Support Engineer Contracts in the South East

Support Engineer
England > South East

The median Support Engineer daily rate in the South East is £215 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 72 82
Rank change year-on-year -17 +10 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 118 169 236
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.13% 3.01% 3.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.31% 3.19% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 122 154
10th Percentile £140 £170 £133
25th Percentile £178 £200 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £237 £210
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +12.98% -8.70%
75th Percentile £269 £338 £296
90th Percentile £500 £500 £388
England median daily rate £215 £250 £210
% change year-on-year -14.00% +19.05% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 25
10th Percentile £16.95 £15.38 £12.76
25th Percentile - £20.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £18.00 £26.00 £17.56
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +48.06% -16.58%
75th Percentile £30.00 £29.88 £20.00
90th Percentile £42.00 £30.50 £21.32
England median hourly rate £22.40 £20.60 £17.56
% change year-on-year +8.74% +17.31% +8.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,102 5,303 7,313
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 94.58% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,054 3,687 5,007
10th Percentile £225 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £388 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £619 £601 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 498 232 315
10th Percentile £12.82 £16.25 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.23 £21.87 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +144.99% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £44.48
90th Percentile £76.90 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.42% +7.10%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in the South East

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in the South East

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in the South East

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in the South East

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Engineer in the South East

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 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
Thames Valley -8 61 £215 -4.44% 68
Berkshire +1 43 £275 +44.74% 36
Hampshire -32 24 £210 -0.59% 29
Kent +21 18 £205 +215.38% 22
Buckinghamshire +16 10 £225 - 11
Surrey +1 8 £200 -27.27% 22
Oxfordshire -1 8 £143 -59.29% 22
West Sussex +3 5 £143 -28.75% 11
Home Counties +4 2 - -
Support Engineer
England

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 24 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 South East region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 85 (72.03%) Windows
2 54 (45.76%) Microsoft
3 44 (37.29%) Windows 10
4 37 (31.36%) Security Cleared
4 37 (31.36%) Social Skills
5 36 (30.51%) Customer Service
6 35 (29.66%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (29.66%) Active Directory
7 34 (28.81%) SCCM
8 28 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (22.88%) ITIL
10 23 (19.49%) DV Cleared
10 23 (19.49%) Azure
11 22 (18.64%) Windows 7
11 22 (18.64%) Microsoft Office
12 18 (15.25%) Windows Server
13 17 (14.41%) PowerShell
13 17 (14.41%) NHS
14 16 (13.56%) HP
14 16 (13.56%) Linux
14 16 (13.56%) Telecoms
14 16 (13.56%) Finance
14 16 (13.56%) Manufacturing
14 16 (13.56%) Public Sector
14 16 (13.56%) Windows Server 2019
15 15 (12.71%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (12.71%) Driving Licence
15 15 (12.71%) SC Cleared
16 14 (11.86%) Hardware Maintenance
17 13 (11.02%) Windows Server 2016

