IT Support Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

IT Support
England > East Midlands

The median IT Support daily rate in the East Midlands is £170, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 34 58
Rank change year-on-year -9 +24 +15
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 24 32 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 3.01% 4.00% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.28% 4.28% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 2
10th Percentile £145 £144 £166
25th Percentile £153 £171 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 £185 £188
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% -1.33% -3.85%
75th Percentile £193 £269 £197
90th Percentile £203 £323 £199
England median daily rate £200 £200 £200
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 6
10th Percentile £18.14 £23.32 £13.01
25th Percentile £21.20 £23.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.39 £24.18 £16.72
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +44.60% +0.59%
75th Percentile - £24.74 £19.81
90th Percentile £22.89 £25.08 £20.26
England median hourly rate £17.86 £21.23 £19.50
% change year-on-year -15.90% +8.87% +15.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 731 747 814
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 93.38% 93.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 498 449 587
10th Percentile £197 £250 £213
25th Percentile £330 £356 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £600
90th Percentile £625 £625 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 51 47
10th Percentile £15.64 £12.70 £12.70
25th Percentile £17.87 £14.14 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.32 £21.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +7.95% +13.90%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £25.83 £51.91 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the East Midlands

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the East Midlands

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support in the East Midlands

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire +3 8 - - 7
Nottinghamshire -3 6 £200 - 9
Northamptonshire -18 5 - - 16
Derbyshire -6 4 £140 -37.78% 9
Lincolnshire - 1 - - 19
IT Support
England

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, 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 East Midlands region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 13 (54.17%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 9 (37.50%) Project Management
4 8 (33.33%) Windows
4 8 (33.33%) Customer Service
5 7 (29.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (25.00%) Degree
6 6 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (25.00%) Service Management
6 6 (25.00%) ITSM
6 6 (25.00%) Manufacturing
6 6 (25.00%) ITIL
6 6 (25.00%) A+ Certification
7 5 (20.83%) Management Information System
7 5 (20.83%) Law
7 5 (20.83%) Change Management
7 5 (20.83%) Information Security
7 5 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (20.83%) Driving Licence
7 5 (20.83%) Problem Management
7 5 (20.83%) Data Protection
7 5 (20.83%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
7 5 (20.83%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (16.67%) Coaching
8 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
10 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
10 2 (8.33%) LAN

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) LAN
2 1 (4.17%) PuTTY
2 1 (4.17%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (4.17%) SSH
2 1 (4.17%) Telnet
2 1 (4.17%) VLAN
2 1 (4.17%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 5 (20.83%) Law
4 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Driving Licence
1 5 (20.83%) Management Information System
1 5 (20.83%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
2 1 (4.17%) Windows 7
2 1 (4.17%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (37.50%) Project Management
3 8 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 6 (25.00%) ITIL
4 6 (25.00%) ITSM
4 6 (25.00%) Service Management
5 5 (20.83%) Change Management
5 5 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (20.83%) Data Protection
5 5 (20.83%) Information Security
5 5 (20.83%) Problem Management
5 5 (20.83%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (16.67%) Coaching
7 2 (8.33%) Break/Fix
8 1 (4.17%) Computer Science
8 1 (4.17%) Fault Management
8 1 (4.17%) Knowledge Management
8 1 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (4.17%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) A+ Certification
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) CCENT
2 1 (4.17%) CCNA
2 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) BitLocker
2 1 (4.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco
3 1 (4.17%) Dell
3 1 (4.17%) Draytek
3 1 (4.17%) McAfee