IT Support Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Support Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Support Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £188 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 358 320 380
Rank change year-on-year -38 +60 -16
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Analyst 40 135 141
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.56% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.60% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 97 84
10th Percentile £156 £125 £120
25th Percentile £164 £145 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £180 £170
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £196 £220 £200
90th Percentile £228 £250 £268
UK median daily rate £190 £195 £180
% change year-on-year -2.56% +8.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 24
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.96 £10.13
25th Percentile £11.74 £14.95 £11.71
Median hourly rate £15.42 £25.00 £15.52
Median % change year-on-year -38.32% +61.13% +19.35%
75th Percentile £17.59 £27.38 £18.81
90th Percentile £22.25 £28.00 £19.85
UK median hourly rate £18.86 £24.75 £16.75
% change year-on-year -23.80% +47.76% +11.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,163 22,551 29,607
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 94.20% 95.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,700 15,818 20,751
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,248 1,160 1,483
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.55 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

IT Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IT Support Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Support Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
North of England +6 13 £190 -5.00% 9
Scotland +18 11 £185 +4.23% 1
South East +8 9 £168 -0.74% 8
North West +5 7 £188 -25.00% 4
Yorkshire +14 6 £190 -5.00% 5
South West +19 4 £200 +33.33% 8
Wales +19 2 £190 -13.64%
East of England +4 1 £120 -40.00% 5
IT Support Analyst
UK

IT Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, IT Support Analyst 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Support Analyst in the job title.

1 27 (67.50%) Windows
2 24 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 22 (55.00%) Windows 10
4 21 (52.50%) Social Skills
5 20 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (47.50%) Customer Service
7 18 (45.00%) Active Directory
7 18 (45.00%) Microsoft Office
8 14 (35.00%) ITIL
9 11 (27.50%) Apple iOS
10 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (17.50%) SCCM
12 5 (12.50%) Time Management
12 5 (12.50%) Finance
12 5 (12.50%) ITSM
12 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
12 5 (12.50%) Citrix
12 5 (12.50%) Apple
12 5 (12.50%) ServiceNow
12 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (12.50%) Azure
12 5 (12.50%) Android
12 5 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
13 4 (10.00%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (10.00%) Skype
13 4 (10.00%) OneDrive
13 4 (10.00%) Windows Server
13 4 (10.00%) iPhone
13 4 (10.00%) Skype for Business

IT Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.00%) Skype for Business
3 2 (5.00%) Moodle
3 2 (5.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (45.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 20 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (12.50%) Azure
3 4 (10.00%) OneDrive
4 2 (5.00%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) Skype
2 2 (5.00%) DHCP
2 2 (5.00%) DNS
2 2 (5.00%) LAN
3 1 (2.50%) IP Telephony
3 1 (2.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.50%) VLAN
3 1 (2.50%) VPN
3 1 (2.50%) WAN
General
1 21 (52.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.50%) Finance
3 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.50%) Law
5 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Banking
6 1 (2.50%) Billing
6 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) CMDB
1 4 (10.00%) iPhone
2 2 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.00%) VLE
3 1 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Licensing
3 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.50%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 27 (67.50%) Windows
2 22 (55.00%) Windows 10
3 11 (27.50%) Apple iOS
4 8 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (12.50%) Android
6 4 (10.00%) Windows Server
7 3 (7.50%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (2.50%) Linux
9 1 (2.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (47.50%) Customer Service
2 14 (35.00%) ITIL
3 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (12.50%) ITSM
4 5 (12.50%) Time Management
5 4 (10.00%) Service Management
6 3 (7.50%) Decision-Making
6 3 (7.50%) Project Management
7 2 (5.00%) E-Procurement
7 2 (5.00%) Identity Management
7 2 (5.00%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (5.00%) Tech Ops
8 1 (2.50%) Asset Management
8 1 (2.50%) Business Continuity
8 1 (2.50%) Change Management
8 1 (2.50%) Data Management
8 1 (2.50%) Incident Management
8 1 (2.50%) Self-Awareness
8 1 (2.50%) Service Delivery
8 1 (2.50%) Software Licensing
Qualifications
1 3 (7.50%) Degree
1 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (7.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (45.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.50%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (2.50%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) SCCM
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (10.00%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 24 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.50%) Apple
2 5 (12.50%) Citrix
2 5 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 4 (10.00%) VMware
4 2 (5.00%) Google
4 2 (5.00%) Okta
5 1 (2.50%) Avaya
5 1 (2.50%) BT
5 1 (2.50%) IFS
5 1 (2.50%) SonicWALL