IT Support Contracts in Wales

IT Support
UK > Wales

The median IT Support daily rate in Wales is £145 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 32 68
Rank change year-on-year +2 +36 -28
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 17 31 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 4.23% 4.89% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.75% 5.13% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 24 4
10th Percentile - £141 -
25th Percentile £143 £158 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £170 £165
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% +3.03% +1.54%
75th Percentile £148 £182 £169
90th Percentile £205 £206 £171
UK median daily rate £200 £190 £180
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +16.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £15.01 £12.59
25th Percentile - £16.14 £13.12
Median hourly rate £14.36 £18.06 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.49% +29.00% +9.80%
75th Percentile - £20.92 £20.75
90th Percentile - £22.62 £24.80
UK median hourly rate £15.42 £18.50 £16.98
% change year-on-year -16.65% +8.98% +21.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 358 604 978
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.05% 95.27% 96.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 469 719
10th Percentile £186 £165 £179
25th Percentile £345 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +9.83%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £640
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 34 40
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.00 £11.15
25th Percentile £13.06 £15.25 £12.81
Median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +20.58%
75th Percentile £31.02 £19.98 £27.00
90th Percentile £86.54 £44.25 £46.93
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Wales

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Wales.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in Wales

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in Wales

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 26 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
South Wales +21 16 £145 -19.44% 7
North Wales -3 1 £213 +28.79%
IT Support
UK

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 26 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 Wales region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 10 (58.82%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (52.94%) Azure
4 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (11.76%) Windows
4 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
5 1 (5.88%) Citrix
5 1 (5.88%) NHS
5 1 (5.88%) LAN
5 1 (5.88%) VPN
5 1 (5.88%) ITIL
5 1 (5.88%) Automotive
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.88%) VMware
5 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
5 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
5 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
5 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
5 1 (5.88%) Trend Analysis
5 1 (5.88%) Incident Management
5 1 (5.88%) Android
5 1 (5.88%) SolarWinds
5 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
5 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (52.94%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
1 1 (5.88%) VPN
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Automotive
2 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
1 1 (5.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Android
2 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
2 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (5.88%) Incident Management
2 1 (5.88%) ITIL
2 1 (5.88%) Trend Analysis
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Citrix
2 1 (5.88%) SolarWinds
2 1 (5.88%) VMware