Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Support Engineer
Berkshire > Wokingham

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Wokingham is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 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
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 21 22
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 14 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wokingham 7.33% 3.53% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.03% 3.57% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 1
10th Percentile £221 - -
25th Percentile £260 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £230 £170
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% +35.29% +33.33%
75th Percentile £384 - -
90th Percentile £486 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £285 £605 £315
% change year-on-year -52.89% +92.06% +106.56%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Wokingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wokingham. 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 Wokingham with a recognized job title 155 84 77
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.15% 98.82% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 62 45
10th Percentile £340 £325 £309
25th Percentile £393 £350 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% -13.64% +18.92%
75th Percentile £547 £575 £675
90th Percentile £630 £611 £863
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
75th Percentile £14.15 - -
90th Percentile £14.24 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.31 £61.75 £57.82
% change year-on-year -47.68% +6.80% +138.42%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Wokingham

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Wokingham

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Wokingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Wokingham over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Wokingham

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in Wokingham

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

For the 6 months to 29 August 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 Wokingham region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Windows
1 9 (64.29%) Linux
2 8 (57.14%) DHCP
2 8 (57.14%) DNS
2 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 8 (57.14%) VMware
2 8 (57.14%) ITIL
2 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (57.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (50.00%) Azure
3 7 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 6 (42.86%) Service Management
4 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (42.86%) VLAN
4 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
4 6 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (42.86%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (42.86%) Server+ Certification
4 6 (42.86%) AWS
4 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (42.86%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 6 (42.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (42.86%) Hyper-V
4 6 (42.86%) Preventative Maintenance
4 6 (42.86%) Azure Certification
5 2 (14.29%) Architectural Design
5 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Ansible

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wokingham 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 1 (7.14%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Azure
2 6 (42.86%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) DHCP
1 8 (57.14%) DNS
2 7 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (42.86%) VLAN
4 1 (7.14%) FTP
4 1 (7.14%) SMTP
4 1 (7.14%) Telnet
4 1 (7.14%) VPN
General
1 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) Linux
1 9 (64.29%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Android
3 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 8 (57.14%) ITIL
1 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (42.86%) Preventative Maintenance
2 6 (42.86%) Service Management
2 6 (42.86%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 2 (14.29%) Architectural Design
3 2 (14.29%) DevSecOps
4 1 (7.14%) Change Management
4 1 (7.14%) Migration
4 1 (7.14%) Patch Management
4 1 (7.14%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Azure Certification
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (42.86%) Network+ Certification
1 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
1 6 (42.86%) Server+ Certification
System Software
1 6 (42.86%) Hyper-V
1 6 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 1 (7.14%) NFS
3 1 (7.14%) Samba
3 1 (7.14%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Ansible
1 2 (14.29%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) SCCM
2 1 (7.14%) yum
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 8 (57.14%) VMware
2 2 (14.29%) Red Hat