Support Engineer Contracts in Wales

Support Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Wales is £145, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 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
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 44 47
Rank change year-on-year +27 +3 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 23 19 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 5.67% 3.28% 2.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% 3.44% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 12 18
10th Percentile £133 £132 £119
25th Percentile £143 £153 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £165 £190
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% -13.16% +15.15%
75th Percentile £187 £174 £238
90th Percentile £212 £194 £365
UK median daily rate £215 £250 £213
% change year-on-year -14.00% +17.65% +1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £16.35 £12.55
25th Percentile £12.25 £19.50 £13.00
Median hourly rate £12.50 £35.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.29% +125.81% -6.06%
75th Percentile £12.75 £49.06 £17.25
90th Percentile - £49.63 -
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £20.60 £17.53
% change year-on-year +9.22% +17.51% +9.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 368 552 904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.34% 96.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 419 659
10th Percentile £143 £165 £197
25th Percentile £256 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £538 £578 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 32 35
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.13 £11.15
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.24 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +11.55% -8.89% +17.12%
75th Percentile £48.00 £20.49 £25.38
90th Percentile £85.00 £47.25 £46.88
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Wales

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Wales

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Wales

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 11 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
South Wales +24 21 £145 -7.94% 6
West Wales +5 2 £200 +15.94%
Support Engineer
UK

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 11 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 Wales region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft 365
1 13 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 9 (39.13%) Azure
2 9 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.04%) SLA
3 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.04%) Windows
3 3 (13.04%) CRM
3 3 (13.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (13.04%) CMDB
3 3 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (13.04%) User Experience
4 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
5 1 (4.35%) Firewall
5 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
5 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
5 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
5 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
5 1 (4.35%) Mentoring

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (39.13%) Azure
3 3 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
General
1 13 (56.52%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (13.04%) CRM
2 3 (13.04%) User Experience
3 1 (4.35%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft