IT Support Contracts in the East of England

IT Support
England > East of England

The median IT Support daily rate in the East of England is £180, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 87 81
Rank change year-on-year +26 -6 +27
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 27 23 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.77% 1.22% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.19% 1.37% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 24
10th Percentile £153 £121 £132
25th Percentile £172 £168 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £194 £188
Median % change year-on-year -7.10% +3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £189 £231 £200
90th Percentile £193 £261 £211
England median daily rate £220 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 4
10th Percentile - £13.60 £15.74
25th Percentile £20.64 £13.88 £16.85
Median hourly rate £21.92 £17.00 £18.74
Median % change year-on-year +28.94% -9.26% +29.21%
75th Percentile £46.92 £19.00 £21.88
90th Percentile £90.77 £20.90 £25.25
England median hourly rate £21.25 £14.49 £20.00
% change year-on-year +46.67% -27.58% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 846 1,675 1,808
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.86% 88.58% 91.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 744 1,092
10th Percentile £200 £205 £189
25th Percentile £375 £314 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +2.70%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 593 272
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.30 £15.25
Median hourly rate £46.81 £43.00 £41.81
Median % change year-on-year +8.86% +2.86% +161.28%
75th Percentile £73.44 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £36.92 £44.77
% change year-on-year -18.73% -17.54% +94.63%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured IT Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the East of England

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the East of England

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the East of England

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support in the East of England

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Essex +17 7 £180 -28.00% 5
Bedfordshire +3 7 - - 5
Hertfordshire +30 6 £135 -49.06% 23
Cambridgeshire +10 4 - - 14
Suffolk -9 3 £185 -0.67% 10
IT Support
England

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, IT Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 11 (40.74%) Windows
1 11 (40.74%) Microsoft
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 10 (37.04%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (29.63%) Active Directory
5 6 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (22.22%) Customer Service
5 6 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (18.52%) Accessibility
6 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
6 5 (18.52%) Entra ID
6 5 (18.52%) Driving Licence
6 5 (18.52%) IT Strategy
6 5 (18.52%) Azure
6 5 (18.52%) Logistics
7 4 (14.81%) Project Management
7 4 (14.81%) Google
7 4 (14.81%) Service Management
7 4 (14.81%) ITSM
7 4 (14.81%) iPhone
7 4 (14.81%) MobileIron
7 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow
7 4 (14.81%) iPad
7 4 (14.81%) Apple iOS
7 4 (14.81%) Data Management
7 4 (14.81%) Biology

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (18.52%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) Entra ID
3 4 (14.81%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) VLAN
General
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Driving Licence
2 4 (14.81%) iPad
2 4 (14.81%) iPhone
2 4 (14.81%) Molecular Biology
Operating Systems
1 11 (40.74%) Windows
2 4 (14.81%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 5 (18.52%) IT Strategy
3 5 (18.52%) Logistics
4 4 (14.81%) Biology
4 4 (14.81%) Biomedicine
4 4 (14.81%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (14.81%) Data Management
4 4 (14.81%) ITSM
4 4 (14.81%) Project Management
4 4 (14.81%) Service Management
5 2 (7.41%) Cost Reduction
5 2 (7.41%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (7.41%) Software Deployment
5 2 (7.41%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (3.70%) Migration
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (29.63%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (40.74%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Google
2 4 (14.81%) MobileIron
2 4 (14.81%) Nexthink
2 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow