Support Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Support Analyst
UK > England

The median Support Analyst daily rate in England is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 200 323
Rank change year-on-year -173 +123 -73
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 268 373 203
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 1.35% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 1.48% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 172 131
10th Percentile £167 £171 £150
25th Percentile £190 £222 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £300 £250
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £375 £431 £430
90th Percentile £438 £524 £513
UK median daily rate £265 £300 £225
% change year-on-year -11.58% +33.33% -32.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 78 7
10th Percentile £15.62 £17.48 £18.37
25th Percentile £16.82 £22.03 £20.50
Median hourly rate £17.73 £23.17 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.48% +2.96% +12.50%
75th Percentile £23.00 £31.00 £25.15
90th Percentile £104.38 £33.75 £25.88
UK median hourly rate £17.73 £23.33 £21.00
% change year-on-year -24.02% +11.10% +7.69%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 42,472 25,165 30,541
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 91.31% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,344 16,231 19,205
10th Percentile £325 £280 £304
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,400 1,346 1,510
10th Percentile £14.96 £13.67 £14.64
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £43.08 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.27% -47.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -1.71%

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Support Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Support Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in England

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Analyst in England over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Support Analyst in England

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in England

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Analyst in England over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Analyst in England

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 Support Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 14 September 2026. 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 -146 96 £310 -22.50% 77
South East -55 49 £190 -27.62% 49
North of England -93 46 £306 +45.83% 48
North West -54 39 £300 +42.86% 34
East of England -25 27 £350 +104.68% 12
Midlands -55 27 £231 +36.03% 13
South West -61 22 £225 -19.06% 9
East Midlands -11 16 £150 +7.14% 7
West Midlands -59 11 £288 +32.95% 6
Yorkshire -47 7 £356 +87.50% 12
Support Analyst
UK

Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 September 2026, Support Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Support Analyst in the job title.

1 103 (38.43%) Microsoft
2 94 (35.07%) Windows
3 88 (32.84%) Problem-Solving
4 86 (32.09%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (26.12%) ITIL
6 69 (25.75%) Customer Service
7 60 (22.39%) Active Directory
8 48 (17.91%) Entra ID
9 43 (16.04%) Azure
9 43 (16.04%) ITSM
10 39 (14.55%) Windows 10
11 38 (14.18%) SharePoint
12 36 (13.43%) Degree
13 34 (12.69%) ServiceNow
14 28 (10.45%) Incident Management
14 28 (10.45%) Microsoft Intune
14 28 (10.45%) Microsoft Office
15 27 (10.07%) VPN
16 26 (9.70%) Migration
16 26 (9.70%) SQL
17 25 (9.33%) Service Management
18 21 (7.84%) Microsoft Certification
18 21 (7.84%) Microsoft Exchange
18 21 (7.84%) SaaS
19 20 (7.46%) JIRA
19 20 (7.46%) OneDrive
20 19 (7.09%) Computer Science
20 19 (7.09%) Computer Science Degree
20 19 (7.09%) DHCP
20 19 (7.09%) DNS

Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 38 (14.18%) SharePoint
2 21 (7.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.87%) CMS
4 4 (1.49%) Confluence
5 2 (0.75%) SAS
6 1 (0.37%) Apache
6 1 (0.37%) CICS
6 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
Applications
1 28 (10.45%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (6.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.99%) AutoCAD
3 8 (2.99%) Revit
4 7 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.12%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.12%) HFM
2 2 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.75%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.37%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.37%) Front Arena
3 1 (0.37%) Monis
3 1 (0.37%) Primavera
3 1 (0.37%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.37%) Shopify
3 1 (0.37%) Summit
3 1 (0.37%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 86 (32.09%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (17.91%) Entra ID
3 43 (16.04%) Azure
4 21 (7.84%) SaaS
5 20 (7.46%) OneDrive
6 10 (3.73%) Power Platform
7 9 (3.36%) AWS
8 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.87%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.12%) Datadog
9 3 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.12%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.12%) IaaS
9 3 (1.12%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.75%) GitHub
10 2 (0.75%) GitHub Copilot
10 2 (0.75%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.37%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 27 (10.07%) VPN
2 19 (7.09%) DHCP
2 19 (7.09%) DNS
3 17 (6.34%) TCP/IP
3 17 (6.34%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (4.10%) PSTN
5 9 (3.36%) LAN
5 9 (3.36%) Wireless
6 5 (1.87%) IP Telephony
6 5 (1.87%) VoIP
7 4 (1.49%) Firewall
7 4 (1.49%) WAN
8 3 (1.12%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (1.12%) Network Security
8 3 (1.12%) WinSCP
9 2 (0.75%) Internet
10 1 (0.37%) FIX Connectivity
10 1 (0.37%) FTP
10 1 (0.37%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.37%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.10%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.24%) Power BI
3 3 (1.12%) Power Query
3 3 (1.12%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.75%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.37%) Db2
5 1 (0.37%) GIS
5 1 (0.37%) KDB
5 1 (0.37%) MySQL
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 20 (7.46%) JIRA
2 3 (1.12%) Git
3 1 (0.37%) Subversion
3 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 114 (42.54%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.91%) Finance
3 32 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.09%) Telecoms
5 14 (5.22%) Law
6 12 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (4.10%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.73%) Banking
8 10 (3.73%) Retail
9 7 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.61%) Front Office
9 7 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.12%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.12%) Legal
10 3 (1.12%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.75%) Automotive
11 2 (0.75%) Back Office
11 2 (0.75%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.37%) Games
12 1 (0.37%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.99%) .NET
2 3 (1.12%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.12%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.75%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (0.75%) HTML
4 1 (0.37%) HTML5
4 1 (0.37%) JSON
4 1 (0.37%) LAMP
4 1 (0.37%) LDAP
4 1 (0.37%) Web Services
4 1 (0.37%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 37 (13.81%) Onboarding
2 17 (6.34%) Video Conferencing
3 13 (4.85%) Driving Licence
3 13 (4.85%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (4.10%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.61%) FMCG
5 7 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.12%) iPhone
6 3 (1.12%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.75%) Credit Risk
7 2 (0.75%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.75%) PMI
8 1 (0.37%) BYOD
8 1 (0.37%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.37%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.37%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.37%) PlayStation
8 1 (0.37%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 94 (35.07%) Windows
2 39 (14.55%) Windows 10
3 12 (4.48%) Mac OS
4 9 (3.36%) Android
5 8 (2.99%) Linux
5 8 (2.99%) Windows Server
6 7 (2.61%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.49%) Unix
8 3 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.37%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (32.84%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (26.12%) ITIL
3 69 (25.75%) Customer Service
4 43 (16.04%) ITSM
5 28 (10.45%) Incident Management
6 26 (9.70%) Migration
7 25 (9.33%) Service Management
8 19 (7.09%) Computer Science
9 18 (6.72%) Root Cause Analysis
10 17 (6.34%) CRM
10 17 (6.34%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (5.97%) Data Migration
11 16 (5.97%) Service Delivery
12 15 (5.60%) Validation
13 14 (5.22%) Knowledge Management
14 11 (4.10%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (4.10%) Inventory Management
14 11 (4.10%) Problem Management
15 10 (3.73%) Knowledge Transfer
15 10 (3.73%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (9.70%) SQL
2 12 (4.48%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.36%) Python
4 5 (1.87%) Java
4 5 (1.87%) VBScript
5 4 (1.49%) C#
5 4 (1.49%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.75%) C++
6 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.37%) Bash
7 1 (0.37%) C
7 1 (0.37%) COBOL
7 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.37%) JCL
7 1 (0.37%) Korn
7 1 (0.37%) Perl
7 1 (0.37%) PHP
7 1 (0.37%) R
7 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (13.43%) Degree
2 21 (7.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (7.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (5.22%) A+ Certification
4 14 (5.22%) Network+ Certification
4 14 (5.22%) Security Cleared
5 12 (4.48%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.75%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.37%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.10%) SLA
2 6 (2.24%) PMO
3 3 (1.12%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.37%) P3O
4 1 (0.37%) QA
System Software
1 60 (22.39%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.24%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.37%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (10.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (4.10%) SCCM
3 3 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.75%) Grafana
4 2 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.37%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.37%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (0.37%) MobiControl
5 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 103 (38.43%) Microsoft
2 34 (12.69%) ServiceNow
3 14 (5.22%) Meraki
4 11 (4.10%) Adobe
5 10 (3.73%) Cisco
5 10 (3.73%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.36%) Oracle
7 8 (2.99%) Autodesk
7 8 (2.99%) Conga
7 8 (2.99%) DocuSign
7 8 (2.99%) MuleSoft
8 7 (2.61%) Avaya
8 7 (2.61%) Mitel
8 7 (2.61%) SAP
9 6 (2.24%) Bloomberg
9 6 (2.24%) Dell
9 6 (2.24%) HP
10 5 (1.87%) Bomgar
10 5 (1.87%) Splunk
11 4 (1.49%) Moogsoft