Support Assistant Contracts in England

Support Assistant
UK > England

The median Support Assistant daily rate in England is £179 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 536 664 767
Rank change year-on-year +128 +103 -157
Contract jobs requiring a Support Assistant 12 4 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.032% 0.008% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.008% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £98 £126 £158
25th Percentile £126 £150 £169
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £179 £200 £205
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% -2.55% +52.02%
75th Percentile £237 £331 £325
90th Percentile £267 £404 £379
UK median daily rate £179 £188 £175
% change year-on-year -4.40% +7.14% +29.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 2
10th Percentile £11.74 - £14.76
25th Percentile £12.25 - £14.97
Median hourly rate £13.00 - £16.12
75th Percentile £14.06 - £17.47
90th Percentile £15.73 - £17.79
UK median hourly rate £13.00 - £16.12
% change year-on-year - - +24.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 34,517 47,965 67,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.58% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,960 34,010 48,090
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,411 1,443 1,914
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.67 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.45 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Support Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Assistant in England

Support Assistant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Assistant in England.

Daily rate trend for Support Assistant in England

Support Assistant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Assistant in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Assistant in England

Support Assistant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Assistant in England.

Hourly rate trend for Support Assistant in England

Support Assistant
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Assistant in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Assistant in England

Support Assistant
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Assistant within the England region over the 6 months to 25 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
South East - 4 £179 -
South West - 3 - -
London +105 2 - - 2
North of England +34 2 - - 6
North West - 2 - - 3
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Midlands - 1 - - 4
Support Assistant
UK

Support Assistant Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Support Assistant 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 England region featuring Support Assistant in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) Wireless
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (33.33%) Customer Service
5 3 (25.00%) Mac OS
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (25.00%) Retail
5 3 (25.00%) Blog
5 3 (25.00%) LAN
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (25.00%) Windows
6 2 (16.67%) VPN
6 2 (16.67%) Firewall
6 2 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (16.67%) FortiGate
6 2 (16.67%) Acronis
7 1 (8.33%) Facebook
7 1 (8.33%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (8.33%) Time Management
7 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
7 1 (8.33%) Finance
7 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel

Support Assistant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (8.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Wireless
2 3 (25.00%) LAN
3 2 (16.67%) Firewall
3 2 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Blog
2 2 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (8.33%) Time Management
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Acronis
3 1 (8.33%) Facebook