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 £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 81 120
Rank change year-on-year -37 +39 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 14 45 14
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.58% 2.41% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 2.58% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 34 10
10th Percentile £185 £169 £196
25th Percentile £224 £263 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £319 £294
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +8.60% +22.29%
75th Percentile £351 £438 £336
90th Percentile £394 £600 £404
Central London median daily rate £200 £313 £294
% change year-on-year -36.00% +6.47% +22.29%

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 2,258 1,744 2,015
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 93.36% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,508 1,119 1,369
10th Percentile £356 £348 £350
25th Percentile £455 £442 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £790
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £555
% change year-on-year - -0.81% -6.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 22 17
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.57 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £19.50 £32.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% -18.75% +0.43%
75th Percentile £40.88 £62.00 £78.75
90th Percentile £59.72 £86.43 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.08 £30.04 £30.41
% change year-on-year -23.16% -1.22% -13.13%

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 21 July 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 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 21 July 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 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (50.00%) Windows
3 5 (35.71%) Entra ID
4 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
4 4 (28.57%) ITIL
4 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
5 3 (21.43%) DHCP
5 3 (21.43%) DNS
5 3 (21.43%) JIRA
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (21.43%) Problem Management
5 3 (21.43%) SQL
5 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
5 3 (21.43%) VPN
6 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
6 2 (14.29%) Azure
6 2 (14.29%) Bloomberg
6 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
6 2 (14.29%) Change Control
6 2 (14.29%) Citrix
6 2 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
6 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
6 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (14.29%) OneDrive
6 2 (14.29%) Service Management
6 2 (14.29%) SLA
6 2 (14.29%) User Experience

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Entra ID
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (14.29%) Azure
3 2 (14.29%) OneDrive
4 1 (7.14%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) DHCP
1 3 (21.43%) DNS
1 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
1 3 (21.43%) VPN
2 1 (7.14%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) KDB
1 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
General
1 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
3 3 (21.43%) Front Office
4 2 (14.29%) Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
4 2 (14.29%) Investment Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Back Office
5 1 (7.14%) Law
5 1 (7.14%) Military
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) .NET
1 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (21.43%) Onboarding
2 2 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (7.14%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (7.14%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
3 1 (7.14%) Android
3 1 (7.14%) Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Unix
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 3 (21.43%) Problem Management
4 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
4 2 (14.29%) Change Control
4 2 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
4 2 (14.29%) Service Management
4 2 (14.29%) User Experience
5 1 (7.14%) Agile
5 1 (7.14%) Change Management
5 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.14%) Electronic Trading
5 1 (7.14%) Identity Management
5 1 (7.14%) ITSM
5 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
5 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) C#
2 1 (7.14%) PL/SQL
2 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Bloomberg
2 2 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (7.14%) Dynatrace
3 1 (7.14%) Murex
3 1 (7.14%) Oracle
3 1 (7.14%) Remedy
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.14%) Splunk
3 1 (7.14%) Wallstreet Suite