Support Specialist Contracts in Blandford Forum

Support Specialist
Dorset > Blandford Forum

The median Support Specialist daily rate in Blandford Forum is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 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
25 Jun 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Blandford Forum 7.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £525 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Blandford Forum

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Blandford Forum. 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 Blandford Forum with a recognized job title 14 6 10
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 62.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 8
10th Percentile £508 £463 -
25th Percentile £516 £481 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £575 £544 £553
90th Percentile - £548 £605
Dorset median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £11.87 -
Dorset median hourly rate £15.50 £16.81 £53.51
% change year-on-year -7.79% -68.58% -1.66%

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Blandford Forum

For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, Support Specialist 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 Blandford Forum region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Blandford Forum 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 Support Specialist jobs in Dorset