Support Assistant Contracts in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Support Assistant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £84 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 434 515
Rank change year-on-year +48 +81 -82
Contract jobs requiring a Support Assistant 14 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.067% 0.018% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.019% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 8
10th Percentile - £169 £129
25th Percentile £80 £179 £134
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £84 £205 £170
Median % change year-on-year -59.27% +20.28% +31.11%
75th Percentile £87 £229 £232
90th Percentile - £237 £370
UK median daily rate £84 £200 £174
% change year-on-year -58.25% +15.11% +28.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.83 - £14.62
Median hourly rate £12.50 - £15.24
75th Percentile £13.50 - £15.86
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £12.50 - £15.24
% change year-on-year - - +17.23%

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 19,247 21,469 29,158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.25% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,616 14,937 20,515
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,085 1,398
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Support Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Assistant in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Support Assistant in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Assistant in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Assistant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Assistant in the UK excluding London

Support Assistant
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 Support Assistant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Midlands +26 4 - - 6
South East - 4 £84 - 4
East Midlands - 4 - - 4
North of England +25 3 - - 1
South West - 3 - - 3
North West - 3 - -
Support Assistant
UK

Support Assistant Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Support Assistant 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 Support Assistant in the job title.

1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (21.43%) LAN
3 3 (21.43%) Wireless
3 3 (21.43%) Retail
3 3 (21.43%) Blog
3 3 (21.43%) Mac OS
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (7.14%) HNC
5 1 (7.14%) Facebook
5 1 (7.14%) Housing Association
5 1 (7.14%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 1 (7.14%) Customer-Centricity

Support Assistant 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) LAN
1 3 (21.43%) Wireless
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Blog
2 1 (7.14%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.14%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 1 (7.14%) Customer-Centricity
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) HNC
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Facebook