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 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 73 92
Rank change year-on-year +12 +19 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 49 6 19
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.31% 0.64% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.52% 0.72% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 4 18
10th Percentile £126 £165 £165
25th Percentile £161 £168 £192
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £180 £325
Median % change year-on-year +94.44% -44.62% +58.54%
75th Percentile £375 £193 £345
90th Percentile £438 - £351
England median daily rate £225 £263 £230
% change year-on-year -14.29% +14.13% -16.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.12 - -
Median hourly rate £17.73 £15.33 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.62% - -
75th Percentile £22.81 - -
90th Percentile £23.00 - -
England median hourly rate £20.79 £22.14 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.10% +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 1,944 835 1,709
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.70% 88.92% 89.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 889 443 797
10th Percentile £196 £211 £211
25th Percentile £350 £387 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £589 £600 £556
90th Percentile £675 £675 £671
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 552 169 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.64 £16.30
Median hourly rate £28.00 £55.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.09% +27.91% +26.47%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -19.08%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -4 25 £173 -
Hertfordshire -16 8 £350 +100.00% 4
Bedfordshire - 6 £425 -
Suffolk 0 4 - -
Essex - 4 - - 4
Cambridgeshire - 2 £363 - 5
Support Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 29 (59.18%) Windows
2 16 (32.65%) Microsoft
3 12 (24.49%) Windows 10
3 12 (24.49%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (22.45%) Customer Service
4 11 (22.45%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (18.37%) Active Directory
5 9 (18.37%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (18.37%) Proactive Monitoring
5 9 (18.37%) Windows 7
6 8 (16.33%) ITIL
6 8 (16.33%) Oracle
7 7 (14.29%) Degree
7 7 (14.29%) MCSE
7 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 7 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (14.29%) SharePoint
8 6 (12.24%) Windows Server
9 5 (10.20%) Data Management
9 5 (10.20%) Entra ID
9 5 (10.20%) ITSM
9 5 (10.20%) Linux
9 5 (10.20%) SaaS
10 4 (8.16%) AIX
10 4 (8.16%) Citrix
10 4 (8.16%) E-Commerce
10 4 (8.16%) IBM
10 4 (8.16%) Inventory Management
10 4 (8.16%) 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 7 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.08%) Apache
2 2 (4.08%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (10.20%) Entra ID
2 5 (10.20%) SaaS
3 3 (6.12%) Azure
4 1 (2.04%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.16%) LAN
2 3 (6.12%) Firewall
2 3 (6.12%) VPN
2 3 (6.12%) WAN
3 1 (2.04%) RS-232
3 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.04%) Wireless
3 1 (2.04%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) Oracle Database
1 4 (8.16%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.04%) Power BI
2 1 (2.04%) Power Query
2 1 (2.04%) PowerPivot
2 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (26.53%) Public Sector
2 11 (22.45%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.20%) Manufacturing
4 4 (8.16%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (8.16%) Law
4 4 (8.16%) Retail
5 3 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Automotive
6 1 (2.04%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) FMCG
2 4 (8.16%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.16%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.12%) NHS
3 3 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.12%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (59.18%) Windows
2 12 (24.49%) Windows 10
2 12 (24.49%) Windows Server 2016
3 11 (22.45%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (18.37%) Windows 7
5 6 (12.24%) Windows Server
6 5 (10.20%) Linux
7 4 (8.16%) AIX
8 2 (4.08%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.45%) Customer Service
2 9 (18.37%) Proactive Monitoring
3 8 (16.33%) ITIL
4 7 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (10.20%) Data Management
5 5 (10.20%) ITSM
6 4 (8.16%) E-Commerce
6 4 (8.16%) Inventory Management
6 4 (8.16%) Order Management
7 3 (6.12%) High Availability
7 3 (6.12%) Knowledge Management
7 3 (6.12%) Service Management
7 3 (6.12%) Time Management
8 2 (4.08%) Agile
8 2 (4.08%) Information Governance
8 2 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (4.08%) PRINCE2
8 2 (4.08%) Server Building
9 1 (2.04%) Analytical Thinking
9 1 (2.04%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.16%) Shell Script
2 2 (4.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (14.29%) Degree
1 7 (14.29%) MCSE
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 2 (4.08%) HNC
2 2 (4.08%) HND
2 2 (4.08%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.04%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (18.37%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.08%) Ansible
Vendors
1 16 (32.65%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.33%) Oracle
3 4 (8.16%) Citrix
3 4 (8.16%) IBM
3 4 (8.16%) ServiceNow
4 3 (6.12%) Cisco
5 2 (4.08%) Palo Alto
5 2 (4.08%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.04%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (2.04%) VMware