IT Support Contracts in Leeds

IT Support
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median IT Support daily rate in Leeds is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 58 87
Rank change year-on-year +11 +29 +11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 13 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 2.80% 0.63% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.88% 0.68% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile £183 £284 £140
25th Percentile £231 £313 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £325 £193
Median % change year-on-year - +68.83% +10.00%
75th Percentile £344 £338 £238
90th Percentile £348 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £253 £303 £193
% change year-on-year -16.74% +57.53% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £12.38
25th Percentile - - £12.94
Median hourly rate - - £15.25
75th Percentile - - £16.94
90th Percentile - - £17.13
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - - £15.25
% change year-on-year - - +15.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 452 736 1,303
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.20% 92.12% 97.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 458 948
10th Percentile £257 £300 £356
25th Percentile £352 £413 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -7.11% +7.65%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £619
90th Percentile £638 £675 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -3.06% -6.67% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 11
10th Percentile £17.08 £11.24 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.47 £11.75 £16.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £12.53 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +227.21% -79.95% +179.02%
75th Percentile £98.56 £15.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £102.00 £17.67 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.82 £14.34 £32.50
% change year-on-year +73.14% -55.89% +92.88%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Leeds

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support in Leeds

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Leeds over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in Leeds

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Leeds region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 12 (92.31%) Social Skills
1 12 (92.31%) Customer Service
2 11 (84.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (69.23%) Entra ID
3 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
3 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
3 9 (69.23%) iPhone
4 8 (61.54%) Mac OS
4 8 (61.54%) Mobile Device Management
4 8 (61.54%) ServiceNow
4 8 (61.54%) Retail
4 8 (61.54%) Smartphone
4 8 (61.54%) Incident Management
4 8 (61.54%) Service Management
4 8 (61.54%) ITSM
4 8 (61.54%) Apple
4 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (61.54%) ITIL
4 8 (61.54%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (61.54%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
5 3 (23.08%) Driving Licence
5 3 (23.08%) Accessibility
5 3 (23.08%) Linux
5 3 (23.08%) Law
6 1 (7.69%) Android
6 1 (7.69%) VLAN
6 1 (7.69%) Meraki
6 1 (7.69%) User Experience
6 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Entra ID
2 8 (61.54%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) DNS
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) VLAN
1 1 (7.69%) VPN
1 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
General
1 12 (92.31%) Social Skills
2 11 (84.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (61.54%) Retail
4 3 (23.08%) Law
4 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) iPhone
2 8 (61.54%) Smartphone
3 3 (23.08%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Mac OS
2 3 (23.08%) Linux
3 1 (7.69%) Android
3 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Customer Service
2 8 (61.54%) Incident Management
2 8 (61.54%) ITIL
2 8 (61.54%) ITSM
2 8 (61.54%) Mobile Device Management
2 8 (61.54%) Service Management
3 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.69%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (61.54%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 8 (61.54%) Apple
2 8 (61.54%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Meraki