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (11.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.24%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.85%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (0.85%) nginx
3 1 (0.85%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.85%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (18.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 35 (29.66%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (19.49%) Azure
3 10 (8.47%) Entra ID
4 4 (3.39%) AWS
4 4 (3.39%) Azure Monitor
4 4 (3.39%) Azure Storage
5 1 (0.85%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 1 (0.85%) ChatGPT
5 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.85%) GCP
5 1 (0.85%) GitHub
5 1 (0.85%) IaaS
5 1 (0.85%) Nutanix
5 1 (0.85%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.32%) DHCP
1 11 (9.32%) DNS
2 9 (7.63%) Firewall
3 8 (6.78%) VPN
4 6 (5.08%) SAN
5 5 (4.24%) VLAN
6 4 (3.39%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (3.39%) LAN
6 4 (3.39%) Network Security
6 4 (3.39%) VoIP
6 4 (3.39%) WAN
6 4 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (3.39%) Wireless
7 3 (2.54%) BGP
7 3 (2.54%) IPsec
7 3 (2.54%) NAS
8 2 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (1.69%) HSRP
8 2 (1.69%) SGSN
8 2 (1.69%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.93%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.24%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.39%) MySQL
4 3 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.85%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Git
1 1 (0.85%) GitLab
General
1 37 (31.36%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.56%) Finance
2 16 (13.56%) Manufacturing
2 16 (13.56%) Public Sector
2 16 (13.56%) Telecoms
3 15 (12.71%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (11.02%) Electronics
4 13 (11.02%) Marketing
5 6 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.69%) Automotive
7 2 (1.69%) French Language
7 2 (1.69%) Portuguese Language
7 2 (1.69%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.85%) Advertising
8 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.85%) Legal
8 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.39%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.69%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.85%) CSS
3 1 (0.85%) Hugging Face
3 1 (0.85%) LangChain
3 1 (0.85%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.41%) NHS
2 15 (12.71%) Driving Licence
3 9 (7.63%) PKI
4 5 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.39%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.54%) Fat Client
6 3 (2.54%) Thin Client
6 3 (2.54%) Video Editing
7 2 (1.69%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.69%) Replication
7 2 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.85%) FMCG
8 1 (0.85%) iPhone
8 1 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.85%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 85 (72.03%) Windows
2 44 (37.29%) Windows 10
3 22 (18.64%) Windows 7
4 18 (15.25%) Windows Server
5 16 (13.56%) Linux
5 16 (13.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (11.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (7.63%) Android
8 5 (4.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (4.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (3.39%) Apple iOS
9 4 (3.39%) Mac OS
10 3 (2.54%) Ubuntu
10 3 (2.54%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.85%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.85%) Solaris
11 1 (0.85%) Unix
11 1 (0.85%) VMS
11 1 (0.85%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.85%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (30.51%) Customer Service
2 28 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (22.88%) ITIL
4 14 (11.86%) Hardware Maintenance
5 13 (11.02%) Business Intelligence
5 13 (11.02%) Digital Marketing
5 13 (11.02%) Programme Management
6 11 (9.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (6.78%) Migration
8 7 (5.93%) Mentoring
9 6 (5.08%) Agile
9 6 (5.08%) Incident Management
9 6 (5.08%) Service Management
10 5 (4.24%) Break/Fix
10 5 (4.24%) CI/CD
10 5 (4.24%) DevOps
10 5 (4.24%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (4.24%) Infrastructure as Code
11 4 (3.39%) Log Analytics
11 4 (3.39%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.41%) PowerShell
2 7 (5.93%) SQL
3 4 (3.39%) Bicep
3 4 (3.39%) C#
3 4 (3.39%) VB
3 4 (3.39%) VBScript
4 3 (2.54%) Python
5 1 (0.85%) Bash
5 1 (0.85%) Java
5 1 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 37 (31.36%) Security Cleared
2 23 (19.49%) DV Cleared
3 15 (12.71%) SC Cleared
4 12 (10.17%) Degree
5 5 (4.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.54%) A+ Certification
7 3 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.69%) CCNA
8 2 (1.69%) CCNP
8 2 (1.69%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.85%) CEH
9 1 (0.85%) CISSP
9 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.85%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.85%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.93%) SLA
2 1 (0.85%) ISO 9000
2 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 35 (29.66%) Active Directory
2 11 (9.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.24%) Hyper-V
3 5 (4.24%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.54%) vSphere
6 1 (0.85%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.85%) XenApp
6 1 (0.85%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (28.81%) SCCM
2 13 (11.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (7.63%) WSUS
4 7 (5.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (5.08%) SCOM
6 5 (4.24%) Kubernetes
7 4 (3.39%) Ansible
7 4 (3.39%) Nessus
7 4 (3.39%) vCenter Server
8 3 (2.54%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (2.54%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.85%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.85%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.85%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.85%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.85%) Packer
9 1 (0.85%) SmoothWall
9 1 (0.85%) Terraform
9 1 (0.85%) vRealize
9 1 (0.85%) VxRail
Vendors
1 54 (45.76%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.56%) HP
3 13 (11.02%) Apple
3 13 (11.02%) SAP
4 12 (10.17%) VMware
5 11 (9.32%) Cisco
6 7 (5.93%) Oracle
7 6 (5.08%) Red Hat
7 6 (5.08%) ServiceNow
8 4 (3.39%) Juniper
8 4 (3.39%) Polycom
8 4 (3.39%) Veeam
9 3 (2.54%) Citrix
9 3 (2.54%) F5
10 2 (1.69%) Adobe
10 2 (1.69%) Dell
10 2 (1.69%) Ericsson
10 2 (1.69%) MobileIron
11 1 (0.85%) Symantec
11 1 (0.85%) Veritas