Support Officer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Support Officer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Support Officer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £345 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 145 160
Rank change year-on-year +20 +15 -
Contract jobs requiring a Support Officer 9 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.34% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.18% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 3
10th Percentile £263 £230 £211
25th Percentile £283 £320 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £335 £245
Median % change year-on-year +2.99% +36.66% -
75th Percentile £397 - £255
90th Percentile £400 - £258
South East median daily rate £363 £300 £213
% change year-on-year +20.83% +41.18% -8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £15.58 - -
25th Percentile £15.74 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £11.62
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £15.74 £15.81 £12.56
% change year-on-year -0.44% +25.88% -30.22%

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 2,474 2,740 3,370
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.04% 94.45% 95.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,427 1,904 2,297
10th Percentile £206 £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 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 76 101
10th Percentile £15.67 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.45 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Support Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Officer in the Thames Valley

Support Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Support Officer in the Thames Valley

Support Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Officer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Officer in the Thames Valley

Support Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Officer in the Thames Valley

Support Officer
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 Support Officer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 May 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 - 6 £388 - 2
Buckinghamshire +26 2 £283 -15.67%
Oxfordshire +6 1 - - 3
Support Officer
South East

Support Officer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Support Officer 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 Support Officer in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) PMO
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Workflow
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
3 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Smartsheet
4 1 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 1 (11.11%) Legal
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
4 1 (11.11%) Time Management
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Facebook

Support Officer 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Smartsheet
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Change Management
1 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
1 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
1 2 (22.22%) Workflow
2 1 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
2 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Facebook