IT Support Contracts in Central London

IT Support
London > Central London

The median IT Support daily rate in Central London is £244, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 109 134
Rank change year-on-year +12 +25 +12
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 29 24 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.51% 1.01% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.62% 1.06% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 15 36
10th Percentile £146 £123 £123
25th Percentile £178 £133 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £244 £200 £200
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £316 £234 £257
90th Percentile £365 £340 £300
London median daily rate £238 £200 £205
% change year-on-year +18.75% -2.44% -8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
10th Percentile - £12.75 -
25th Percentile - £17.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate - £22.50 £22.50
75th Percentile - £25.38 £23.75
90th Percentile - £27.00 -
London median hourly rate £23.00 £22.15 £22.57
% change year-on-year +3.84% -1.87% +28.99%

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 1,795 2,264 3,481
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 95.41% 94.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,157 1,573 2,349
10th Percentile £345 £350 £319
25th Percentile £447 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £675 £683 £719
90th Percentile £775 £788 £820
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 27 23
10th Percentile £22.38 £20.10 £15.72
25th Percentile £24.66 £21.25 £19.36
Median hourly rate £30.04 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.24% -22.86% -13.58%
75th Percentile £51.31 £28.59 £61.25
90th Percentile £77.16 £41.50 £87.64
London median hourly rate £33.45 £27.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year +21.62% -25.21% +5.06%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 +1 24 £275 +37.50% 47
Southwark - 3 - -
West End of London - 1 £250 -
City of Westminster - 1 £250 - 2
IT Support
London

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 16 (55.17%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (51.72%) Windows
3 14 (48.28%) Finance
3 14 (48.28%) Social Skills
4 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
4 13 (44.83%) Active Directory
5 9 (31.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (27.59%) Azure
7 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Office
8 6 (20.69%) SharePoint
8 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (20.69%) Entra ID
9 5 (17.24%) Inventory Management
9 5 (17.24%) Asset Management
10 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (13.79%) VPN
10 4 (13.79%) Windows 10
10 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (13.79%) Asana
10 4 (13.79%) IT Strategy
10 4 (13.79%) Apple iOS
11 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
11 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
11 3 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (10.34%) Service Management
11 3 (10.34%) DNS
11 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (10.34%) LAN
11 3 (10.34%) VoIP

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 (20.69%) SharePoint
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (6.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 16 (55.17%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (27.59%) Azure
3 6 (20.69%) Entra ID
4 4 (13.79%) Asana
5 2 (6.90%) AWS
6 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
6 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) VPN
2 3 (10.34%) DHCP
2 3 (10.34%) DNS
2 3 (10.34%) LAN
2 3 (10.34%) VoIP
2 3 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.45%) Firewall
4 1 (3.45%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JIRA
General
1 14 (48.28%) Finance
1 14 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Banking
5 2 (6.90%) Law
6 1 (3.45%) Billing
6 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.90%) iPad
2 2 (6.90%) iPhone
3 1 (3.45%) FMCG
3 1 (3.45%) Hedge funds
3 1 (3.45%) Replication
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (51.72%) Windows
2 4 (13.79%) Apple iOS
2 4 (13.79%) Windows 10
3 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.45%) Android
4 1 (3.45%) Linux
4 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (17.24%) Asset Management
2 5 (17.24%) Inventory Management
3 4 (13.79%) IT Strategy
3 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (10.34%) Data Protection
4 3 (10.34%) ITIL
4 3 (10.34%) Service Management
4 3 (10.34%) Wealth Management
5 2 (6.90%) Change Management
5 2 (6.90%) Customer Service
5 2 (6.90%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (6.90%) Information Security
5 2 (6.90%) ITSM
5 2 (6.90%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (6.90%) Preventative Maintenance
5 2 (6.90%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (6.90%) Ticket Management
6 1 (3.45%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (44.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.34%) SCCM
3 2 (6.90%) CASB
4 1 (3.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Apple
2 2 (6.90%) Cisco
2 2 (6.90%) Google
3 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.45%) VMware
3 1 (3.45%) Zscaler