Technical Support Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Technical Support Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Support Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £165 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 321 438 580
Rank change year-on-year +117 +142 -77
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 18 13 44
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.054% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.057% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 36
10th Percentile - - £156
25th Percentile £150 - £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £210 £250
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -16.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £173 £233 £297
90th Percentile - £308 £438
UK median daily rate £175 £213 £244
% change year-on-year -17.65% -12.82% +0.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,716 22,731 42,165
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.23% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,231 16,123 30,649
10th Percentile £325 £358 £359
25th Percentile £425 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £634
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 528 566
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.75
25th Percentile £22.54 £25.00 £19.58
Median hourly rate £43.00 £51.57 £38.83
Median % change year-on-year -16.61% +32.81% +67.29%
75th Percentile £63.38 £66.33 £58.66
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.80 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Technical Support Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Technical Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Technical Support Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Technical Support Engineer.

Technical Support Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Technical Support Engineer.

Technical Support Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Technical 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Technical Support Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (61.11%) Telecoms
2 10 (55.56%) SLA
2 10 (55.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 10 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (33.33%) Police
3 6 (33.33%) Line Management
3 6 (33.33%) Coaching
3 6 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (33.33%) ITIL
3 6 (33.33%) SQL
3 6 (33.33%) BT
3 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 5 (27.78%) PowerShell
4 5 (27.78%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (27.78%) Marketing
4 5 (27.78%) Degree
4 5 (27.78%) Digital Marketing
4 5 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (27.78%) Manufacturing
4 5 (27.78%) Programme Management
4 5 (27.78%) Electronics
4 5 (27.78%) SAP
4 5 (27.78%) Finance
4 5 (27.78%) Windows
4 5 (27.78%) Python
4 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
4 5 (27.78%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (27.78%) Azure
4 5 (27.78%) Public Sector

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Azure
1 5 (27.78%) Azure AI
1 5 (27.78%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.11%) Azure Cognitive Services
3 2 (11.11%) ChatGPT
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
General
1 11 (61.11%) Telecoms
2 6 (33.33%) Police
3 5 (27.78%) Electronics
3 5 (27.78%) Finance
3 5 (27.78%) Manufacturing
3 5 (27.78%) Marketing
3 5 (27.78%) Public Sector
4 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) RESTful
2 2 (11.11%) Hugging Face
2 2 (11.11%) LangChain
2 2 (11.11%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (33.33%) Coaching
2 6 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (33.33%) ITIL
2 6 (33.33%) Line Management
3 5 (27.78%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (27.78%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (27.78%) Programme Management
4 4 (22.22%) API Development
4 4 (22.22%) API Integration
4 4 (22.22%) DevOps
4 4 (22.22%) Machine Learning
4 4 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (11.11%) Data Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) LLM
5 2 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (11.11%) Statistical Analysis
5 2 (11.11%) Ticket Management
5 2 (11.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) SQL
2 5 (27.78%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (27.78%) PowerShell
2 5 (27.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (27.78%) Degree
4 3 (16.67%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) BT
2 5 (27.78%) SAP