IT Support Contracts in London

IT Support
England > London

The median IT Support daily rate in London is £238, 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 266 254 300
Rank change year-on-year -12 +46 +53
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 87 138 201
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.69% 0.77% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.83% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 97 149
10th Percentile £151 £142 £131
25th Percentile £200 £175 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £210 £220
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% -4.55% +8.31%
75th Percentile £300 £300 £294
90th Percentile £413 £392 £388
England median daily rate £220 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 29 16
10th Percentile £20.32 £12.92 £13.15
25th Percentile £22.66 £17.88 £20.75
Median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £22.63
Median % change year-on-year +19.00% -11.62% +21.95%
75th Percentile £26.45 £23.00 £25.00
90th Percentile £29.91 £24.04 £25.38
England median hourly rate £18.75 £15.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -25.00% +17.65%

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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in London

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support in London

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in London

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in London

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support 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 1 May 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 +2 28 £234 +14.02% 14
South London +6 5 £238 +39.85% 7
West London +7 2 £238 +23.38% 5
IT Support
England

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

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 London region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 50 (57.47%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (55.17%) Windows
3 47 (54.02%) Microsoft
4 38 (43.68%) Active Directory
5 33 (37.93%) Social Skills
6 32 (36.78%) Finance
7 30 (34.48%) Azure
8 26 (29.89%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (24.14%) Apple iOS
10 19 (21.84%) Entra ID
11 18 (20.69%) Windows 10
11 18 (20.69%) Microsoft Intune
11 18 (20.69%) VPN
12 17 (19.54%) Microsoft Office
12 17 (19.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (19.54%) Onboarding
13 15 (17.24%) Asana
13 15 (17.24%) SharePoint
14 14 (16.09%) Microsoft Exchange
15 13 (14.94%) Service Management
15 13 (14.94%) ITSM
15 13 (14.94%) Customer Service
16 12 (13.79%) Slack
16 12 (13.79%) Asset Management
16 12 (13.79%) Android
17 10 (11.49%) Wi-Fi
18 8 (9.20%) SaaS
18 8 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
18 8 (9.20%) Palo Alto
18 8 (9.20%) OneDrive

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 15 (17.24%) SharePoint
2 14 (16.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.15%) Confluence
3 1 (1.15%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 17 (19.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.15%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) BambooHR
1 1 (1.15%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 50 (57.47%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (34.48%) Azure
3 19 (21.84%) Entra ID
4 15 (17.24%) Asana
5 12 (13.79%) Slack
6 8 (9.20%) OneDrive
6 8 (9.20%) SaaS
7 5 (5.75%) Google Workspace
8 4 (4.60%) AWS
9 2 (2.30%) Mimecast
9 2 (2.30%) Power Platform
10 1 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.15%) Google Docs
10 1 (1.15%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 18 (20.69%) VPN
2 10 (11.49%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (6.90%) DHCP
3 6 (6.90%) DNS
4 4 (4.60%) LAN
4 4 (4.60%) Remote Desktop
4 4 (4.60%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.45%) VoIP
6 2 (2.30%) WAN
6 2 (2.30%) Wireless
7 1 (1.15%) Firewall
7 1 (1.15%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.30%) Power BI
2 1 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.15%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 7 (8.05%) JIRA
General
1 33 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 32 (36.78%) Finance
3 17 (19.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.45%) Banking
5 3 (3.45%) Local Government
5 3 (3.45%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.30%) Law
6 2 (2.30%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.30%) Retail
7 1 (1.15%) Billing
7 1 (1.15%) Cantonese Language
7 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.15%) Games
7 1 (1.15%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.54%) Onboarding
2 8 (9.20%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (3.45%) iPhone
4 2 (2.30%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.30%) Hedge funds
4 2 (2.30%) iPad
5 1 (1.15%) BYOD
5 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.15%) FMCG
5 1 (1.15%) Handset
5 1 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.15%) NHS
5 1 (1.15%) Replication
5 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.15%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 48 (55.17%) Windows
2 21 (24.14%) Apple iOS
3 18 (20.69%) Windows 10
4 12 (13.79%) Android
5 7 (8.05%) Mac OS
6 3 (3.45%) Windows Server
7 2 (2.30%) Linux
8 1 (1.15%) VMS
8 1 (1.15%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (29.89%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (14.94%) Customer Service
2 13 (14.94%) ITSM
2 13 (14.94%) Service Management
3 12 (13.79%) Asset Management
4 6 (6.90%) Investment Management
4 6 (6.90%) ITIL
4 6 (6.90%) Mobile Device Management
4 6 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (5.75%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (5.75%) IT Asset Management
6 4 (4.60%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (4.60%) Data Protection
6 4 (4.60%) Identity Management
6 4 (4.60%) Inventory Management
6 4 (4.60%) IT Strategy
6 4 (4.60%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 4 (4.60%) Wealth Management
7 3 (3.45%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (3.45%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (1.15%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (3.45%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.30%) Degree
2 2 (2.30%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.15%) A+ Certification
3 1 (1.15%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (1.15%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.05%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (43.68%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.30%) vSphere
4 1 (1.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (20.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.45%) SCCM
3 2 (2.30%) CASB
4 1 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.15%) Plesk
4 1 (1.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 47 (54.02%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.20%) Palo Alto
2 8 (9.20%) Zscaler
3 7 (8.05%) Google
4 6 (6.90%) ServiceNow
5 5 (5.75%) Apple
6 3 (3.45%) Cisco
7 2 (2.30%) Meraki
7 2 (2.30%) VMware
8 1 (1.15%) Concur
8 1 (1.15%) Oracle
8 1 (1.15%) Proofpoint
8 1 (1.15%) Rackspace
8 1 (1.15%) Remedy
8 1 (1.15%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.15%) Sophos