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 6 February 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 420 385
Rank change year-on-year +92 -35 +243
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support 231 66 182
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 0.25% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.27% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 33 114
10th Percentile £141 £172 £148
25th Percentile £163 £200 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £210 £250
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% -16.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £220 £265 £345
90th Percentile £350 £513 £519
UK median daily rate £208 £210 £250
% change year-on-year -1.19% -16.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 6 17
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.18 £14.22
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.63 £15.85
Median hourly rate £18.50 £22.75 £19.05
Median % change year-on-year -18.68% +19.42% +23.66%
75th Percentile £22.91 £43.06 £23.75
90th Percentile £25.00 £48.75 -
UK median hourly rate £18.50 £24.00 £19.05
% change year-on-year -22.92% +25.98% +23.66%

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 30,616 24,434 35,357
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 93.01% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,494 15,146 23,822
10th Percentile £300 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,931 720 2,109
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.99 £13.23
25th Percentile £18.82 £21.41 £16.79
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £61.50
90th Percentile £71.99 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £29.65 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.17% -5.71% -

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 6 February 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 6 February 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 6 February 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 +31 65 £173 +23.21% 12
London +6 52 £214 -35.23% 19
South East -5 52 £208 +1.22% 39
Midlands -37 23 £210 - 35
South West 0 22 £160 -70.91% 9
West Midlands -27 17 £190 - 19
North of England -45 16 £155 -31.11% 19
North West -25 9 £225 - 10
East Midlands -25 6 £210 - 16
North East - 4 - - 3
Yorkshire -53 3 £148 - 6
Technical Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 February 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.

1 124 (53.68%) Windows
2 86 (37.23%) Microsoft
3 64 (27.71%) Degree
4 61 (26.41%) Customer Service
5 48 (20.78%) Oracle
6 46 (19.91%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (19.05%) Java
7 44 (19.05%) Linux
8 43 (18.61%) OO
8 43 (18.61%) Unix
9 39 (16.88%) ITIL
9 39 (16.88%) JavaScript
10 37 (16.02%) Asset Management
11 36 (15.58%) MySQL
11 36 (15.58%) Relational Database
12 35 (15.15%) Perl
12 35 (15.15%) Python
13 32 (13.85%) Active Directory
14 31 (13.42%) Computer Science Degree
15 30 (12.99%) Computer Science
15 30 (12.99%) Microsoft 365
15 30 (12.99%) SLA
16 26 (11.26%) Process Improvement
17 24 (10.39%) OOP
17 24 (10.39%) ServiceNow
17 24 (10.39%) Time Management
18 23 (9.96%) Azure
19 22 (9.52%) Windows 10
20 20 (8.66%) Browser DevTools
20 20 (8.66%) CSS

