Technical Support Engineer Contracts in England

Technical Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Technical Support Engineer daily rate in England is £175 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 511 595 690
Rank change year-on-year +84 +95 -61
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 32 43 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.087% 0.091% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.096% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 34 57
10th Percentile £150 £173 £156
25th Percentile £158 £194 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £213 £243
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -12.37% +21.25%
75th Percentile £238 £375 £300
90th Percentile £261 £585 £396
UK median daily rate £175 £213 £243
% change year-on-year -17.65% -12.37% +0.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £23.53 £21.73
25th Percentile £52.50 £23.94 £22.23
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.25 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year +117.82% -26.81% +150.91%
75th Percentile £57.50 £25.94 £50.00
90th Percentile - £25.98 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £25.25 £23.00
% change year-on-year +117.82% +9.78% +53.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,161 44,903 67,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.57% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,530 31,932 48,137
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,560 1,303 1,794
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Technical Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Support Engineer in England

Technical Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Support Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Technical Support Engineer in England

Technical Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Support Engineer in England

Technical Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Support Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Support Engineer in England

Technical Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
South West +20 13 £165 -14.29% 10
London +74 8 £218 -28.69% 14
South East +11 3 £190 -30.91% 19
Midlands - 3 £225 - 8
West Midlands - 3 £225 - 4
North of England +17 2 £233 +24.00% 21
Yorkshire +17 2 £233 +16.25% 8
Technical Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 job ads across the England region featuring Technical Support Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (50.00%) Windows
1 16 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 16 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (40.63%) Active Directory
4 12 (37.50%) SCCM
5 11 (34.38%) Telecoms
6 10 (31.25%) SLA
6 10 (31.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (28.13%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (28.13%) ITIL
7 9 (28.13%) Degree
8 8 (25.00%) SC Cleared
8 8 (25.00%) Security Cleared
8 8 (25.00%) Windows 10
8 8 (25.00%) Windows Server
9 7 (21.88%) Customer Service
10 6 (18.75%) Public Sector
10 6 (18.75%) Police
10 6 (18.75%) Line Management
10 6 (18.75%) Coaching
10 6 (18.75%) PowerShell
10 6 (18.75%) BT
10 6 (18.75%) Microsoft
10 6 (18.75%) Python
11 5 (15.63%) Legal
11 5 (15.63%) Finance
11 5 (15.63%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (12.50%) Digital Marketing

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 14 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (9.38%) Azure
2 3 (9.38%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Cognitive Services
4 1 (3.13%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) DHCP
1 3 (9.38%) DNS
2 2 (6.25%) FTP
2 2 (6.25%) Internet
3 1 (3.13%) SAN
3 1 (3.13%) VoIP
3 1 (3.13%) VPN
General
1 16 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (34.38%) Telecoms
3 9 (28.13%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (18.75%) Police
4 6 (18.75%) Public Sector
5 5 (15.63%) Finance
5 5 (15.63%) Legal
6 4 (12.50%) Electronics
6 4 (12.50%) Manufacturing
6 4 (12.50%) Marketing
7 3 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (6.25%) Multimedia
9 1 (3.13%) Automotive
9 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (3.13%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) RESTful
2 1 (3.13%) Hugging Face
2 1 (3.13%) LangChain
2 1 (3.13%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.25%) Smartphone
2 2 (6.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.13%) FMCG
3 1 (3.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (50.00%) Windows
2 8 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 8 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (9.38%) Windows 7
3 3 (9.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (28.13%) ITIL
3 7 (21.88%) Customer Service
4 6 (18.75%) Coaching
4 6 (18.75%) Line Management
5 4 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (12.50%) Programme Management
6 3 (9.38%) Antivirus Management
6 3 (9.38%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (9.38%) Case Management
6 3 (9.38%) Project Management
7 2 (6.25%) API Development
7 2 (6.25%) API Integration
7 2 (6.25%) DevOps
7 2 (6.25%) Inventory Management
7 2 (6.25%) Machine Learning
7 2 (6.25%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.75%) PowerShell
1 6 (18.75%) Python
2 4 (12.50%) SQL
3 3 (9.38%) JavaScript
3 3 (9.38%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (3.13%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (31.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (28.13%) Degree
3 8 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 8 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Certification
4 2 (6.25%) DBS Check
4 2 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (31.25%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (40.63%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.38%) BitLocker
3 1 (3.13%) Docker
3 1 (3.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (37.50%) SCCM
2 1 (3.13%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) BT
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) SAP
3 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.25%) Snow
4 1 (3.13%) Bomgar
4 1 (3.13%) Cisco
4 1 (3.13%) Google