IT Support Engineer Contracts in the West Midlands

IT Support Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in the West Midlands is £145, 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 88 107 125
Rank change year-on-year +19 +18 +26
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 9 4 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.67% 0.21% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.23% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 9
10th Percentile £125 £130 £120
25th Percentile £129 £138 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £150 £150
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -29.41%
75th Percentile £158 £175 £175
90th Percentile £175 £190 £230
England median daily rate £214 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +6.88% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £18.13 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.42% - -
England median hourly rate £22.73 £21.00 £16.25
% change year-on-year +8.24% +29.23% -7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,221 1,776 2,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 91.22% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 1,198 1,556
10th Percentile £200 £259 £250
25th Percentile £369 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £702 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 134 66
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.01 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £15.02
Median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%
75th Percentile £28.18 £42.31 £26.82
90th Percentile £35.58 £55.88 £55.63
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in the West Midlands

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the West Midlands

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the West Midlands

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Birmingham +19 5 £150 - 1
Worcestershire +1 2 - -
Staffordshire - 2 £140 - 4
IT Support Engineer
England

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 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 West Midlands region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) Citrix
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Mac OS
3 2 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (11.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (11.11%) Push Notifications
4 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (11.11%) Tech Ops
4 1 (11.11%) Preventative Maintenance
4 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 1 (11.11%) Nexthink
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) BitLocker
4 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
4 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
4 1 (11.11%) Back Office
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) SCCM
4 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Back Office
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) iPhone
1 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Mac OS
3 1 (11.11%) Android
3 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
1 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
2 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
2 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
2 1 (11.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (11.11%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Push Notifications
2 1 (11.11%) Tech Ops
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) DBS Check
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Nexthink