Technical Support Contract Job Trends in England

Technical Support
UK > England

The median Technical Support daily rate in England is £207, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 435 391
Rank change year-on-year +49 -44 +195
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support 202 47 161
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.51% 0.19% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.21% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 31 94
10th Percentile £144 £140 £143
25th Percentile £162 £190 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £207 £225 £218
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +3.09% +2.71%
75th Percentile £220 £375 £272
90th Percentile £350 £525 £350
UK median daily rate £207 £240 £218
% change year-on-year -13.75% +9.97% +3.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 4 21
10th Percentile £15.93 £15.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.50 £15.31 £15.48
Median hourly rate £20.75 £19.75 £19.05
Median % change year-on-year +5.06% +3.67% -9.76%
75th Percentile £25.00 £25.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £37.50 £26.80 -
UK median hourly rate £21.80 £24.00 £18.39
% change year-on-year -9.17% +30.54% -12.91%

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 36,696 22,801 34,514
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.69% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,998 15,199 22,979
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £643
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,471 888 2,404
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.20 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.87 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.46 £31.76 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.14% -9.26% -22.22%
75th Percentile £67.25 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £29.23 £35.50
% change year-on-year +45.40% -17.66% -21.11%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 24 April 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
East of England +9 48 £173 +23.21% 7
London -37 45 £202 -49.56% 7
South East -24 44 £208 +18.57% 34
South West -4 31 £160 -70.91% 15
North of England -55 21 £155 -30.34% 23
North West -31 15 £225 +1.12% 10
Midlands -46 12 £210 - 11
East Midlands -29 6 £210 - 5
West Midlands - 6 £190 - 5
North East - 3 - - 2
Yorkshire - 3 £148 - 12
Technical Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 91 (45.05%) Windows
2 79 (39.11%) Microsoft
3 61 (30.20%) Customer Service
4 58 (28.71%) Degree
5 51 (25.25%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (18.32%) ITIL
7 32 (15.84%) Azure
7 32 (15.84%) Microsoft 365
8 31 (15.35%) Active Directory
8 31 (15.35%) Computer Science
8 31 (15.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (13.86%) Linux
9 28 (13.86%) Oracle
10 27 (13.37%) Microsoft Intune
11 26 (12.87%) SLA
12 25 (12.38%) Proactive Monitoring
13 24 (11.88%) Unix
14 23 (11.39%) Time Management
15 21 (10.40%) JavaScript
15 21 (10.40%) OO
15 21 (10.40%) Windows 10
16 20 (9.90%) Java
17 19 (9.41%) MySQL
17 19 (9.41%) Relational Database
18 18 (8.91%) Microsoft Office
18 18 (8.91%) Mobile Device Management
18 18 (8.91%) Process Improvement
18 18 (8.91%) Python
18 18 (8.91%) SQL
19 17 (8.42%) AI

