Support Engineer Contracts in Warrington

Support Engineer
Cheshire > Warrington

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Warrington is £230, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 5 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warrington 8.06% - 6.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.77% - 8.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 7
10th Percentile £201 - £175
25th Percentile - - £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 - £275
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.14%
75th Percentile - - £325
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £230 £122 £300
% change year-on-year +88.52% -59.33% +63.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Warrington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warrington. 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 Warrington with a recognized job title 57 77 79
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 93.90% 75.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 47 54
10th Percentile £203 £158 £191
25th Percentile £230 £263 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £425 £444
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% -4.23% +47.92%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £555
90th Percentile £570 £575 £650
Cheshire median daily rate £456 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 0
Median hourly rate £12.82 £14.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £47.50 £20.11 £29.26
% change year-on-year +136.20% -31.27% +19.43%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Warrington

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Warrington

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warrington

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Warrington

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Warrington region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) ITSM
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
2 4 (80.00%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) SaaS
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Smartphone
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) CMDB
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warrington 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 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (80.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) CMDB
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) ITSM
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft