IT Support Engineer Contract Job Trends

IT Support Engineer
UK

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in the UK is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
15 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 410 400
Rank change year-on-year +58 -10 +159
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 221 141 235
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.38% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.41% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 87 161
10th Percentile £142 £125 £128
25th Percentile £163 £161 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £188 £200
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -9.09%
75th Percentile £238 £242 £238
90th Percentile £287 £310 £275
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £180 £193
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.49% +1.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 11 30
10th Percentile £15.30 £18.70 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.50 £17.55
Median hourly rate £20.57 £23.59 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -12.80% +24.62% +9.25%
75th Percentile £24.50 £24.18 £20.00
90th Percentile £25.49 - £24.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £18.50
% change year-on-year -15.22% +27.51% +6.77%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 32,290 34,016 43,872
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.86% 93.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,492 20,527 29,813
10th Percentile £278 £300 £294
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,873 1,272 1,545
10th Percentile £14.14 £15.11 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.45 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +58.28%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £77.47
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +85.26%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in the UK

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support Engineer over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in the UK

IT Support Engineer
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 15 November 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
England +36 200 £200 +6.67% 181
UK excluding London +23 151 £200 +11.11% 175
London +17 62 £200 - 42
North of England -6 45 £165 +6.45% 40
South East +15 40 £200 +5.96% 43
South West +11 25 £250 +33.33% 16
North West -4 20 £152 +1.00% 18
Yorkshire -20 17 £205 -10.87% 18
Work from Home +8 16 £250 +7.53% 36
Midlands -30 15 £250 +78.57% 34
East of England -18 14 £195 +26.21% 18
Scotland +4 10 £225 +36.36% 18
West Midlands -27 9 £250 +100.00% 15
North East -3 8 £106 - 4
East Midlands -13 6 £170 - 19
Wales +3 5 £195 +11.43% 6

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 November 2025, IT 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 featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 136 (61.54%) Windows
2 104 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
3 101 (45.70%) Microsoft
4 89 (40.27%) Active Directory
5 71 (32.13%) Windows 10
6 61 (27.60%) Customer Service
7 41 (18.55%) Security Cleared
8 39 (17.65%) Asset Management
9 38 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (17.19%) SC Cleared
10 35 (15.84%) Microsoft Intune
11 32 (14.48%) ServiceNow
12 26 (11.76%) ITIL
13 25 (11.31%) Microsoft Office
14 24 (10.86%) ITSM
15 23 (10.41%) Apple iOS
15 23 (10.41%) Azure
16 22 (9.95%) SCCM
17 19 (8.60%) Google Workspace
18 18 (8.14%) SharePoint
19 17 (7.69%) Android
19 17 (7.69%) DNS
19 17 (7.69%) Google
19 17 (7.69%) TCP/IP
20 16 (7.24%) Firewall
20 16 (7.24%) Mac OS
20 16 (7.24%) Wi-Fi
21 15 (6.79%) DHCP
21 15 (6.79%) Migration
21 15 (6.79%) VPN

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (8.14%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.45%) IIS
3 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (11.31%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.90%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.45%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 104 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (10.41%) Azure
3 19 (8.60%) Google Workspace
4 13 (5.88%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.71%) OneDrive
6 4 (1.81%) Slack
7 2 (0.90%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.45%) IaaS
8 1 (0.45%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.45%) PaaS
8 1 (0.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.69%) DNS
1 17 (7.69%) TCP/IP
2 16 (7.24%) Firewall
2 16 (7.24%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (6.79%) DHCP
3 15 (6.79%) VPN
4 9 (4.07%) LAN
4 9 (4.07%) Network Security
5 7 (3.17%) PABX
6 6 (2.71%) WAN
7 5 (2.26%) Wireless
8 4 (1.81%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (1.81%) VoIP
9 3 (1.36%) IP Telephony
10 2 (0.90%) DMZ
11 1 (0.45%) Internet
11 1 (0.45%) SSH
11 1 (0.45%) Telnet
11 1 (0.45%) VLAN
11 1 (0.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.90%) Power BI
1 2 (0.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (0.90%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) Hudson
General
1 124 (56.11%) Social Skills
2 17 (7.69%) Finance
3 15 (6.79%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (6.33%) Manufacturing
5 11 (4.98%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.17%) Electronics
7 7 (3.17%) Marketing
7 7 (3.17%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.71%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.71%) Banking
9 4 (1.81%) Local Government
10 3 (1.36%) Retail
11 2 (0.90%) Front Office
11 2 (0.90%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.90%) Law
12 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.90%) Middleware
2 1 (0.45%) JSON
2 1 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.43%) Driving Licence
2 11 (4.98%) Onboarding
2 11 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (4.07%) Smartphone
4 7 (3.17%) iPhone
5 5 (2.26%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.36%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.90%) Digital Signage
7 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.90%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.45%) CCTV
8 1 (0.45%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.45%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.45%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.45%) iPad
8 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 1 (0.45%) NHS
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.45%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 136 (61.54%) Windows
2 71 (32.13%) Windows 10
3 23 (10.41%) Apple iOS
4 17 (7.69%) Android
5 16 (7.24%) Mac OS
6 12 (5.43%) Linux
6 12 (5.43%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.81%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.90%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.45%) VMS
9 1 (0.45%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (27.60%) Customer Service
2 39 (17.65%) Asset Management
3 38 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (11.76%) ITIL
5 24 (10.86%) ITSM
6 15 (6.79%) Migration
7 12 (5.43%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (4.52%) Service Management
9 9 (4.07%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (4.07%) IT Asset Management
9 9 (4.07%) Mobile Device Management
10 8 (3.62%) User Experience
10 8 (3.62%) Workflow
11 7 (3.17%) Break/Fix
11 7 (3.17%) Digital Marketing
11 7 (3.17%) Programme Management
11 7 (3.17%) Root Cause Analysis
12 6 (2.71%) Inventory Management
12 6 (2.71%) Workflow Management
13 5 (2.26%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.43%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.36%) SQL
3 1 (0.45%) C
3 1 (0.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 41 (18.55%) Security Cleared
2 38 (17.19%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.17%) DBS Check
4 4 (1.81%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.36%) Degree
5 3 (1.36%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.45%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.45%) MCP
7 1 (0.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.98%) SLA
2 1 (0.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 89 (40.27%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.90%) Firmware
4 2 (0.90%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (0.90%) vSphere
5 1 (0.45%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.45%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (15.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (9.95%) SCCM
3 13 (5.88%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.90%) Autotask
4 2 (0.90%) WSUS
Vendors
1 101 (45.70%) Microsoft
2 32 (14.48%) ServiceNow
3 17 (7.69%) Google
4 13 (5.88%) Apple
5 10 (4.52%) Cisco
5 10 (4.52%) HP
6 8 (3.62%) SAP
7 7 (3.17%) Citrix
8 6 (2.71%) Dell
9 5 (2.26%) Remedy
9 5 (2.26%) VMware
10 3 (1.36%) Datto
10 3 (1.36%) Reuters
11 2 (0.90%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.90%) ION Trading
11 2 (0.90%) Meraki
11 2 (0.90%) Rapid7
11 2 (0.90%) Zscaler
12 1 (0.45%) Yealink
209 IT Support Engineer jobs Nationwide