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 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 417 391
Rank change year-on-year +60 -26 +155
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 220 140 235
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.39% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.42% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 86 164
10th Percentile £140 £125 £126
25th Percentile £160 £161 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £189 £200
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% -5.63% -5.88%
75th Percentile £238 £243 £238
90th Percentile £282 £313 £284
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £185 £198
% change year-on-year +8.11% -6.33% +5.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 11 29
10th Percentile £15.35 £18.70 £13.16
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £20.79 £23.59 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -11.89% +24.62% +13.01%
75th Percentile £24.50 £24.18 £20.00
90th Percentile £26.00 - £25.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £19.00
% change year-on-year -15.22% +24.16% +13.43%

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 32,191 33,474 43,775
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.95% 92.85% 93.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,427 20,165 29,691
10th Percentile £278 £300 £293
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £649
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 1,886 1,246 1,552
10th Percentile £14.16 £15.22 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.30% -19.82% +60.06%
75th Percentile £54.56 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +87.50%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +33 199 £200 +5.96% 191
UK excluding London +35 153 £200 +8.11% 182
London +23 59 £200 - 43
North of England 0 48 £168 +8.06% 44
South East +14 40 £200 +5.26% 47
South West +10 25 £250 +33.33% 15
North West -3 22 £152 +1.00% 20
Yorkshire -25 18 £205 -10.87% 20
Work from Home +5 15 £250 +7.53% 37
Midlands -35 15 £250 +78.57% 36
East of England -16 13 £195 +26.21% 18
Scotland +11 10 £225 +36.36% 16
West Midlands -29 9 £250 +88.68% 17
North East +1 8 £106 - 4
East Midlands -17 6 £170 - 19
Wales +4 5 £195 +11.43% 6

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 134 (60.91%) Windows
2 103 (46.82%) Microsoft 365
3 101 (45.91%) Microsoft
4 89 (40.45%) Active Directory
5 71 (32.27%) Windows 10
6 60 (27.27%) Customer Service
7 41 (18.64%) Security Cleared
8 39 (17.73%) Asset Management
9 38 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (17.27%) SC Cleared
10 34 (15.45%) Microsoft Intune
11 31 (14.09%) ServiceNow
12 27 (12.27%) ITIL
13 26 (11.82%) Microsoft Office
14 23 (10.45%) Azure
14 23 (10.45%) ITSM
15 22 (10.00%) Apple iOS
15 22 (10.00%) SCCM
16 18 (8.18%) Google Workspace
16 18 (8.18%) SharePoint
17 17 (7.73%) Android
17 17 (7.73%) Firewall
18 16 (7.27%) DNS
18 16 (7.27%) Google
18 16 (7.27%) Migration
18 16 (7.27%) TCP/IP
18 16 (7.27%) Wi-Fi
19 15 (6.82%) Mac OS
19 15 (6.82%) VPN
20 14 (6.36%) DHCP

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 (8.18%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.45%) IIS
3 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
Applications
1 26 (11.82%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.82%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.45%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 103 (46.82%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (10.45%) Azure
3 18 (8.18%) Google Workspace
4 13 (5.91%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.73%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.91%) Slack
7 1 (0.45%) IaaS
7 1 (0.45%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.45%) PaaS
7 1 (0.45%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.73%) Firewall
2 16 (7.27%) DNS
2 16 (7.27%) TCP/IP
2 16 (7.27%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (6.82%) VPN
4 14 (6.36%) DHCP
5 10 (4.55%) Network Security
6 9 (4.09%) LAN
7 7 (3.18%) PABX
8 6 (2.73%) WAN
9 5 (2.27%) Wireless
10 4 (1.82%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (1.82%) VoIP
11 3 (1.36%) IP Telephony
12 2 (0.91%) DMZ
13 1 (0.45%) Cisco IOS
13 1 (0.45%) Internet
13 1 (0.45%) SSH
13 1 (0.45%) Telnet
13 1 (0.45%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.91%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.91%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) Hudson
General
1 124 (56.36%) Social Skills
2 17 (7.73%) Finance
3 16 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (6.36%) Manufacturing
5 11 (5.00%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.18%) Electronics
7 7 (3.18%) Marketing
7 7 (3.18%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.73%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.73%) Banking
9 4 (1.82%) Local Government
10 3 (1.36%) Retail
11 2 (0.91%) Front Office
11 2 (0.91%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.91%) Law
12 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.91%) Middleware
2 1 (0.45%) JSON
2 1 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.45%) Driving Licence
2 11 (5.00%) Onboarding
2 11 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (4.09%) Smartphone
4 6 (2.73%) iPhone
5 5 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.36%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.36%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.91%) Digital Signage
7 2 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
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%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 1 (0.45%) NHS
8 1 (0.45%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.45%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 134 (60.91%) Windows
2 71 (32.27%) Windows 10
3 22 (10.00%) Apple iOS
4 17 (7.73%) Android
5 15 (6.82%) Mac OS
6 13 (5.91%) Linux
7 12 (5.45%) Windows Server
8 4 (1.82%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.91%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.45%) VMS
10 1 (0.45%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (27.27%) Customer Service
2 39 (17.73%) Asset Management
3 38 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (12.27%) ITIL
5 23 (10.45%) ITSM
6 16 (7.27%) Migration
7 13 (5.91%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (4.09%) IT Asset Management
8 9 (4.09%) Mobile Device Management
8 9 (4.09%) Service Management
9 8 (3.64%) Break/Fix
9 8 (3.64%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (3.64%) User Experience
9 8 (3.64%) Workflow
10 7 (3.18%) Digital Marketing
10 7 (3.18%) Programme Management
11 6 (2.73%) Inventory Management
11 6 (2.73%) Root Cause Analysis
11 6 (2.73%) Workflow Management
12 5 (2.27%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.45%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.91%) SQL
3 1 (0.45%) C
3 1 (0.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 41 (18.64%) Security Cleared
2 38 (17.27%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.18%) DBS Check
4 4 (1.82%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.36%) Degree
5 3 (1.36%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.91%) 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 10 (4.55%) SLA
2 1 (0.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 89 (40.45%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.91%) Firmware
4 2 (0.91%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (0.91%) 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 34 (15.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (10.00%) SCCM
3 13 (5.91%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.91%) Autotask
4 2 (0.91%) WSUS
Vendors
1 101 (45.91%) Microsoft
2 31 (14.09%) ServiceNow
3 16 (7.27%) Google
4 13 (5.91%) Apple
5 10 (4.55%) Cisco
5 10 (4.55%) HP
6 8 (3.64%) SAP
7 7 (3.18%) Citrix
8 6 (2.73%) Dell
9 5 (2.27%) Remedy
9 5 (2.27%) VMware
10 3 (1.36%) Datto
10 3 (1.36%) Reuters
11 2 (0.91%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.91%) ION Trading
11 2 (0.91%) Meraki
11 2 (0.91%) Rapid7
11 2 (0.91%) Zscaler
12 1 (0.45%) McAfee