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 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 437 380
Rank change year-on-year +58 -57 +195
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support 208 48 163
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.52% 0.20% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.21% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 30 94
10th Percentile £147 £140 £143
25th Percentile £162 £201 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £207 £245 £218
Median % change year-on-year -15.51% +12.26% +2.71%
75th Percentile £220 £388 £284
90th Percentile £350 £528 £350
UK median daily rate £207 £250 £218
% change year-on-year -17.20% +14.55% +3.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 4 20
10th Percentile £15.93 £15.27 £12.48
25th Percentile £18.50 £15.31 £14.74
Median hourly rate £20.09 £19.75 £19.05
Median % change year-on-year +1.72% +3.67% -9.76%
75th Percentile £25.00 £25.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £37.50 £26.80 £24.28
UK median hourly rate £21.80 £24.00 £19.05
% change year-on-year -9.17% +25.98% -9.76%

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 37,282 22,549 34,489
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.63% 92.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,335 15,006 22,895
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £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 2,521 899 2,432
10th Percentile £15.79 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £47.00 £30.78 £36.31
Median % change year-on-year +52.70% -15.22% -19.32%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £29.00 £36.42
% change year-on-year +51.72% -20.37% -19.07%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 -17 50 £208 +33.87% 42
East of England +15 49 £181 +29.46% 5
London -27 43 £196 -47.73% 14
South West 0 33 £160 -70.91% 12
North of England -53 22 £155 -30.34% 28
North West -34 16 £225 +1.12% 15
Midlands -67 10 £210 - 11
East Midlands -26 5 £210 - 4
West Midlands - 5 £190 - 7
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 1 May 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 90 (43.27%) Windows
2 78 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 61 (29.33%) Customer Service
3 61 (29.33%) Degree
4 57 (27.40%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (17.79%) ITIL
6 33 (15.87%) Azure
7 32 (15.38%) Computer Science
7 32 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
8 31 (14.90%) Active Directory
9 30 (14.42%) Linux
10 29 (13.94%) Oracle
11 27 (12.98%) Microsoft Intune
12 26 (12.50%) SLA
12 26 (12.50%) Time Management
13 25 (12.02%) Unix
14 24 (11.54%) Proactive Monitoring
15 23 (11.06%) JavaScript
16 22 (10.58%) OO
17 20 (9.62%) Java
17 20 (9.62%) MySQL
17 20 (9.62%) Relational Database
17 20 (9.62%) Windows 10
18 18 (8.65%) Microsoft Office
18 18 (8.65%) Mobile Device Management
18 18 (8.65%) Process Improvement
18 18 (8.65%) Python
18 18 (8.65%) SQL
19 17 (8.17%) 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 (3.37%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.48%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 18 (8.65%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.88%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 33 (15.87%) Azure
2 32 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (5.29%) SaaS
4 10 (4.81%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.33%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.88%) Sauce Labs
7 4 (1.92%) GCP
8 3 (1.44%) AWS
9 2 (0.96%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.48%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.85%) TCP/IP
2 7 (3.37%) DNS
3 6 (2.88%) LAN
4 5 (2.40%) WAN
5 4 (1.92%) HTTP
6 3 (1.44%) Firewall
7 2 (0.96%) FTP
7 2 (0.96%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.96%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.48%) RS-232
8 1 (0.48%) Wireless
8 1 (0.48%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.62%) MySQL
1 20 (9.62%) Relational Database
2 9 (4.33%) Power BI
3 3 (1.44%) MariaDB
3 3 (1.44%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.44%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.96%) Ataccama
4 2 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.96%) Power Query
4 2 (0.96%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.96%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.48%) GIS
5 1 (0.48%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 10 (4.81%) Browser DevTools
2 6 (2.88%) Android Studio
2 6 (2.88%) Eclipse
2 6 (2.88%) Xcode
3 3 (1.44%) Firebug
3 3 (1.44%) JIRA
General
1 80 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 38 (18.27%) Organisational Skills
3 24 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 15 (7.21%) Aerospace
6 13 (6.25%) Public Sector
7 11 (5.29%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.81%) French Language
9 9 (4.33%) Banking
9 9 (4.33%) Investment Banking
9 9 (4.33%) Retail
10 7 (3.37%) Aviation
11 5 (2.40%) Law
12 4 (1.92%) Front Office
12 4 (1.92%) Legal
12 4 (1.92%) Spanish Language
13 3 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.96%) Electronics
14 2 (0.96%) Finance
14 2 (0.96%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.33%) CSS
2 7 (3.37%) JDO
3 6 (2.88%) Ajax
3 6 (2.88%) AngularJS
3 6 (2.88%) GraphQL
3 6 (2.88%) React
4 5 (2.40%) ONVIF
5 3 (1.44%) HTML
5 3 (1.44%) XML
6 2 (0.96%) LDAP
6 2 (0.96%) REST
6 2 (0.96%) SAML
6 2 (0.96%) SOAP
6 2 (0.96%) Web Services
7 1 (0.48%) .NET
7 1 (0.48%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.13%) Onboarding
2 6 (2.88%) Management Information System
2 6 (2.88%) Mobile App
3 5 (2.40%) NHS
3 5 (2.40%) Video\Live Streaming
4 4 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.96%) CMDB
6 1 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 90 (43.27%) Windows
2 30 (14.42%) Linux
3 25 (12.02%) Unix
4 20 (9.62%) Windows 10
5 14 (6.73%) Windows 7
6 11 (5.29%) Mac OS
7 9 (4.33%) Windows Server
8 8 (3.85%) Windows Server 2003
8 8 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (2.88%) Android
10 3 (1.44%) AIX
11 2 (0.96%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (29.33%) Customer Service
2 57 (27.40%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (17.79%) ITIL
4 32 (15.38%) Computer Science
5 26 (12.50%) Time Management
6 24 (11.54%) Proactive Monitoring
7 22 (10.58%) OO
8 18 (8.65%) Mobile Device Management
8 18 (8.65%) Process Improvement
9 17 (8.17%) AI
10 16 (7.69%) Analytics
10 16 (7.69%) Customer Experience
11 15 (7.21%) Incident Management
11 15 (7.21%) OOP
12 13 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (5.77%) Asset Management
13 12 (5.77%) Kalman Filter
14 10 (4.81%) Task Automation
15 9 (4.33%) User Experience
16 7 (3.37%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 23 (11.06%) JavaScript
2 20 (9.62%) Java
3 18 (8.65%) Python
3 18 (8.65%) SQL
4 17 (8.17%) Perl
5 8 (3.85%) Shell Script
6 3 (1.44%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.48%) Bash
7 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (29.33%) Degree
2 32 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (6.73%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (5.77%) Security Cleared
5 9 (4.33%) Azure Certification
5 9 (4.33%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.88%) MCSE
7 5 (2.40%) A+ Certification
7 5 (2.40%) CCNA
7 5 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.40%) MCSA
7 5 (2.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 3 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.44%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.48%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.48%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (12.50%) SLA
2 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 31 (14.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (12.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.33%) ServiceCenter
3 4 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.44%) SCCM
5 1 (0.48%) Autotask
5 1 (0.48%) Grafana
5 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 78 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 29 (13.94%) Oracle
3 14 (6.73%) Apple
4 13 (6.25%) ServiceNow
5 9 (4.33%) Dell
5 9 (4.33%) HP
6 7 (3.37%) SAP
7 6 (2.88%) Siemens
7 6 (2.88%) Splunk
8 3 (1.44%) Citrix
8 3 (1.44%) IBM
8 3 (1.44%) Okta
9 1 (0.48%) Blue Coat
9 1 (0.48%) Google
9 1 (0.48%) Netskope
9 1 (0.48%) New Relic
9 1 (0.48%) Progress
9 1 (0.48%) Remedy
9 1 (0.48%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.48%) Zscaler