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 25 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
25 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 402 423
Rank change year-on-year +61 +21 +2
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 365 151 142
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.68% 0.46% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.51% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 105 97
10th Percentile £158 £142 £122
25th Percentile £173 £175 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £200
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £250 £250 £245
90th Percentile £325 £350 £330
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £200 £170
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 17 14
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.30 £15.18
25th Percentile £18.25 £16.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.28 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% -1.02% +21.33%
75th Percentile £23.50 £26.00 £24.18
90th Percentile £26.40 £35.10 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £18.51 £22.00
% change year-on-year +2.65% -15.86% +24.15%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 49,605 29,863 36,126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 91.22% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,683 18,859 22,977
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,539 1,568 1,933
10th Percentile £14.99 £13.64 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.53 £17.21 £19.50
Median hourly rate £41.92 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.68% -41.51% -1.58%
75th Percentile £67.84 £53.99 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +7.50%

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 25 August 2026.

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 25 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in the UK

IT Support Engineer
Top 17 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 25 August 2026. 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 +47 326 £200 -4.19% 97
UK excluding London +53 257 £200 - 91
London -30 105 £215 -6.52% 19
North of England -11 70 £190 +18.75% 13
South East -23 69 £250 +25.00% 28
North West 0 49 £200 +25.00% 9
East of England +13 41 £175 +12.90% 22
Scotland +13 27 £210 -12.50% 6
Midlands -49 25 £200 - 16
Yorkshire -22 20 £190 +22.58% 3
South West -41 18 £225 -18.18% 11
Work from Home -65 16 £250 - 26
East Midlands -9 12 £300 +76.47% 4
West Midlands -42 12 £185 -17.78% 12
Wales -14 5 - -
Northern Ireland +3 2 - -
North East -39 1 £175 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 25 August 2026, 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.

1 278 (76.16%) Windows
2 229 (62.74%) Microsoft 365
3 223 (61.10%) Microsoft
4 211 (57.81%) Active Directory
5 141 (38.63%) Customer Service
6 134 (36.71%) Windows 10
7 101 (27.67%) Problem-Solving
8 91 (24.93%) ITIL
9 78 (21.37%) ServiceNow
10 77 (21.10%) Microsoft Intune
11 63 (17.26%) ITSM
12 60 (16.44%) SharePoint
13 58 (15.89%) Entra ID
14 56 (15.34%) Azure
15 43 (11.78%) VPN
16 41 (11.23%) Microsoft Exchange
17 39 (10.68%) Security Cleared
18 37 (10.14%) User Experience
19 35 (9.59%) TCP/IP
20 34 (9.32%) DNS
20 34 (9.32%) Service Delivery
21 33 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
22 32 (8.77%) Asset Management
22 32 (8.77%) Mac OS
23 31 (8.49%) Apple iOS
23 31 (8.49%) DHCP
23 31 (8.49%) OneDrive
24 30 (8.22%) SC Cleared
25 29 (7.95%) JIRA
26 28 (7.67%) A+ Certification

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 60 (16.44%) SharePoint
2 41 (11.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (3.01%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (4.66%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.55%) Acrobat
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.55%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.55%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 229 (62.74%) Microsoft 365
2 58 (15.89%) Entra ID
3 56 (15.34%) Azure
4 31 (8.49%) OneDrive
5 11 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.92%) AWS
6 7 (1.92%) SaaS
7 3 (0.82%) Google Workspace
7 3 (0.82%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.55%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.55%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.27%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.27%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.27%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.27%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.27%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 43 (11.78%) VPN
2 35 (9.59%) TCP/IP
3 34 (9.32%) DNS
4 31 (8.49%) DHCP
5 25 (6.85%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (6.03%) LAN
7 15 (4.11%) WAN
8 14 (3.84%) SAN
9 9 (2.47%) Internet
10 7 (1.92%) VLAN
11 6 (1.64%) Firewall
12 5 (1.37%) WLAN
13 2 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.55%) Skype
14 1 (0.27%) MPLS
14 1 (0.27%) Network Security
14 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
14 1 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
14 1 (0.27%) Unified Communications
14 1 (0.27%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 29 (7.95%) JIRA
2 5 (1.37%) Git
General
1 207 (56.71%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.42%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (6.85%) Finance
4 18 (4.93%) Manufacturing
5 13 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (1.92%) Marketing
8 6 (1.64%) Banking
9 5 (1.37%) Legal
9 5 (1.37%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.10%) Retail
11 2 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.55%) Front Office
12 1 (0.27%) Japanese Language
12 1 (0.27%) Local Government
12 1 (0.27%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 56 (15.34%) Onboarding
2 21 (5.75%) Data Centre
3 20 (5.48%) Video Conferencing
4 17 (4.66%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (3.01%) Blackberry
6 6 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.37%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.37%) iPad
8 4 (1.10%) CCTV
8 4 (1.10%) iPhone
9 3 (0.82%) Smartphone
9 3 (0.82%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.55%) BYOD
10 2 (0.55%) CMDB
10 2 (0.55%) Fat Client
10 2 (0.55%) Replication
10 2 (0.55%) Thin Client
11 1 (0.27%) Clustering
11 1 (0.27%) Life Science
11 1 (0.27%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 278 (76.16%) Windows
2 134 (36.71%) Windows 10
3 32 (8.77%) Mac OS
4 31 (8.49%) Apple iOS
5 21 (5.75%) Windows Server
6 20 (5.48%) Android
7 7 (1.92%) Linux
8 3 (0.82%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (38.63%) Customer Service
2 101 (27.67%) Problem-Solving
3 91 (24.93%) ITIL
4 63 (17.26%) ITSM
5 37 (10.14%) User Experience
6 34 (9.32%) Service Delivery
7 33 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (8.77%) Asset Management
9 25 (6.85%) Service Management
10 21 (5.75%) Break/Fix
11 18 (4.93%) Migration
12 17 (4.66%) Problem Management
13 16 (4.38%) Inventory Management
14 15 (4.11%) Change Management
15 14 (3.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 12 (3.29%) Cybersecurity
16 12 (3.29%) Data Protection
16 12 (3.29%) DevOps
17 11 (3.01%) Process Improvement
18 10 (2.74%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (6.30%) PowerShell
2 16 (4.38%) SQL
3 11 (3.01%) C#
4 3 (0.82%) Python
5 2 (0.55%) Java
5 2 (0.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 39 (10.68%) Security Cleared
2 30 (8.22%) SC Cleared
3 28 (7.67%) A+ Certification
4 21 (5.75%) Degree
5 19 (5.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (5.21%) Network+ Certification
6 13 (3.56%) CCNA
6 13 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (3.56%) MCSE
7 10 (2.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 7 (1.92%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.37%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.85%) SLA
2 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.27%) GDPR
4 1 (0.27%) GxP
4 1 (0.27%) ITGC
4 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 211 (57.81%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.29%) Hyper-V
2 12 (3.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) Docker
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 77 (21.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (6.58%) SCCM
3 5 (1.37%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.82%) WSUS
5 2 (0.55%) PaperCut
5 2 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.27%) Ansible
6 1 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 223 (61.10%) Microsoft
2 78 (21.37%) ServiceNow
3 27 (7.40%) Apple
4 17 (4.66%) VMware
5 13 (3.56%) Dell
6 11 (3.01%) Lotus
7 9 (2.47%) Samsung
8 7 (1.92%) Cisco
8 7 (1.92%) iManage
9 5 (1.37%) Citrix
9 5 (1.37%) Remedy
10 4 (1.10%) Google
10 4 (1.10%) Sophos
11 3 (0.82%) Freshdesk
11 3 (0.82%) Logitech
11 3 (0.82%) Meraki
11 3 (0.82%) Veeam
12 2 (0.55%) Aruba
12 2 (0.55%) Okta
12 2 (0.55%) Rapid7
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