16.24%) Microsoft Intune
10 18 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
11 17 (14.53%) Azure
11 17 (14.53%) SCCM
12 13 (11.11%) Manufacturing
12 13 (11.11%) Windows Server
13 12 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
14 11 (9.40%) LAN
15 10 (8.55%) Apple iOS
16 9 (7.69%) SharePoint
16 9 (7.69%) Finance
16 9 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
16 9 (7.69%) Apple
17 8 (6.84%) SLA
18 7 (5.98%) Cisco
18 7 (5.98%) ITIL
18 7 (5.98%) Business Intelligence
18 7 (5.98%) Firewall
18 7 (5.98%) VMware
18 7 (5.98%) Break/Fix
18 7 (5.98%) ServiceNow
18 7 (5.98%) DBS Check

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 18 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.71%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 12 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.85%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 56 (47.86%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (14.53%) Azure
3 7 (5.98%) Entra ID
4 4 (3.42%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.56%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.40%) LAN
2 9 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (5.98%) Firewall
4 6 (5.13%) Remote Desktop
5 4 (3.42%) Internet
5 4 (3.42%) SAN
5 4 (3.42%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.42%) VPN
5 4 (3.42%) WAN
6 3 (2.56%) DNS
6 3 (2.56%) VLAN
6 3 (2.56%) Wireless
7 2 (1.71%) DHCP
7 2 (1.71%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.71%) Skype
8 1 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.85%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.85%) Telepresence
8 1 (0.85%) VoIP
8 1 (0.85%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.42%) Power BI
General
1 37 (31.62%) Social Skills
2 13 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 9 (7.69%) Finance
4 6 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.42%) French Language
6 4 (3.42%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.56%) Electronics
7 3 (2.56%) Marketing
8 2 (1.71%) Automotive
8 2 (1.71%) Law
8 2 (1.71%) Portuguese Language
8 2 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.71%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.85%) Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.13%) Driving Licence
2 5 (4.27%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.42%) NHS
4 3 (2.56%) BYOD
4 3 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.56%) Life Science
4 3 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.71%) iPhone
5 2 (1.71%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.85%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.85%) CMDB
6 1 (0.85%) Smartcard
6 1 (0.85%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 58 (49.57%) Windows
2 22 (18.80%) Windows 10
3 13 (11.11%) Windows Server
4 10 (8.55%) Apple iOS
5 5 (4.27%) Android
5 5 (4.27%) Linux
6 4 (3.42%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.71%) VMS
8 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.85%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.85%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (27.35%) Customer Service
2 27 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (5.98%) Break/Fix
3 7 (5.98%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (5.98%) ITIL
4 4 (3.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (3.42%) Email Filtering
4 4 (3.42%) Kalman Filter
4 4 (3.42%) Logistics
4 4 (3.42%) Mobile Device Management
4 4 (3.42%) Service Delivery
5 3 (2.56%) Analytics
5 3 (2.56%) Data Analytics
5 3 (2.56%) Data Extraction
5 3 (2.56%) Data Protection
5 3 (2.56%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (2.56%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (2.56%) Process Improvement
5 3 (2.56%) Software Deployment
5 3 (2.56%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.56%) SQL
2 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (5.98%) DBS Check
2 5 (4.27%) SC Cleared
2 5 (4.27%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.42%) Degree
4 2 (1.71%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.85%) MCDST
5 1 (0.85%) MCP
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.84%) SLA
2 3 (2.56%) GAMP
2 3 (2.56%) GxP
3 2 (1.71%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 44 (37.61%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (16.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (14.53%) SCCM
3 1 (0.85%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 41 (35.04%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.69%) Apple
3 7 (5.98%) Cisco
3 7 (5.98%) ServiceNow
3 7 (5.98%) VMware
4 3 (2.56%) Citrix
4 3 (2.56%) MobileIron
4 3 (2.56%) SAP
5 2 (1.71%) Veeam
6 1 (0.85%) Adobe
6 1 (0.85%) F5
6 1 (0.85%) HP
6 1 (0.85%) Mitel
6 1 (0.85%) Planview
6 1 (0.85%) Polycom
6 1 (0.85%) Progress