IT Support Contracts in the Thames Valley

IT Support
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Support daily rate in the Thames Valley is £168 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 136 95
Rank change year-on-year +23 -41 +21
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 27 15 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.01% 0.51% 2.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 0.54% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 42
10th Percentile £133 £135 £135
25th Percentile £143 £154 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £168 £180 £166
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% +8.27% -11.33%
75th Percentile £213 £219 £195
90th Percentile £233 £263 £205
South East median daily rate £198 £200 £175
% change year-on-year -1.25% +14.29% +4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 6
10th Percentile £12.25 - £13.00
25th Percentile £13.25 - £17.31
Median hourly rate £17.50 £18.08 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.21% -13.90% -14.29%
75th Percentile £22.59 - £21.38
90th Percentile £26.94 - £22.63
South East median hourly rate £15.00 £18.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -18.92% +19.35% +1.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,507 2,770 3,353
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 94.31% 96.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,429 1,919 2,284
10th Percentile £210 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £489
% change year-on-year - +2.16% +8.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 76 103
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.31 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £12.38
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +166.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.48 £79.19 £64.48
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the Thames Valley

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the Thames Valley

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the Thames Valley

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the Thames Valley

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support in the Thames Valley

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 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
Berkshire +1 11 £168 +11.67% 10
Buckinghamshire +34 8 £200 -33.33% 17
Oxfordshire +3 8 £145 -19.44% 14
IT Support
South East

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 29 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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 15 (55.56%) Windows
2 12 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 11 (40.74%) Customer Service
4 10 (37.04%) Active Directory
5 9 (33.33%) SLA
5 9 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
7 7 (25.93%) Service Delivery
8 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
10 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
10 4 (14.81%) ITIL
11 3 (11.11%) Windows 10
11 3 (11.11%) DBS Check
11 3 (11.11%) AirWatch
11 3 (11.11%) Finance
11 3 (11.11%) A+ Certification
11 3 (11.11%) Apple
11 3 (11.11%) Cisco
11 3 (11.11%) HP
11 3 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (7.41%) Windows 7
12 2 (7.41%) Azure
12 2 (7.41%) Apple iOS
12 2 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
12 2 (7.41%) Exchange Server 2007
12 2 (7.41%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (7.41%) Time Management
12 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.41%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (7.41%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.41%) Azure
3 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (3.70%) DHCP
2 1 (3.70%) DNS
2 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.70%) VLAN
2 1 (3.70%) VPN
General
1 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (7.41%) Blackberry
2 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (55.56%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.41%) Apple iOS
3 2 (7.41%) Mac OS X
3 2 (7.41%) Windows 7
3 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.70%) Linux
4 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Customer Service
2 8 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (25.93%) Service Delivery
4 4 (14.81%) ITIL
5 2 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (7.41%) Tech Ops
5 2 (7.41%) Time Management
6 1 (3.70%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (3.70%) Break/Fix
6 1 (3.70%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.70%) Customer Experience
6 1 (3.70%) Data Migration
6 1 (3.70%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (3.70%) Migration
6 1 (3.70%) Network Optimisation
6 1 (3.70%) Project Delivery
6 1 (3.70%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) A+ Certification
2 3 (11.11%) DBS Check
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (37.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) AirWatch
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Apple
2 3 (11.11%) Cisco
2 3 (11.11%) HP
3 2 (7.41%) Ariba
3 2 (7.41%) Remedy
3 2 (7.41%) SAP
4 1 (3.70%) F5
4 1 (3.70%) Planview
4 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.70%) VMware