IT Support Contracts in Birmingham

IT Support
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median IT Support daily rate in Birmingham is £210, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 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
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 52 66
Rank change year-on-year +5 +14 +20
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an IT Support 12 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.10% 1.00% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.35% 1.04% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 5
10th Percentile £143 - £147
25th Percentile £161 - £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £125 £190
Median % change year-on-year +68.00% -34.21% -10.59%
75th Percentile £278 £138 £400
90th Percentile £381 £175 -
West Midlands median daily rate £200 £165 £190
% change year-on-year +21.21% -13.16% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £20.01 - -
25th Percentile £22.03 £20.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £22.05 £21.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £22.08 £21.50 £19.75
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.05 £21.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year +5.00% -22.22% +47.14%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 511 671 824
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.34% 95.45% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 468 566
10th Percentile £164 £227 £263
25th Percentile £321 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £617 £600
90th Percentile £639 £725 £709
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 21 27
10th Percentile - £15.22 £13.22
25th Percentile £12.62 £18.50 £15.94
Median hourly rate £14.00 £37.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.67% +82.93% +13.89%
75th Percentile £24.31 £50.00 £28.46
90th Percentile £32.00 £56.25 £78.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £20.30 £20.74
% change year-on-year +23.18% -2.12% +15.19%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Birmingham

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Birmingham over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in Birmingham

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 21 August 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 Birmingham region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) ITIL
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
1 9 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (16.67%) Service Management
3 2 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (8.33%) Workflow
4 1 (8.33%) Advertising
4 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
4 1 (8.33%) Change Management
4 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
4 1 (8.33%) Citrix
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (8.33%) Windows
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
4 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Android
4 1 (8.33%) iPhone
4 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
4 1 (8.33%) Azure
4 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) OneDrive

IT Support 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 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
General
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Advertising
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (8.33%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Customer Service
1 9 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (16.67%) ITSM
2 2 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (8.33%) Change Management
3 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (8.33%) Push Notifications
3 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (8.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
1 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Citrix
2 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow