Support Specialist Contracts in the South West

Support Specialist
England > South West

The median Support Specialist daily rate in the South West is £165 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 170 165
Rank change year-on-year +37 -5 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 21 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.66% 0.14% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.15% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 2
10th Percentile - £164 £163
25th Percentile £158 £166 £179
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £170 £208
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -18.07% -
75th Percentile £189 £323 £234
90th Percentile £301 £414 £250
England median daily rate £500 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £28.53 - -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £32.16 £16.82
% change year-on-year -22.27% +91.22% -15.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 2,993 3,403 3,576
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 92.35% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,937 2,534 2,546
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £388 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £706 £713 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 280 203
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.50 £51.25 £16.99
Median hourly rate £48.29 £65.00 £45.20
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +43.81% +6.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.05
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the South West

Support Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Specialist in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Support Specialist in the South West

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in the South West over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Specialist in the South West

Support Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Specialist in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Support Specialist in the South West

Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Specialist in the South West over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Specialist in the South West

Support Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 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
Somerset +13 12 - -
Devon - 6 £165 - 1
Wiltshire - 2 £338 -
Bristol +17 1 - - 2
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Support Specialist 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 West region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 16 (76.19%) ITIL
1 16 (76.19%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (52.38%) Security Cleared
4 10 (47.62%) SC Cleared
4 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
5 9 (42.86%) Data Analysis
5 9 (42.86%) Knowledge Management
5 9 (42.86%) Incident Management
5 9 (42.86%) Problem Management
5 9 (42.86%) Data Protection
5 9 (42.86%) Analytics
5 9 (42.86%) User Experience
5 9 (42.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (28.57%) Line Management
6 6 (28.57%) Coaching
6 6 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (28.57%) Police
6 6 (28.57%) SLA
6 6 (28.57%) BT
6 6 (28.57%) Telecoms
7 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
8 3 (14.29%) Security Operations
8 3 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (14.29%) SIEM
9 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
9 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
9 2 (9.52%) Windows
10 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
10 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Azure
1 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Police
2 6 (28.57%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
1 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) ITIL
1 16 (76.19%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (42.86%) Analytics
3 9 (42.86%) Data Analysis
3 9 (42.86%) Data Protection
3 9 (42.86%) Incident Management
3 9 (42.86%) Knowledge Management
3 9 (42.86%) Problem Management
3 9 (42.86%) User Experience
4 6 (28.57%) Coaching
4 6 (28.57%) Line Management
5 3 (14.29%) Security Operations
5 3 (14.29%) SIEM
6 1 (4.76%) Customer Service
6 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) Security Cleared
2 10 (47.62%) SC Cleared
3 9 (42.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 6 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) BT
2 1 (4.76%) HP
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) SAP
2 1 (4.76%) VMware