IT Support Specialist
UK
The median IT Support Specialist daily rate in the UK is £198 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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 20 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 565 | 700 | 827 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +135 | +127 | -149 |
| Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist | 18 | 16 | 14 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.041% | 0.026% | 0.016% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.045% | 0.028% | 0.016% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 7 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £162 | £99 |
| 25th Percentile | £184 | £185 | £106 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £198 | £205 | £185 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.66% | +10.81% | -45.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £218 | £270 | £241 |
| 90th Percentile | £268 | £304 | £259 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £198 | £200 | £109 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.00% | +83.45% | -63.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.00 | £22.26 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.32% | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.00 | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 40,284 | 57,177 | 85,797 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.76% | 94.53% | 95.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,293 | 39,889 | 60,217 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £747 | £750 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £493 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.40% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,613 | 1,625 | 2,127 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.32 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.25 | £19.50 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.22% | +95.65% | +0.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.75 | £63.18 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £36.50 | £43.00 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.12% | +120.51% | +2.63% |
IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Support Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Support Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Specialist.
IT Support Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Specialist over the 6 months to 20 April 2024.
IT Support Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Specialist.
IT Support Specialist
Top 8 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +124 | 18 | £198 | -3.66% | 21 |
| UK excluding London | +79 | 18 | £198 | -1.00% | 16 |
| South West | +28 | 10 | £225 | +32.35% | |
| South East | +17 | 6 | £198 | -19.31% | 5 |
| North of England | +35 | 1 | £325 | - | 3 |
| North West | +19 | 1 | £325 | - | 3 |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 April 2024, IT 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 featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.
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IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: