Support Engineer
UK
The median Support Engineer daily rate in the UK is £210 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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 5 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 114 | 125 | 162 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +11 | +37 | +75 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer | 858 | 1,236 | 1,598 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.99% | 2.09% | 1.80% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.14% | 2.21% | 1.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 598 | 892 | 1,040 |
| 10th Percentile | £140 | £150 | £131 |
| 25th Percentile | £163 | £180 | £160 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £210 | £250 | £210 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.00% | +19.05% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £300 | £421 | £311 |
| 90th Percentile | £446 | £650 | £439 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £200 | £213 | £190 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +11.84% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 53 | 60 | 128 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.25 | £13.62 | £13.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.72 | £16.31 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.82 | £20.00 | £17.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.08% | +14.29% | +9.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £28.75 | £25.72 | £21.43 |
| 90th Percentile | £46.39 | £38.75 | £27.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.00 | £18.75 | £17.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +7.14% | +10.41% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 40,029 | 55,895 | 84,701 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.75% | 94.62% | 95.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,060 | 39,048 | 59,505 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,665 | 1,566 | 2,078 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.11 | £15.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.60 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +90.68% | +4.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.00 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +115.16% | +2.74% |
Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer.
Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer.
Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
Support Engineer
Top 17 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 5 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 |
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| England | +9 | 751 | £214 | -14.50% | 635 |
| UK excluding London | +1 | 497 | £200 | -5.88% | 540 |
| London | +6 | 313 | £255 | -15.77% | 131 |
| Work from Home | -11 | 154 | £275 | -21.43% | 179 |
| South East | -2 | 130 | £210 | -12.50% | 145 |
| Midlands | +6 | 87 | £200 | -20.00% | 93 |
| North of England | -16 | 85 | £190 | -15.56% | 107 |
| South West | +10 | 74 | £188 | -6.25% | 96 |
| West Midlands | -6 | 48 | £200 | -20.00% | 49 |
| East of England | -4 | 47 | £225 | +12.50% | 64 |
| North West | -10 | 43 | £160 | -42.34% | 67 |
| Scotland | +23 | 40 | £225 | +28.57% | 26 |
| East Midlands | +16 | 39 | £188 | -21.05% | 44 |
| Yorkshire | +4 | 34 | £200 | - | 32 |
| Wales | +18 | 24 | £145 | -12.12% | 15 |
| Northern Ireland | +4 | 12 | £143 | -32.94% | 10 |
| North East | +9 | 8 | £175 | -17.16% | 10 |
Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 5 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 featuring Support Engineer in the job title.
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Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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