Support Analyst Contracts in the City of London

Support Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Support Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 May 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 111 132
Rank change year-on-year +14 +21 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 25 17 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.45% 0.78% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 0.82% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 32
10th Percentile £200 £183 £163
25th Percentile £263 £242 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £294 £240
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% +22.29% -32.63%
75th Percentile £526 £336 £547
90th Percentile £725 £404 £650
Central London median daily rate £300 £294 £240
% change year-on-year +2.21% +22.29% -23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £22.50 -
% change year-on-year +29.20% - -

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 1,607 2,070 3,363
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.21% 95.00% 94.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,004 1,459 2,286
10th Percentile £350 £350 £361
25th Percentile £462 £443 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.73%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £790 £820
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 23
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.58 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.59% -34.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £47.50 £28.44 £58.75
90th Percentile £89.13 £40.00 £87.64
Central London median hourly rate £28.61 £26.41 £35.00
% change year-on-year +8.35% -24.56% -5.41%

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Analyst in the City of London

Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Support Analyst 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 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Analyst in the City of London

Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Analyst in the City of London

Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (52.00%) Finance
2 12 (48.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (48.00%) Windows
3 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
4 8 (32.00%) Active Directory
5 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (24.00%) Citrix
6 6 (24.00%) Bloomberg
6 6 (24.00%) SQL
6 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (24.00%) Azure
6 6 (24.00%) Windows Server
7 5 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (20.00%) ServiceNow
7 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
8 4 (16.00%) CRM
8 4 (16.00%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
9 3 (12.00%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (12.00%) Product Roadmap
9 3 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (12.00%) Refinitiv
9 3 (12.00%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (12.00%) Portfolio Management
9 3 (12.00%) Apple iOS
9 3 (12.00%) Data Privacy
9 3 (12.00%) iPhone
9 3 (12.00%) Root Cause Analysis
9 3 (12.00%) Broadcom
9 3 (12.00%) Entra ID

Support Analyst 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 2 (8.00%) Confluence
1 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) Apache
2 1 (4.00%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (8.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (12.00%) CA PPM
3 1 (4.00%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) Azure
2 5 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (12.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (8.00%) OneDrive
4 2 (8.00%) SaaS
5 1 (4.00%) dbt
5 1 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (4.00%) GitHub
5 1 (4.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (8.00%) DHCP
2 2 (8.00%) DNS
2 2 (8.00%) Firewall
2 2 (8.00%) WebEx
3 1 (4.00%) LAN
3 1 (4.00%) VPN
3 1 (4.00%) WAN
3 1 (4.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (4.00%) Apache Iceberg
2 1 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.00%) DynamoDB
2 1 (4.00%) Flink
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.00%) Git
2 1 (4.00%) SonarQube
General
1 13 (52.00%) Finance
2 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Arabic Language
3 3 (12.00%) Czech Language
3 3 (12.00%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Front Office
3 3 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Back Office
5 1 (4.00%) Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Billing
5 1 (4.00%) International Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Equities
1 3 (12.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 3 (12.00%) iPad
1 3 (12.00%) iPhone
2 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.00%) Smartphone
3 1 (4.00%) BYOD
3 1 (4.00%) Hedge funds
3 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 12 (48.00%) Windows
2 6 (24.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (12.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (8.00%) Windows 10
5 1 (4.00%) Android
5 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (16.00%) CRM
2 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (12.00%) Agile
3 3 (12.00%) Asset Management
3 3 (12.00%) Data Privacy
3 3 (12.00%) ITIL
3 3 (12.00%) ITSM
3 3 (12.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (12.00%) Portfolio Management
3 3 (12.00%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (12.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (12.00%) Service Management
3 3 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (8.00%) Data Extraction
4 2 (8.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (8.00%) Information Security
4 2 (8.00%) Investment Management
4 2 (8.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) SQL
2 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (12.00%) Python
4 2 (8.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) Degree
1 1 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (32.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) SCCM
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) Bloomberg
2 6 (24.00%) Citrix
3 5 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 3 (12.00%) Broadcom
4 3 (12.00%) Refinitiv
4 3 (12.00%) Reuters
5 2 (8.00%) Apple
5 2 (8.00%) Trayport
6 1 (4.00%) Confluent
6 1 (4.00%) FactSet
6 1 (4.00%) IBM
6 1 (4.00%) Nexthink
6 1 (4.00%) Salesforce
6 1 (4.00%) Zscaler