Technical Support Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Technical Support
South East > Berkshire

The median Technical Support daily rate in Berkshire is £208, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 89 101
Rank change year-on-year +4 +12 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support 11 22 19
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.86% 1.37% 1.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 1.51% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 16
10th Percentile £176 £184 -
25th Percentile £204 £190 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £200 £150
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% +33.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £211 - £153
90th Percentile £219 - £186
South East median daily rate £208 £205 £250
% change year-on-year +1.22% -18.00% +3.09%

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 1,167 1,456 1,673
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 90.66% 93.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 789 1,039
10th Percentile £300 £313 £229
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £660 £688 £699
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £510
% change year-on-year -1.96% - +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 58 70
10th Percentile £14.70 £37.82 £18.95
25th Percentile £16.25 £55.78 £45.21
Median hourly rate £27.50 £61.28 £61.52
Median % change year-on-year -55.12% -0.39% +26.19%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.75 £72.25
90th Percentile £76.00 £100.00 £76.19
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £57.79 £50.00
% change year-on-year -64.16% +15.59% +53.85%

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Technical Support job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Technical Support
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

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

Technical Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Support within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 30 October 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
Bracknell -13 8 £208 -
Reading +20 1 - - 2
Windsor -7 1 £223 +11.25%
Wokingham - 1 £165 -
Technical Support
South East

Technical Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 30 October 2025, Technical Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Technical Support in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 6 (54.55%) Data Protection
3 5 (45.45%) Analytics
3 5 (45.45%) JavaScript
3 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
3 5 (45.45%) Windows
4 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
4 4 (36.36%) CSS
4 4 (36.36%) Customer Experience
4 4 (36.36%) Customer Service
4 4 (36.36%) HTML
4 4 (36.36%) HTTP
4 4 (36.36%) Java
4 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
4 4 (36.36%) OO
4 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (27.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (27.27%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (27.27%) Customer Engagement
5 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
5 3 (27.27%) Firebug
5 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (27.27%) OAuth
5 3 (27.27%) Oracle
5 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
5 3 (27.27%) SaaS
5 3 (27.27%) XML
6 2 (18.18%) .NET
6 2 (18.18%) AWS

Technical Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (18.18%) SAS
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
2 3 (27.27%) SaaS
3 2 (18.18%) AWS
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (9.09%) GCP
4 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) HTTP
2 2 (18.18%) DNS
2 2 (18.18%) Wireshark
3 1 (9.09%) Network Security
3 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) Power BI
2 2 (18.18%) Tableau
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (9.09%) MySQL
3 1 (9.09%) Power Query
3 1 (9.09%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (9.09%) RDBMS
3 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
3 1 (9.09%) Sisense
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Browser DevTools
1 3 (27.27%) Firebug
2 2 (18.18%) Fiddler
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) French Language
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) German Language
3 1 (9.09%) Italian Language
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) CSS
1 4 (36.36%) HTML
2 3 (27.27%) OAuth
2 3 (27.27%) XML
3 2 (18.18%) .NET
3 2 (18.18%) MDX
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (9.09%) .NET Framework
4 1 (9.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Linux
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
3 1 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Data Protection
2 5 (45.45%) Analytics
3 4 (36.36%) Customer Experience
3 4 (36.36%) Customer Service
3 4 (36.36%) OO
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
5 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (18.18%) Identity Management
5 2 (18.18%) Privileged Identity Management
5 2 (18.18%) Resource Management
6 1 (9.09%) Change Management
6 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 1 (9.09%) CRM
6 1 (9.09%) ITSM
6 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
6 1 (9.09%) Service Management
6 1 (9.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) JavaScript
2 4 (36.36%) Java
3 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 2 (18.18%) SQL
4 1 (9.09%) C#
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (9.09%) Perl
4 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle
3 2 (18.18%) MicroStrategy
4 1 (9.09%) Google