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 £331, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 99 115
Rank change year-on-year -6 +16 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 14 21 14
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.75% 1.13% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 1.21% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 10
10th Percentile £165 £204 £221
25th Percentile £195 £258 £257
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year -17.19% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £417 £526 £569
90th Percentile £447 £685 £679
Central London median daily rate £331 £406 £438
% change year-on-year -18.46% -7.14% +23.24%
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 £18.87 - £22.50
% change year-on-year - - -10.00%

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 1,756 1,732 2,311
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 92.92% 94.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,220 1,060 1,665
10th Percentile £343 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £569
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.05% -2.53%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £788
Central London median daily rate £539 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -6.30% +2.22% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 19
10th Percentile £19.98 £13.18 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.37 £20.00 £19.42
Median hourly rate £37.25 £27.25 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.70% +13.54% -4.00%
75th Percentile £43.86 £58.19 £43.38
90th Percentile £52.96 £112.00 £54.95
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% +18.34%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 9 (64.29%) Customer Service
2 7 (50.00%) User Experience
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
4 2 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 2 (14.29%) ITSM
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (14.29%) Service Management
4 2 (14.29%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (14.29%) Windows
5 1 (7.14%) Android
5 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
5 1 (7.14%) Azure
5 1 (7.14%) Customer Experience
5 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (7.14%) E-business
5 1 (7.14%) Electronic Trading
5 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
5 1 (7.14%) Investment Management
5 1 (7.14%) ION MarketView
5 1 (7.14%) ION Trading
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (7.14%) Logitech
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
5 1 (7.14%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (7.14%) Problem Management

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%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (7.14%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Front Office
3 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) BYOD
1 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.14%) Fixed Income
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
1 1 (7.14%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Android
2 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
2 1 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Customer Service
2 7 (50.00%) User Experience
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 2 (14.29%) ITSM
4 2 (14.29%) Service Management
5 1 (7.14%) Customer Experience
5 1 (7.14%) E-business
5 1 (7.14%) Electronic Trading
5 1 (7.14%) Investment Management
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (7.14%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (7.14%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) ION Trading
1 1 (7.14%) Logitech
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow