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 £171, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 80 104
Rank change year-on-year +34 +24 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 50 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.17% 0.27% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.54% 0.30% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 4
10th Percentile - £135 £134
25th Percentile £126 £143 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £171 £163 £178
Median % change year-on-year +5.23% -8.45% -24.47%
75th Percentile £233 £209 £223
90th Percentile £371 £234 £292
England median daily rate £263 £250 £300
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 0 0
10th Percentile £6.00 - -
25th Percentile £12.97 - -
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile £21.39 - -
England median hourly rate £20.79 £24.50 £19.25
% change year-on-year -15.14% +27.27% -1.28%

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 1,412 985 1,533
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.59% 89.30% 89.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 619 440 855
10th Percentile £193 £220 £200
25th Percentile £340 £320 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £454 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.29% -4.42% -1.81%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 155 309
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.23 £13.90
25th Percentile £16.45 £21.46 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £40.28
Median % change year-on-year -48.21% +20.57% +96.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.15 £85.00 £80.21
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £44.78
% change year-on-year -21.43% -21.83% +33.66%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 4 January 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 - 39 £127 -
Hertfordshire -17 6 £350 +69.70%
Cambridgeshire -3 3 £363 +178.85%
Bedfordshire - 2 £215 -
Support Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 January 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 (76.00%) Windows
2 19 (38.00%) Degree
3 18 (36.00%) Active Directory
4 17 (34.00%) LAN
4 17 (34.00%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (34.00%) Windows Server
5 16 (32.00%) Oracle
6 15 (30.00%) Asset Management
6 15 (30.00%) Microsoft
6 15 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 14 (28.00%) Citrix
8 13 (26.00%) Windows 10
8 13 (26.00%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (24.00%) WAN
10 11 (22.00%) Proactive Monitoring
10 11 (22.00%) TCP/IP
11 10 (20.00%) AIX
11 10 (20.00%) ITIL
11 10 (20.00%) Oracle Database
11 10 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
11 10 (20.00%) Windows 7
12 9 (18.00%) Configuration Management
12 9 (18.00%) Customer Service
12 9 (18.00%) HNC
12 9 (18.00%) HND
12 9 (18.00%) MCP
12 9 (18.00%) MCSE
12 9 (18.00%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (18.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (14.00%) ITSM

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 3 (6.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.00%) Apache
2 2 (4.00%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (6.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 17 (34.00%) LAN
2 12 (24.00%) WAN
3 11 (22.00%) TCP/IP
4 7 (14.00%) Wireless
5 6 (12.00%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (6.00%) Firewall
6 3 (6.00%) VPN
7 1 (2.00%) RS-232
7 1 (2.00%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (20.00%) Oracle Database
1 10 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 24 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.00%) Public Sector
3 6 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.00%) Electronics
5 2 (4.00%) Finance
5 2 (4.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.00%) Marketing
5 2 (4.00%) Retail
5 2 (4.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (32.00%) NHS
2 15 (30.00%) CMDB
3 9 (18.00%) Driving Licence
4 8 (16.00%) Management Information System
5 3 (6.00%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 38 (76.00%) Windows
2 17 (34.00%) Windows Server
3 15 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (26.00%) Windows 10
4 13 (26.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (20.00%) AIX
5 10 (20.00%) Windows 7
6 5 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (6.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.00%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (30.00%) Asset Management
3 11 (22.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 10 (20.00%) ITIL
5 9 (18.00%) Configuration Management
5 9 (18.00%) Customer Service
6 7 (14.00%) ITSM
7 6 (12.00%) Hardware Maintenance
7 6 (12.00%) IT Asset Management
7 6 (12.00%) Network Management
7 6 (12.00%) Network Monitoring
8 5 (10.00%) Service Management
9 4 (8.00%) Capacity Planning
9 4 (8.00%) Information Governance
9 4 (8.00%) Security Patching
10 3 (6.00%) Knowledge Management
10 3 (6.00%) Time Management
11 2 (4.00%) Digital Marketing
11 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 2 (4.00%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (38.00%) Degree
2 9 (18.00%) HNC
2 9 (18.00%) HND
2 9 (18.00%) MCP
2 9 (18.00%) MCSE
2 9 (18.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (12.00%) ECDL
4 4 (8.00%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (8.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (8.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 18 (36.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 16 (32.00%) Oracle
2 15 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 14 (28.00%) Citrix
4 6 (12.00%) IBM
5 4 (8.00%) ServiceNow
6 3 (6.00%) Cisco
7 2 (4.00%) Palo Alto
7 2 (4.00%) SAP
7 2 (4.00%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.00%) VMware