Technical Support Contract Job Trends in England

Technical Support
UK > England

The median Technical Support daily rate in England is £196, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 388 401
Rank change year-on-year -45 +13 +135
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support 192 111 160
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.43% 0.41% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.44% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 53 85
10th Percentile £150 £138 £143
25th Percentile £161 £163 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £196 £208 £205
Median % change year-on-year -5.54% +1.22% -15.03%
75th Percentile £214 £275 £344
90th Percentile £375 £403 £409
UK median daily rate £196 £208 £205
% change year-on-year -5.54% +1.22% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 22 22
10th Percentile £15.93 £15.91 £11.83
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.15 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.50% +93.46% -44.94%
75th Percentile £23.75 £30.99 £20.46
90th Percentile £37.20 £31.20 £28.48
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £25.15 £13.00
% change year-on-year -16.50% +93.46% -50.00%

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 41,413 25,002 33,620
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 91.90% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,306 16,263 22,078
10th Percentile £325 £293 £300
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,966 1,234 2,327
10th Percentile £16.01 £13.75 £13.25
25th Percentile £22.26 £17.87 £17.72
Median hourly rate £45.56 £27.70 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +64.46% -30.75% -6.98%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.12 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.03 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £44.50 £25.31 £40.00
% change year-on-year +75.82% -36.73% -5.88%

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Technical Support job vacancy trend in England

Technical Support
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Technical Support
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Support in England over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Support in England

Technical Support
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Technical Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Support in England over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Support in England

Technical 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 Technical Support within the England region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
South East -20 66 £208 +16.90% 29
East of England -1 38 £160 -6.43% 12
London -77 38 £196 -24.62% 11
South West -27 27 £160 -39.05% 15
North of England -73 21 £370 +155.17% 13
North West -40 20 £225 +1.12% 6
West Midlands -60 2 - - 16
Midlands -63 2 - - 26
Yorkshire -50 1 £515 +255.17% 4
Technical Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 2026, Technical Support 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 Technical Support in the job title.

1 78 (40.63%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (36.46%) Windows
3 53 (27.60%) Microsoft
4 52 (27.08%) Customer Service
4 52 (27.08%) Degree
5 30 (15.63%) Azure
5 30 (15.63%) Customer Experience
6 26 (13.54%) Active Directory
7 24 (12.50%) ITIL
8 23 (11.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (11.98%) SQL
8 23 (11.98%) Time Management
9 20 (10.42%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
10 18 (9.38%) A+ Certification
10 18 (9.38%) Agile
10 18 (9.38%) Computer Science
10 18 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (8.85%) Linux
11 17 (8.85%) SLA
12 16 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
13 15 (7.81%) Incident Management
13 15 (7.81%) Unix
14 14 (7.29%) Proactive Monitoring
14 14 (7.29%) Windows 10
15 13 (6.77%) CCNA
15 13 (6.77%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (6.77%) CRM
15 13 (6.77%) MCSA

Technical Support 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 9 (4.69%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.52%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 20 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.60%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 30 (15.63%) Azure
2 20 (10.42%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (5.73%) Entra ID
4 10 (5.21%) SaaS
5 9 (4.69%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.60%) GCP
7 4 (2.08%) AWS
8 3 (1.56%) Sauce Labs
9 2 (1.04%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.52%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.52%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.25%) TCP/IP
2 7 (3.65%) DNS
3 6 (3.13%) Internet
3 6 (3.13%) WebEx
4 5 (2.60%) LAN
4 5 (2.60%) WAN
5 4 (2.08%) HTTP
6 2 (1.04%) FTP
6 2 (1.04%) HTTPS
6 2 (1.04%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.52%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.52%) Network Security
7 1 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.69%) Power BI
2 8 (4.17%) MySQL
2 8 (4.17%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.04%) Ataccama
3 2 (1.04%) MariaDB
3 2 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.04%) Power Query
3 2 (1.04%) PowerPivot
3 2 (1.04%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.52%) GIS
4 1 (0.52%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 6 (3.13%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (1.56%) Android Studio
2 3 (1.56%) Eclipse
2 3 (1.56%) Xcode
3 2 (1.04%) Firebug
General
1 71 (36.98%) Social Skills
2 37 (19.27%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (11.46%) French Language
4 21 (10.94%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (9.90%) Retail
6 16 (8.33%) Spanish Language
7 15 (7.81%) Telecoms
8 14 (7.29%) Manufacturing
9 12 (6.25%) Aerospace
9 12 (6.25%) Law
10 8 (4.17%) Local Government
10 8 (4.17%) Public Sector
11 6 (3.13%) Aviation
11 6 (3.13%) Banking
11 6 (3.13%) Investment Banking
12 5 (2.60%) Front Office
12 5 (2.60%) Military
13 3 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (1.04%) Automotive
14 2 (1.04%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.77%) ONVIF
2 7 (3.65%) JDO
3 5 (2.60%) CSS
4 4 (2.08%) LDAP
5 3 (1.56%) Ajax
5 3 (1.56%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.56%) GraphQL
5 3 (1.56%) React
5 3 (1.56%) Web Services
6 2 (1.04%) HTML
6 2 (1.04%) REST
6 2 (1.04%) SAML
6 2 (1.04%) SOAP
6 2 (1.04%) XML
7 1 (0.52%) .NET
7 1 (0.52%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.52%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.77%) Video\Live Streaming
2 11 (5.73%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (2.60%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.60%) NHS
4 5 (2.60%) Web Conferencing
5 3 (1.56%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.56%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.04%) iPhone
7 1 (0.52%) CCTV
7 1 (0.52%) CMDB
7 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.52%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 70 (36.46%) Windows
2 17 (8.85%) Linux
3 15 (7.81%) Unix
4 14 (7.29%) Windows 10
5 9 (4.69%) Mac OS
6 8 (4.17%) Windows Server
7 7 (3.65%) Windows 7
8 6 (3.13%) Android
9 3 (1.56%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (40.63%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (27.08%) Customer Service
3 30 (15.63%) Customer Experience
4 24 (12.50%) ITIL
5 23 (11.98%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (11.98%) Time Management
6 18 (9.38%) Agile
6 18 (9.38%) Computer Science
7 15 (7.81%) Incident Management
8 14 (7.29%) Proactive Monitoring
9 13 (6.77%) CRM
10 12 (6.25%) Analytics
11 11 (5.73%) AI
11 11 (5.73%) Mobile Device Management
12 10 (5.21%) OO
13 9 (4.69%) Asset Management
13 9 (4.69%) Inventory Management
13 9 (4.69%) Task Automation
14 8 (4.17%) Knowledge Transfer
14 8 (4.17%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (11.98%) SQL
2 12 (6.25%) JavaScript
3 9 (4.69%) Java
4 7 (3.65%) Python
5 6 (3.13%) Perl
5 6 (3.13%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.04%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.52%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.52%) Bash
7 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.52%) SOQL
7 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (27.08%) Degree
2 18 (9.38%) A+ Certification
2 18 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (6.77%) CCNA
4 13 (6.77%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (6.77%) MCSA
4 13 (6.77%) Security Cleared
5 8 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (3.65%) Azure Certification
6 7 (3.65%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.56%) MCSE
7 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.52%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.85%) SLA
2 2 (1.04%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (13.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.60%) ServiceCenter
2 5 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.52%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.52%) Autotask
3 1 (0.52%) Forefront Identity Manager
3 1 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 53 (27.60%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.25%) Oracle
2 12 (6.25%) ServiceNow
3 6 (3.13%) Apple
4 5 (2.60%) Dell
4 5 (2.60%) HP
4 5 (2.60%) Motorola
4 5 (2.60%) Siemens
5 3 (1.56%) Okta
5 3 (1.56%) Splunk
6 2 (1.04%) Google
7 1 (0.52%) Blue Coat
7 1 (0.52%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.52%) Netskope
7 1 (0.52%) Progress
7 1 (0.52%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.52%) SAP
7 1 (0.52%) Zscaler