IT Support Contracts in Central London

IT Support
London > Central London

The median IT Support daily rate in Central London is £234, 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 101 103 133
Rank change year-on-year +2 +30 +9
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 28 30 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.40% 1.23% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 1.29% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 34
10th Percentile £158 £121 £140
25th Percentile £178 £172 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £234 £205 £220
Median % change year-on-year +14.02% -6.82% -12.00%
75th Percentile £316 £259 £274
90th Percentile £383 £448 £396
London median daily rate £238 £210 £220
% change year-on-year +13.10% -4.55% +8.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
London median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £22.63
% change year-on-year +19.00% -11.62% +21.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,852 2,329 3,676
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 95.22% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,658 2,523
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £454 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
75th Percentile £675 £682 £725
90th Percentile £775 £794 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 32 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £21.81 £18.93
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.78 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.76% -26.34% -6.04%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £43.38 £86.65
London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Central London

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support in Central London

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in Central London

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in Central London

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
City of London +6 23 £238 +16.26% 10
Southwark - 4 £238 -
IT Support
London

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

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 Central London region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 19 (67.86%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (57.14%) Windows
3 15 (53.57%) Microsoft
3 15 (53.57%) Active Directory
3 15 (53.57%) Finance
4 11 (39.29%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
5 10 (35.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (35.71%) Azure
6 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (25.00%) Entra ID
7 7 (25.00%) Apple iOS
7 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
8 6 (21.43%) SharePoint
8 6 (21.43%) Windows 10
9 5 (17.86%) Asset Management
10 4 (14.29%) Wealth Management
10 4 (14.29%) Data Protection
10 4 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (14.29%) Asana
10 4 (14.29%) IT Strategy
10 4 (14.29%) Inventory Management
10 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (10.71%) AWS
11 3 (10.71%) Mobile Device Management
11 3 (10.71%) Onboarding
11 3 (10.71%) VoIP
11 3 (10.71%) DHCP

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 6 (21.43%) SharePoint
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 19 (67.86%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (35.71%) Azure
3 7 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (14.29%) Asana
5 3 (10.71%) AWS
6 2 (7.14%) OneDrive
7 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (10.71%) DHCP
2 3 (10.71%) DNS
2 3 (10.71%) TCP/IP
2 3 (10.71%) VoIP
2 3 (10.71%) VPN
3 2 (7.14%) LAN
4 1 (3.57%) Firewall
4 1 (3.57%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 15 (53.57%) Finance
2 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
3 10 (35.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Billing
6 1 (3.57%) Law
6 1 (3.57%) Local Government
6 1 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Onboarding
2 2 (7.14%) iPad
2 2 (7.14%) iPhone
3 1 (3.57%) BYOD
3 1 (3.57%) FMCG
3 1 (3.57%) Hedge funds
3 1 (3.57%) Replication
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.57%) Smartphone
3 1 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) Windows
2 7 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 6 (21.43%) Windows 10
4 2 (7.14%) Android
4 2 (7.14%) Linux
4 2 (7.14%) Mac OS
4 2 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (17.86%) Asset Management
3 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 4 (14.29%) Inventory Management
3 4 (14.29%) IT Strategy
3 4 (14.29%) Wealth Management
4 3 (10.71%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (7.14%) Change Management
5 2 (7.14%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (7.14%) Incident Management
5 2 (7.14%) Information Security
5 2 (7.14%) ITSM
5 2 (7.14%) Preventative Maintenance
5 2 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (7.14%) Service Management
5 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.14%) Ticket Management
6 1 (3.57%) ITIL
6 1 (3.57%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (3.57%) DBS Check
1 1 (3.57%) Degree
1 1 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (53.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.14%) CASB
2 2 (7.14%) SCCM
3 1 (3.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (53.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) Apple
2 2 (7.14%) Cisco
2 2 (7.14%) Google
2 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow
2 2 (7.14%) VMware
3 1 (3.57%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.57%) Zscaler