Systems Support Contracts in England

Systems Support
UK > England

The median Systems Support daily rate in England is £414, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 May 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 508 608
Rank change year-on-year +50 +100 +116
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Support 22 30 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.092% 0.083% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.089% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 27
10th Percentile £253 £244 £240
25th Percentile £334 £377 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% - +21.43%
75th Percentile £418 £475 £501
90th Percentile £425 £486 £556
UK median daily rate £414 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.59% - +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 4
10th Percentile £15.63 £15.07 £17.88
25th Percentile £16.15 - £20.32
Median hourly rate £17.59 £15.85 £21.67
Median % change year-on-year +10.96% -26.86% +28.83%
75th Percentile £18.45 £31.70 £23.13
90th Percentile £18.62 £56.19 £25.75
UK median hourly rate £17.59 £15.85 £21.67
% change year-on-year +10.96% -26.86% +28.83%

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 22,000 33,716 45,324
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 92.79% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,637 22,379 32,182
10th Percentile £290 £283 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £640 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.82% +2.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 882 2,449 1,335
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.51
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.07 £37.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.81% -17.38% +95.65%
75th Percentile £61.09 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.90 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% -18.89% +88.21%

Systems Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Support in England

Systems Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Support in England

Systems Support
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Support in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Support in England

Systems Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Support in England

Systems 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 Systems Support within the England region over the 6 months to 23 May 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 +51 8 £360 -15.29% 32
North of England +19 6 £414 -8.00% 27
North West +11 5 £418 -7.11% 18
South East +46 4 - - 34
Midlands +18 3 - - 23
West Midlands +13 3 - - 10
South West +38 1 £400 - 12
Yorkshire - 1 £255 - 7
Systems Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, Systems 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 Systems Support in the job title.

1 10 (45.45%) SQL
1 10 (45.45%) Service Delivery
2 8 (36.36%) Analytics
3 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (31.82%) Incident Management
3 7 (31.82%) Unix
4 6 (27.27%) Sybase
4 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 6 (27.27%) Bloomberg
4 6 (27.27%) Kondor
4 6 (27.27%) Finance
4 6 (27.27%) Refinitiv
4 6 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
4 6 (27.27%) Cash Management
4 6 (27.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 5 (22.73%) Data Quality
5 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
5 5 (22.73%) Knowledge Management
6 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (18.18%) ERP
6 4 (18.18%) Information Management
6 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (18.18%) Business Continuity
6 4 (18.18%) Application Security
6 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
6 4 (18.18%) Proactive Maintenance
6 4 (18.18%) Liquidlogic
6 4 (18.18%) Proactive Monitoring
6 4 (18.18%) Customer-Centricity
6 4 (18.18%) Process Improvement

Systems 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 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Kondor
2 2 (9.09%) iTrent
2 2 (9.09%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (4.55%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) DHCP
1 1 (4.55%) DNS
1 1 (4.55%) LAN
1 1 (4.55%) VPN
1 1 (4.55%) WAN
1 1 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Power BI
2 2 (9.09%) Relational Database
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (27.27%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Local Government
4 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Back Office
5 1 (4.55%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.55%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Unix
2 2 (9.09%) Windows
3 1 (4.55%) Android
3 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Service Delivery
2 8 (36.36%) Analytics
3 7 (31.82%) Incident Management
3 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (27.27%) Cash Management
4 6 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (22.73%) Knowledge Management
6 4 (18.18%) Business Continuity
6 4 (18.18%) Change Control
6 4 (18.18%) Customer-Centricity
6 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
6 4 (18.18%) ERP
6 4 (18.18%) Information Management
6 4 (18.18%) Performance Metrics
6 4 (18.18%) Performance Monitoring
6 4 (18.18%) Proactive Maintenance
6 4 (18.18%) Proactive Monitoring
6 4 (18.18%) Process Improvement
6 4 (18.18%) Release Management
6 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (45.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
1 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) Data Quality
2 2 (9.09%) GDPR
3 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.55%) BitLocker
1 1 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.55%) SCCM
1 1 (4.55%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Bloomberg
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
1 6 (27.27%) Refinitiv
1 6 (27.27%) Sybase
2 4 (18.18%) Liquidlogic
3 1 (4.55%) Apple
3 1 (4.55%) Citrix
3 1 (4.55%) Nexthink
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) Remedy
3 1 (4.55%) SAP