IT Support Analyst Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

IT Support Analyst
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median IT Support Analyst daily rate in Birmingham is £223, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 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
8 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 62 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Analyst 7 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.20% 0.28% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 0.29% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £175 - -
25th Percentile £189 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £223 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% - -
75th Percentile £259 - -
90th Percentile £276 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £160 £180 £190
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +4.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.03 £20.50 -
Median hourly rate £22.05 £21.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £22.08 £21.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.05 £21.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +5.00% -23.64% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 521 678 827
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.37% 95.63% 96.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 455 558
10th Percentile £184 £206 £260
25th Percentile £350 £368 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £540 £622 £600
90th Percentile £642 £729 £702
West Midlands median daily rate £487 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.55% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 16 29
10th Percentile - £15.61 £13.46
25th Percentile £12.62 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £31.81 £20.97
Median % change year-on-year -55.99% +51.70% +16.50%
75th Percentile £26.51 £50.63 £35.08
90th Percentile £33.72 £55.13 £67.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £19.59 £20.99
% change year-on-year +28.38% -6.65% +16.58%

IT Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Analyst in Birmingham

IT Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Analyst job vacancies in Birmingham

IT Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Analyst job vacancies in Birmingham

IT Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 8 September 2025, IT Support Analyst 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 Birmingham region featuring IT Support Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
1 7 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
4 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
4 1 (14.29%) Service Management
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) Workflow
4 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Azure
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving

IT Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft