Support Specialist Contract Job Trends in Kingston Upon Thames

Support Specialist
South London > Kingston Upon Thames

The median Support Specialist daily rate in Kingston Upon Thames is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kingston Upon Thames 11.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - -
75th Percentile £288 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £275 - £375

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Kingston Upon Thames

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Kingston Upon Thames. 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 Kingston Upon Thames with a recognized job title 14 26 41
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 77.78% 100.00% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 22
10th Percentile £163 £196 £156
25th Percentile £206 £200 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £243 £413
Median % change year-on-year +18.56% -41.21% -10.81%
75th Percentile £351 £517 £497
90th Percentile £433 £623 £550
South London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 15
10th Percentile - - £17.68
25th Percentile - £68.80 £32.50
Median hourly rate £17.98 £73.60 £52.19
Median % change year-on-year -75.57% +41.02% +18.32%
75th Percentile - £78.40 £55.39
90th Percentile - - £66.54
South London median hourly rate £17.98 £19.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -7.79% -55.52% -0.61%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Support Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames.

Support Specialist job vacancy trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Specialist job vacancies in Kingston Upon Thames.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Specialist job vacancies in Kingston Upon Thames

Support Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Kingston Upon Thames

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the Kingston Upon Thames region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Surbiton - 1 £275 -
Support Specialist
South London

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, Support Specialist 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 Kingston Upon Thames region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (50.00%) HNC
2 1 (50.00%) HND
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Windows

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames 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 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) HNC
1 1 (50.00%) HND
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow