IT Support Contracts in the Midlands

IT Support
England > Midlands

The median IT Support daily rate in the Midlands is £150 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 99 96 122
Rank change year-on-year -3 +26 -24
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 33 69 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.20% 2.02% 1.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 2.13% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 46 43
10th Percentile £120 £124 £120
25th Percentile £145 £138 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £178 £175
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% +1.43% +25.00%
75th Percentile £244 £321 £233
90th Percentile £260 £350 £238
England median daily rate £200 £200 £185
% change year-on-year - +8.11% +15.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 18
10th Percentile £12.93 £11.85 £12.29
25th Percentile £13.95 £15.25 £14.72
Median hourly rate £15.65 £19.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.63% +8.57% +25.00%
75th Percentile £19.70 £21.71 £19.58
90th Percentile £22.13 £24.00 £20.51
England median hourly rate £15.00 £18.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year -18.92% +8.82% +21.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,525 3,237 4,820
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 94.65% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,706 2,279 3,531
10th Percentile £213 £220 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £462
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +2.93% +15.38%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £680 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 127 170
10th Percentile £11.86 £12.30 £10.69
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.17 £14.37
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +14.42% +15.08%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.25 £22.08
90th Percentile £52.56 £60.50 £34.55
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the Midlands

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the Midlands

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the Midlands

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the Midlands

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
East Midlands +5 19 £150 -45.36% 66
West Midlands -2 13 £213 +32.81% 45
IT Support
England

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

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 Midlands region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 22 (66.67%) Windows
2 16 (48.48%) Active Directory
3 11 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
5 8 (24.24%) Apple iOS
5 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
6 6 (18.18%) Customer Service
6 6 (18.18%) Windows Server
6 6 (18.18%) SCCM
6 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
7 5 (15.15%) SharePoint
7 5 (15.15%) Driving Licence
7 5 (15.15%) Windows 10
8 3 (9.09%) Apple
8 3 (9.09%) ITIL
8 3 (9.09%) Logistics
8 3 (9.09%) Manufacturing
8 3 (9.09%) ServiceNow
9 2 (6.06%) DBS Check
9 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (6.06%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (6.06%) Storage Management
9 2 (6.06%) WhatsApp
9 2 (6.06%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (6.06%) VMware
9 2 (6.06%) Retail

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (15.15%) SharePoint
3 2 (6.06%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.03%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.06%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) WhatsApp
3 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Firewall
1 1 (3.03%) Internet
1 1 (3.03%) LAN
1 1 (3.03%) PBX
1 1 (3.03%) SD-WAN
General
1 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Retail
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.03%) CMDB
2 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 22 (66.67%) Windows
2 8 (24.24%) Apple iOS
3 6 (18.18%) Windows Server
4 5 (15.15%) Windows 10
5 2 (6.06%) Linux
6 1 (3.03%) Android
6 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.18%) Customer Service
2 3 (9.09%) ITIL
2 3 (9.09%) Logistics
3 2 (6.06%) Change Management
3 2 (6.06%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (6.06%) Software Deployment
3 2 (6.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (6.06%) Storage Management
3 2 (6.06%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (3.03%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.03%) Conflict Management
4 1 (3.03%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 1 (3.03%) Mathematics
4 1 (3.03%) Project Delivery
4 1 (3.03%) Project Planning
4 1 (3.03%) Runbook
4 1 (3.03%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.03%) MCDST
2 1 (3.03%) MCP
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (48.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (18.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Apple
2 3 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.06%) Lotus
3 2 (6.06%) VMware
4 1 (3.03%) Adobe
4 1 (3.03%) Ariba
4 1 (3.03%) Citrix
4 1 (3.03%) SAP