IT Support Analyst Contracts in England

IT Support Analyst
UK > England

The median IT Support Analyst daily rate in England is £195, 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 436 492 506
Rank change year-on-year +56 +14 +86
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Analyst 49 50 147
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.13% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.14% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 32 104
10th Percentile £150 £155 £130
25th Percentile £176 £176 £149
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £190 £195
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £238 £238 £250
90th Percentile £288 £250 £293
UK median daily rate £190 £190 £190
% change year-on-year - - +7.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 13 21
10th Percentile - £10.95 £14.65
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.13 £21.25
Median hourly rate £22.05 £20.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.25% -20.00% +49.25%
75th Percentile £22.72 £23.75 £27.25
90th Percentile £26.27 £24.75 £28.00
UK median hourly rate £22.05 £18.86 £25.00
% change year-on-year +16.91% -24.56% +49.25%

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%

IT Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Analyst in England

IT Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support Analyst in England

IT Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Analyst in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Analyst in England

IT Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Analyst in England

IT Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support Analyst in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support Analyst in England

IT Support Analyst
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 IT Support Analyst 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
North of England +19 13 £190 - 20
London +27 12 £231 +2.78% 39
Midlands - 11 £150 - 21
West Midlands - 9 £150 - 11
Yorkshire +10 8 £190 - 9
South West +47 5 £190 -5.00% 9
South East +42 5 £200 +19.40% 39
North West +15 5 - - 8
East of England +32 3 £185 +54.17% 18
East Midlands - 2 £213 - 9
IT Support Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 England region featuring IT Support Analyst in the job title.

1 27 (55.10%) Social Skills
2 21 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 21 (42.86%) Windows
3 20 (40.82%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (38.78%) Microsoft
5 16 (32.65%) Customer Service
5 16 (32.65%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (26.53%) ITIL
7 8 (16.33%) Azure
8 7 (14.29%) Apple
9 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (12.24%) ITSM
9 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (12.24%) Entra ID
9 6 (12.24%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (10.20%) Windows 10
10 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (10.20%) ServiceNow
10 5 (10.20%) Apple iOS
10 5 (10.20%) Degree
10 5 (10.20%) Computer Science
10 5 (10.20%) Android
10 5 (10.20%) Finance
10 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (10.20%) MCP
10 5 (10.20%) SLA
10 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (10.20%) A+ Certification
11 4 (8.16%) SharePoint
11 4 (8.16%) Law

IT Support Analyst 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 4 (8.16%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.04%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.04%) AutoCAD
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (40.82%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (16.33%) Azure
3 6 (12.24%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.08%) Google Workspace
4 2 (4.08%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.04%) AWS
5 1 (2.04%) Google Docs
5 1 (2.04%) Google Sheets
5 1 (2.04%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.16%) VLAN
2 3 (6.12%) VPN
2 3 (6.12%) Wireless
3 2 (4.08%) DHCP
3 2 (4.08%) DNS
3 2 (4.08%) LAN
3 2 (4.08%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (4.08%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.08%) WAN
4 1 (2.04%) Firewall
4 1 (2.04%) Internet
4 1 (2.04%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.04%) IP Telephony
4 1 (2.04%) MPLS
4 1 (2.04%) NAS
4 1 (2.04%) SAN
4 1 (2.04%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.04%) Skype
4 1 (2.04%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 27 (55.10%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.20%) Finance
3 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (8.16%) Law
3 4 (8.16%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.04%) Banking
4 1 (2.04%) Billing
4 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Driving Licence
1 4 (8.16%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.08%) iPad
2 2 (4.08%) iPhone
2 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.08%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.04%) BYOD
3 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.04%) Hedge funds
3 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.04%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 21 (42.86%) Windows
2 5 (10.20%) Android
2 5 (10.20%) Apple iOS
2 5 (10.20%) Windows 10
3 3 (6.12%) Linux
3 3 (6.12%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.65%) Customer Service
1 16 (32.65%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (26.53%) ITIL
3 6 (12.24%) Collaborative Working
3 6 (12.24%) ITSM
4 5 (10.20%) Computer Science
4 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (8.16%) Service Management
6 3 (6.12%) Asset Management
6 3 (6.12%) ERP
6 3 (6.12%) Proactive Monitoring
7 2 (4.08%) Analytics
7 2 (4.08%) Break/Fix
7 2 (4.08%) Data Protection
7 2 (4.08%) Incident Management
7 2 (4.08%) Inventory Management
7 2 (4.08%) Performance Metrics
7 2 (4.08%) Security Patching
7 2 (4.08%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (10.20%) A+ Certification
1 5 (10.20%) Degree
1 5 (10.20%) MCP
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (6.12%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) SLA
2 3 (6.12%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.04%) vSphere
2 1 (2.04%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (8.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (38.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.29%) Apple
3 5 (10.20%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.08%) Google
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco
5 1 (2.04%) Citrix
5 1 (2.04%) Dell
5 1 (2.04%) F5
5 1 (2.04%) HP
5 1 (2.04%) IBM
5 1 (2.04%) Liquidlogic
5 1 (2.04%) Lotus
5 1 (2.04%) Meraki
5 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.04%) Sophos
5 1 (2.04%) VMware
5 1 (2.04%) Zscaler