Technical Support Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Technical Support Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Support Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £165 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 330 461 590
Rank change year-on-year +131 +129 -113
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 16 10 30
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.039% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.041% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 20
10th Percentile - - £162
25th Percentile £150 - £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £210 £261
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -19.62% +30.63%
75th Percentile £173 £315 £296
90th Percentile - £351 £408
UK median daily rate £175 £210 £240
% change year-on-year -16.67% -12.50% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 14,245 24,407 42,723
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 95.35% 95.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,541 17,249 30,859
10th Percentile £325 £357 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 558 605
10th Percentile £14.33 £18.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.95 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

Technical Support Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Technical Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Technical Support Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Technical Support Engineer.

Technical Support Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Technical Support Engineer.

Technical Support Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Technical 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Technical Support Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (68.75%) Telecoms
2 10 (62.50%) SLA
2 10 (62.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 10 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (37.50%) Police
3 6 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (37.50%) Line Management
3 6 (37.50%) Coaching
3 6 (37.50%) SQL
3 6 (37.50%) ITIL
3 6 (37.50%) BT
3 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 5 (31.25%) PowerShell
4 5 (31.25%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (31.25%) Marketing
4 5 (31.25%) Degree
4 5 (31.25%) Digital Marketing
4 5 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (31.25%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (31.25%) Electronics
4 5 (31.25%) Finance
4 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
4 5 (31.25%) Programme Management
4 5 (31.25%) Windows
4 5 (31.25%) Python
4 5 (31.25%) SAP
4 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
4 5 (31.25%) Azure
4 5 (31.25%) Public Sector

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (31.25%) Azure
1 5 (31.25%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (12.50%) Azure Cognitive Services
3 2 (12.50%) ChatGPT
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
General
1 11 (68.75%) Telecoms
2 6 (37.50%) Police
3 5 (31.25%) Electronics
3 5 (31.25%) Finance
3 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
3 5 (31.25%) Marketing
3 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
4 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) RESTful
2 2 (12.50%) Hugging Face
2 2 (12.50%) LangChain
2 2 (12.50%) PyTorch
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (37.50%) Coaching
2 6 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (37.50%) ITIL
2 6 (37.50%) Line Management
3 5 (31.25%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (31.25%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (31.25%) Programme Management
4 4 (25.00%) API Development
4 4 (25.00%) API Integration
4 4 (25.00%) DevOps
4 4 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 4 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (12.50%) Data Engineering
5 2 (12.50%) Data Management
5 2 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (12.50%) LLM
5 2 (12.50%) Open Source
5 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) SQL
2 5 (31.25%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (31.25%) PowerShell
2 5 (31.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 5 (31.25%) Degree
4 3 (18.75%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (62.50%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) BT
2 5 (31.25%) SAP