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 7 (3.47%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.50%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.50%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 18 (8.91%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.97%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (15.84%) Azure
1 32 (15.84%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (4.95%) SaaS
3 9 (4.46%) Entra ID
3 9 (4.46%) Power Platform
4 6 (2.97%) Sauce Labs
5 3 (1.49%) GCP
6 2 (0.99%) AWS
6 2 (0.99%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.50%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.46%) TCP/IP
2 7 (3.47%) DNS
3 6 (2.97%) LAN
4 5 (2.48%) WAN
5 4 (1.98%) HTTP
6 3 (1.49%) Firewall
7 2 (0.99%) FTP
7 2 (0.99%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.99%) Wireless
7 2 (0.99%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.50%) Internet
8 1 (0.50%) RS-232
8 1 (0.50%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.41%) MySQL
1 19 (9.41%) Relational Database
2 9 (4.46%) Power BI
3 4 (1.98%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.98%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.99%) Ataccama
4 2 (0.99%) MariaDB
4 2 (0.99%) Power Query
4 2 (0.99%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.99%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.50%) GIS
5 1 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.50%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 9 (4.46%) Browser DevTools
2 6 (2.97%) Android Studio
2 6 (2.97%) Eclipse
2 6 (2.97%) Xcode
3 3 (1.49%) JIRA
4 2 (0.99%) Firebug
General
1 82 (40.59%) Social Skills
2 39 (19.31%) Organisational Skills
3 22 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.42%) Manufacturing
5 16 (7.92%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.93%) Aerospace
7 11 (5.45%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.95%) French Language
9 9 (4.46%) Banking
9 9 (4.46%) Investment Banking
10 8 (3.96%) Retail
11 7 (3.47%) Aviation
12 5 (2.48%) Electronics
12 5 (2.48%) Finance
12 5 (2.48%) Marketing
13 4 (1.98%) Front Office
13 4 (1.98%) Legal
13 4 (1.98%) Spanish Language
14 3 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.99%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.96%) CSS
2 7 (3.47%) JDO
3 6 (2.97%) Ajax
3 6 (2.97%) AngularJS
3 6 (2.97%) GraphQL
3 6 (2.97%) React
4 2 (0.99%) HTML
4 2 (0.99%) ONVIF
4 2 (0.99%) REST
4 2 (0.99%) SAML
4 2 (0.99%) SOAP
4 2 (0.99%) XML
5 1 (0.50%) .NET
5 1 (0.50%) LDAP
5 1 (0.50%) OAuth
5 1 (0.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.41%) Onboarding
2 6 (2.97%) Mobile App
3 5 (2.48%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.48%) NHS
4 4 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.99%) CMDB
5 2 (0.99%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (0.50%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 91 (45.05%) Windows
2 28 (13.86%) Linux
3 24 (11.88%) Unix
4 21 (10.40%) Windows 10
5 15 (7.43%) Windows 7
6 11 (5.45%) Mac OS
7 9 (4.46%) Windows Server
7 9 (4.46%) Windows Server 2003
7 9 (4.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.97%) Android
9 4 (1.98%) AIX
10 2 (0.99%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (30.20%) Customer Service
2 51 (25.25%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (18.32%) ITIL
4 31 (15.35%) Computer Science
5 25 (12.38%) Proactive Monitoring
6 23 (11.39%) Time Management
7 21 (10.40%) OO
8 18 (8.91%) Mobile Device Management
8 18 (8.91%) Process Improvement
9 17 (8.42%) AI
10 15 (7.43%) Analytics
10 15 (7.43%) Incident Management
11 14 (6.93%) Customer Experience
11 14 (6.93%) OOP
12 13 (6.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (5.94%) Asset Management
13 12 (5.94%) Kalman Filter
14 10 (4.95%) Task Automation
15 9 (4.46%) User Experience
16 8 (3.96%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.40%) JavaScript
2 20 (9.90%) Java
3 18 (8.91%) Python
3 18 (8.91%) SQL
4 17 (8.42%) Perl
5 6 (2.97%) Shell Script
6 3 (1.49%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.50%) Bash
7 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (28.71%) Degree
2 31 (15.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (7.43%) Security Cleared
4 13 (6.44%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (4.46%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.97%) MCSE
8 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (1.49%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.99%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.99%) CCNA
10 2 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.99%) MCSA
11 1 (0.50%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.50%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (12.87%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (15.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (13.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.46%) ServiceCenter
3 3 (1.49%) SCCM
3 3 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.50%) Autotask
4 1 (0.50%) Grafana
4 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 79 (39.11%) Microsoft
2 28 (13.86%) Oracle
3 14 (6.93%) Apple
4 13 (6.44%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.95%) SAP
6 9 (4.46%) Dell
6 9 (4.46%) HP
7 6 (2.97%) Siemens
7 6 (2.97%) Splunk
8 4 (1.98%) Citrix
8 4 (1.98%) IBM
9 3 (1.49%) Okta
10 1 (0.50%) Blue Coat
10 1 (0.50%) Google
10 1 (0.50%) Netskope
10 1 (0.50%) New Relic
10 1 (0.50%) Progress
10 1 (0.50%) Remedy
10 1 (0.50%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.50%) Zscaler