Systems Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wales

System Support Engineer
UK > Wales

As of 21 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median System Support Engineer daily rate in Wales.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.16% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £358 £414 £413
% change year-on-year -13.53% +0.36% -17.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 573 316 404
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 89.01% 90.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 215 262
10th Percentile £252 £185 £140
25th Percentile £370 £268 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +15.31% -11.11% -2.70%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £540
90th Percentile £675 £608 £618
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 26 57
10th Percentile £12.71 £13.08 £12.90
25th Percentile £18.25 £15.25 £15.81
Median hourly rate £21.25 £19.51 £25.60
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -23.81% +41.12%
75th Percentile £36.70 £21.01 £48.75
90th Percentile £54.46 £26.67 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £44.10 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +75.33% -37.13% -6.98%

Systems Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Systems Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Systems Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Wales

Systems Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Support Engineer job vacancies in Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Support Engineer job vacancies in Wales

Systems Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Support Engineer job vacancies in Wales.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Support Engineer job vacancies in Wales

Systems 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 Systems Support Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 21 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
North Wales - 1 - - 1
Systems Support Engineer
UK

Systems Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 21 July 2026, Systems 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 across the Wales region featuring Systems Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Systems Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
1 1 (100.00%) Low-Code
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow