IT Support Contracts in Hertfordshire

IT Support
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median IT Support daily rate in Hertfordshire is £150, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 July 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
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 60 62
Rank change year-on-year +15 +2 +7
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 8 6 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.88% 0.82% 1.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% 0.93% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 10
10th Percentile £137 £252 £121
25th Percentile £140 £256 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £308 £184
Median % change year-on-year -51.22% +67.35% -16.48%
75th Percentile £171 £388 £200
90th Percentile £181 £410 £218
East of England median daily rate £171 £188 £180
% change year-on-year -8.80% +4.17% -13.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.64 £14.42 -
Median hourly rate £21.28 £15.34 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.72% - -
75th Percentile £22.24 £16.26 -
90th Percentile £22.43 - -
East of England median hourly rate £21.28 £14.47 £25.00
% change year-on-year +47.06% -42.12% +72.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 361 646 718
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.74% 87.77% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 262 402
10th Percentile £225 £213 £233
25th Percentile £425 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £444 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.85% -11.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £591 £575 £675
90th Percentile £680 £638 £738
East of England median daily rate £500 £438 £478
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.52% +0.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 260 144
10th Percentile £20.64 £18.00 £17.22
25th Percentile £34.50 £43.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -21.88% +28.00%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £43.90 £36.25
% change year-on-year -3.19% +21.10% +82.99%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Hertfordshire

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support in Hertfordshire

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in Hertfordshire

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 July 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
Welwyn Garden City - 5 - -
Stevenage +5 1 £150 -43.40%
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £135 - 1
Letchworth - 1 £175 -
IT Support
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 27 July 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 Hertfordshire region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Apple iOS
3 5 (62.50%) Google Workspace
3 5 (62.50%) iPhone
3 5 (62.50%) iPad
3 5 (62.50%) MobileIron
3 5 (62.50%) ServiceNow
3 5 (62.50%) Service Management
3 5 (62.50%) ITSM
3 5 (62.50%) Google
3 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (62.50%) Customer Service
3 5 (62.50%) Nexthink
4 2 (25.00%) SLA
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
5 1 (12.50%) Azure
5 1 (12.50%) User Experience
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
5 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
5 1 (12.50%) Apple
5 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
5 1 (12.50%) SCCM
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
5 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Google Workspace
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) Azure
General
1 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) iPad
1 5 (62.50%) iPhone
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
3 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Customer Service
1 5 (62.50%) ITSM
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (62.50%) Service Management
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Google
1 5 (62.50%) MobileIron
1 5 (62.50%) Nexthink
1 5 (62.50%) ServiceNow
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Apple