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 £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 283 274
Rank change year-on-year +25 -9 +71
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 84 117 168
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.65% 0.56% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.61% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 92 100
10th Percentile £140 £121 £130
25th Percentile £160 £143 £152
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £175 £185
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -5.41% -2.63%
75th Percentile £250 £214 £239
90th Percentile £311 £275 £332
UK median daily rate £220 £188 £190
% change year-on-year +17.33% -1.32% -5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 18
10th Percentile £18.20 £12.04 £13.23
25th Percentile £18.43 £13.48 £15.75
Median hourly rate £21.28 £22.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.27% +12.82% +11.43%
75th Percentile £33.94 £29.07 £23.56
90th Percentile £35.85 £43.75 £32.63
UK median hourly rate £22.73 £22.08 £19.00
% change year-on-year +2.97% +16.18% +8.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 11,908 19,247 21,468
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 92.41% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,557 11,616 14,936
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 859 2,422 1,085
10th Percentile £13.73 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.75 £18.03
Median hourly rate £25.32 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.70% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £60.38 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.33% -16.67% +83.67%

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 2 June 2025.

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 2 June 2025.

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 2 June 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
South East +48 22 £250 +51.52% 145
South West +51 20 £220 +61.47% 88
North of England +5 17 £188 +2.74% 130
North West +17 14 £188 +19.05% 62
Midlands 0 10 £150 - 119
West Midlands +23 8 £155 -11.43% 44
Wales -3 6 £190 +31.03% 16
East of England +22 5 £158 -18.71% 83
Scotland +1 4 £250 +25.00% 31
Yorkshire 0 3 £225 +12.50% 50
Northern Ireland -6 2 £150 - 11
East Midlands -7 2 £125 -16.67% 68
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 2 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 55 (65.48%) Windows
2 44 (52.38%) Microsoft
3 40 (47.62%) Social Skills
4 31 (36.90%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (34.52%) Windows 10
5 29 (34.52%) Active Directory
6 23 (27.38%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (21.43%) Customer Service
8 17 (20.24%) ITIL
9 15 (17.86%) Security Cleared
10 12 (14.29%) SC Cleared
10 12 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
10 12 (14.29%) Service Management
10 12 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
11 11 (13.10%) ITSM
11 11 (13.10%) TCP/IP
11 11 (13.10%) Google
12 10 (11.90%) Degree
12 10 (11.90%) Azure
12 10 (11.90%) Service Delivery
12 10 (11.90%) Firewall
12 10 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
13 9 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (10.71%) Management Information System
13 9 (10.71%) Project Management
14 8 (9.52%) VPN
14 8 (9.52%) A+ Certification
14 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
14 8 (9.52%) Software Licensing
14 8 (9.52%) Public Sector

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 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (8.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.38%) Apache
3 2 (2.38%) IIS
3 2 (2.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (36.90%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (11.90%) Azure
3 7 (8.33%) Google Workspace
4 6 (7.14%) Entra ID
5 4 (4.76%) GCP
6 2 (2.38%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.19%) SaaS
7 1 (1.19%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (13.10%) TCP/IP
2 10 (11.90%) Firewall
3 8 (9.52%) VPN
4 7 (8.33%) DNS
5 5 (5.95%) DHCP
5 5 (5.95%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (4.76%) VoIP
7 2 (2.38%) LAN
7 2 (2.38%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (2.38%) Skype
7 2 (2.38%) WAN
8 1 (1.19%) FTP
8 1 (1.19%) Network Security
8 1 (1.19%) PBX
8 1 (1.19%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.38%) MySQL
1 2 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 40 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 7 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.95%) Finance
6 4 (4.76%) French Language
6 4 (4.76%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.38%) Electronics
7 2 (2.38%) Korean Language
7 2 (2.38%) Marketing
7 2 (2.38%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.19%) Legal
8 1 (1.19%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.38%) .NET
1 2 (2.38%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (5.95%) iPhone
3 5 (5.95%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (4.76%) Driving Licence
5 3 (3.57%) iPad
5 3 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.57%) Smartphone
6 2 (2.38%) CMDB
6 2 (2.38%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.38%) Fat Client
6 2 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.38%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (2.38%) Thin Client
6 2 (2.38%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.19%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.19%) NHS
7 1 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 55 (65.48%) Windows
2 29 (34.52%) Windows 10
3 7 (8.33%) Mac OS
4 5 (5.95%) Android
4 5 (5.95%) Apple iOS
4 5 (5.95%) Windows 7
5 3 (3.57%) Linux
5 3 (3.57%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.19%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.38%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 17 (20.24%) ITIL
4 12 (14.29%) Service Management
5 11 (13.10%) ITSM
6 10 (11.90%) Service Delivery
7 9 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (10.71%) Project Management
8 8 (9.52%) Software Licensing
9 7 (8.33%) Computer Science
10 6 (7.14%) Asset Management
10 6 (7.14%) Ticket Management
11 4 (4.76%) Incident Management
12 3 (3.57%) Break/Fix
12 3 (3.57%) Mobile Device Management
12 3 (3.57%) User Experience
13 2 (2.38%) Inventory Management
13 2 (2.38%) Project Delivery
13 2 (2.38%) Push Notifications
13 2 (2.38%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.38%) PHP
1 2 (2.38%) PowerShell
1 2 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (17.86%) Security Cleared
2 12 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 10 (11.90%) Degree
4 8 (9.52%) A+ Certification
5 6 (7.14%) DBS Check
5 6 (7.14%) DV Cleared
5 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.38%) Dell Certification
7 2 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.19%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.95%) SLA
2 1 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.19%) NIST
System Software
1 29 (34.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.38%) Docker
3 1 (1.19%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.19%) XenApp
3 1 (1.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.76%) SCCM
3 2 (2.38%) Autotask
3 2 (2.38%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 44 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.10%) Google
3 7 (8.33%) Dell
3 7 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.95%) Cisco
5 4 (4.76%) HP
6 3 (3.57%) Citrix
6 3 (3.57%) Nexthink
7 2 (2.38%) ConnectWise
7 2 (2.38%) MobileIron
7 2 (2.38%) SAP
7 2 (2.38%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.19%) Apple
8 1 (1.19%) IBM
8 1 (1.19%) Meraki
8 1 (1.19%) Salesforce