Systems Support Contracts in the South East

Systems Support
England > South East

The median Systems Support daily rate in the South East is £183 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 192 216 248
Rank change year-on-year +24 +32 -43
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Support 8 10 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.14% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.18% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 7
10th Percentile - £240 £284
25th Percentile £179 £280 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £183 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year -59.44% +28.57% -
75th Percentile £186 £488 £456
90th Percentile - £505 £474
England median daily rate £413 £444 £350
% change year-on-year -7.04% +26.79% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile - - £15.88
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate £15.85 - £16.82
75th Percentile £16.14 - £17.64
90th Percentile £16.66 - £18.31
England median hourly rate £15.85 £21.67 £16.82
% change year-on-year -26.86% +28.83% -15.90%

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%

Systems Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Support in the South East

Systems Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Support in the South East

Systems Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Support in the South East

Systems 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 Systems 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
Thames Valley +6 4 - - 1
Buckinghamshire +28 3 - -
Hampshire +5 3 - - 1
Surrey +11 1 £183 -35.96%
Berkshire -9 1 - - 1
Systems Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Systems 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 Systems Support in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (37.50%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) Supplier Management
2 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (25.00%) Apple
3 2 (25.00%) LAN
3 2 (25.00%) WAN
3 2 (25.00%) DHCP
3 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (25.00%) VLAN
3 2 (25.00%) Logistics
3 2 (25.00%) Automotive
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (25.00%) French Language
3 2 (25.00%) Portuguese Language
3 2 (25.00%) Spanish Language
3 2 (25.00%) Android
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Inventory Management
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service

Systems 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 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (37.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DHCP
1 2 (25.00%) LAN
1 2 (25.00%) VLAN
1 2 (25.00%) WAN
1 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (25.00%) Automotive
1 2 (25.00%) French Language
1 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (25.00%) Portuguese Language
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Spanish Language
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Android
2 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
1 3 (37.50%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
1 3 (37.50%) Supplier Management
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (25.00%) Inventory Management
2 2 (25.00%) Logistics
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Apple
3 1 (12.50%) Concur
3 1 (12.50%) JD Edwards
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) SAP