Support Engineer Contracts in Glasgow

Support Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £215 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 80 68
Rank change year-on-year +19 -12 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 17 5 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 2.03% 0.57% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.14% 0.60% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 11
10th Percentile £188 £124 £170
25th Percentile £200 £126 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £130 £210
Median % change year-on-year +65.38% -38.10% +40.00%
75th Percentile £238 £234 £221
90th Percentile £338 £296 £450
Scotland median daily rate £238 £165 £180
% change year-on-year +43.94% -8.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £42.60
25th Percentile - £14.50 £46.13
Median hourly rate - £15.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - -72.22% +332.17%
75th Percentile - £15.50 £56.00
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £18.13 £17.70 £30.00
% change year-on-year +2.43% -41.00% +140.05%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 795 838 912
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 95.23% 96.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 534 603 696
10th Percentile £263 £325 £213
25th Percentile £363 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £538
90th Percentile £628 £700 £603
Scotland median daily rate £473 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -0.53% +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 20 16
10th Percentile £11.94 £12.60 £21.75
25th Percentile £16.00 £13.98 £23.90
Median hourly rate £36.22 £16.75 £38.72
Median % change year-on-year +116.24% -56.74% +153.87%
75th Percentile £54.69 £50.49 £44.63
90th Percentile £68.75 £61.15 £56.00
Scotland median hourly rate £24.29 £21.67 £33.00
% change year-on-year +12.09% -34.33% -12.00%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Glasgow

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Glasgow

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Glasgow

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, 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 Glasgow region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
3 7 (41.18%) Windows
4 6 (35.29%) Windows 10
5 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
6 4 (23.53%) Azure
6 4 (23.53%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (23.53%) Entra ID
6 4 (23.53%) Data Centre
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
6 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (17.65%) Linux
7 3 (17.65%) SCCM
7 3 (17.65%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (17.65%) Break/Fix
8 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
8 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (11.76%) CentOS
8 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (11.76%) Confluence
8 2 (11.76%) iPad
8 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
8 2 (11.76%) KVM

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (11.76%) Confluence
2 2 (11.76%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (11.76%) DNS
2 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.88%) LAN
3 1 (5.88%) VPN
3 1 (5.88%) WAN
3 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (5.88%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) REST
1 1 (5.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.76%) iPad
3 1 (5.88%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Windows 10
3 3 (17.65%) Linux
4 2 (11.76%) CentOS
4 2 (11.76%) Debian
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Break/Fix
1 3 (17.65%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (11.76%) Asset Management
2 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
2 2 (11.76%) Incident Management
2 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (11.76%) Service Management
3 1 (5.88%) Analytics
3 1 (5.88%) Customer Experience
3 1 (5.88%) Data Migration
3 1 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (5.88%) Migration
3 1 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (5.88%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (5.88%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) MCSA
2 2 (11.76%) MCSE
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (11.76%) RHCT
3 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
2 2 (11.76%) KVM
2 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (17.65%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Atlassian
2 2 (11.76%) Citrix
2 2 (11.76%) Red Hat
2 2 (11.76%) VMware
3 1 (5.88%) Apple