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 16 October 2026.

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

 6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 396 422
Rank change year-on-year +32 +26 -6
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 369 172 143
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 0.52% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.57% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 120 92
10th Percentile £163 £140 £125
25th Percentile £175 £159 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £190
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £250 £244 £248
90th Percentile £288 £290 £338
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £200 £180
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 24 10
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.15 £18.35
25th Percentile £18.25 £16.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.93 £23.89
Median % change year-on-year -9.20% -12.39% +25.71%
75th Percentile £23.50 £24.63 £24.18
90th Percentile £25.80 £26.00 £24.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £23.59
% change year-on-year -5.00% -15.22% +27.51%

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 50,844 30,247 34,978
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 90.91% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,853 19,090 21,121
10th Percentile £325 £277 £300
25th Percentile £425 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,177 1,669 1,428
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.80 £15.05
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.30 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £41.08
Median % change year-on-year +63.24% -38.77% -8.72%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.32 £25.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year +61.28% -39.76% -6.74%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 16 October 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 +7 329 £200 - 78
UK excluding London +37 268 £200 - 75
London -44 99 £200 - 11
South East -25 68 £255 +27.50% 6
East of England +30 64 £200 +12.68% 8
North of England -27 59 £200 +26.98% 21
North West -12 45 £200 +26.98% 16
Scotland -3 31 £210 -6.67% 6
Midlands -34 29 £200 - 8
Work from Home -71 20 £238 -5.00% 28
West Midlands -37 17 £185 -17.78% 7
Yorkshire -25 13 £190 -7.32% 2
South West -47 13 £225 -10.00% 26
East Midlands 0 12 £256 +50.74% 1
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
North East -41 1 £175 +65.09% 3

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

For the 6 months to 16 October 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.

1 296 (80.22%) Windows
2 249 (67.48%) Microsoft
3 245 (66.40%) Microsoft 365
4 217 (58.81%) Active Directory
5 150 (40.65%) Customer Service
5 150 (40.65%) Windows 10
6 113 (30.62%) Problem-Solving
7 93 (25.20%) ITIL
8 84 (22.76%) Microsoft Intune
9 75 (20.33%) ServiceNow
10 72 (19.51%) SharePoint
11 70 (18.97%) ITSM
12 66 (17.89%) Entra ID
13 64 (17.34%) Azure
14 51 (13.82%) VPN
15 48 (13.01%) Microsoft Exchange
16 43 (11.65%) Security Cleared
17 40 (10.84%) Asset Management
18 38 (10.30%) User Experience
19 37 (10.03%) TCP/IP
20 36 (9.76%) macOS
21 35 (9.49%) Continuous Improvement
21 35 (9.49%) DNS
21 35 (9.49%) OneDrive
22 34 (9.21%) Service Delivery
23 33 (8.94%) SC Cleared
23 33 (8.94%) Windows Server
24 32 (8.67%) Apple iOS
24 32 (8.67%) DHCP
25 29 (7.86%) Service Management

