IT Support Contract Job Trends in Leeds

IT Support
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median IT Support daily rate in Leeds is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 62 68
Rank change year-on-year +3 +6 +34
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 18 3 11
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 2.65% 0.45% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.76% 0.48% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 2
10th Percentile £162 - £154
25th Percentile £175 £111 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £121 £170
Median % change year-on-year +85.65% -28.71% -1.45%
75th Percentile £448 £132 £180
90th Percentile £500 - £186
West Yorkshire median daily rate £225 £136 £150
% change year-on-year +65.93% -9.60% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £13.35
25th Percentile - - £15.38
Median hourly rate - £18.13 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year - -2.00% -
75th Percentile - - £21.31
90th Percentile - - £21.88
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £18.13 £18.50
% change year-on-year - -2.00% +16.24%

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 652 625 1,022
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.88% 93.14% 96.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 387 695
10th Percentile £304 £320 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -7.62% -
75th Percentile £575 £570 £625
90th Percentile £662 £645 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 30 11
10th Percentile £21.63 £17.89 £16.50
25th Percentile £23.80 £19.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.50 £24.59 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +15.39% -0.30%
75th Percentile £27.06 £46.25 £23.00
90th Percentile £28.08 £48.75 £23.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £26.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.76% +31.25% -5.53%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

IT Support job vacancy trend in Leeds

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Leeds

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Leeds over the 6 months to 26 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in Leeds

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Leeds

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 26 October 2025, IT 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 Leeds region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 12 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 11 (61.11%) Customer Service
3 10 (55.56%) Entra ID
3 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
4 9 (50.00%) ITIL
4 9 (50.00%) Jamf Pro
4 9 (50.00%) Mac OS
4 9 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (44.44%) Apple
5 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (44.44%) ServiceNow
6 7 (38.89%) ITSM
6 7 (38.89%) Service Management
6 7 (38.89%) Windows
7 6 (33.33%) Incident Management
7 6 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (16.67%) DHCP
8 3 (16.67%) DNS
8 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
8 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
8 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
8 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
9 2 (11.11%) ACSP
9 2 (11.11%) ACTC
9 2 (11.11%) Android
9 2 (11.11%) Azure
9 2 (11.11%) Invoice Processing
9 2 (11.11%) LAN
9 2 (11.11%) Linux

IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 10 (55.56%) Entra ID
2 9 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) DHCP
1 3 (16.67%) DNS
1 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (11.11%) LAN
2 2 (11.11%) VoIP
2 2 (11.11%) WAN
3 1 (5.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 15 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (44.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (33.33%) Retail
4 4 (22.22%) Finance
5 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Law
6 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) iPhone
2 6 (33.33%) Smartphone
3 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.56%) NHS
3 1 (5.56%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 7 (38.89%) Windows
3 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 2 (11.11%) Android
4 2 (11.11%) Linux
5 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Customer Service
2 9 (50.00%) ITIL
3 7 (38.89%) ITSM
3 7 (38.89%) Service Management
4 6 (33.33%) Incident Management
4 6 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (11.11%) Invoice Processing
6 2 (11.11%) Migration
6 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (5.56%) Information Governance
7 1 (5.56%) Information Security
7 1 (5.56%) Programme Management
7 1 (5.56%) RBAC
7 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery
7 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) ACSP
1 2 (11.11%) ACTC
2 1 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) PMO
2 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 12 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (50.00%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 8 (44.44%) Apple
2 8 (44.44%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) HP