Technical Support Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Technical Support
England > East Midlands

The median Technical Support daily rate in the East Midlands is £215, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 55 62
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support 12 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.39% 0.83% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 0.89% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £207 - -
25th Percentile £209 - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 - £275
Median % change year-on-year - - -50.00%
75th Percentile £219 - £356
90th Percentile £220 - £398
England median daily rate £208 £205 £273
% change year-on-year +1.22% -24.77% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 0
10th Percentile £23.62 - -
25th Percentile £25.00 £11.83 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £12.22 -
Median % change year-on-year +105.81% - -
75th Percentile - £13.86 -
90th Percentile - £14.60 -
England median hourly rate £18.36 £15.10 £17.72
% change year-on-year +21.61% -14.79% -

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 798 675 754
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 93.10% 94.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 394 551
10th Percentile £190 £254 £213
25th Percentile £343 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £442 £453
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% -2.54% +0.67%
75th Percentile £523 £525 £588
90th Percentile £630 £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 53
10th Percentile £16.17 £14.09 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.32 £24.18 £17.95
Median % change year-on-year -11.83% +34.75% +5.96%
75th Percentile £25.15 £44.19 £28.75
90th Percentile £25.92 £52.50 £69.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +53.19%

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Technical Support job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Technical Support
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Technical Support
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Support within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Nottinghamshire +2 7 £215 - 3
Lincolnshire - 5 - -
Technical Support
England

Technical Support Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 11 November 2025, Technical 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 Technical Support in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) HP
3 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (25.00%) Hardware Maintenance
3 3 (25.00%) Logistics
3 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 3 (25.00%) SAP
3 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (25.00%) Storage Management
3 3 (25.00%) Workflow
3 3 (25.00%) Workflow Management
4 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Contract Management
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (16.67%) SCCM
4 2 (16.67%) User Experience

Technical 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
1 5 (41.67%) Retail
2 3 (25.00%) Electronics
2 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (25.00%) Marketing
2 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
1 3 (25.00%) Hardware Maintenance
1 3 (25.00%) Logistics
1 3 (25.00%) Migration
1 3 (25.00%) Programme Management
1 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (25.00%) Storage Management
1 3 (25.00%) Workflow
1 3 (25.00%) Workflow Management
2 2 (16.67%) Agile
2 2 (16.67%) Contract Management
2 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (16.67%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) HP
3 3 (25.00%) SAP