Hybrid/Remote Remote Support Engineer Contract Job Trends

Remote Support Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Remote Support Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 312 355
Rank change year-on-year -7 +43 +192
Contract jobs requiring a Remote Support Engineer 3 13 34
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.030% 0.11% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.12% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 31
10th Percentile - - £350
25th Percentile £325 - £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £438 £519 £450
90th Percentile £475 £533 -
UK median daily rate £350 £400 £425
% change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% +17.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,343 11,207 17,666
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 93.21% 94.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,111 7,049 12,376
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 193 386
10th Percentile £14.81 £19.36 £16.82
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.50 £24.98
Median hourly rate £41.50 £41.57 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.16% -16.87% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.38 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.74% -16.91% +57.89%

Remote Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Remote Support Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Remote Support Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Remote Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Remote Support Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Remote Support Engineer job vacancies

Remote Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Remote Support Engineer over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Remote Support Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Remote Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Remote Support Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Remote Support Engineer job vacancies

Remote Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, Remote Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Remote Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Case Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) CyberArk
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
2 1 (33.33%) Grafana
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (33.33%) New Relic
2 1 (33.33%) Observability
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) RBAC

Remote Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
1 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Slack
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Case Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (33.33%) Observability
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) RBAC
2 1 (33.33%) Secrets Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) CyberArk
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) New Relic
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow