Support Analyst Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Support Analyst
England > East of England

The median Support Analyst daily rate in the East of England is £192, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 75 93
Rank change year-on-year +16 +18 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 54 6 20
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.64% 0.63% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.85% 0.71% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 4 19
10th Percentile £126 £165 £168
25th Percentile £135 £168 £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £192 £180 £325
Median % change year-on-year +6.79% -44.62% +54.76%
75th Percentile £375 £193 £345
90th Percentile £438 - £349
England median daily rate £225 £250 £230
% change year-on-year -10.00% +8.70% -16.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 1 0
10th Percentile £6.00 - -
25th Percentile £13.12 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £15.33 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.37% - -
75th Percentile £21.83 - -
90th Percentile £23.00 - -
England median hourly rate £20.75 £22.14 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.28% +2.98% -4.99%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,897 849 1,686
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 89.65% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 857 458 827
10th Percentile £193 £213 £207
25th Percentile £335 £373 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% +11.06% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £551
90th Percentile £675 £689 £656
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.52% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 543 162 512
10th Percentile £13.72 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.46 £16.30
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £40.28
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +42.77% +15.07%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.44 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £42.50 £33.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +28.79% - -24.36%

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the East of England

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the East of England

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Analyst in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Support Analyst in the East of England

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the East of England

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Analyst in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Analyst in the East of England

Support Analyst
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 Support Analyst within the East of England region over the 6 months to 5 April 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
Norfolk +1 36 £150 -
Hertfordshire -19 7 £350 +100.00% 1
Suffolk +2 4 - - 3
Bedfordshire - 4 £425 - 2
Cambridgeshire - 2 £363 - 1
Essex - 1 - - 6
Support Analyst
England

Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 5 April 2026, Support Analyst 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 of England region featuring Support Analyst in the job title.

1 38 (70.37%) Windows
2 19 (35.19%) Microsoft
3 17 (31.48%) Windows Server 2003
4 15 (27.78%) Windows 10
4 15 (27.78%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (25.93%) Active Directory
6 13 (24.07%) Customer Service
7 12 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
7 12 (22.22%) Windows 7
8 11 (20.37%) Degree
8 11 (20.37%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (20.37%) Oracle
9 10 (18.52%) ITIL
9 10 (18.52%) MCSE
9 10 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (18.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 10 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (18.52%) Windows Server
10 8 (14.81%) LAN
11 7 (12.96%) AIX
11 7 (12.96%) Citrix
11 7 (12.96%) IBM
11 7 (12.96%) ITSM
11 7 (12.96%) Oracle Database
11 7 (12.96%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (12.96%) SharePoint
12 6 (11.11%) WAN
13 5 (9.26%) Asset Management
13 5 (9.26%) Entra ID
13 5 (9.26%) HNC

Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 7 (12.96%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.70%) Apache
2 2 (3.70%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.37%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (9.26%) Entra ID
3 4 (7.41%) SaaS
4 3 (5.56%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.81%) LAN
2 6 (11.11%) WAN
3 5 (9.26%) TCP/IP
4 4 (7.41%) Wireless
5 3 (5.56%) Firewall
5 3 (5.56%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (5.56%) VPN
6 2 (3.70%) RS-232
6 2 (3.70%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.96%) Oracle Database
1 7 (12.96%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 15 (27.78%) Public Sector
3 4 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (7.41%) Manufacturing
3 4 (7.41%) Retail
4 3 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) NHS
2 7 (12.96%) Management Information System
3 5 (9.26%) CMDB
4 4 (7.41%) FMCG
4 4 (7.41%) Onboarding
5 3 (5.56%) Driving Licence
5 3 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 38 (70.37%) Windows
2 17 (31.48%) Windows Server 2003
3 15 (27.78%) Windows 10
3 15 (27.78%) Windows Server 2016
4 12 (22.22%) Windows 7
5 10 (18.52%) Windows Server
6 7 (12.96%) AIX
7 5 (9.26%) Linux
7 5 (9.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.07%) Customer Service
2 12 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
3 10 (18.52%) ITIL
3 10 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (12.96%) ITSM
5 5 (9.26%) Asset Management
5 5 (9.26%) Service Management
6 4 (7.41%) Data Management
6 4 (7.41%) E-Commerce
6 4 (7.41%) Information Governance
6 4 (7.41%) Inventory Management
6 4 (7.41%) Order Management
7 3 (5.56%) High Availability
7 3 (5.56%) Knowledge Management
7 3 (5.56%) Network Management
7 3 (5.56%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (5.56%) Time Management
8 2 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (3.70%) IT Asset Management
8 2 (3.70%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (20.37%) Degree
2 10 (18.52%) MCSE
2 10 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (18.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 5 (9.26%) HNC
3 5 (9.26%) HND
4 4 (7.41%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (5.56%) ECDL
6 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 14 (25.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.70%) Ansible
Vendors
1 19 (35.19%) Microsoft
2 11 (20.37%) Oracle
3 7 (12.96%) Citrix
3 7 (12.96%) IBM
4 3 (5.56%) Cisco
4 3 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.70%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.70%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.85%) VMware