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 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.43%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 15 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.16%) Primavera
2 4 (1.73%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 30 (12.99%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (9.96%) Azure
3 18 (7.79%) SaaS
4 15 (6.49%) Sauce Labs
5 4 (1.73%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.73%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.30%) AWS
6 3 (1.30%) GCP
7 2 (0.87%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.66%) Wireless
2 17 (7.36%) LAN
2 17 (7.36%) TCP/IP
3 13 (5.63%) WAN
4 7 (3.03%) HTTP
4 7 (3.03%) Wireshark
5 6 (2.60%) DNS
5 6 (2.60%) Structured Cabling
6 5 (2.16%) FTP
6 5 (2.16%) Internet
7 4 (1.73%) Firewall
8 3 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.87%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.87%) DHCP
9 2 (0.87%) RS-232
9 2 (0.87%) VLAN
9 2 (0.87%) VPN
9 2 (0.87%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (15.58%) MySQL
1 36 (15.58%) Relational Database
2 7 (3.03%) Oracle Database
2 7 (3.03%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.73%) Power BI
3 4 (1.73%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.43%) GIS
4 1 (0.43%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.43%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 20 (8.66%) Browser DevTools
2 15 (6.49%) Android Studio
2 15 (6.49%) Eclipse
2 15 (6.49%) Xcode
3 4 (1.73%) Firebug
3 4 (1.73%) JIRA
4 2 (0.87%) Fiddler
General
1 109 (47.19%) Social Skills
2 40 (17.32%) Organisational Skills
3 21 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 16 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.49%) Manufacturing
6 14 (6.06%) Telecoms
7 9 (3.90%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.03%) Banking
8 7 (3.03%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.16%) Automotive
9 5 (2.16%) Aviation
9 5 (2.16%) Electronics
9 5 (2.16%) Finance
9 5 (2.16%) French Language
9 5 (2.16%) Legal
9 5 (2.16%) Marketing
9 5 (2.16%) Retail
10 2 (0.87%) Military
10 2 (0.87%) Publishing
11 1 (0.43%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.66%) CSS
2 16 (6.93%) Ajax
2 16 (6.93%) AngularJS
2 16 (6.93%) GraphQL
2 16 (6.93%) React
3 5 (2.16%) REST
3 5 (2.16%) SOAP
4 4 (1.73%) HTML
4 4 (1.73%) JDO
4 4 (1.73%) XML
5 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.87%) OAuth
6 1 (0.43%) .NET
6 1 (0.43%) RSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.79%) CMDB
2 16 (6.93%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.93%) Mobile App
3 14 (6.06%) NHS
3 14 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.90%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.16%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.43%) CCTV
8 1 (0.43%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.43%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 124 (53.68%) Windows
2 44 (19.05%) Linux
3 43 (18.61%) Unix
4 22 (9.52%) Windows 10
5 20 (8.66%) Windows Server
6 18 (7.79%) Android
7 16 (6.93%) Windows 7
8 14 (6.06%) Windows Server 2003
9 11 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (3.03%) AIX
11 6 (2.60%) Mac OS
12 4 (1.73%) Apple iOS
13 3 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.43%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (26.41%) Customer Service
2 46 (19.91%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (18.61%) OO
4 39 (16.88%) ITIL
5 37 (16.02%) Asset Management
6 30 (12.99%) Computer Science
7 26 (11.26%) Process Improvement
8 24 (10.39%) OOP
8 24 (10.39%) Time Management
9 20 (8.66%) Proactive Monitoring
10 18 (7.79%) Incident Management
10 18 (7.79%) User Experience
11 16 (6.93%) Mobile Application Development
12 14 (6.06%) Kalman Filter
13 13 (5.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 12 (5.19%) Mobile Device Management
15 11 (4.76%) AI
15 11 (4.76%) ITSM
15 11 (4.76%) Workflow
16 10 (4.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (19.05%) Java
2 39 (16.88%) JavaScript
3 35 (15.15%) Perl
3 35 (15.15%) Python
4 20 (8.66%) SQL
5 5 (2.16%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.16%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (27.71%) Degree
2 31 (13.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (7.79%) Security Cleared
4 17 (7.36%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.46%) MCSE
6 8 (3.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 7 (3.03%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.60%) ECDL
9 3 (1.30%) HNC
9 3 (1.30%) HND
9 3 (1.30%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.43%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.43%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.99%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (13.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (7.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.60%) ServiceCenter
3 3 (1.30%) SCCM
4 2 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.87%) Grafana
4 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.43%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 86 (37.23%) Microsoft
2 48 (20.78%) Oracle
3 24 (10.39%) ServiceNow
4 15 (6.49%) Splunk
5 11 (4.76%) Apple
6 10 (4.33%) SAP
7 9 (3.90%) Citrix
8 7 (3.03%) IBM
9 6 (2.60%) Dell
9 6 (2.60%) HP
10 4 (1.73%) Siemens
10 4 (1.73%) Twitter
11 3 (1.30%) Cisco
11 3 (1.30%) Google
11 3 (1.30%) Okta
12 2 (0.87%) New Relic
12 2 (0.87%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.87%) Zscaler
13 1 (0.43%) Meraki
13 1 (0.43%) PagerDuty