Technical Support Contract Job Trends in England

Technical Support
UK > England

The median Technical Support daily rate in England is £208, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 414 380
Rank change year-on-year +81 -34 +275
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support 217 87 161
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.68% 0.31% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.33% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 53 126
10th Percentile £144 £178 £148
25th Percentile £171 £203 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £205 £250
Median % change year-on-year +1.22% -18.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £215 £250 £315
90th Percentile £288 £468 £541
UK median daily rate £208 £205 £250
% change year-on-year +1.22% -18.00% -8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 5 6
10th Percentile £13.50 £17.36 £13.38
25th Percentile £15.50 £20.75 £16.24
Median hourly rate £18.50 £24.00 £20.11
Median % change year-on-year -22.92% +19.34% +27.20%
75th Percentile £24.69 £48.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £30.99 - £27.75
UK median hourly rate £18.50 £24.00 £20.11
% change year-on-year -22.92% +19.34% +27.20%

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 28,978 26,109 33,858
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 92.88% 93.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,528 16,189 23,132
10th Percentile £300 £300 £281
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
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 1,750 814 1,430
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.91 £14.54
25th Percentile £18.26 £21.23 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.26% -23.71% +40.01%
75th Percentile £61.23 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.41 £74.31 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -27.78% +41.93%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 1 January 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 +4 58 £208 +1.22% 21
East of England +32 55 £171 -51.14% 15
London +13 43 £225 -6.25% 15
Midlands -16 29 £205 -55.07% 15
North of England -41 19 £148 -34.44% 27
West Midlands -17 18 £190 -58.36% 8
North West -18 13 £225 - 16
South West -2 12 £160 -70.91% 10
East Midlands -11 11 £210 - 7
Yorkshire -49 4 £148 - 7
North East - 2 - - 5
Technical Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 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.

1 116 (53.46%) Windows
2 83 (38.25%) Microsoft
3 63 (29.03%) Oracle
4 53 (24.42%) Degree
5 52 (23.96%) OO
6 49 (22.58%) JavaScript
7 48 (22.12%) Java
8 47 (21.66%) Linux
8 47 (21.66%) Unix
9 46 (21.20%) Customer Service
9 46 (21.20%) MySQL
9 46 (21.20%) Relational Database
10 41 (18.89%) Perl
10 41 (18.89%) Python
11 38 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
12 34 (15.67%) Asset Management
13 29 (13.36%) Browser DevTools
13 29 (13.36%) CSS
14 28 (12.90%) ServiceNow
15 26 (11.98%) User Experience
16 25 (11.52%) Wireless
17 24 (11.06%) Android
17 24 (11.06%) ITIL
17 24 (11.06%) Microsoft 365
17 24 (11.06%) OOP
17 24 (11.06%) Process Improvement
18 23 (10.60%) SaaS
19 22 (10.14%) Computer Science Degree
20 21 (9.68%) Ajax
20 21 (9.68%) AngularJS

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 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (5.07%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.30%) Primavera
2 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 24 (11.06%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (10.60%) SaaS
3 20 (9.22%) Sauce Labs
4 12 (5.53%) Azure
5 4 (1.84%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.84%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.38%) AWS
6 3 (1.38%) GCP
6 3 (1.38%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.92%) Slack
8 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 25 (11.52%) Wireless
2 19 (8.76%) TCP/IP
3 18 (8.29%) LAN
4 9 (4.15%) WAN
5 7 (3.23%) HTTP
6 6 (2.76%) Structured Cabling
6 6 (2.76%) Wireshark
7 5 (2.30%) Internet
8 4 (1.84%) FTP
9 3 (1.38%) DNS
9 3 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.92%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.92%) DHCP
10 2 (0.92%) Firewall
10 2 (0.92%) RS-232
10 2 (0.92%) VLAN
10 2 (0.92%) VPN
10 2 (0.92%) X.400
11 1 (0.46%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (21.20%) MySQL
1 46 (21.20%) Relational Database
2 11 (5.07%) Oracle Database
2 11 (5.07%) Oracle Reports
3 9 (4.15%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.30%) MariaDB
5 4 (1.84%) Power BI
6 2 (0.92%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 29 (13.36%) Browser DevTools
2 20 (9.22%) Android Studio
2 20 (9.22%) Eclipse
2 20 (9.22%) Xcode
3 8 (3.69%) Firebug
4 3 (1.38%) JIRA
5 2 (0.92%) Fiddler
General
1 110 (50.69%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.06%) Organisational Skills
3 14 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.53%) Telecoms
5 11 (5.07%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.61%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.23%) Retail
8 5 (2.30%) Automotive
8 5 (2.30%) Banking
8 5 (2.30%) Electronics
8 5 (2.30%) Finance
8 5 (2.30%) French Language
8 5 (2.30%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.30%) Legal
8 5 (2.30%) Marketing
9 4 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.92%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.92%) Military
10 2 (0.92%) Publishing
11 1 (0.46%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (13.36%) CSS
2 21 (9.68%) Ajax
2 21 (9.68%) AngularJS
2 21 (9.68%) GraphQL
2 21 (9.68%) React
3 8 (3.69%) HTML
3 8 (3.69%) XML
4 4 (1.84%) JDO
4 4 (1.84%) REST
4 4 (1.84%) SOAP
5 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.92%) OAuth
6 1 (0.46%) RSS
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.68%) Mobile App
2 18 (8.29%) CMDB
3 15 (6.91%) NHS
4 13 (5.99%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.61%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.30%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.84%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.46%) CCTV
9 1 (0.46%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.46%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.46%) HTC Vive
9 1 (0.46%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.46%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 116 (53.46%) Windows
2 47 (21.66%) Linux
2 47 (21.66%) Unix
3 24 (11.06%) Android
4 19 (8.76%) Windows 10
5 18 (8.29%) Windows Server
6 15 (6.91%) Windows 7
7 14 (6.45%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (5.07%) AIX
8 11 (5.07%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (2.30%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.84%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.46%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (23.96%) OO
2 46 (21.20%) Customer Service
3 38 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (15.67%) Asset Management
5 26 (11.98%) User Experience
6 24 (11.06%) ITIL
6 24 (11.06%) OOP
6 24 (11.06%) Process Improvement
7 21 (9.68%) Computer Science
7 21 (9.68%) Mobile Application Development
8 17 (7.83%) Time Management
9 13 (5.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (5.99%) Incident Management
9 13 (5.99%) Proactive Monitoring
10 11 (5.07%) ITSM
10 11 (5.07%) Kalman Filter
10 11 (5.07%) Migration
10 11 (5.07%) Workflow
11 10 (4.61%) Network Monitoring
11 10 (4.61%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (22.58%) JavaScript
2 48 (22.12%) Java
3 41 (18.89%) Perl
3 41 (18.89%) Python
4 20 (9.22%) SQL
5 4 (1.84%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 53 (24.42%) Degree
2 22 (10.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (6.45%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.45%) Security Cleared
4 13 (5.99%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (4.15%) MCP
5 9 (4.15%) MCSE
6 8 (3.69%) HNC
6 8 (3.69%) HND
7 6 (2.76%) ECDL
8 5 (2.30%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.38%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.46%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.46%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.22%) SLA
2 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
System Software
1 20 (9.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.38%) SCCM
3 2 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.92%) Grafana
3 2 (0.92%) ServiceCenter
3 2 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.46%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 83 (38.25%) Microsoft
2 63 (29.03%) Oracle
3 28 (12.90%) ServiceNow
4 20 (9.22%) Splunk
5 18 (8.29%) Citrix
6 9 (4.15%) SAP
7 7 (3.23%) Apple
7 7 (3.23%) HP
8 6 (2.76%) Google
8 6 (2.76%) IBM
9 3 (1.38%) Cisco
9 3 (1.38%) Okta
10 2 (0.92%) Dell
10 2 (0.92%) New Relic
10 2 (0.92%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.92%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.46%) Meraki
11 1 (0.46%) PagerDuty
11 1 (0.46%) Remedy
11 1 (0.46%) TOWER Software