IT Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

IT Support Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in Wiltshire is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 60 73
Rank change year-on-year +10 +13 +13
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 5 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 1.15% 0.80% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 0.92% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile - £103 £192
25th Percentile £150 £104 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £110 £300
Median % change year-on-year +72.73% -63.33% +71.43%
75th Percentile £259 £214 £421
90th Percentile £329 £219 £494
South West median daily rate £275 £173 £170
% change year-on-year +59.42% +1.47% -12.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 393 541 838
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 86.28% 96.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 400 619
10th Percentile £301 £324 £311
25th Percentile £463 £460 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% -2.27% +1.85%
75th Percentile £641 £638 £631
90th Percentile £694 £725 £710
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £536
% change year-on-year -2.44% -4.43% +2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 21
10th Percentile £18.76 - £44.25
25th Percentile £18.87 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £22.38 £12.79 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -74.42% -7.41%
75th Percentile £25.15 £15.58 £60.00
90th Percentile - £25.00 £69.50
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +9.09%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in Wiltshire

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in Wiltshire

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Pewsey - 2 £160 - 3
Salisbury +7 1 £220 +100.00%
IT Support Engineer
South West

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 17 September 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 Wiltshire region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (20.00%) Software Licensing
4 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Licensing
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft