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 19 September 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 47 34
Rank change year-on-year -5 -13 +24
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 33 24 32
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.46% 3.04% 4.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.82% 3.33% 4.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 7
10th Percentile £133 £145 £144
25th Percentile £169 £153 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £170 £185
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -8.11% -1.33%
75th Percentile £325 £193 £269
90th Percentile - £203 £323
England median daily rate £200 £200 £200
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 3
10th Percentile - £18.14 £23.32
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.20 £23.64
Median hourly rate £18.75 £21.39 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -12.34% -11.54% +44.60%
75th Percentile £19.13 - £24.74
90th Percentile £24.04 £22.89 £25.08
England median hourly rate £17.73 £17.86 £21.23
% change year-on-year -0.73% -15.90% +8.87%

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 1,172 721 749
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.40% 91.38% 93.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 517 490 450
10th Percentile £263 £190 £250
25th Percentile £402 £330 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.90% -8.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £575
90th Percentile £659 £625 £625
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.35% -3.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 65 52
10th Percentile £12.76 £15.54 £12.71
25th Percentile £13.97 £17.87 £14.20
Median hourly rate £18.31 £21.39 £20.80
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% +2.86% +3.98%
75th Percentile £26.55 £25.15 £50.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £25.96 £51.91
England median hourly rate £44.46 £25.15 £46.71
% change year-on-year +76.76% -46.16% +3.81%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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
Northamptonshire +23 17 £300 - 8
Nottinghamshire -9 10 £200 - 4
Derbyshire -6 4 - - 8
Leicestershire -14 2 £175 - 7
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 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 10 (30.30%) Customer Service
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft 365
1 10 (30.30%) Windows
2 9 (27.27%) Active Directory
3 8 (24.24%) Microsoft
4 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.12%) Entra ID
5 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (12.12%) SharePoint
6 3 (9.09%) ITSM
6 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
6 3 (9.09%) Security Cleared
6 3 (9.09%) ServiceNow
7 2 (6.06%) CRM
7 2 (6.06%) JIRA
7 2 (6.06%) LAN
7 2 (6.06%) Performance Engineering
7 2 (6.06%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (6.06%) Windows 10
7 2 (6.06%) WLAN
8 1 (3.03%) Asset Management
8 1 (3.03%) Collaborative Working
8 1 (3.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (3.03%) DHCP
8 1 (3.03%) DNS
8 1 (3.03%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
8 1 (3.03%) Incident Management

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 (15.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (12.12%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.12%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.03%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) LAN
1 2 (6.06%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (6.06%) WLAN
2 1 (3.03%) DHCP
2 1 (3.03%) DNS
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
General
1 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Retail
3 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Automotive
4 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Onboarding
1 3 (9.09%) Virtual Team
2 2 (6.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (3.03%) Clustering
3 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 10 (30.30%) Windows
2 2 (6.06%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.03%) Linux
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Customer Service
2 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (9.09%) ITSM
5 2 (6.06%) CRM
5 2 (6.06%) Performance Engineering
6 1 (3.03%) Asset Management
6 1 (3.03%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (3.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.03%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.03%) IT Asset Management
6 1 (3.03%) ITIL
6 1 (3.03%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.03%) Validation
6 1 (3.03%) Virtual Environments
6 1 (3.03%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 3 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 1 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 9 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.03%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) ServiceNow