IT Support Contracts in Gloucestershire

IT Support
South West > Gloucestershire

The median IT Support daily rate in Gloucestershire is £295, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 60 56
Rank change year-on-year +25 -4 -10
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 2.09% 0.42% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% 0.45% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £285 £213 £115
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £225 £120
Median % change year-on-year +31.11% +87.50% -57.14%
75th Percentile £305 £238 £125
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £220 £203 £170
% change year-on-year +8.64% +19.12% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £32.05 - -
25th Percentile £32.88 - -
Median hourly rate £35.17 - -
75th Percentile £36.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £18.31 £25.00 £15.90
% change year-on-year -26.78% +57.23% -4.39%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 215 442 445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.96% 92.47% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 239 280
10th Percentile £160 £325 £313
25th Percentile £285 £453 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £665
90th Percentile £758 £725 £738
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 55 43
10th Percentile £23.30 £15.75 £35.00
25th Percentile £31.50 £26.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £45.50 £65.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.01% -16.67% +228.42%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.38 £83.31
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £34.34 £55.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year -37.56% -12.70% +30.23%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings that featured IT Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Gloucestershire

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Gloucestershire.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in Gloucestershire

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Gloucestershire.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in Gloucestershire

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 24 June 2025. 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
Filton - 4 - - 1
Cheltenham - 1 £295 - 6
IT Support
South West

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, IT Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Gloucestershire region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
1 4 (80.00%) Google
1 4 (80.00%) Google Workspace
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (60.00%) Data Management
2 3 (60.00%) Software Licensing
2 3 (60.00%) Security Patching
2 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) VoIP
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) SLA
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) SCADA
3 1 (20.00%) Android
3 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) Twitter
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (20.00%) Aviation
1 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Data Management
2 3 (60.00%) Security Patching
2 3 (60.00%) Software Licensing
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Twitter