Support Analyst Contracts in England

Support Analyst
UK > England

The median Support Analyst daily rate in England is £225 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 304 269 266
Rank change year-on-year -35 -3 +82
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 265 487 725
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.72% 0.99% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 1.05% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 372 508
10th Percentile £158 £145 £133
25th Percentile £188 £188 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £300 £250
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +20.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £400 £588 £431
90th Percentile £515 £700 £575
UK median daily rate £225 £265 £250
% change year-on-year -15.09% +6.00% +18.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 39 67
10th Percentile £12.64 £14.19 £12.31
25th Percentile £20.50 £16.37 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £23.15 £17.54
Median % change year-on-year -7.13% +31.98% +7.11%
75th Percentile £23.75 £27.38 £22.13
90th Percentile - £34.00 £30.75
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £23.15 £17.52
% change year-on-year -9.29% +32.13% +7.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,080 46,338 66,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,599 32,894 47,614
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,444 1,371 1,856
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.30 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.88
UK median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Analyst in England

Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Support Analyst in England

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Analyst in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Analyst in England

Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Analyst in England

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Analyst in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

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 10 May 2024. 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 -11 133 £325 -38.10% 81
North of England -2 32 £200 -15.79% 24
Midlands +28 30 £195 +4.00% 29
West Midlands +25 28 £195 +2.63% 13
South East -42 27 £169 -25.41% 34
South West +28 26 £225 +47.54% 19
East of England +13 19 £325 +58.54% 18
North West +1 15 £200 -27.27% 13
Yorkshire +8 13 £205 +2.50% 8
North East +13 4 £190 -20.00% 3
East Midlands +17 2 £210 +79.87% 16
Support Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 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 Support Analyst in the job title.

1 106 (40.00%) Windows
2 96 (36.23%) Social Skills
3 92 (34.72%) Microsoft
4 66 (24.91%) Microsoft 365
5 61 (23.02%) Active Directory
6 59 (22.26%) ITIL
7 55 (20.75%) Microsoft Office
8 54 (20.38%) Customer Service
9 49 (18.49%) Windows 10
10 45 (16.98%) Finance
11 34 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
12 33 (12.45%) Azure
13 31 (11.70%) Service Management
14 28 (10.57%) SQL
14 28 (10.57%) Security Cleared
15 25 (9.43%) SC Cleared
15 25 (9.43%) ServiceNow
16 21 (7.92%) Linux
16 21 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
17 20 (7.55%) Asset Management
18 19 (7.17%) Python
18 19 (7.17%) Microsoft Intune
19 18 (6.79%) Risk Management
19 18 (6.79%) Incident Management
20 17 (6.42%) Banking
20 17 (6.42%) Back Office
21 16 (6.04%) ITSM
21 16 (6.04%) Front Office
21 16 (6.04%) Apple
21 16 (6.04%) Windows Server

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 14 (5.28%) CMS
2 12 (4.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.02%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.89%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.75%) Apache
5 2 (0.75%) Appian
5 2 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 55 (20.75%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (5.28%) MS Visio
3 10 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.51%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.38%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (1.89%) Markit EDM
1 5 (1.89%) Odoo
1 5 (1.89%) thinkFolio
2 3 (1.13%) Endur
2 3 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.13%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle iProcurement
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.38%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.38%) Maximo
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 66 (24.91%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (12.45%) Azure
3 8 (3.02%) Google Workspace
4 6 (2.26%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.89%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.75%) AWS
6 2 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.75%) OCI
7 1 (0.38%) Asana
7 1 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.38%) SaaS
7 1 (0.38%) Slack
7 1 (0.38%) Veeva
7 1 (0.38%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.38%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.40%) Wireless
2 8 (3.02%) Firewall
2 8 (3.02%) VPN
3 7 (2.64%) DNS
3 7 (2.64%) LAN
3 7 (2.64%) WAN
4 6 (2.26%) DHCP
4 6 (2.26%) Internet
5 5 (1.89%) Skype
6 4 (1.51%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.75%) Intranet
7 2 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.75%) VLAN
7 2 (0.75%) VoIP
7 2 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.38%) HTTP
8 1 (0.38%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.77%) Relational Database
2 7 (2.64%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.13%) Data Vault
3 3 (1.13%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.38%) GIS
5 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.38%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 8 (3.02%) JIRA
2 2 (0.75%) Git
2 2 (0.75%) Toad
General
1 96 (36.23%) Social Skills
2 45 (16.98%) Finance
3 21 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (6.42%) Back Office
4 17 (6.42%) Banking
5 16 (6.04%) Front Office
6 8 (3.02%) Local Government
6 8 (3.02%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.64%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.26%) Billing
8 6 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.26%) Law
8 6 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.51%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.75%) Legal
11 1 (0.38%) Advertising
11 1 (0.38%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.38%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.51%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (0.75%) Middleware
2 2 (0.75%) XML
3 1 (0.38%) CSS
3 1 (0.38%) HTML
3 1 (0.38%) JSON
3 1 (0.38%) RESTful
3 1 (0.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.77%) iPhone
2 9 (3.40%) Driving Licence
3 8 (3.02%) Derivative
4 5 (1.89%) CMDB
4 5 (1.89%) Equities
4 5 (1.89%) iPad
4 5 (1.89%) OTC Derivatives
4 5 (1.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 5 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.51%) AS400
5 4 (1.51%) EPoS
5 4 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.13%) Fixed Income
6 3 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.75%) Clustering
7 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.75%) PDA
7 2 (0.75%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 106 (40.00%) Windows
2 49 (18.49%) Windows 10
3 21 (7.92%) Linux
4 16 (6.04%) Windows Server
5 15 (5.66%) Android
5 15 (5.66%) Apple iOS
6 11 (4.15%) Mac OS
7 9 (3.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (3.02%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (2.26%) Unix
10 4 (1.51%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.38%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (22.26%) ITIL
2 54 (20.38%) Customer Service
3 34 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (11.70%) Service Management
5 20 (7.55%) Asset Management
6 18 (6.79%) Incident Management
6 18 (6.79%) Risk Management
7 16 (6.04%) ITSM
8 15 (5.66%) Project Management
9 13 (4.91%) Problem Management
10 11 (4.15%) Data Management
10 11 (4.15%) ERP
10 11 (4.15%) Service Delivery
11 10 (3.77%) Agile
11 10 (3.77%) Proactive Monitoring
12 9 (3.40%) Batch Scheduling
12 9 (3.40%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (3.40%) Mobile Device Management
12 9 (3.40%) Release Management
12 9 (3.40%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 28 (10.57%) SQL
2 19 (7.17%) Python
3 14 (5.28%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.02%) Shell Script
5 3 (1.13%) C#
6 2 (0.75%) Bash
6 2 (0.75%) Perl
7 1 (0.38%) C
7 1 (0.38%) Java
7 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (10.57%) Security Cleared
2 25 (9.43%) SC Cleared
3 7 (2.64%) DV Cleared
4 6 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (1.89%) Degree
6 4 (1.51%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.51%) MCP
7 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.75%) CCENT
8 2 (0.75%) CISSP
8 2 (0.75%) CRISC
8 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.38%) ACCA
9 1 (0.38%) CIMA
9 1 (0.38%) ECDL
9 1 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.53%) SLA
2 6 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.89%) PMO
4 3 (1.13%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.75%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.38%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 61 (23.02%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.26%) Firmware
2 6 (2.26%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.75%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.38%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 19 (7.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (4.15%) SCCM
3 8 (3.02%) Grafana
3 8 (3.02%) ITRS Geneos
4 6 (2.26%) Control-M
5 5 (1.89%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (1.89%) WSUS
6 3 (1.13%) Thomson Reuters DACS
7 2 (0.75%) Ansible
7 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.38%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 92 (34.72%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.43%) ServiceNow
3 16 (6.04%) Apple
4 13 (4.91%) Citrix
5 11 (4.15%) Oracle
5 11 (4.15%) SAP
6 9 (3.40%) IBM
7 8 (3.02%) Dynatrace
7 8 (3.02%) Google
8 7 (2.64%) Bloomberg
9 6 (2.26%) Cisco
9 6 (2.26%) Refinitiv
9 6 (2.26%) VMware
10 4 (1.51%) Okta
10 4 (1.51%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.51%) Veeam
11 3 (1.13%) HP
11 3 (1.13%) OpenLink
11 3 (1.13%) Sybase
12 2 (0.75%) Dell