IT Support Engineer Contracts in the South West

IT Support Engineer
England > South West

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in the South West is £188, 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 117 130 146
Rank change year-on-year +13 +16 -4
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 15 29 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.63% 0.93% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.98% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 24 21
10th Percentile £104 £131 £158
25th Percentile £178 £143 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £200 £200
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - +42.86%
75th Percentile £215 £230 £230
90th Percentile £474 £242 £300
England median daily rate £190 £200 £213
% change year-on-year -5.00% -5.88% +26.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £12.39
25th Percentile - - £13.15
Median hourly rate - - £15.56
75th Percentile - - £17.07
90th Percentile - - £20.54
England median hourly rate £21.00 £18.93 £16.94
% change year-on-year +10.94% +11.78% +9.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,205 2,956 3,602
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 95.05% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,331 1,953 2,685
10th Percentile £225 £263 £250
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +13.51%
75th Percentile £634 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £709 £700
England median daily rate £525 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -1.69% -2.91% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 309 254
10th Percentile £12.79 £17.69 £17.90
25th Percentile £31.97 £40.85 £41.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.49 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.06% -10.33% +32.63%
75th Percentile £71.25 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £73.75 £82.68 £76.95
England median hourly rate £40.00 £46.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +53.33% +50.00%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in the South West

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the South West

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in the South West

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the South West

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Wiltshire +14 4 £109 -47.59% 4
Dorset +18 3 £188 - 2
Somerset -6 3 £550 +279.31% 2
Bristol -7 3 £188 -14.77% 2
Devon -2 1 £185 +32.14% 2
Gloucestershire - 1 - - 1
IT Support Engineer
England

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

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 South West region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
3 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
3 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
4 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (33.33%) Windows
5 4 (26.67%) DBS Check
5 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
6 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 3 (20.00%) Value Proposition
6 3 (20.00%) Customer Value Proposition
6 3 (20.00%) Data Protection
6 3 (20.00%) SCCM
6 3 (20.00%) ITIL
6 3 (20.00%) ITSM
6 3 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (13.33%) Software Packaging
7 2 (13.33%) VMware
7 2 (13.33%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (13.33%) SLA
7 2 (13.33%) VPN
7 2 (13.33%) Citrix
7 2 (13.33%) MSI
7 2 (13.33%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (13.33%) Service Management
7 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
7 2 (13.33%) Hyper-V
7 2 (13.33%) Azure

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (13.33%) AWS
2 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MSI
General
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Electronics
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Law
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
3 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing
3 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (13.33%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
3 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
2 3 (20.00%) Customer Value Proposition
2 3 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (20.00%) ITIL
2 3 (20.00%) ITSM
2 3 (20.00%) Value Proposition
3 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) Service Management
4 1 (6.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (6.67%) Coaching
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Document Management
4 1 (6.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (6.67%) Network Management
4 1 (6.67%) Problem Management
4 1 (6.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (6.67%) Project Management
4 1 (6.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.67%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) DBS Check
4 2 (13.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) SLA
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) Hyper-V
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (13.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Citrix
2 2 (13.33%) VMware
3 1 (6.67%) Aderant
3 1 (6.67%) Apple
3 1 (6.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (6.67%) Google
3 1 (6.67%) iManage
3 1 (6.67%) Intapp
3 1 (6.67%) SAP
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow