Technical Support Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Technical Support
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Technical Support daily rate in Gloucestershire is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 57 52
Rank change year-on-year +22 -5 -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support 6 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 1.94% 0.22% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.21% 0.23% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile - - £213
25th Percentile £225 £463 £282
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £475 £413
Median % change year-on-year -47.37% +15.15% -
75th Percentile £275 £488 £552
90th Percentile - - £626
South West median daily rate £250 £153 £250
% change year-on-year +63.40% -38.80% -34.21%

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 271 427 472
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.70% 95.31% 96.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 208 285
10th Percentile £207 £359 £360
25th Percentile £343 £462 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +7.32%
75th Percentile £660 £653 £675
90th Percentile £724 £734 £738
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £538
% change year-on-year -2.44% -4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 49 45
10th Percentile - £22.50 £31.20
25th Percentile £13.50 £40.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £34.34 £67.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.13% -10.00% +109.97%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.50 £78.36
90th Percentile - £73.75 £84.36
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +9.09%

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Support in Gloucestershire

Technical Support
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Support job vacancies in Gloucestershire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Support job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Technical Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Support job vacancies in Gloucestershire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Support job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Technical 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 Technical Support within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Gloucester - 4 £250 - 2
Technical Support
South West

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Technical 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 Technical Support in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (83.33%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (83.33%) ServiceNow
2 5 (83.33%) Windows 10
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (83.33%) VoIP
2 5 (83.33%) SLA
2 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (83.33%) Remedy
3 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) Android
5 2 (33.33%) Mac OS
5 2 (33.33%) ITIL
5 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
6 1 (16.67%) MCP
6 1 (16.67%) LAN
6 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
6 1 (16.67%) WAN
6 1 (16.67%) DNS
6 1 (16.67%) Service Management
6 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
6 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (16.67%) Firewall
6 1 (16.67%) ITSM
6 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (16.67%) Azure

Technical 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:

Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) VoIP
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (33.33%) Android
3 2 (33.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
2 1 (16.67%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Remedy
1 5 (83.33%) ServiceNow