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 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
25 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 403 410
Rank change year-on-year +50 +7 +2
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 345 152 172
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.46% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.51% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 106 123
10th Percentile £159 £150 £123
25th Percentile £175 £182 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £185
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -2.63%
75th Percentile £242 £250 £244
90th Percentile £323 £363 £300
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £200 £160
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 13 20
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.70 £13.70
25th Percentile £18.25 £18.51 £20.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.28 £22.08
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% -3.60% +24.58%
75th Percentile £23.50 £30.00 £24.18
90th Percentile £29.80 £35.70 £24.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £21.28 £22.00
% change year-on-year -10.71% -3.27% +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 49,051 29,963 37,757
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 91.58% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,625 19,061 24,462
10th Percentile £328 £285 £300
25th Percentile £420 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.05%
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 3,310 1,445 2,320
10th Percentile £15.75 £13.71 £13.69
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.30 £18.24
Median hourly rate £42.85 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.39% -39.40% -5.26%
75th Percentile £67.88 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.75 £74.59
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -41.51% +8.04%

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 July 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 July 2026.

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 25 July 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 +47 314 £200 -5.88% 85
UK excluding London +59 252 £200 - 87
London -36 93 £200 -13.04% 9
South East -16 76 £238 +18.75% 28
North of England -40 56 £190 +18.75% 19
East of England +18 43 £200 +29.03% 21
North West -32 34 £190 +9.35% 11
Midlands -35 28 £194 -3.13% 9
Scotland +3 22 £178 -29.00% 6
Yorkshire -30 22 £190 +26.67% 7
South West -31 18 £225 +2.27% 7
East Midlands -2 14 £200 +14.29% 5
Work from Home -77 14 £300 +20.00% 15
West Midlands -49 13 £185 -7.50% 4
Wales -15 6 - -
Northern Ireland +5 3 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 25 July 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.

1 244 (70.72%) Windows
2 208 (60.29%) Microsoft 365
3 193 (55.94%) Active Directory
4 192 (55.65%) Microsoft
5 121 (35.07%) Windows 10
6 106 (30.72%) Customer Service
7 79 (22.90%) ITIL
8 73 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
9 72 (20.87%) Microsoft Intune
10 71 (20.58%) ServiceNow
11 54 (15.65%) Azure
12 52 (15.07%) Entra ID
13 47 (13.62%) SharePoint
14 45 (13.04%) ITSM
15 42 (12.17%) JIRA
16 38 (11.01%) VPN
17 35 (10.14%) Wi-Fi
18 34 (9.86%) Microsoft Exchange
19 33 (9.57%) DHCP
19 33 (9.57%) DNS
20 32 (9.28%) Service Delivery
21 30 (8.70%) Security Cleared
21 30 (8.70%) User Experience
22 28 (8.12%) LAN
22 28 (8.12%) OneDrive
23 27 (7.83%) Mac OS
24 26 (7.54%) Asset Management
24 26 (7.54%) Microsoft Certification
25 25 (7.25%) A+ Certification
25 25 (7.25%) PowerShell

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 47 (13.62%) SharePoint
2 34 (9.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.90%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.58%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.29%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.58%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 208 (60.29%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (15.65%) Azure
3 52 (15.07%) Entra ID
4 28 (8.12%) OneDrive
5 19 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.03%) SaaS
7 4 (1.16%) AWS
8 3 (0.87%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.87%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.58%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.58%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.58%) PaaS
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.29%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (11.01%) VPN
2 35 (10.14%) Wi-Fi
3 33 (9.57%) DHCP
3 33 (9.57%) DNS
4 28 (8.12%) LAN
5 23 (6.67%) TCP/IP
6 18 (5.22%) SAN
7 14 (4.06%) WAN
8 10 (2.90%) Internet
9 8 (2.32%) WLAN
10 7 (2.03%) VLAN
11 4 (1.16%) Firewall
12 3 (0.87%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.87%) VoIP
13 2 (0.58%) PSTN
13 2 (0.58%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.58%) Skype
14 1 (0.29%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 42 (12.17%) JIRA
2 6 (1.74%) Git
General
1 191 (55.36%) Social Skills
2 41 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (5.80%) Manufacturing
4 16 (4.64%) Finance
5 12 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.32%) Banking
8 7 (2.03%) Marketing
9 4 (1.16%) Retail
10 3 (0.87%) Legal
11 2 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.29%) Front Office
12 1 (0.29%) Japanese Language
12 1 (0.29%) Local Government
12 1 (0.29%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.91%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.51%) Data Centre
3 18 (5.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (4.64%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (2.90%) Blackberry
5 10 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.74%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.45%) CCTV
7 5 (1.45%) iPad
8 4 (1.16%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.16%) iPhone
9 2 (0.58%) BYOD
9 2 (0.58%) Fat Client
9 2 (0.58%) IoT
9 2 (0.58%) Replication
9 2 (0.58%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.58%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.29%) Clustering
10 1 (0.29%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.29%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 244 (70.72%) Windows
2 121 (35.07%) Windows 10
3 27 (7.83%) Mac OS
4 21 (6.09%) Apple iOS
5 15 (4.35%) Android
6 9 (2.61%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.16%) Linux
8 3 (0.87%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (30.72%) Customer Service
2 79 (22.90%) ITIL
3 73 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (13.04%) ITSM
5 32 (9.28%) Service Delivery
6 30 (8.70%) User Experience
7 26 (7.54%) Asset Management
8 23 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (6.38%) Change Management
10 21 (6.09%) Break/Fix
11 19 (5.51%) DevOps
12 14 (4.06%) Problem Management
13 12 (3.48%) Cybersecurity
13 12 (3.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 10 (2.90%) Migration
14 10 (2.90%) Vulnerability Management
15 9 (2.61%) Data Protection
15 9 (2.61%) Identity Management
15 9 (2.61%) Inventory Management
15 9 (2.61%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.25%) PowerShell
2 20 (5.80%) SQL
3 19 (5.51%) C#
4 2 (0.58%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 26 (7.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 25 (7.25%) A+ Certification
4 23 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
5 21 (6.09%) SC Cleared
6 16 (4.64%) CCNA
6 16 (4.64%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (4.64%) Degree
6 16 (4.64%) MCSE
7 7 (2.03%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (1.16%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.22%) SLA
2 3 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.29%) GDPR
4 1 (0.29%) GxP
4 1 (0.29%) ITGC
System Software
1 193 (55.94%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.90%) Hyper-V
3 9 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 72 (20.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (5.22%) SCCM
3 8 (2.32%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.58%) PaperCut
4 2 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 192 (55.65%) Microsoft
2 71 (20.58%) ServiceNow
3 21 (6.09%) Apple
4 16 (4.64%) Dell
5 13 (3.77%) VMware
6 10 (2.90%) Lotus
7 6 (1.74%) Samsung
8 5 (1.45%) Cisco
8 5 (1.45%) Remedy
9 4 (1.16%) Citrix
10 3 (0.87%) Freshdesk
10 3 (0.87%) Meraki
10 3 (0.87%) Veeam
11 2 (0.58%) Aruba
11 2 (0.58%) Google
11 2 (0.58%) Okta
11 2 (0.58%) Sophos
12 1 (0.29%) Bloomberg
12 1 (0.29%) Charles River
12 1 (0.29%) Fortinet
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