IT Support Engineer Contracts in England

IT Support Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in England is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 November 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
18 Nov 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 375 380 526
Rank change year-on-year +5 +146 -28
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 130 211 255
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.42% 0.54% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.57% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 143 175
10th Percentile £125 £126 £150
25th Percentile £163 £159 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £200 £213
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -5.88% +26.87%
75th Percentile £244 £238 £270
90th Percentile £300 £288 £388
UK median daily rate £190 £200 £210
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 27 25
10th Percentile £17.66 £13.16 £12.37
25th Percentile £20.05 £16.75 £15.44
Median hourly rate £21.00 £18.93 £16.94
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% +11.78% +9.26%
75th Percentile £24.18 £20.00 £19.50
90th Percentile £25.03 £26.25 £20.94
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £18.93 £16.75
% change year-on-year +24.62% +13.01% +4.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 28,664 36,769 63,574
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.57% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,506 25,399 45,079
10th Percentile £300 £292 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -2.91% +6.80%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +8.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,070 1,423 1,618
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.33 £13.39
25th Percentile £21.25 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £46.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +53.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £66.00 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £72.33
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £28.90
% change year-on-year -20.00% +55.71% +44.50%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in England

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in England

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 18 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in England

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in England

IT 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 IT Support Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 18 November 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
London +7 47 £200 - 26
South East +15 27 £190 -5.00% 51
Midlands +9 17 £140 -24.32% 13
South West +13 15 £188 -6.25% 15
East of England +23 12 £155 -15.34% 19
North of England +15 12 £155 -22.50% 48
West Midlands +7 10 £133 -26.39% 9
East Midlands +8 7 £170 -15.00% 4
Yorkshire +13 6 £230 -3.16% 15
North West +17 5 £150 -9.09% 26
North East -9 1 - - 9
IT Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 November 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 England region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 81 (62.31%) Windows
2 75 (57.69%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (46.92%) Active Directory
4 50 (38.46%) Microsoft
5 35 (26.92%) Windows 10
6 34 (26.15%) Social Skills
7 29 (22.31%) Security Cleared
7 29 (22.31%) Microsoft Office
8 28 (21.54%) Customer Service
9 21 (16.15%) SC Cleared
10 17 (13.08%) ITIL
10 17 (13.08%) SLA
11 16 (12.31%) Video Conferencing
12 15 (11.54%) Azure
13 14 (10.77%) Microsoft Intune
13 14 (10.77%) Public Sector
14 13 (10.00%) SCCM
14 13 (10.00%) Finance
14 13 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
14 13 (10.00%) ITSM
15 12 (9.23%) Citrix
15 12 (9.23%) Asset Management
16 11 (8.46%) Problem-Solving
16 11 (8.46%) ServiceNow
16 11 (8.46%) Mac OS
17 10 (7.69%) Degree
17 10 (7.69%) LAN
17 10 (7.69%) Apple
18 9 (6.92%) SharePoint
18 9 (6.92%) TCP/IP

IT 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 13 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (6.92%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (22.31%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 75 (57.69%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (11.54%) Azure
3 7 (5.38%) Entra ID
4 6 (4.62%) WhatsApp
5 3 (2.31%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.54%) AWS
6 2 (1.54%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.54%) Slack
7 1 (0.77%) Asana
7 1 (0.77%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.69%) LAN
2 9 (6.92%) TCP/IP
3 8 (6.15%) DNS
3 8 (6.15%) VPN
3 8 (6.15%) Wireless
4 6 (4.62%) WAN
5 5 (3.85%) DHCP
6 4 (3.08%) Firewall
6 4 (3.08%) WLAN
7 3 (2.31%) Internet
7 3 (2.31%) Network Security
8 2 (1.54%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (1.54%) VoIP
9 1 (0.77%) WebEx
9 1 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.54%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (4.62%) JIRA
2 2 (1.54%) MSI
General
1 34 (26.15%) Social Skills
2 14 (10.77%) Public Sector
3 13 (10.00%) Finance
4 6 (4.62%) Manufacturing
4 6 (4.62%) Telecoms
5 5 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.85%) Law
6 4 (3.08%) Marketing
6 4 (3.08%) Retail
7 3 (2.31%) Back Office
7 3 (2.31%) Electronics
7 3 (2.31%) French Language
8 2 (1.54%) Banking
9 1 (0.77%) Automotive
9 1 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.77%) Legal
9 1 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.54%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.77%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.31%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (3.85%) iPad
2 5 (3.85%) iPhone
3 4 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.31%) Digital Signage
4 3 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.54%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.54%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.77%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.77%) CMDB
6 1 (0.77%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.77%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.77%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 81 (62.31%) Windows
2 35 (26.92%) Windows 10
3 11 (8.46%) Mac OS
4 9 (6.92%) Windows Server
5 7 (5.38%) Android
6 5 (3.85%) Windows 7
7 4 (3.08%) Apple iOS
7 4 (3.08%) Mac OS X
8 2 (1.54%) Linux
8 2 (1.54%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.77%) Unix
9 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (21.54%) Customer Service
2 17 (13.08%) ITIL
3 13 (10.00%) ITSM
4 12 (9.23%) Asset Management
5 11 (8.46%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (4.62%) Service Management
6 6 (4.62%) Ticket Management
7 5 (3.85%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (3.85%) Data Protection
7 5 (3.85%) Project Management
7 5 (3.85%) Server Patching
7 5 (3.85%) Service Delivery
8 4 (3.08%) Break/Fix
8 4 (3.08%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (3.08%) Customer Value Proposition
8 4 (3.08%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (3.08%) Migration
8 4 (3.08%) Mobile Device Management
8 4 (3.08%) Preventative Maintenance
8 4 (3.08%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.54%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.77%) Java
2 1 (0.77%) Ruby
2 1 (0.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (22.31%) Security Cleared
2 21 (16.15%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.69%) Degree
4 8 (6.15%) DV Cleared
5 6 (4.62%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.77%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.77%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.77%) MCSA
8 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.08%) SLA
2 1 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.77%) GDPR
2 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 61 (46.92%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.62%) Hyper-V
2 6 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.54%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (10.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (10.00%) SCCM
3 3 (2.31%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.77%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.77%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 50 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.23%) Citrix
3 11 (8.46%) ServiceNow
4 10 (7.69%) Apple
5 7 (5.38%) HP
6 6 (4.62%) Cisco
6 6 (4.62%) VMware
7 3 (2.31%) F5
7 3 (2.31%) Planview
7 3 (2.31%) Remedy
7 3 (2.31%) SAP
8 2 (1.54%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.77%) Aderant
9 1 (0.77%) Bomgar
9 1 (0.77%) iManage
9 1 (0.77%) Intapp
9 1 (0.77%) Meraki
9 1 (0.77%) Okta
9 1 (0.77%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.77%) Rapid7
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