Technical Support Specialist Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Technical Support Specialist
Central London > City of London

The median Technical Support Specialist daily rate in the City of London is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.044% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £163 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - -
75th Percentile £188 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £175 - -

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 2,153 1,645 2,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 92.99% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,450 1,037 1,503
10th Percentile £355 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.68% -6.67%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £792
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 17
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.00 £16.46
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £31.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +34.78% -34.29%
75th Percentile £52.41 £48.75 £27.50
90th Percentile £62.36 £92.75 £44.10
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £25.78
% change year-on-year -10.18% +12.76% -26.34%

Technical Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Technical Support Specialist job vacancy trend in the City of London

Technical Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Technical Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Technical Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 26 April 2026, Technical Support Specialist 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 Technical Support Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Technical Support Specialist 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft