Support Engineer Contracts in Stevenage

Support Engineer
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Stevenage is £338 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 41 29
Rank change year-on-year -9 -12 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 7 8 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 1.41% 2.84% 3.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.59% 3.14% 4.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 4
10th Percentile £240 £275 £159
25th Percentile £258 £350 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £358 £288
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +24.35% +74.24%
75th Percentile £346 £448 £413
90th Percentile £349 £480 £435
Hertfordshire median daily rate £265 £350 £226
% change year-on-year -24.29% +54.70% +48.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £21.96
25th Percentile - - £24.89
Median hourly rate - - £29.78
75th Percentile - - £34.66
90th Percentile - - £37.60
Hertfordshire median hourly rate - - £20.00
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Stevenage

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Stevenage. 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 Stevenage with a recognized job title 440 255 183
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.89% 90.43% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 73 92
10th Percentile £107 £273 £250
25th Percentile £333 £320 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -23.74% +34.49%
75th Percentile £575 £520 £631
90th Percentile £650 £595 £711
Hertfordshire median daily rate £425 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 110 50
10th Percentile £40.00 £49.00 £39.17
25th Percentile £43.00 £53.75 £47.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +16.07% +28.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £77.78 £70.08
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +38.89%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Stevenage

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Stevenage

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Stevenage over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Stevenage

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Stevenage

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 Stevenage region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
3 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
3 5 (71.43%) SLA
3 5 (71.43%) Security Patching
3 5 (71.43%) Windows Server
3 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
4 4 (57.14%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (57.14%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (57.14%) Problem Management
4 4 (57.14%) Release Management
4 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
4 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
4 4 (57.14%) IIS
4 4 (57.14%) Web Services
4 4 (57.14%) Tomcat
4 4 (57.14%) Change Management
5 3 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (28.57%) BYOD
6 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (28.57%) WSUS
6 2 (28.57%) SCCM
6 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
6 2 (28.57%) Android
7 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (14.29%) Data Protection

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 (57.14%) IIS
1 4 (57.14%) Tomcat
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) PTC Creo
1 1 (14.29%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (28.57%) BYOD
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server
3 2 (28.57%) Android
3 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
4 1 (14.29%) VMS
4 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Security Patching
2 4 (57.14%) Change Management
2 4 (57.14%) Problem Management
2 4 (57.14%) Release Management
2 4 (57.14%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 4 (57.14%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
1 2 (28.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) VMware