Senior IT Support Contract Job Trends in England

Senior IT Support
UK > England

The median Senior IT Support daily rate in England is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 525 579
Rank change year-on-year +17 +54 +178
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Support 6 3 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.009% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.010% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 8
10th Percentile £365 £529 £202
25th Percentile £388 £534 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £563 £256
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% +119.51% -31.67%
75th Percentile £413 £584 £293
90th Percentile £428 £586 £442
UK median daily rate £400 £575 £256
% change year-on-year -30.43% +124.39% -31.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £26.45 - -
UK median hourly rate £26.45 - -

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 25,142 30,231 40,165
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 92.98% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,215 18,878 28,055
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,352 1,487 1,370
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.61 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.32 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.25 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -46.77% +5.58% +69.89%
75th Percentile £53.99 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.96% +68.69%

Senior IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Support in England

Senior IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior IT Support job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior IT Support job vacancies in England

Senior IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior IT Support job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior IT Support job vacancies in England

Senior IT 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 Senior IT Support within the England region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
London +35 6 £400 - 1
Senior IT Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Senior IT 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 Senior IT Support in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 3 (50.00%) Android
2 3 (50.00%) SaaS
2 3 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) IT Asset Management
2 3 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 3 (50.00%) Slack
2 3 (50.00%) Asana
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) JIRA
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared

Senior IT 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 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Asana
2 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 3 (50.00%) SaaS
2 3 (50.00%) Slack
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Android
1 3 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (50.00%) IT Asset Management
1 3 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (16.67%) Lean Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft