Support Specialist Contracts in Manchester

Support Specialist
North West > Manchester

The median Support Specialist daily rate in Manchester is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 111 143
Rank change year-on-year +21 +32 -47
Contract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.069% 0.055% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.057% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £525 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £550 £163
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +238.46% -27.78%
75th Percentile - £575 £169
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £350 £400 £163
% change year-on-year -12.50% +146.15% -27.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,389 1,754 2,525
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.73% 96.32% 97.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 964 1,301 1,968
10th Percentile £313 £313 £228
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +12.94%
75th Percentile £585 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £660
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 45 68
10th Percentile £12.05 £15.44 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £18.50 £13.83
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £18.06
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +93.83% +11.26%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £33.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £27.00 £32.88 £24.10
% change year-on-year -17.88% +36.42% +34.26%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in Manchester

Support Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Support Specialist in Manchester

Support Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Specialist in Manchester

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 10 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 Manchester region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Avaya
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) H.323
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) IVR
1 1 (100.00%) WFM
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Verint
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Workforce Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) H.323
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IVR
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) WFM
1 1 (100.00%) Workforce Optimisation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Avaya
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Verint