IT Support Contracts in the North of England

IT Support
England > North of England

The median IT Support daily rate in the North of England is £195 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 123 148
Rank change year-on-year +31 +25 -28
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 97 95 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 2.07% 1.66% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% 1.75% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 53 56
10th Percentile £140 £130 £128
25th Percentile £162 £140 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £200 £180
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% +33.33%
75th Percentile £300 £244 £219
90th Percentile £325 £311 £274
England median daily rate £200 £197 £185
% change year-on-year +1.39% +6.62% +15.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 15 26
10th Percentile - £12.78 £11.57
25th Percentile £10.95 £15.20 £13.29
Median hourly rate £13.00 £26.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.94% +51.43% +48.94%
75th Percentile £14.00 £29.30 £19.88
90th Percentile £22.00 £36.25 £25.75
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
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North 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 North of England with a recognized job title 4,373 5,442 6,917
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 95.34% 96.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,731 3,843 5,087
10th Percentile £263 £285 £200
25th Percentile £382 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £554
90th Percentile £672 £687 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 155 280
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.00 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.54 £14.19
Median hourly rate £20.60 £30.76 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -33.02% +65.42% +3.87%
75th Percentile £46.18 £51.19 £28.94
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.41 £51.48
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North West +22 50 £188 -21.88% 56
Yorkshire +32 35 £215 +13.16% 46
North East +15 12 £175 -21.35% 16
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 North of England region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 55 (56.70%) Windows
2 54 (55.67%) Microsoft
3 42 (43.30%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (39.18%) Customer Service
5 36 (37.11%) Active Directory
6 34 (35.05%) Social Skills
7 32 (32.99%) Windows 10
8 26 (26.80%) Microsoft Office
9 24 (24.74%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (20.62%) Windows Server
11 13 (13.40%) SharePoint
12 12 (12.37%) Microsoft Exchange
12 12 (12.37%) Firewall
13 10 (10.31%) Time Management
14 9 (9.28%) SC Cleared
14 9 (9.28%) Security Cleared
14 9 (9.28%) Manufacturing
14 9 (9.28%) Disclosure Scotland
14 9 (9.28%) Decision-Making
15 8 (8.25%) Microsoft Intune
16 7 (7.22%) Video Conferencing
16 7 (7.22%) Retail
16 7 (7.22%) CMS
16 7 (7.22%) VMware
16 7 (7.22%) EPoS
16 7 (7.22%) E-Commerce
16 7 (7.22%) CRM
16 7 (7.22%) VPN
16 7 (7.22%) Server Virtualisation
16 7 (7.22%) Virtual Team

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 13 (13.40%) SharePoint
2 12 (12.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (7.22%) CMS
4 1 (1.03%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 26 (26.80%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (2.06%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 42 (43.30%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (5.15%) Azure
3 3 (3.09%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.06%) AWS
4 2 (2.06%) IaaS
5 1 (1.03%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.37%) Firewall
2 7 (7.22%) VPN
3 6 (6.19%) LAN
3 6 (6.19%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (4.12%) DNS
4 4 (4.12%) Internet
4 4 (4.12%) SAN
4 4 (4.12%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.03%) DHCP
5 1 (1.03%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (1.03%) HTTP
5 1 (1.03%) HTTPS
5 1 (1.03%) IPsec
5 1 (1.03%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.03%) Skype
5 1 (1.03%) SNMP
5 1 (1.03%) SSH
5 1 (1.03%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.09%) Power BI
General
1 34 (35.05%) Social Skills
2 9 (9.28%) Manufacturing
3 7 (7.22%) Public Sector
3 7 (7.22%) Retail
4 5 (5.15%) Law
5 4 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.09%) Aviation
6 3 (3.09%) Finance
6 3 (3.09%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.06%) Legal
7 2 (2.06%) Multimedia
8 1 (1.03%) Banking
8 1 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.03%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.22%) EPoS
1 7 (7.22%) Video Conferencing
1 7 (7.22%) Virtual Team
2 6 (6.19%) Driving Licence
3 5 (5.15%) iPhone
3 5 (5.15%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.09%) Life Science
5 2 (2.06%) Learning Management System
5 2 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.06%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.03%) CMDB
6 1 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.03%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.03%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (1.03%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.03%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 55 (56.70%) Windows
2 32 (32.99%) Windows 10
3 20 (20.62%) Windows Server
4 5 (5.15%) Android
5 4 (4.12%) Apple iOS
6 3 (3.09%) Mac OS
7 2 (2.06%) VMS
7 2 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.03%) Linux
8 1 (1.03%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (39.18%) Customer Service
2 24 (24.74%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (10.31%) Time Management
4 9 (9.28%) Decision-Making
5 7 (7.22%) CRM
5 7 (7.22%) E-Commerce
5 7 (7.22%) Server Virtualisation
6 6 (6.19%) ITIL
7 5 (5.15%) Mobile Device Management
8 4 (4.12%) Email Filtering
8 4 (4.12%) Information Security
8 4 (4.12%) Kalman Filter
8 4 (4.12%) Line Management
8 4 (4.12%) Project Management
8 4 (4.12%) Service Management
9 3 (3.09%) Analytics
9 3 (3.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (3.09%) Data Analytics
9 3 (3.09%) Data Extraction
9 3 (3.09%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (9.28%) SC Cleared
1 9 (9.28%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.12%) DBS Check
2 4 (4.12%) MCSE
2 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.09%) Degree
4 2 (2.06%) CCNA
4 2 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.28%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (3.09%) GAMP
2 3 (3.09%) GxP
3 2 (2.06%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (37.11%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.03%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.03%) NFS
3 1 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.03%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (8.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.09%) SCCM
3 2 (2.06%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.03%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 54 (55.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.22%) VMware
3 5 (5.15%) Citrix
4 4 (4.12%) Cisco
5 2 (2.06%) Adobe
5 2 (2.06%) Apple
5 2 (2.06%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.06%) Veeam
6 1 (1.03%) Facebook
6 1 (1.03%) Okta
6 1 (1.03%) SAP