Support Engineer Contracts in Kent

Support Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Kent is £205 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 9 30 21
Rank change year-on-year +21 -9 0
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 18 3 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 8.37% 1.44% 6.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.09% 1.47% 6.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 15
10th Percentile - - £138
25th Percentile £163 - £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £65 £175
Median % change year-on-year +215.38% -62.86% -
75th Percentile - £133 £196
90th Percentile - £173 £198
South East median daily rate £215 £225 £213
% change year-on-year -4.44% +5.88% +1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £17.65
25th Percentile - - £17.80
Median hourly rate - - £18.28
75th Percentile - - £19.02
90th Percentile - - £19.31
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £29.00 £17.53
% change year-on-year -17.24% +65.43% -16.72%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 198 204 281
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 98.08% 97.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 167 247
10th Percentile £191 £141 £172
25th Percentile £238 £200 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £350 £433
Median % change year-on-year +9.36% -19.08% +25.36%
75th Percentile £525 £475 £588
90th Percentile £600 £638 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 8 8
10th Percentile £11.90 £43.25 £17.13
25th Percentile £12.88 £51.94 £18.27
Median hourly rate £58.91 £56.35 £23.05
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% +144.48% -40.52%
75th Percentile £75.16 £60.01 £33.59
90th Percentile £82.43 £70.48 £39.23
South East median hourly rate £48.20 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -3.60% +150.00% -20.00%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Kent

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Kent

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

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

Daily rate histogram for Support Engineer in Kent

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Kent

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Maidstone +4 3 £183 -8.75% 2
Aylesford - 2 £175 -
Sevenoaks - 1 £275 -
Support Engineer
South East

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

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 Kent region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (72.22%) NHS
2 12 (66.67%) Windows
3 11 (61.11%) Finance
3 11 (61.11%) Windows 10
4 10 (55.56%) Public Sector
4 10 (55.56%) Manufacturing
4 10 (55.56%) Programme Management
4 10 (55.56%) Marketing
4 10 (55.56%) Digital Marketing
4 10 (55.56%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (55.56%) SAP
4 10 (55.56%) Electronics
4 10 (55.56%) Telecoms
5 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
6 2 (11.11%) Network Security
6 2 (11.11%) IBM Certification
6 2 (11.11%) IBM
6 2 (11.11%) Information Governance
6 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
7 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (5.56%) Skype
7 1 (5.56%) Telepresence
7 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
7 1 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (5.56%) Active Directory

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 (5.56%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (5.56%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (5.56%) Skype
2 1 (5.56%) Telepresence
General
1 11 (61.11%) Finance
2 10 (55.56%) Electronics
2 10 (55.56%) Manufacturing
2 10 (55.56%) Marketing
2 10 (55.56%) Public Sector
2 10 (55.56%) Telecoms
3 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 13 (72.22%) NHS
2 1 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (5.56%) Smartphone
2 1 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (66.67%) Windows
2 11 (61.11%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.56%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Business Intelligence
1 10 (55.56%) Digital Marketing
1 10 (55.56%) Programme Management
2 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
2 2 (11.11%) Information Governance
3 1 (5.56%) Agile
3 1 (5.56%) ITIL
3 1 (5.56%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) IBM Certification
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) SAP
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) IBM
4 1 (5.56%) Apple
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco
4 1 (5.56%) Polycom