Support Specialist Contracts in Birmingham

Support Specialist
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Support Specialist daily rate in Birmingham is £275 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 60 - 92
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.53% - 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% - 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - £200
75th Percentile £294 - -
90th Percentile £298 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £288 - £263
% change year-on-year - - +11.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 700 852 1,271
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 96.38% 95.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 568 930
10th Percentile £258 £263 £212
25th Percentile £338 £377 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £601 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +16.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 35 21
10th Percentile £13.10 £11.40 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.88 £12.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +14.42% -2.89%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.94 £18.00
90th Percentile £57.91 £60.50 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.00 £19.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year +12.82% +14.71% +6.25%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in Birmingham

Support Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Specialist in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Support Specialist in Birmingham

Support Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Specialist in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Support Specialist in Birmingham

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Support Specialist 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 Birmingham region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) Taxonomies
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Conflict Management
3 1 (25.00%) Runbook
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) CMDB
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Logistics

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Taxonomies
2 1 (25.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Conflict Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared