Support Specialist Contracts in Edinburgh

Support Specialist
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Support Specialist daily rate in Edinburgh is £370 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 - 122
Rank change year-on-year - - -13
Contract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.37% - 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% - 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.75%
Scotland median daily rate £370 - £103
% change year-on-year - - -65.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 764 1,228 1,869
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.26% 95.64% 95.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 873 1,283
10th Percentile £206 £239 £230
25th Percentile £400 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £565
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 12 21
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.62 £14.55
25th Percentile £16.81 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -18.23% -54.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £54.43 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £24.27 £22.13 £26.85
% change year-on-year +9.71% -17.60% -28.40%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in Edinburgh

Support Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Support Specialist in Edinburgh

Support Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Specialist in Edinburgh

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Support Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) WSUS
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Network Management
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector

Support Specialist 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Network Management
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
1 3 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft