Support Engineer Contracts in the West Midlands

Support Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Support Engineer daily rate in the West Midlands is £288, 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 49 64 63
Rank change year-on-year +15 -1 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 49 47 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.64% 2.41% 3.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.01% 2.65% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 23 35
10th Percentile £143 £156 £140
25th Percentile £160 £185 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £200 £250
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £443 £294 £431
90th Percentile £558 £320 £540
England median daily rate £245 £215 £250
% change year-on-year +13.95% -14.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile - - £15.46
25th Percentile £16.67 £21.25 £16.16
Median hourly rate £18.13 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -19.42% +26.99% +1.24%
75th Percentile - £23.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £22.05 - £22.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +14.32% +10.00% +14.09%

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%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the West Midlands

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in the West Midlands

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in the West Midlands

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in the West Midlands

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 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 +20 22 £220 +10.00% 8
Worcestershire +5 7 - - 4
Warwickshire +8 6 £350 - 5
Solihull +2 3 £425 +88.89%
Staffordshire - 3 £140 - 10
Wolverhampton -1 2 - - 1
Coventry +7 1 £200 +5.26% 1
Halesowen - 1 - -
Support Engineer
England

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

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 West Midlands region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (38.78%) Social Skills
2 18 (36.73%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (32.65%) Windows
3 16 (32.65%) Security Cleared
4 13 (26.53%) Active Directory
5 12 (24.49%) VPN
5 12 (24.49%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (20.41%) Microsoft
7 9 (18.37%) Juniper
7 9 (18.37%) WAN
7 9 (18.37%) JavaScript
7 9 (18.37%) MPLS
7 9 (18.37%) BGP
7 9 (18.37%) IPsec
7 9 (18.37%) PKI
8 8 (16.33%) Windows 10
8 8 (16.33%) Public Sector
8 8 (16.33%) Customer Service
8 8 (16.33%) SC Cleared
8 8 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (12.24%) Project Management
9 6 (12.24%) PHP
9 6 (12.24%) React
9 6 (12.24%) API Development
10 5 (10.20%) Project Delivery
10 5 (10.20%) DV Cleared
10 5 (10.20%) Degree
10 5 (10.20%) Load Balancing
10 5 (10.20%) Agile
10 5 (10.20%) Python

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.12%) IIS
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.04%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (2.04%) QuarkXPress
Cloud Services
1 12 (24.49%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (8.16%) Azure
3 2 (4.08%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.04%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (24.49%) VPN
2 9 (18.37%) BGP
2 9 (18.37%) IPsec
2 9 (18.37%) MPLS
2 9 (18.37%) WAN
3 2 (4.08%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (4.08%) SAN
4 1 (2.04%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.08%) Oracle Database
General
1 19 (38.78%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (16.33%) Public Sector
3 5 (10.20%) Advertising
4 3 (6.12%) Legal
5 2 (4.08%) Finance
5 2 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Back Office
6 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Electronics
6 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.04%) Marketing
6 1 (2.04%) Retail
6 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.24%) React
2 3 (6.12%) HTML
2 3 (6.12%) Middleware
3 1 (2.04%) REST
3 1 (2.04%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.37%) PKI
2 4 (8.16%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.12%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.12%) NHS
4 2 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.04%) iPhone
5 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.04%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (32.65%) Windows
2 8 (16.33%) Windows 10
3 3 (6.12%) Mac OS X
4 2 (4.08%) AIX
4 2 (4.08%) Linux
4 2 (4.08%) Mac OS
4 2 (4.08%) Unix
5 1 (2.04%) Android
5 1 (2.04%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (36.73%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (16.33%) Customer Service
3 6 (12.24%) API Development
3 6 (12.24%) Project Management
4 5 (10.20%) Agile
4 5 (10.20%) Load Balancing
4 5 (10.20%) Project Delivery
4 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (8.16%) Asset Management
5 4 (8.16%) Data Protection
5 4 (8.16%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (8.16%) Time Management
6 3 (6.12%) Full-Stack Development
6 3 (6.12%) Incident Management
6 3 (6.12%) ITIL
6 3 (6.12%) Performance Tuning
7 2 (4.08%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 2 (4.08%) Service Delivery
7 2 (4.08%) Service Management
7 2 (4.08%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.37%) JavaScript
2 6 (12.24%) PHP
3 5 (10.20%) Python
4 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
4 3 (6.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (32.65%) Security Cleared
2 8 (16.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.20%) Degree
3 5 (10.20%) DV Cleared
4 3 (6.12%) DBS Check
5 2 (4.08%) A+ Certification
5 2 (4.08%) MCP
6 1 (2.04%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) SLA
2 1 (2.04%) QA
System Software
1 13 (26.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.04%) BitLocker
3 1 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (6.12%) SCCM
2 2 (4.08%) Tivoli
2 2 (4.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 10 (20.41%) Microsoft
2 9 (18.37%) Juniper
3 5 (10.20%) Cisco
4 4 (8.16%) Citrix
4 4 (8.16%) VMware
5 3 (6.12%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.08%) Dell
6 2 (4.08%) HP
6 2 (4.08%) IBM
6 2 (4.08%) Nexthink
6 2 (4.08%) Oracle
7 1 (2.04%) Adobe
7 1 (2.04%) Apple
7 1 (2.04%) Quark
7 1 (2.04%) SAP