IT Support Contract Job Trends in London

IT Support
England > London

The median IT Support daily rate in London is £215, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 254 269
Rank change year-on-year -26 +15 +48
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 168 118 112
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.83% 0.87% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 0.94% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 75 73
10th Percentile £172 £151 £143
25th Percentile £185 £186 £169
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £225 £200
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £315 £288 £275
90th Percentile £415 £413 £350
England median daily rate £200 £200 £194
% change year-on-year - +3.23% -3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 16
10th Percentile - £21.24 £17.88
25th Percentile £18.75 £22.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £19.50 £23.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% -3.36% -2.66%
75th Percentile £23.30 £25.38 £24.39
90th Percentile £26.00 £27.52 £27.00
England median hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £18.13
% change year-on-year -1.35% +2.04% -8.20%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 18,802 12,610 15,273
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 92.99% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,272 8,525 10,790
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 204 199
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.45
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.98 £22.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £30.00 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% -9.28% -11.81%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.13 £54.38
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.56 £26.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +67.54% -42.22% +4.65%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

IT Support job vacancy trend in London

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in London over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in London

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

IT Support
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 7 August 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
Central London -15 22 £200 -23.81% 9
West London -11 13 £223 -10.80% 5
East London +4 5 £200 - 2
South London -24 1 £233 +3.33% 5
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 August 2026, 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 London region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 102 (60.71%) Windows
2 87 (51.79%) Active Directory
3 86 (51.19%) Microsoft
4 84 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
5 49 (29.17%) ServiceNow
6 48 (28.57%) Azure
7 46 (27.38%) Customer Service
7 46 (27.38%) Problem-Solving
8 43 (25.60%) Windows 10
9 36 (21.43%) JIRA
10 33 (19.64%) Entra ID
10 33 (19.64%) ITIL
11 32 (19.05%) ITSM
12 28 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
13 27 (16.07%) Mac OS
14 23 (13.69%) Apple
14 23 (13.69%) SharePoint
15 22 (13.10%) Problem Management
15 22 (13.10%) Service Management
15 22 (13.10%) VPN
16 20 (11.90%) Apple iOS
16 20 (11.90%) DevOps
17 19 (11.31%) OneDrive
17 19 (11.31%) SLA
18 18 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
18 18 (10.71%) C#
19 17 (10.12%) DNS
19 17 (10.12%) Migration
19 17 (10.12%) Service Delivery
20 16 (9.52%) Change Management

IT Support 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 23 (13.69%) SharePoint
2 15 (8.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (8.93%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.60%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 11 (6.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.79%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 84 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (28.57%) Azure
3 33 (19.64%) Entra ID
4 19 (11.31%) OneDrive
5 18 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (4.17%) SaaS
7 3 (1.79%) AWS
8 2 (1.19%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.60%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.60%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.60%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.60%) IaaS
9 1 (0.60%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.60%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.60%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.60%) Slack
9 1 (0.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (13.10%) VPN
2 17 (10.12%) DNS
3 14 (8.33%) DHCP
4 12 (7.14%) TCP/IP
4 12 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (5.36%) Firewall
6 8 (4.76%) Network Security
6 8 (4.76%) WAN
7 6 (3.57%) Internet
7 6 (3.57%) Wireless
8 4 (2.38%) NGFW
9 3 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.60%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.60%) LAN
10 1 (0.60%) PSTN
10 1 (0.60%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.60%) VLAN
10 1 (0.60%) VoIP
10 1 (0.60%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.19%) Oracle Database
1 2 (1.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 36 (21.43%) JIRA
2 6 (3.57%) Git
General
1 96 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 45 (26.79%) Finance
3 22 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.14%) Banking
4 12 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.98%) Legal
7 3 (1.79%) Billing
7 3 (1.79%) Front Office
8 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.60%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.60%) Japanese Language
8 1 (0.60%) Law
8 1 (0.60%) Local Government
8 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.60%) Marketing
8 1 (0.60%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.60%) Retail
8 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.19%) .NET
2 2 (1.19%) .NET Core
2 2 (1.19%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.19%) CSS
2 2 (1.19%) HTML
2 2 (1.19%) React
2 2 (1.19%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 29 (17.26%) Onboarding
2 19 (11.31%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (4.17%) iPhone
3 7 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.98%) iPad
6 3 (1.79%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.60%) Apple TV
8 1 (0.60%) BYOD
8 1 (0.60%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.60%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.60%) Life Science
8 1 (0.60%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.60%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.60%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 102 (60.71%) Windows
2 43 (25.60%) Windows 10
3 27 (16.07%) Mac OS
4 20 (11.90%) Apple iOS
5 10 (5.95%) Android
6 6 (3.57%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.79%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.79%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (1.19%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (27.38%) Customer Service
1 46 (27.38%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (19.64%) ITIL
3 32 (19.05%) ITSM
4 22 (13.10%) Problem Management
4 22 (13.10%) Service Management
5 20 (11.90%) DevOps
6 17 (10.12%) Migration
6 17 (10.12%) Service Delivery
7 16 (9.52%) Change Management
8 14 (8.33%) Asset Management
9 13 (7.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (6.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (5.95%) Data Protection
11 10 (5.95%) User Experience
12 9 (5.36%) Identity Management
12 9 (5.36%) Inventory Management
12 9 (5.36%) Process Improvement
13 8 (4.76%) CI/CD
13 8 (4.76%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (10.71%) C#
2 16 (9.52%) SQL
3 15 (8.93%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.38%) Python
5 2 (1.19%) Java
5 2 (1.19%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (8.33%) Degree
2 10 (5.95%) A+ Certification
3 9 (5.36%) Security Cleared
4 6 (3.57%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.98%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (2.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.19%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.60%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.31%) SLA
2 5 (2.98%) COBIT
2 5 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.79%) PMO
4 2 (1.19%) GDPR
5 1 (0.60%) ITGC
System Software
1 87 (51.79%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.98%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 28 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (7.14%) SCCM
3 8 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.19%) WSUS
6 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 86 (51.19%) Microsoft
2 49 (29.17%) ServiceNow
3 23 (13.69%) Apple
4 12 (7.14%) Remedy
5 8 (4.76%) VMware
6 7 (4.17%) Palo Alto
7 6 (3.57%) Samsung
8 5 (2.98%) Cisco
8 5 (2.98%) Oracle
9 4 (2.38%) Citrix
10 3 (1.79%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.79%) Concur
10 3 (1.79%) Okta
10 3 (1.79%) SAP
11 2 (1.19%) Adobe
11 2 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (1.19%) Murex
11 2 (1.19%) Zscaler
12 1 (0.60%) Charles River
12 1 (0.60%) Sophos