IT Support Contracts in the City of London

IT Support
Central London > City of London

The median IT Support daily rate in the City of London is £275, 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 99 100 146
Rank change year-on-year +1 +46 +4
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 24 22 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.39% 1.03% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 1.08% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 26
10th Percentile £135 £123 £113
25th Percentile £161 £128 £152
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £200 £198
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +1.27% -21.00%
75th Percentile £325 £242 £261
90th Percentile £380 £355 £363
Central London median daily rate £244 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +21.88% - -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
10th Percentile - £12.75 -
25th Percentile - £14.88 £21.25
Median hourly rate - £22.50 £22.50
75th Percentile - £26.19 £23.75
90th Percentile - £27.00 -
Central London median hourly rate - £22.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year - - +23.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,623 2,042 3,244
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 95.20% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,024 1,409 2,175
10th Percentile £350 £350 £356
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -5.83% +5.26%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £790 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 20
10th Percentile £20.35 £16.33 £15.37
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £32.83 £22.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.29% -35.00% -13.58%
75th Percentile £63.75 £32.03 £72.50
90th Percentile £92.13 £45.13 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.24% -22.86% -13.58%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the City of London

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the City of London

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the City of London over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the City of London

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the City of London

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of 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
London Bridge - 3 - -
IT Support
Central London

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 City of London region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 12 (50.00%) Finance
3 11 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
4 10 (41.67%) Windows
5 9 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
7 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Office
7 7 (29.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (25.00%) Entra ID
8 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (25.00%) Azure
8 6 (25.00%) SharePoint
9 5 (20.83%) Asset Management
9 5 (20.83%) Inventory Management
10 4 (16.67%) Apple iOS
10 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (16.67%) Windows 10
10 4 (16.67%) Asana
10 4 (16.67%) IT Strategy
11 3 (12.50%) Service Management
11 3 (12.50%) ITIL
11 3 (12.50%) VoIP
11 3 (12.50%) Banking
11 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (12.50%) JIRA
11 3 (12.50%) Data Protection
11 3 (12.50%) SCCM
11 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
11 3 (12.50%) Onboarding

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.33%) Confluence
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.17%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (25.00%) Azure
2 6 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 4 (16.67%) Asana
4 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.17%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) VoIP
2 2 (8.33%) DHCP
2 2 (8.33%) DNS
2 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.17%) Firewall
3 1 (4.17%) LAN
3 1 (4.17%) VPN
3 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 12 (50.00%) Finance
2 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
3 7 (29.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (12.50%) Banking
6 2 (8.33%) Law
7 1 (4.17%) Billing
7 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.33%) iPad
2 2 (8.33%) iPhone
3 1 (4.17%) FMCG
3 1 (4.17%) Hedge funds
3 1 (4.17%) Replication
3 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (41.67%) Windows
2 4 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 4 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.17%) Android
3 1 (4.17%) Linux
3 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.83%) Asset Management
2 5 (20.83%) Inventory Management
3 4 (16.67%) IT Strategy
4 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 3 (12.50%) ITIL
4 3 (12.50%) Service Management
4 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.33%) Change Management
5 2 (8.33%) Customer Service
5 2 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (8.33%) Information Security
5 2 (8.33%) ITSM
5 2 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (8.33%) Preventative Maintenance
5 2 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (4.17%) Backlog Management
6 1 (4.17%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (4.17%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (12.50%) SCCM
3 2 (8.33%) CASB
4 1 (4.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Apple
2 2 (8.33%) Cisco
2 2 (8.33%) Google
3 1 (4.17%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.17%) VMware
3 1 (4.17%) Zscaler