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 72 (19.51%) SharePoint
2 48 (13.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.98%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (6.23%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.36%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.54%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.08%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 245 (66.40%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (17.89%) Entra ID
3 64 (17.34%) Azure
4 35 (9.49%) OneDrive
5 10 (2.71%) AWS
6 8 (2.17%) SaaS
7 5 (1.36%) AWS Direct Connect
7 5 (1.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (0.81%) Google Workspace
8 3 (0.81%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.54%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.54%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.54%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.27%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 51 (13.82%) VPN
2 37 (10.03%) TCP/IP
3 35 (9.49%) DNS
4 32 (8.67%) DHCP
5 28 (7.59%) LAN
6 22 (5.96%) WAN
6 22 (5.96%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (3.52%) Firewall
8 8 (2.17%) VLAN
9 6 (1.63%) Internet
10 5 (1.36%) BGP
10 5 (1.36%) MPLS
10 5 (1.36%) OSPF
10 5 (1.36%) SAN
10 5 (1.36%) SD-WAN
10 5 (1.36%) WLAN
11 4 (1.08%) Wireless
12 3 (0.81%) EIGRP
13 2 (0.54%) Network Security
13 2 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (0.27%) Db2
1 1 (0.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (4.88%) JIRA
General
1 214 (57.99%) Social Skills
2 43 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (7.32%) Manufacturing
4 21 (5.69%) Finance
5 13 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (1.90%) Marketing
8 6 (1.63%) Legal
8 6 (1.63%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.08%) Retail
11 3 (0.81%) Banking
12 1 (0.27%) Back Office
12 1 (0.27%) Front Office
12 1 (0.27%) Local Government
12 1 (0.27%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.27%) ODBC
1 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 68 (18.43%) Onboarding
2 26 (7.05%) Video Conferencing
3 22 (5.96%) Data Centre
4 11 (2.98%) Blackberry
5 10 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.36%) CMDB
7 5 (1.36%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.36%) iPad
8 4 (1.08%) CCTV
8 4 (1.08%) iPhone
9 3 (0.81%) Digital Signage
9 3 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.81%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.54%) BYOD
10 2 (0.54%) Fat Client
10 2 (0.54%) Replication
10 2 (0.54%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.54%) Thin Client
11 1 (0.27%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 296 (80.22%) Windows
2 150 (40.65%) Windows 10
3 36 (9.76%) macOS
4 33 (8.94%) Windows Server
5 32 (8.67%) Apple iOS
6 20 (5.42%) Android
7 7 (1.90%) Linux
8 3 (0.81%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (40.65%) Customer Service
2 113 (30.62%) Problem-Solving
3 93 (25.20%) ITIL
4 70 (18.97%) ITSM
5 40 (10.84%) Asset Management
6 38 (10.30%) User Experience
7 35 (9.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (9.21%) Service Delivery
9 29 (7.86%) Service Management
10 24 (6.50%) Migration
11 21 (5.69%) Break/Fix
11 21 (5.69%) Root Cause Analysis
12 19 (5.15%) Inventory Management
13 16 (4.34%) Cybersecurity
14 13 (3.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 12 (3.25%) Collaborative Working
15 12 (3.25%) Vulnerability Management
16 11 (2.98%) Process Improvement
17 10 (2.71%) Customer Experience
17 10 (2.71%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 23 (6.23%) PowerShell
2 7 (1.90%) Python
3 6 (1.63%) SQL
4 2 (0.54%) Java
4 2 (0.54%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 43 (11.65%) Security Cleared
2 33 (8.94%) SC Cleared
3 23 (6.23%) A+ Certification
4 21 (5.69%) Degree
5 13 (3.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 12 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (2.98%) Network+ Certification
8 8 (2.17%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.36%) CCNA
9 5 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.36%) MCSE
9 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (1.08%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.27%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.50%) SLA
2 3 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.27%) GDPR
4 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 217 (58.81%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.52%) Hyper-V
2 13 (3.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.27%) Docker
3 1 (0.27%) Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 84 (22.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (7.32%) SCCM
3 6 (1.63%) WSUS
4 5 (1.36%) Ansible
4 5 (1.36%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.81%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 249 (67.48%) Microsoft
2 75 (20.33%) ServiceNow
3 27 (7.32%) Apple
4 19 (5.15%) VMware
5 17 (4.61%) Cisco
6 11 (2.98%) Lotus
7 8 (2.17%) Samsung
8 7 (1.90%) iManage
9 6 (1.63%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.36%) Citrix
10 5 (1.36%) Dell
10 5 (1.36%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.36%) Meraki
10 5 (1.36%) Remedy
11 4 (1.08%) Google
11 4 (1.08%) Sophos
12 3 (0.81%) Freshdesk
12 3 (0.81%) Logitech
12 3 (0.81%) Rapid7
13 2 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
86 IT Support Engineer jobs Nationwide