IT Support Contract Job Trends in East Kilbride

IT Support
South Lanarkshire > East Kilbride

The median IT Support daily rate in East Kilbride is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in East Kilbride 12.50% - 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.64% - 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - £225
75th Percentile £288 - £238
90th Percentile - - -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £275 - £225

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Kilbride

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East Kilbride. 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 East Kilbride with a recognized job title 22 5 148
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 100.00% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 84
10th Percentile £263 £370 £259
25th Percentile £531 £391 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £430 £595
Median % change year-on-year +34.88% -27.73% +42.51%
75th Percentile £642 £466 £653
90th Percentile £826 £487 £700
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £580 £430 £590
% change year-on-year +34.88% -27.12% +41.32%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in East Kilbride

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East Kilbride.

IT Support job vacancy trend in East Kilbride

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in East Kilbride

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in East Kilbride.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in East Kilbride

IT Support Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride

For the 6 months to 2 February 2026, IT Support 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 East Kilbride region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Data Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Inventory Management
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10

IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Signage
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Inventory Management
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving