IT Support Contracts in the South East

IT Support
England > South East

The median IT Support daily rate in the South East is £198 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 103 89
Rank change year-on-year -6 -14 +48
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 94 128 207
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.70% 2.20% 2.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.84% 2.32% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 85 117
10th Percentile £130 £122 £128
25th Percentile £158 £145 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £198 £200 £175
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +14.29% +4.48%
75th Percentile £211 £215 £195
90th Percentile £225 £312 £217
England median daily rate £200 £200 £180
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 33
10th Percentile - - £13.50
25th Percentile £7.43 £18.08 £14.00
Median hourly rate £15.00 £18.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.92% +19.35% +4.20%
75th Percentile £20.81 £18.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £22.74 - £23.42
England median hourly rate £15.23 £20.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -23.85% +17.65% +21.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,114 5,511 7,446
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.54% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,065 3,843 5,039
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £615 £606 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 478 238 337
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.18 £15.63
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.45 £43.50
90th Percentile £76.90 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the South East

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the South East

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the South East

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the South East

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support in the South East

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Hampshire +5 36 £200 +33.33% 14
Thames Valley +20 27 £168 -6.94% 44
Surrey +4 15 £198 +14.49% 8
West Sussex -3 12 £200 - 11
Berkshire +1 11 £168 +11.67% 9
Buckinghamshire +32 8 £200 -33.33% 19
Oxfordshire +4 8 £145 -19.44% 16
East Sussex +6 2 £208 - 5
Kent -21 2 £275 +34.15% 9
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 South East region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 51 (54.26%) Windows
2 43 (45.74%) Microsoft
3 38 (40.43%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (38.30%) Active Directory
5 34 (36.17%) Social Skills
6 32 (34.04%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (29.79%) Customer Service
8 22 (23.40%) Windows 10
9 17 (18.09%) SLA
10 14 (14.89%) Microsoft Intune
11 13 (13.83%) Wireless
12 12 (12.77%) Apple iOS
12 12 (12.77%) Windows 7
13 11 (11.70%) SCCM
13 11 (11.70%) Microsoft Office
14 10 (10.64%) Linux
14 10 (10.64%) Microsoft Exchange
14 10 (10.64%) DHCP
15 9 (9.57%) ITIL
15 9 (9.57%) Wi-Fi
15 9 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
16 8 (8.51%) Service Delivery
16 8 (8.51%) TCP/IP
16 8 (8.51%) VPN
16 8 (8.51%) VLAN
16 8 (8.51%) Mathematics
16 8 (8.51%) Asset Management
16 8 (8.51%) MobileIron
17 7 (7.45%) DNS
17 7 (7.45%) SharePoint

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (10.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (7.45%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.13%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (2.13%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (1.06%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (11.70%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.13%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.06%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 38 (40.43%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (5.32%) Azure
3 3 (3.19%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.13%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.06%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.06%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (13.83%) Wireless
2 10 (10.64%) DHCP
3 9 (9.57%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (8.51%) TCP/IP
4 8 (8.51%) VLAN
4 8 (8.51%) VPN
5 7 (7.45%) DNS
6 6 (6.38%) Network Security
7 5 (5.32%) Firewall
7 5 (5.32%) LAN
8 4 (4.26%) WAN
9 3 (3.19%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (1.06%) Skype
10 1 (1.06%) Telepresence
10 1 (1.06%) VoIP
General
1 34 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 9 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.38%) Retail
4 4 (4.26%) Finance
5 2 (2.13%) Automotive
5 2 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.13%) French Language
5 2 (2.13%) Legal
5 2 (2.13%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (2.13%) Portuguese Language
5 2 (2.13%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.13%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.06%) Banking
6 1 (1.06%) Billing
6 1 (1.06%) Law
6 1 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.38%) Digital Signage
2 5 (5.32%) Smartphone
3 4 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.26%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (3.19%) CMDB
5 2 (2.13%) Blackberry
5 2 (2.13%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.06%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.06%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.06%) iPhone
6 1 (1.06%) NHS
6 1 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.06%) SCADA
6 1 (1.06%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 51 (54.26%) Windows
2 22 (23.40%) Windows 10
3 12 (12.77%) Apple iOS
3 12 (12.77%) Windows 7
4 10 (10.64%) Linux
5 6 (6.38%) Windows Server
6 4 (4.26%) Android
7 2 (2.13%) Mac OS
7 2 (2.13%) Mac OS X
7 2 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.06%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (34.04%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (29.79%) Customer Service
3 9 (9.57%) ITIL
4 8 (8.51%) Asset Management
4 8 (8.51%) Mathematics
4 8 (8.51%) Service Delivery
5 6 (6.38%) CRM
5 6 (6.38%) Proactive Monitoring
6 5 (5.32%) Business Case
6 5 (5.32%) Office Automation
6 5 (5.32%) Problem Management
7 3 (3.19%) Inventory Management
7 3 (3.19%) ITSM
8 2 (2.13%) Break/Fix
8 2 (2.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (2.13%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (2.13%) IT Asset Management
8 2 (2.13%) Tech Ops
8 2 (2.13%) Ticket Management
8 2 (2.13%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.38%) SQL
2 2 (2.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (6.38%) DBS Check
1 6 (6.38%) Degree
1 6 (6.38%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.26%) A+ Certification
3 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.06%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (18.09%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (38.30%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.06%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (14.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (11.70%) SCCM
3 3 (3.19%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 43 (45.74%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.51%) MobileIron
3 6 (6.38%) Apple
4 5 (5.32%) ServiceNow
5 4 (4.26%) Cisco
6 3 (3.19%) HP
6 3 (3.19%) SAP
7 2 (2.13%) Ariba
7 2 (2.13%) Google
7 2 (2.13%) Remedy
7 2 (2.13%) VMware
8 1 (1.06%) Adobe
8 1 (1.06%) F5
8 1 (1.06%) iManage
8 1 (1.06%) Planview
8 1 (1.06%) Polycom
8 1 (1.06%) Red Hat