IT Support Contracts in Central London

IT Support
London > Central London

The median IT Support daily rate in Central London is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 136 143
Rank change year-on-year +35 +7 +9
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 30 38 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.23% 0.99% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 1.04% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 33 47
10th Percentile £121 £140 £132
25th Percentile £138 £158 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £213 £250
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £259 £270 £270
90th Percentile £448 £370 £366
London median daily rate £211 £220 £208
% change year-on-year -3.98% +6.02% +3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 6
10th Percentile £12.75 - £12.00
25th Percentile £15.84 - £13.88
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £14.25
75th Percentile £23.75 - £23.41
90th Percentile £25.05 - £26.92
London median hourly rate £22.00 £22.63 £18.79
% change year-on-year -2.78% +20.47% +24.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,321 3,649 4,289
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.32% 95.20% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,653 2,501 3,269
10th Percentile £345 £325 £360
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £560
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +5.36% +6.67%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 27 53
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £21.63 £19.36 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -5.41% +108.60%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £50.75
90th Percentile £40.00 £86.32 £65.10
London median hourly rate £27.66 £35.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.55% +0.71% +10.62%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Central London

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Central London.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in Central London

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Central London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in Central London

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in Central London

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in Central London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support in Central London

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Central London region over the 6 months to 6 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
City of London +44 25 £200 +8.11% 4
West End of London +3 2 £275 +25.00% 1
Lambeth - 1 £188 -
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 - -
IT Support
London

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, IT Support 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 Central London region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 22 (73.33%) Windows
2 14 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (43.33%) Social Skills
3 13 (43.33%) Microsoft
4 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (30.00%) Active Directory
5 9 (30.00%) Windows 10
6 7 (23.33%) ServiceNow
7 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (20.00%) Finance
7 6 (20.00%) Asset Management
8 5 (16.67%) Apple
8 5 (16.67%) iPhone
9 4 (13.33%) Windows 7
9 4 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (13.33%) Customer Service
9 4 (13.33%) LAN
9 4 (13.33%) WAN
9 4 (13.33%) VPN
9 4 (13.33%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (13.33%) Wireless
10 3 (10.00%) Service Delivery
10 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
10 3 (10.00%) Incident Management
10 3 (10.00%) Logistics
10 3 (10.00%) Citrix
10 3 (10.00%) Financial Institution
10 3 (10.00%) SCCM
11 2 (6.67%) FortiGate

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Orchestrade
Cloud Services
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.67%) Azure
3 1 (3.33%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) LAN
1 4 (13.33%) VPN
1 4 (13.33%) WAN
1 4 (13.33%) Wireless
2 2 (6.67%) Firewall
3 1 (3.33%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
General
1 13 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Finance
3 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Financial Institution
4 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (6.67%) Front Office
6 1 (3.33%) Advertising
6 1 (3.33%) Banking
6 1 (3.33%) Billing
6 1 (3.33%) Marketing
6 1 (3.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) iPhone
2 4 (13.33%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.67%) Blackberry
3 2 (6.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (6.67%) iPad
4 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.33%) EPoS
4 1 (3.33%) Handset
4 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.33%) Market Risk
4 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (73.33%) Windows
2 9 (30.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (13.33%) Windows 7
4 2 (6.67%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.33%) Android
5 1 (3.33%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.33%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.00%) Asset Management
1 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (13.33%) Customer Service
2 4 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (10.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (10.00%) Logistics
3 3 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (6.67%) Analytical Modelling
4 2 (6.67%) Application Virtualisation
4 2 (6.67%) Customer Experience
4 2 (6.67%) Data Analysis
4 2 (6.67%) Information Security
4 2 (6.67%) Order Management
4 2 (6.67%) Problem Management
4 2 (6.67%) Risk Management
4 2 (6.67%) Workflow
5 1 (3.33%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (3.33%) IT Strategy
5 1 (3.33%) Project Delivery
5 1 (3.33%) Project Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (3.33%) A+ Certification
2 1 (3.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (3.33%) MCITP
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (30.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) SCCM
2 2 (6.67%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (43.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) ServiceNow
3 5 (16.67%) Apple
4 3 (10.00%) Citrix
5 2 (6.67%) Acronis
5 2 (6.67%) Barracuda Networks
5 2 (6.67%) Bloomberg
5 2 (6.67%) Murex
6 1 (3.33%) BT
6 1 (3.33%) Dell
6 1 (3.33%) Google
6 1 (3.33%) HP
6 1 (3.33%) Ivanti
6 1 (3.33%) Meraki