Support Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Support Manager
UK > England

The median Support Manager daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 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
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 447 520 570
Rank change year-on-year +73 +50 +162
Contract jobs requiring a Support Manager 73 15 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.046% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.049% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 12 29
10th Percentile £375 - £210
25th Percentile £384 £375 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £394 £525
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% -25.00% +6.60%
75th Percentile £575 £439 £575
90th Percentile £592 £449 £628
UK median daily rate £500 £394 £525
% change year-on-year +26.98% -25.00% +7.69%

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 25,187 30,511 40,033
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 92.98% 94.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,216 19,002 27,957
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £401 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
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 1,371 1,457 1,375
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.56 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%
75th Percentile £53.99 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £77.80
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Support Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Manager in England

Support Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Support Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Manager in England over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Manager in England

Support Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Support Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 21 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
Yorkshire +24 45 £500 +15.94% 6
North of England +19 45 £500 +15.94% 10
London +29 14 £525 +20.00% 11
East of England - 7 £350 - 11
West Midlands - 5 £500 - 7
Midlands - 5 £500 - 10
South East +22 2 £500 - 18
Support Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, Support Manager 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 Support Manager in the job title.

1 45 (61.64%) Microsoft
2 44 (60.27%) ServiceNow
2 44 (60.27%) Social Skills
3 42 (57.53%) Active Directory
4 40 (54.79%) Entra ID
5 35 (47.95%) Jamf Pro
5 35 (47.95%) Mac OS
5 35 (47.95%) Apple
6 32 (43.84%) ITIL
7 31 (42.47%) Customer Service
8 27 (36.99%) Service Management
9 24 (32.88%) ITSM
10 23 (31.51%) Microsoft 365
11 21 (28.77%) Mobile Device Management
12 20 (27.40%) Windows
13 19 (26.03%) Microsoft Office
13 19 (26.03%) Retail
13 19 (26.03%) Smartphone
13 19 (26.03%) Incident Management
13 19 (26.03%) iPhone
14 18 (24.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (23.29%) ACSP
15 17 (23.29%) ACTC
16 15 (20.55%) Finance
17 12 (16.44%) Service Delivery
18 10 (13.70%) Security Patching
19 9 (12.33%) Service Desk Management
19 9 (12.33%) Agile
20 8 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
20 8 (10.96%) Problem-Solving

Support Manager 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 6 (8.22%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.37%) Confluence
3 1 (1.37%) Mule
Applications
1 19 (26.03%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 40 (54.79%) Entra ID
2 23 (31.51%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (9.59%) Azure
4 6 (8.22%) AWS
5 3 (4.11%) Asana
5 3 (4.11%) OneDrive
5 3 (4.11%) SaaS
5 3 (4.11%) Slack
6 2 (2.74%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.37%) GCP
7 1 (1.37%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.74%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.74%) JIRA
2 1 (1.37%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 44 (60.27%) Social Skills
2 19 (26.03%) Retail
3 18 (24.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (20.55%) Finance
5 3 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.74%) Banking
7 1 (1.37%) Marketing
7 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 19 (26.03%) iPhone
1 19 (26.03%) Smartphone
2 4 (5.48%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.37%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 35 (47.95%) Mac OS
2 20 (27.40%) Windows
3 3 (4.11%) Android
3 3 (4.11%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.74%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.37%) Linux
5 1 (1.37%) Unix
5 1 (1.37%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (43.84%) ITIL
2 31 (42.47%) Customer Service
3 27 (36.99%) Service Management
4 24 (32.88%) ITSM
5 21 (28.77%) Mobile Device Management
6 19 (26.03%) Incident Management
7 12 (16.44%) Service Delivery
8 10 (13.70%) Security Patching
9 9 (12.33%) Agile
9 9 (12.33%) Service Desk Management
10 8 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (9.59%) Change Management
12 6 (8.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 6 (8.22%) Mentoring
13 5 (6.85%) Computer Science
13 5 (6.85%) SIAM
13 5 (6.85%) Software Engineering
13 5 (6.85%) System Testing
13 5 (6.85%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.85%) Java
1 5 (6.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (23.29%) ACSP
1 17 (23.29%) ACTC
2 6 (8.22%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (8.22%) SC Cleared
2 6 (8.22%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (6.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.74%) QA
2 1 (1.37%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (57.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 35 (47.95%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (61.64%) Microsoft
2 44 (60.27%) ServiceNow
3 35 (47.95%) Apple
4 2 (2.74%) Remedy
5 1 (1.37%) Google