Support Officer Contract Job Trends in England

Support Officer
UK > England

The median Support Officer daily rate in England is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 464 452 477
Rank change year-on-year -12 +25 +165
Contract jobs requiring a Support Officer 78 52 86
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.25% 0.18% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.19% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 14 66
10th Percentile £140 £164 £185
25th Percentile £153 £244 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £288 £336
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -14.32% +16.71%
75th Percentile £308 £336 £400
90th Percentile £400 £373 £445
UK median daily rate £213 £275 £300
% change year-on-year -22.73% -8.33% +17.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 22 7
10th Percentile - £14.99 £20.78
25th Percentile £12.50 £16.81 £22.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £20.24 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year -20.95% -19.62% +65.49%
75th Percentile £21.25 £23.80 £27.59
90th Percentile £25.51 - £30.00
UK median hourly rate £15.31 £21.23 £23.59
% change year-on-year -27.89% -10.00% +55.04%

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 28,510 26,921 34,873
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.92% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,200 16,785 23,966
10th Percentile £291 £300 £288
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,749 853 1,358
10th Percentile £14.37 £15.73 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.24 £21.25 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.50 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.39% -20.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.10 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.09% -23.60% +48.33%

Support Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Support Officer job vacancy trend in England

Support Officer
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Support Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Officer in England over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Officer in England

Support Officer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Support Officer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Officer in England over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Officer in England

Support Officer
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 Officer within the England region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
South East +2 27 £155 -43.64% 5
London -2 21 £239 -16.14% 4
North of England -43 13 £225 -18.18% 5
South West +4 9 £350 +6.06% 5
North West -13 7 - - 3
Midlands -42 7 £150 -64.29% 3
Yorkshire -36 6 £225 - 2
West Midlands -36 6 £150 -64.29% 1
East of England -25 1 £175 +31.91% 3
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Support Officer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Support Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 34 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 29 (37.18%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (30.77%) Windows
4 18 (23.08%) Customer Service
5 17 (21.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (17.95%) Collaborative Working
6 14 (17.95%) SharePoint
7 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
7 13 (16.67%) PMO
8 12 (15.38%) Google Workspace
8 12 (15.38%) Incident Management
8 12 (15.38%) Linux
8 12 (15.38%) PRINCE2
8 12 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (15.38%) Project Delivery
9 11 (14.10%) Project Governance
10 9 (11.54%) Agile
10 9 (11.54%) ERP
11 8 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (8.97%) Active Directory
12 7 (8.97%) Time Management
13 6 (7.69%) Citrix
13 6 (7.69%) Firewall
13 6 (7.69%) ITIL
13 6 (7.69%) Programme Management
13 6 (7.69%) Project Management
13 6 (7.69%) SC Cleared
13 6 (7.69%) Security Cleared
13 6 (7.69%) VMware
13 6 (7.69%) VPN

Support Officer 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 14 (17.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 29 (37.18%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (5.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) ContrOCC
1 1 (1.28%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.38%) Google Workspace
2 8 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.41%) SaaS
4 1 (1.28%) Azure
4 1 (1.28%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.28%) IaaS
4 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.69%) Firewall
1 6 (7.69%) VPN
2 5 (6.41%) DNS
2 5 (6.41%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (6.41%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.28%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.28%) JIRA
General
1 41 (52.56%) Social Skills
2 26 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 25 (32.05%) Finance
4 17 (21.79%) Public Sector
5 13 (16.67%) Local Government
6 6 (7.69%) Law
6 6 (7.69%) Legal
6 6 (7.69%) Telecoms
7 5 (6.41%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (6.41%) Electronics
7 5 (6.41%) Manufacturing
7 5 (6.41%) Marketing
8 4 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.56%) Billing
10 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.28%) Police
10 1 (1.28%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (6.41%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.28%) CMDB
4 1 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.28%) NHS
4 1 (1.28%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 24 (30.77%) Windows
2 12 (15.38%) Linux
3 6 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 5 (6.41%) Windows 10
4 5 (6.41%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (6.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.28%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (23.08%) Customer Service
2 17 (21.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (17.95%) Collaborative Working
4 12 (15.38%) Incident Management
4 12 (15.38%) PRINCE2
4 12 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (15.38%) Project Delivery
5 11 (14.10%) Project Governance
6 9 (11.54%) Agile
6 9 (11.54%) ERP
7 7 (8.97%) Time Management
8 6 (7.69%) ITIL
8 6 (7.69%) Programme Management
8 6 (7.69%) Project Management
9 5 (6.41%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (6.41%) CRM
9 5 (6.41%) Data Cleansing
9 5 (6.41%) Digital Marketing
9 5 (6.41%) Project Planning
9 5 (6.41%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 6 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.56%) AAT
3 2 (2.56%) Degree
3 2 (2.56%) ECDL
4 1 (1.28%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.28%) HNC
4 1 (1.28%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.67%) PMO
2 5 (6.41%) GDPR
3 3 (3.85%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.28%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (8.97%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.41%) Hyper-V
2 5 (6.41%) Terminal Services
2 5 (6.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 34 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.69%) Citrix
2 6 (7.69%) VMware
3 5 (6.41%) SAP
4 4 (5.13%) Cisco
5 1 (1.28%) Liquidlogic
5 1 (1.28%) NEC
5 1 (1.28%) Oracle