IT Support Contracts in the City of London

IT Support
Central London > City of London

The median IT Support daily rate in the City of London is £205 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 152 140
Rank change year-on-year +48 -12 +1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 27 24 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.22% 0.65% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 0.68% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 19 43
10th Percentile £119 £138 £129
25th Percentile £153 £145 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £175 £250
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% -30.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £250 £255 £279
90th Percentile £543 £294 £385
Central London median daily rate £205 £224 £250
% change year-on-year -8.38% -10.50% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 5
10th Percentile £12.75 - £11.62
25th Percentile £14.30 £15.75 £13.88
Median hourly rate £20.72 £16.50 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year +25.55% +15.79% +59.93%
75th Percentile £23.75 £17.25 £14.63
90th Percentile £25.38 - £22.35
Central London median hourly rate £20.72 £16.50 £14.25
% change year-on-year +25.55% +15.79% +59.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,111 3,519 4,037
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.05% 95.24% 94.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,504 2,375 3,064
10th Percentile £350 £350 £365
25th Percentile £450 £469 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £789 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £560
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.68% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 28 50
10th Percentile £16.46 £15.50 £13.74
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.49 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -6.04% +77.47%
75th Percentile £27.50 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £44.10 £85.99 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year -24.11% -6.04% +77.47%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the City of London

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the City of London

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the City of London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the City of London

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the City of London

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in the City of London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, IT Support 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 IT Support in the job title.

1 18 (66.67%) Windows
2 12 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
4 10 (37.04%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
5 8 (29.63%) Active Directory
6 7 (25.93%) Windows 10
7 6 (22.22%) ServiceNow
7 6 (22.22%) Asset Management
7 6 (22.22%) Finance
8 5 (18.52%) VPN
9 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (14.81%) iPhone
9 4 (14.81%) Customer Service
9 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (14.81%) Citrix
9 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
9 4 (14.81%) Wireless
9 4 (14.81%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (11.11%) Problem Management
10 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
10 3 (11.11%) Service Delivery
10 3 (11.11%) Apple
10 3 (11.11%) Financial Institution
10 3 (11.11%) Bloomberg
10 3 (11.11%) Blackberry
10 3 (11.11%) Application Virtualisation
10 3 (11.11%) Windows 7
10 3 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
11 2 (7.41%) Azure

IT Support 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:

Applications
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Orchestrade
Cloud Services
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.41%) Azure
3 1 (3.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) VPN
2 4 (14.81%) Wireless
3 2 (7.41%) Firewall
3 2 (7.41%) LAN
3 2 (7.41%) WAN
4 1 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
General
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Finance
3 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
4 3 (11.11%) Financial Institution
5 2 (7.41%) Front Office
6 1 (3.70%) Advertising
6 1 (3.70%) Banking
6 1 (3.70%) Billing
6 1 (3.70%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) iPhone
1 4 (14.81%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (11.11%) Blackberry
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (7.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (7.41%) iPad
4 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.70%) Handset
4 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.70%) Market Risk
4 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (66.67%) Windows
2 7 (25.93%) Windows 10
3 3 (11.11%) Windows 7
4 2 (7.41%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.70%) Android
5 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Asset Management
2 4 (14.81%) Customer Service
2 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (11.11%) Application Virtualisation
3 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
3 3 (11.11%) Problem Management
3 3 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Modelling
4 2 (7.41%) Customer Experience
4 2 (7.41%) Data Analysis
4 2 (7.41%) Logistics
4 2 (7.41%) Order Management
4 2 (7.41%) Risk Management
4 2 (7.41%) Workflow
5 1 (3.70%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.70%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (3.70%) Escalation Management
5 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) A+ Certification
2 1 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (3.70%) MCITP
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (29.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) FortiGate
1 2 (7.41%) SCCM
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) ServiceNow
3 4 (14.81%) Citrix
4 3 (11.11%) Apple
4 3 (11.11%) Bloomberg
5 2 (7.41%) Acronis
5 2 (7.41%) Barracuda Networks
5 2 (7.41%) Murex
6 1 (3.70%) BT