IT Support Engineer Contracts in South Wales

IT Support Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in South Wales is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 41 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 2 9 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.54% 2.27% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 2.36% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 0
10th Percentile - £140 -
25th Percentile £163 £141 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £143 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.81% - -
75th Percentile £188 £158 -
90th Percentile - £167 -
Wales median daily rate £175 £143 £123
% change year-on-year +22.81% +16.33% -34.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 340 381 606
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 96.21% 97.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 300 479
10th Percentile £140 £155 £205
25th Percentile £210 £222 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £431 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% -13.75% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £575
90th Percentile £644 £644 £653
Wales median daily rate £425 £425 £475
% change year-on-year - -10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 23 16
10th Percentile £15.48 £16.00 £13.42
25th Percentile £20.12 £19.63 £15.43
Median hourly rate £25.60 £26.00 £18.96
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +37.17% -2.79%
75th Percentile £48.13 £47.50 £24.44
90th Percentile £52.50 £55.25 £25.00
Wales median hourly rate £25.60 £26.00 £16.25
% change year-on-year -1.54% +60.00% -16.06%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in South Wales

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in South Wales

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in South Wales

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Newport +4 1 £175 +22.81%
Rhondda Cynon Taff - 1 - -
IT Support Engineer
Wales

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, IT 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 South Wales region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) IT Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) PBX
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) PBX
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) IT Audit
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Google