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 £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026.

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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 76 92
Rank change year-on-year +11 +16 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 48 8 18
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.16% 0.82% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.37% 0.94% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 4 17
10th Percentile - £165 £161
25th Percentile £161 £168 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £180 £325
Median % change year-on-year +94.44% -44.62% +58.54%
75th Percentile £391 £193 £345
90th Percentile £438 - £353
England median daily rate £225 £275 £225
% change year-on-year -18.18% +22.22% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 2 0
10th Percentile - £16.05 -
25th Percentile £13.12 £17.14 -
Median hourly rate £17.73 £18.95 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.44% - -
75th Percentile £22.81 £20.75 -
90th Percentile £23.00 £21.84 -
England median hourly rate £18.57 £22.14 £21.50
% change year-on-year -16.12% +2.98% -7.13%

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 2,029 852 1,676
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 86.85% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 940 445 744
10th Percentile £197 £200 £205
25th Percentile £350 £375 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £513 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 581 172 594
10th Percentile £14.41 £14.86 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.73 £16.95 £16.30
Median hourly rate £30.58 £45.59 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.92% +6.02% +2.85%
75th Percentile £65.88 £72.81 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.46 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.92
% change year-on-year +50.00% -18.73% -17.97%

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 20 May 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
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 20 May 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 -5 18 £173 -
Hertfordshire -19 9 £350 +100.00%
Essex - 8 - - 3
Bedfordshire - 7 £425 -
Suffolk -5 4 - -
Cambridgeshire - 2 £363 - 1
Support Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 24 (50.00%) Windows
2 13 (27.08%) Microsoft
3 8 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 8 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (14.58%) Customer Service
4 7 (14.58%) Oracle
5 6 (12.50%) Active Directory
5 6 (12.50%) E-Commerce
5 6 (12.50%) Inventory Management
5 6 (12.50%) Linux
5 6 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (12.50%) Order Management
5 6 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
5 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (12.50%) SharePoint
5 6 (12.50%) Shell Script
5 6 (12.50%) Windows 7
5 6 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (10.42%) Data Management
6 5 (10.42%) MCSE
6 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 5 (10.42%) SaaS
6 5 (10.42%) Windows Server
7 4 (8.33%) Degree
7 4 (8.33%) Entra ID
7 4 (8.33%) ITIL
7 4 (8.33%) ServiceNow
8 3 (6.25%) High Availability
8 3 (6.25%) LAN

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 6 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.17%) Apache
2 2 (4.17%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (10.42%) SaaS
3 4 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.17%) Azure
4 2 (4.17%) Power Automate
4 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.25%) LAN
2 2 (4.17%) Firewall
2 2 (4.17%) VPN
2 2 (4.17%) WAN
3 1 (2.08%) RS-232
3 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.08%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) Power BI
1 2 (4.17%) Power Query
1 2 (4.17%) PowerPivot
2 1 (2.08%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.08%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (22.92%) Public Sector
2 8 (16.67%) Law
3 7 (14.58%) Social Skills
4 6 (12.50%) Retail
5 5 (10.42%) Manufacturing
6 4 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.17%) Automotive
7 2 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.08%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.42%) FMCG
3 4 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 4 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (50.00%) Windows
2 8 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 8 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (12.50%) Linux
3 6 (12.50%) Windows 7
3 6 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (10.42%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.08%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (14.58%) Customer Service
2 6 (12.50%) E-Commerce
2 6 (12.50%) Inventory Management
2 6 (12.50%) Order Management
2 6 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
2 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (10.42%) Data Management
4 4 (8.33%) ITIL
5 3 (6.25%) High Availability
6 2 (4.17%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (4.17%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (4.17%) Data Analysis
6 2 (4.17%) Incident Management
6 2 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (4.17%) ITSM
6 2 (4.17%) Knowledge Management
6 2 (4.17%) PRINCE2
6 2 (4.17%) Server Building
6 2 (4.17%) Ticket Management
6 2 (4.17%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.50%) Shell Script
2 3 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (10.42%) MCSE
1 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 4 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Ansible
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.58%) Oracle
3 4 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.17%) Cisco
4 2 (4.17%) Palo Alto
4 2 (4.17%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.08%) Citrix
5 1 (2.08%) IBM
5 1 (2.08%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.08%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud