IT Support Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

IT Support
South East > Berkshire

The median IT Support daily rate in Berkshire is £160, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 106 102
Rank change year-on-year +24 -4 +1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 15 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.24% 0.30% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 0.33% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 6
10th Percentile £120 £159 £139
25th Percentile £145 £173 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £194 £160
Median % change year-on-year -17.42% +21.09% +8.47%
75th Percentile £194 £211 £170
90th Percentile £224 £232 £204
South East median daily rate £190 £189 £205
% change year-on-year +0.66% -7.93% +10.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £27.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £14.00 £16.19 £19.29
% change year-on-year -13.53% -16.07% +28.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,100 1,528 1,670
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.83% 90.95% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 711 815 1,067
10th Percentile £300 £313 £263
25th Percentile £406 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £693 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 70 60
10th Percentile £14.75 £30.12 £18.50
25th Percentile £16.66 £55.97 £46.93
Median hourly rate £32.18 £61.60 £58.44
Median % change year-on-year -47.76% +5.40% +16.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.15 £72.65
90th Percentile £87.64 £97.75 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.34 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.89% +16.68% +105.00%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Berkshire

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Berkshire

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in Berkshire

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Berkshire

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 September 2025. 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
Reading - 8 £160 - 5
Maidenhead +3 2 £200 - 3
Windsor -8 1 £223 +48.33% 2
Wokingham - 1 £537 -
Slough - 1 £150 - 3
IT Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 September 2025, 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 Berkshire region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 12 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Windows
3 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (26.67%) Inventory Management
4 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
5 3 (20.00%) Unified Communications
5 3 (20.00%) Azure
5 3 (20.00%) ITSM
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Windows 10
5 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
6 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
6 2 (13.33%) SAP
6 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) Time Management
7 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (6.67%) Android
7 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (6.67%) SaaS
7 1 (6.67%) Unix
7 1 (6.67%) Service Management
7 1 (6.67%) Workflow Management
7 1 (6.67%) Google
7 1 (6.67%) Marketing
7 1 (6.67%) Degree
7 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
7 1 (6.67%) Problem Management

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (6.67%) OneDrive
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (6.67%) DHCP
2 1 (6.67%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) LAN
2 1 (6.67%) Network Security
2 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.67%) WAN
2 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (6.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) MySQL
1 1 (6.67%) RDBMS
1 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
General
1 12 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Electronics
2 1 (6.67%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.67%) Marketing
2 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.67%) Android
3 1 (6.67%) Linux
3 1 (6.67%) Unix
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Inventory Management
2 3 (20.00%) ITSM
2 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
3 2 (13.33%) Time Management
4 1 (6.67%) Analytics
4 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.67%) Migration
4 1 (6.67%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (6.67%) OOP
4 1 (6.67%) Proactive Management
4 1 (6.67%) Problem Management
4 1 (6.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (6.67%) Ticket Management
4 1 (6.67%) Workflow
4 1 (6.67%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Java
1 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.67%) Perl
1 1 (6.67%) Python
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (13.33%) SAP
4 1 (6.67%) Google
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle
4 1 (6.67%) Salesforce