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 £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 46 45
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 +15
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 35 22 22
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.84% 2.89% 2.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.21% 3.20% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 8
10th Percentile £133 £145 £105
25th Percentile £163 £153 £116
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £170 £178
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -4.23% -1.39%
75th Percentile £325 £193 £259
90th Percentile - £203 £314
England median daily rate £200 £200 £193
% change year-on-year - +3.90% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 3
10th Percentile £13.25 £21.20 £23.32
25th Percentile £13.81 - £23.64
Median hourly rate £17.93 £21.39 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -16.20% -11.54% +56.00%
75th Percentile £19.13 - £24.74
90th Percentile £22.73 £23.27 £25.08
England median hourly rate £17.73 £18.26 £18.46
% change year-on-year -2.90% -1.11% -6.53%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,092 688 711
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.64% 90.29% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 464 460
10th Percentile £260 £200 £227
25th Percentile £402 £325 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £403 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.08% -10.53% -5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £500 £561
90th Percentile £661 £624 £622
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 63 62
10th Percentile £13.25 £15.33 £12.71
25th Percentile £14.55 £17.87 £14.33
Median hourly rate £18.31 £21.39 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% +0.66% +1.19%
75th Percentile £27.73 £25.15 £42.56
90th Percentile £56.25 £29.54 £51.91
England median hourly rate £42.50 £26.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +63.46% -42.22% +6.95%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

IT Support job vacancy trend 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
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support 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 August 2026.

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 August 2026. 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
Nottinghamshire -9 15 £200 - 5
Northamptonshire +22 14 £300 - 7
Derbyshire -8 4 - - 5
Leicestershire -13 2 £175 - 5
IT Support
England

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 20 August 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 Midlands region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 14 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 14 (40.00%) Windows
2 13 (37.14%) Customer Service
3 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
4 9 (25.71%) Active Directory
5 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.43%) Entra ID
6 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
6 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
6 4 (11.43%) ServiceNow
6 4 (11.43%) SharePoint
7 3 (8.57%) ITSM
8 2 (5.71%) Asset Management
8 2 (5.71%) CRM
8 2 (5.71%) ITIL
8 2 (5.71%) JIRA
8 2 (5.71%) LAN
8 2 (5.71%) Performance Engineering
8 2 (5.71%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (5.71%) Service Delivery
8 2 (5.71%) Windows 10
8 2 (5.71%) WLAN
9 1 (2.86%) Coaching
9 1 (2.86%) Collaborative Working
9 1 (2.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (2.86%) Cybersecurity
9 1 (2.86%) DHCP

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

Application Platforms
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (11.43%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (11.43%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.86%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) LAN
1 2 (5.71%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (5.71%) WLAN
2 1 (2.86%) DHCP
2 1 (2.86%) DNS
2 1 (2.86%) Value-Added Service
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 6 (17.14%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.29%) Retail
3 2 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Automotive
4 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Onboarding
1 3 (8.57%) Virtual Team
2 2 (5.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (2.86%) Clustering
3 1 (2.86%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (5.71%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.86%) Linux
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) Customer Service
2 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (8.57%) ITSM
5 2 (5.71%) Asset Management
5 2 (5.71%) CRM
5 2 (5.71%) ITIL
5 2 (5.71%) Performance Engineering
5 2 (5.71%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.86%) Coaching
6 1 (2.86%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (2.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (2.86%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (2.86%) Incident Management
6 1 (2.86%) IT Asset Management
6 1 (2.86%) Service Management
6 1 (2.86%) Software Asset Management
6 1 (2.86%) Validation
6 1 (2.86%) Virtual Environments
6 1 (2.86%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
1 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 1 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 9 (25.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.86%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) ServiceNow