ICT Support Contracts in England

ICT Support
UK > England

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median ICT Support daily rate in England.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 526 639
Rank change year-on-year +51 +113 +126
Contract jobs requiring an ICT Support 10 16 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.043% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.046% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 12 11
10th Percentile - £167 £150
25th Percentile - £185 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £201 £190
Median % change year-on-year - +5.79% +10.14%
75th Percentile - £212 £196
90th Percentile - £219 £196
UK median daily rate - £201 £190
% change year-on-year - +5.79% +10.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 1
10th Percentile £15.76 - -
25th Percentile £16.63 £13.86 £13.75
Median hourly rate £18.00 £14.79 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.70% +5.64% -
75th Percentile £20.24 £15.95 £14.25
90th Percentile £20.94 £16.36 -
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £14.79 £14.00
% change year-on-year +21.70% +5.64% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

ICT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for ICT Support in England

ICT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ICT Support in England.

Daily rate trend for ICT Support in England

ICT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ICT Support in England.

Hourly rate trend for ICT Support in England

ICT Support
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ICT Support within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Midlands +29 8 - - 1
West Midlands - 8 - - 1
London +28 1 - -
South East - 1 - -
ICT Support
UK

ICT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, ICT Support 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 England region featuring ICT Support in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) SharePoint
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (40.00%) ShareGate
2 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (40.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Local Government
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) EDRMS
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (20.00%) Network Security
5 1 (10.00%) Windows
5 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (10.00%) Change Control
5 1 (10.00%) Office Automation
5 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
5 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
5 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management
5 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
5 1 (10.00%) SLA
5 1 (10.00%) Statistics
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
5 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
5 1 (10.00%) Information Security

ICT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (90.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (40.00%) ShareGate
3 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) EDRMS
General
1 3 (30.00%) Local Government
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) Change Control
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (10.00%) Data Management
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security
3 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Office Automation
3 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft