IT Support Engineer Contracts in Wales

IT Support Engineer
UK > Wales

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in Wales is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 31 50
Rank change year-on-year -4 +19 +27
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 6 12 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 2.04% 3.28% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.17% 3.68% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 6
10th Percentile £155 - £146
25th Percentile £178 £143 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £145 £173
Median % change year-on-year +31.03% -15.94% -
75th Percentile £293 £148 £191
90th Percentile £378 - £199
UK median daily rate £213 £188 £190
% change year-on-year +13.33% -1.32% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £14.95
25th Percentile - - £16.00
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile - - £22.85
UK median hourly rate £22.73 £21.00 £17.70
% change year-on-year +8.24% +18.64% +1.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 277 326 575
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 89.07% 95.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 226 442
10th Percentile £160 £170 £180
25th Percentile £257 £327 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £488 £550 £575
90th Percentile £625 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -2.38% -3.40% +3.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 26 32
10th Percentile £16.00 £11.75 £13.13
25th Percentile £18.40 £12.52 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.76 £19.00 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +14.50% +4.74% -6.16%
75th Percentile £41.25 £42.34 £19.98
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.90 £47.25
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.29% -18.89% +88.21%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings that featured IT Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in Wales

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in Wales.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in Wales

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in Wales over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in Wales

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in Wales

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
South Wales -8 4 £250 +72.41% 4
West Wales - 2 £190 - 3
IT Support Engineer
UK

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, IT Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wales region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (33.33%) ConnectWise
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Autotask
3 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (33.33%) VoIP
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) SLA
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
3 2 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 2 (33.33%) SolarWinds
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (33.33%) VoIP
3 1 (16.67%) DNS
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) PBX
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) CMDB
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (16.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (33.33%) Autotask
3 1 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) ConnectWise
2 2 (33.33%) SolarWinds