IT Support Analyst Contracts in Edinburgh

IT Support Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median IT Support Analyst daily rate in Edinburgh is £155, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 July 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
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 70 95
Rank change year-on-year +4 +25 +30
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Analyst 1 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.16% 0.70% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.74% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £161
25th Percentile £153 £178 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £185 £170
Median % change year-on-year -16.22% +8.82% -1.45%
75th Percentile £158 £193 £186
90th Percentile - - £191
Scotland median daily rate £188 £185 £188
% change year-on-year +1.35% -1.33% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £18.38 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £18.38 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 586 814 1,120
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.85% 94.43% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 447 758
10th Percentile £224 £178 £217
25th Percentile £400 £340 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £474
Median % change year-on-year +2.89% -4.96% -0.32%
75th Percentile £531 £539 £538
90th Percentile £600 £641 £600
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 44 13
10th Percentile - £13.54 £14.07
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.37 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +21.35% +2.31% -11.40%
75th Percentile £62.50 £38.75 £21.67
90th Percentile £74.00 £60.75 £51.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.83 £18.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +10.17% +1.58% -52.66%

IT Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Analyst in Edinburgh

IT Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Analyst in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Analyst in Edinburgh

IT Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Analyst in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Analyst in Edinburgh

IT Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 21 July 2025, IT Support Analyst 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 Edinburgh region featuring IT Support Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection

IT Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory