Support Officer Contracts in Edinburgh

Support Officer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Support Officer daily rate in Edinburgh is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 54 110
Rank change year-on-year -7 +56 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Support Officer 6 18 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.96% 2.21% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 2.31% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 2
10th Percentile £208 - £165
25th Percentile £258 £151 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £156 £188
Median % change year-on-year +76.32% -16.82% +20.97%
75th Percentile £288 £241 £207
90th Percentile £316 £298 £216
Scotland median daily rate £275 £153 £147
% change year-on-year +80.33% +3.66% -5.08%

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 581 778 1,245
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 95.46% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 441 887
10th Percentile £211 £206 £247
25th Percentile £400 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £479 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +0.84% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £545
90th Percentile £638 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 55 12
10th Percentile - £16.10 £13.62
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.86 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £50.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -55.13% +135.18% -10.48%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 £66.00 £54.43
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

Support Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Officer in Edinburgh

Support Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Support Officer in Edinburgh

Support Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Officer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Officer in Edinburgh

Support Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Officer in Edinburgh

Support Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Support Officer 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 Support Officer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (33.33%) JIRA
5 2 (33.33%) Finance
5 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (33.33%) Change Management
5 2 (33.33%) Agile
5 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) PMO
5 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (33.33%) Azure
5 2 (33.33%) Confluence
5 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (16.67%) Issue Tracking
6 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
6 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
6 1 (16.67%) DevOps
6 1 (16.67%) Coaching
6 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (16.67%) Community of Practice
6 1 (16.67%) Risk Management

Support Officer 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) Community of Practice
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Issue Tracking
3 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) ESRI