IT Support Contracts in the East of England

IT Support
England > East of England

The median IT Support daily rate in the East of England is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 91 107
Rank change year-on-year 0 +16 -27
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 22 39 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.16% 1.88% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 2.05% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 31 15
10th Percentile £129 £134 £128
25th Percentile £168 £163 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £188 £175
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% +6.06%
75th Percentile £238 £200 £193
90th Percentile £264 £223 £221
England median daily rate £200 £200 £180
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 24
10th Percentile £13.60 £15.30 £11.46
25th Percentile £13.88 £15.75 £12.68
Median hourly rate £17.00 £16.50 £14.36
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +14.90% +6.37%
75th Percentile £19.00 £17.47 £15.59
90th Percentile £20.90 £23.49 £16.50
England median hourly rate £15.23 £20.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -23.85% +17.65% +21.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 1,697 1,900 2,393
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.50% 91.48% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 1,160 1,379
10th Percentile £206 £185 £163
25th Percentile £313 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £600 £541
90th Percentile £650 £700 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 583 297 371
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -7.32%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £39.55
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the East of England

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the East of England

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the East of England

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the East of England

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Cambridgeshire +1 5 £170 -15.00% 12
Norfolk +8 4 £131 -30.15% 8
Hertfordshire -7 4 £265 +44.22% 11
Suffolk +11 3 £186 +22.13% 9
Essex +1 3 £250 +108.33% 16
Bedfordshire -3 3 £200 +3.90% 3
IT Support
England

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 East of England region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 12 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 11 (50.00%) Windows
3 10 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (36.36%) SCCM
5 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
6 6 (27.27%) Onboarding
6 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
7 5 (22.73%) Windows 10
7 5 (22.73%) Customer Service
8 4 (18.18%) Azure
8 4 (18.18%) NHS
8 4 (18.18%) SAP
8 4 (18.18%) Finance
9 3 (13.64%) Electronics
9 3 (13.64%) DHCP
9 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
9 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
10 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (9.09%) Veeam
10 2 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
10 2 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
10 2 (9.09%) Android
10 2 (9.09%) Marketing
10 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (9.09%) SLA
10 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
10 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
10 2 (9.09%) Ariba
10 2 (9.09%) Wi-Fi

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (18.18%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) DHCP
2 2 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.55%) Network Security
3 1 (4.55%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) MSI
General
1 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Electronics
3 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 2 (9.09%) Marketing
4 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.55%) Digital Health
5 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Onboarding
2 4 (18.18%) NHS
3 1 (4.55%) BYOD
3 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (22.73%) Windows 10
3 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
4 2 (9.09%) Android
5 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.55%) Linux
5 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Customer Service
2 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (9.09%) Programme Management
4 1 (4.55%) Change Management
4 1 (4.55%) Computer Science
4 1 (4.55%) Data Protection
4 1 (4.55%) Inventory Management
4 1 (4.55%) ITIL
4 1 (4.55%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (4.55%) Problem Management
4 1 (4.55%) Project Management
4 1 (4.55%) Software Deployment
4 1 (4.55%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (4.55%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) A+ Certification
1 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
1 1 (4.55%) HNC
1 1 (4.55%) MCDST
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (36.36%) SCCM
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) SAP
3 2 (9.09%) Ariba
3 2 (9.09%) Veeam
4 1 (4.55%) Google
4 1 (4.55%) MobileIron
4 1 (4.55%) SonicWALL