IT Support Contracts in Bristol

IT Support
South West > Bristol

The median IT Support daily rate in Bristol is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 66 85
Rank change year-on-year +23 +19 -3
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 12 8 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.23% 0.76% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.34% 0.80% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 10
10th Percentile £147 £161 £109
25th Percentile £180 £210 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £220 £160
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +37.50% -36.00%
75th Percentile - £300 £188
90th Percentile - - £213
South West median daily rate £215 £201 £168
% change year-on-year +6.83% +20.15% -16.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile - £12.53 £13.98
25th Percentile £18.13 £12.75 £16.21
Median hourly rate £18.26 £13.12 £20.64
Median % change year-on-year +39.19% -36.46% +17.94%
75th Percentile £18.38 £13.48 £25.68
90th Percentile £18.45 £13.70 £28.27
South West median hourly rate £18.26 £25.00 £18.26
% change year-on-year -26.98% +36.93% +7.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 512 1,004 1,131
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.34% 94.99% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 541 805
10th Percentile £213 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £564 £613 £630
90th Percentile £650 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 218 142
10th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 £30.97
25th Percentile £43.75 £45.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +55.95%
75th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £86.23
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Bristol

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in Bristol

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Bristol region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (58.33%) Windows 7
5 6 (50.00%) Break/Fix
6 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
6 5 (41.67%) Public Sector
7 4 (33.33%) Windows 10
7 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
8 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
8 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
9 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (16.67%) Mac OS
10 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
10 1 (8.33%) ITSM
10 1 (8.33%) Legal
10 1 (8.33%) Apple
10 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
10 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
10 1 (8.33%) User Experience
10 1 (8.33%) Performance Metrics
10 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
10 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
10 1 (8.33%) Azure
10 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
10 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
10 1 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
General
1 5 (41.67%) Public Sector
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (58.33%) Windows 7
3 4 (33.33%) Windows 10
4 2 (16.67%) Mac OS
5 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Break/Fix
2 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (8.33%) ITSM
3 1 (8.33%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (8.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Apple