Support Specialist Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Support Specialist
England > East Midlands

The median Support Specialist daily rate in the East Midlands is £215, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 - 63
Rank change year-on-year - - +31
Contract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.47% - 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% - 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £207 - -
25th Percentile £209 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 - £300
75th Percentile £219 - -
90th Percentile £220 - -
England median daily rate £275 £330 £350
% change year-on-year -16.67% -5.71% -17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £15.13
25th Percentile - - £15.71
Median hourly rate - - £17.95
75th Percentile - - £19.87
90th Percentile - - £20.25
England median hourly rate £17.00 £16.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +6.25% -17.95% -

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 790 678 765
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.07% 93.13% 94.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 397 557
10th Percentile £190 £250 £210
25th Percentile £335 £350 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £440 £455
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -3.38% -0.51%
75th Percentile £524 £525 £588
90th Percentile £634 £613 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 36 54
10th Percentile £16.17 £14.09 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.32 £24.18 £18.16
Median % change year-on-year -11.83% +33.13% +6.84%
75th Percentile £25.15 £44.19 £28.75
90th Percentile £25.92 £52.50 £68.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Support Specialist job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Support Specialist
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 Support Specialist within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 November 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
Derbyshire - 2 - -
Nottinghamshire - 2 £215 - 1
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 10 November 2025, Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (50.00%) Windows

Support Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
1 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow