IT Support Specialist Contract Job Trends in London

IT Support Specialist
England > London

The median IT Support Specialist daily rate in London is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 389 428
Rank change year-on-year +21 +39 +153
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 4 6 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.030% 0.037% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.039% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £219 - -
25th Percentile £228 - £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £226
Median % change year-on-year - - -24.58%
75th Percentile £266 - £252
90th Percentile £271 - £273
England median daily rate £225 £195 £263
% change year-on-year +15.38% -25.71% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.00 - £22.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £25.00
75th Percentile £17.00 - £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £13.85 £16.00 £20.01
% change year-on-year -13.44% -20.02% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,503 15,231 20,056
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 93.93% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,345 9,999 14,633
10th Percentile £332 £340 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £668 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 176 219
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.38 £18.00
25th Percentile £22.69 £24.06 £22.27
Median hourly rate £28.14 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.61% -6.67% +25.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £57.81 £62.75
90th Percentile £66.92 £78.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £45.94
% change year-on-year -42.71% -4.44% +74.23%

IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

IT Support Specialist job vacancy trend in London

IT Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Specialist job vacancies in London

IT Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Specialist job vacancies in London

IT Support Specialist
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Central London - 1 £275 -
IT Support Specialist
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 October 2025, IT 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 London region featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Bash
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (25.00%) Concur
3 1 (25.00%) Slack
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (25.00%) BambooHR
3 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) BambooHR
1 1 (25.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (25.00%) Life Science
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (25.00%) Biotechnology
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Release Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (25.00%) MCP
1 1 (25.00%) MCSA
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Concur
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow