Technical Support Specialist Contracts in England

Technical Support Specialist
UK > England

The median Technical Support Specialist daily rate in England is £165 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 519 654 777
Rank change year-on-year +135 +123 -153
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support Specialist 17 6 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.046% 0.012% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.012% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 1 5
10th Percentile - - £228
25th Percentile £148 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £210 £250
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -16.00% -24.24%
75th Percentile £173 - £288
90th Percentile £338 - £520
UK median daily rate £165 £210 £250
% change year-on-year -21.43% -16.00% -24.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £41.81 -
UK median hourly rate - £41.81 -

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 34,509 48,061 68,243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.57% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,973 34,073 48,458
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £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 2,410 1,449 1,922
10th Percentile £12.91 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

Technical Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Support Specialist in England

Technical Support Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Support Specialist in England

Technical Support Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Support Specialist in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Support Specialist in England

Technical Support Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Support Specialist in England

Technical Support Specialist
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 Technical Support Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 24 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 - 7 £150 - 3
South West - 6 £165 - 2
London +101 1 £350 +66.67% 7
Midlands +38 1 - - 1
East of England +14 1 £325 - 1
North of England - 1 £325 - 4
North West - 1 £325 - 2
West Midlands - 1 - -
Technical Support Specialist
UK

Technical Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Technical 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 England region featuring Technical Support Specialist in the job title.

1 13 (76.47%) Security Cleared
2 12 (70.59%) SLA
3 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
3 9 (52.94%) TCP/IP
3 9 (52.94%) Windows
3 9 (52.94%) Telecoms
3 9 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
4 7 (41.18%) Customer Service
4 7 (41.18%) DV Cleared
5 6 (35.29%) SCCM
5 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
5 6 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (35.29%) ServiceNow
5 6 (35.29%) Line Management
5 6 (35.29%) Coaching
5 6 (35.29%) Police
5 6 (35.29%) Windows 10
5 6 (35.29%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (35.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (35.29%) BT
5 6 (35.29%) Knowledge Management
5 6 (35.29%) Degree
5 6 (35.29%) MS Visio
5 6 (35.29%) LAN
5 6 (35.29%) WAN
5 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (35.29%) ITIL
5 6 (35.29%) Active Directory

Technical Support Specialist 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) Apache
1 3 (17.65%) IIS
1 3 (17.65%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (35.29%) MS Visio
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) TCP/IP
2 6 (35.29%) LAN
2 6 (35.29%) Remote Desktop
2 6 (35.29%) WAN
3 3 (17.65%) H.323
3 3 (17.65%) HTTP
General
1 9 (52.94%) Telecoms
2 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 6 (35.29%) Police
4 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) IVR
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (52.94%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Windows 10
3 3 (17.65%) Linux
3 3 (17.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (41.18%) Customer Service
3 6 (35.29%) Coaching
3 6 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (35.29%) ITIL
3 6 (35.29%) Knowledge Management
3 6 (35.29%) Line Management
4 3 (17.65%) Change Management
4 3 (17.65%) Proactive Maintenance
5 2 (11.76%) Fault Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Problem Management
5 2 (11.76%) Tech Ops
6 1 (5.88%) Capacity Management
6 1 (5.88%) Data Management
6 1 (5.88%) WFM
6 1 (5.88%) Workforce Optimisation
Qualifications
1 13 (76.47%) Security Cleared
2 7 (41.18%) DV Cleared
3 6 (35.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (35.29%) Degree
3 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (70.59%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (35.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) BT
2 6 (35.29%) HP
2 6 (35.29%) ServiceNow
3 3 (17.65%) Avaya
3 3 (17.65%) Red Hat
4 1 (5.88%) Verint