Support Analyst Contracts in the North West

Support Analyst
England > North West

The median Support Analyst daily rate in the North West is £230 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 124 130
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 13 36 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.47% 1.13% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 1.19% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 30
10th Percentile £189 £140 £154
25th Percentile £200 £200 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £250 £176
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +42.05% +13.55%
75th Percentile £249 £388 £258
90th Percentile £280 £623 £296
England median daily rate £234 £275 £250
% change year-on-year -15.00% +10.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 12
10th Percentile - £14.19 £15.25
25th Percentile - £14.65 £16.00
Median hourly rate £10.95 £23.15 £21.32
Median % change year-on-year -52.70% +8.61% +12.18%
75th Percentile £12.64 £27.25 £30.00
90th Percentile £15.69 £28.30 £33.75
England median hourly rate £21.50 £23.15 £17.50
% change year-on-year -7.13% +32.29% +14.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,607 3,031 3,927
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 94.87% 96.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,702 2,172 2,878
10th Percentile £280 £300 £207
25th Percentile £390 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £563
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 134 175
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.25 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.49
Median % change year-on-year -13.59% +49.05% +11.72%
75th Percentile £46.18 £47.38 £43.25
90th Percentile £64.00 £65.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Analyst in the North West

Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Analyst in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Support Analyst in the North West

Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Analyst in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Support Analyst in the North West

Support Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Merseyside +20 4 £215 - 1
Manchester -5 3 - - 7
Cumbria -22 3 - - 1
Cheshire +4 1 - - 2
Support Analyst
England

Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Support Analyst 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 West region featuring Support Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
2 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 6 (46.15%) Customer Service
3 5 (38.46%) Windows 10
3 5 (38.46%) ITIL
4 4 (30.77%) Time Management
4 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) Service Management
5 3 (23.08%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
6 2 (15.38%) Apple
6 2 (15.38%) Middleware
6 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
6 2 (15.38%) Finance
6 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (15.38%) Problem Management
6 2 (15.38%) SCCM
7 1 (7.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (7.69%) Application Security
7 1 (7.69%) Okta
7 1 (7.69%) Liquidlogic
7 1 (7.69%) Public Sector

Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) DHCP
1 1 (7.69%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Data Vault
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Local Government
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (7.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Windows 10
3 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
4 1 (7.69%) Android
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Customer Service
2 5 (38.46%) ITIL
3 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
3 4 (30.77%) Time Management
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Service Management
5 2 (15.38%) Problem Management
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
6 1 (7.69%) Application Security
6 1 (7.69%) Case Management
6 1 (7.69%) Change Control
6 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (7.69%) EAI
6 1 (7.69%) Identity Management
6 1 (7.69%) Internal Audit
6 1 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (7.69%) Project Management
6 1 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (7.69%) Security Management
6 1 (7.69%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (7.69%) A+ Certification
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.69%) CISSP
2 1 (7.69%) CRISC
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) MCP
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
2 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (7.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (7.69%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Apple
3 1 (7.69%) Bloomberg
3 1 (7.69%) Liquidlogic
3 1 (7.69%) Okta
3 1 (7.69%) Refinitiv
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.69%) VMware