Technical Support Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Technical Support
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Technical Support daily rate in Hertfordshire is £313, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - 61
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support 17 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 2.62% - 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.93% - 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - £324
25th Percentile £263 - £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - +55.56%
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £171 - £350
% change year-on-year - - +55.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile £18.07 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £18.50 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £20.09 - -
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 £24.00 -
% change year-on-year -33.33% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 580 355 647
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.51% 94.67% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 155 342
10th Percentile £263 £265 £285
25th Percentile £411 £349 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £631
90th Percentile £713 £675 £738
East of England median daily rate £475 £454 £475
% change year-on-year +4.63% -4.42% -0.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 78 160
10th Percentile £17.69 £19.52 £29.62
25th Percentile £19.91 £47.50 £42.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% +1.54% -
75th Percentile £67.50 £75.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.75 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -49.70% +26.42% +92.93%

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Technical Support job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Technical Support
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Technical Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Support within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 10 January 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
Hatfield - 13 - - 1
Watford - 2 £350 -
Welwyn Garden City - 2 £275 - 1
Technical Support
East of England

Technical Support Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 10 January 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Technical Support in the job title.

1 15 (88.24%) SLA
2 13 (76.47%) Customer Service
2 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 13 (76.47%) Time Management
3 12 (70.59%) Asset Management
3 12 (70.59%) ITIL
4 10 (58.82%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (23.53%) Windows
6 3 (17.65%) Apple
6 3 (17.65%) Dell
6 3 (17.65%) HP
6 3 (17.65%) ServiceCenter
7 2 (11.76%) Android
7 2 (11.76%) Cisco
7 2 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (11.76%) E-Commerce
7 2 (11.76%) Inventory Management
7 2 (11.76%) IT Asset Management
7 2 (11.76%) ITSM
7 2 (11.76%) Linux
7 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (11.76%) Oracle
7 2 (11.76%) Order Management
7 2 (11.76%) Problem Management
7 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
7 2 (11.76%) Shell Script

Technical Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
General
1 15 (88.24%) Social Skills
2 13 (76.47%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Publishing
3 2 (11.76%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Android
2 2 (11.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Customer Service
1 13 (76.47%) Time Management
2 12 (70.59%) Asset Management
2 12 (70.59%) ITIL
3 10 (58.82%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (11.76%) E-Commerce
4 2 (11.76%) Inventory Management
4 2 (11.76%) IT Asset Management
4 2 (11.76%) ITSM
4 2 (11.76%) Order Management
4 2 (11.76%) Problem Management
4 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (88.24%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Apple
2 3 (17.65%) Dell
2 3 (17.65%) HP
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle