Support Analyst Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Support Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Support Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £220, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 103 117
Rank change year-on-year -16 +14 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 10 17 14
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.45% 0.97% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 1.05% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 10
10th Percentile £165 £197 £183
25th Percentile £170 £263 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £350 £312
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +12.18% +30.00%
75th Percentile £397 £526 £336
90th Percentile £513 £685 £466
Central London median daily rate £195 £381 £312
% change year-on-year -48.85% +22.20% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - £29.07 £22.50
% change year-on-year - +29.20% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 2,086 1,619 2,150
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 92.83% 94.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,421 1,030 1,528
10th Percentile £353 £357 £343
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -5.46%
75th Percentile £675 £681 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 10 17
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £15.30
25th Percentile £18.90 £24.66 £19.92
Median hourly rate £36.28 £32.83 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +45.89% -35.71%
75th Percentile £52.41 £60.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £62.36 £108.75 £49.35
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £30.04 £26.56
% change year-on-year -13.07% +13.08% -24.11%

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Support Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the City of London

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the City of London

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Support Analyst in the City of London

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the City of London

Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 10 April 2026, Support Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Support Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Customer Service
1 8 (80.00%) User Experience
2 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) E-business
3 1 (10.00%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (10.00%) ION MarketView
3 1 (10.00%) ION Trading
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (10.00%) Murex
3 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) Unix
3 1 (10.00%) Wallstreet Suite

Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) ION MarketView
General
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Banking
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
1 2 (20.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (10.00%) Front Office
2 1 (10.00%) Military
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Customer Service
1 8 (80.00%) User Experience
2 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) E-business
3 1 (10.00%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) ION Trading
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Murex
1 1 (10.00%) Wallstreet Suite