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 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 26 46
Rank change year-on-year -11 +20 +11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 45 27 19
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 4.72% 4.87% 2.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.15% 5.30% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 9 10
10th Percentile - £132 £141
25th Percentile £154 £153 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £175 £188
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% -6.67% +37.61%
75th Percentile £205 £213 £211
90th Percentile £210 £239 £219
England median daily rate £180 £200 £200
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 8
10th Percentile £20.51 £23.21 £13.03
25th Percentile £21.25 £23.37 £14.19
Median hourly rate £22.50 £24.19 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.99% +56.06% -
75th Percentile £23.75 £25.02 £19.42
90th Percentile - £25.19 £20.15
England median hourly rate £18.50 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -17.78% +26.98% -4.22%

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 873 509 716
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.51% 91.88% 94.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 298 503
10th Percentile £185 £219 £180
25th Percentile £348 £329 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £423 £445
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% -5.06% -1.11%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £538
90th Percentile £625 £609 £664
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 23 60
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.48 £11.77
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £14.63
Median hourly rate £17.95 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -20.24% +26.98% +6.75%
75th Percentile £25.12 £24.74 £23.75
90th Percentile £26.43 £33.35 £43.65
England median hourly rate £29.60 £35.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -15.43% -11.50% +13.00%

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
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
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 23 January 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
Lincolnshire +5 16 £158 +1.61% 5
Nottinghamshire -5 15 £200 +17.35% 15
Leicestershire -1 7 £175 - 12
Northamptonshire -30 5 - - 4
Derbyshire -5 2 £140 -20.00% 3
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 January 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 15 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 15 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 15 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 15 (33.33%) Windows
2 12 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 9 (20.00%) HP
3 9 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (20.00%) Migration
4 8 (17.78%) ITSM
5 7 (15.56%) Active Directory
5 7 (15.56%) Cisco
5 7 (15.56%) Dell
5 7 (15.56%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (13.33%) Android
6 6 (13.33%) Apple
6 6 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (13.33%) Degree
6 6 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
6 6 (13.33%) Mac OS
6 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (13.33%) Programme Management
6 6 (13.33%) Project Delivery
6 6 (13.33%) SAP
6 6 (13.33%) Service Management
6 6 (13.33%) Wireless
7 5 (11.11%) A+ Certification
7 5 (11.11%) Change Management
7 5 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (11.11%) Data Protection

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 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.33%) Wireless
2 3 (6.67%) LAN
2 3 (6.67%) WLAN
3 1 (2.22%) PuTTY
3 1 (2.22%) SSH
3 1 (2.22%) Telnet
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 12 (26.67%) Manufacturing
2 7 (15.56%) Social Skills
3 6 (13.33%) Electronics
3 6 (13.33%) Finance
3 6 (13.33%) Marketing
3 6 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 6 (13.33%) Telecoms
4 3 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 5 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 5 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 5 (11.11%) Virtual Team
3 3 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 15 (33.33%) Windows
2 6 (13.33%) Android
2 6 (13.33%) Mac OS
3 4 (8.89%) Windows 10
3 4 (8.89%) Windows 7
3 4 (8.89%) Windows 8
4 1 (2.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 9 (20.00%) Migration
3 8 (17.78%) ITSM
4 7 (15.56%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
5 6 (13.33%) Programme Management
5 6 (13.33%) Project Delivery
5 6 (13.33%) Service Management
6 5 (11.11%) Change Management
6 5 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (11.11%) Data Protection
6 5 (11.11%) Information Security
6 5 (11.11%) ITIL
6 5 (11.11%) Problem Management
6 5 (11.11%) Project Management
6 5 (11.11%) Workflow
6 5 (11.11%) Workflow Management
7 3 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 15 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.33%) Degree
3 5 (11.11%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (15.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.22%) BitLocker
2 1 (2.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (8.89%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (20.00%) HP
1 9 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.56%) Cisco
2 7 (15.56%) Dell
3 6 (13.33%) Apple
3 6 (13.33%) SAP
4 4 (8.89%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.22%) Draytek
5 1 (2.22%) McAfee