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 24 June 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 246 275 313
Rank change year-on-year +29 +38 +45
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 104 130 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.83% 0.74% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 0.79% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 85 129
10th Percentile £150 £143 £131
25th Percentile £188 £175 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £200 £205
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -2.44% -8.89%
75th Percentile £294 £269 £275
90th Percentile £413 £345 £408
England median daily rate £220 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 27 12
10th Percentile £21.04 £14.55 £14.86
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.88 £21.19
Median hourly rate £23.00 £22.15 £22.57
Median % change year-on-year +3.84% -1.87% +28.99%
75th Percentile £23.50 £23.80 £25.18
90th Percentile £27.39 £25.00 £27.35
England median hourly rate £21.28 £15.65 £20.60
% change year-on-year +35.97% -24.03% +17.71%

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 11,759 16,474 23,813
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.77% 94.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,963 11,827 17,372
10th Percentile £338 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £676 £700
90th Percentile £798 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 321 274
10th Percentile £19.28 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £33.45 £27.50 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year +21.62% -25.21% +5.06%
75th Percentile £50.50 £46.50 £63.94
90th Percentile £64.63 £67.00 £82.43
England median hourly rate £28.75 £39.55 £43.63
% change year-on-year -27.31% -9.35% +78.37%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 24 June 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 +12 29 £244 +21.88% 34
South London +7 7 £225 +23.29% 2
West London +13 6 £250 +29.87% 3
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 58 (55.77%) Windows
2 57 (54.81%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (51.92%) Microsoft
4 47 (45.19%) Active Directory
5 39 (37.50%) Social Skills
6 30 (28.85%) Azure
7 29 (27.88%) Finance
8 26 (25.00%) Windows 10
8 26 (25.00%) Entra ID
9 24 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (19.23%) VPN
11 19 (18.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 19 (18.27%) Microsoft Intune
11 19 (18.27%) Apple iOS
12 17 (16.35%) Customer Service
13 16 (15.38%) Onboarding
13 16 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
13 16 (15.38%) ITSM
14 15 (14.42%) SharePoint
15 14 (13.46%) ITIL
15 14 (13.46%) Service Management
16 13 (12.50%) Slack
16 13 (12.50%) Asana
17 12 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
17 12 (11.54%) Android
18 11 (10.58%) Asset Management
19 10 (9.62%) DHCP
19 10 (9.62%) DNS
19 10 (9.62%) Wi-Fi
20 9 (8.65%) SaaS

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 16 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (14.42%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.92%) Confluence
4 1 (0.96%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 12 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.92%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.96%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.96%) BambooHR
2 1 (0.96%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 57 (54.81%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (28.85%) Azure
3 26 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 13 (12.50%) Asana
4 13 (12.50%) Slack
5 9 (8.65%) SaaS
6 7 (6.73%) Google Workspace
6 7 (6.73%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.88%) AWS
7 3 (2.88%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.92%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.96%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.96%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 20 (19.23%) VPN
2 10 (9.62%) DHCP
2 10 (9.62%) DNS
2 10 (9.62%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (6.73%) TCP/IP
4 5 (4.81%) LAN
5 3 (2.88%) VoIP
5 3 (2.88%) Wireless
6 2 (1.92%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.92%) WAN
7 1 (0.96%) Firewall
7 1 (0.96%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.88%) Power BI
2 1 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.96%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 6 (5.77%) JIRA
General
1 39 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 29 (27.88%) Finance
3 19 (18.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.85%) Local Government
5 4 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.88%) Banking
6 3 (2.88%) Law
6 3 (2.88%) Retail
7 2 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.92%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.96%) Billing
8 1 (0.96%) Games
8 1 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.38%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.85%) iPhone
2 4 (3.85%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (1.92%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.92%) iPad
4 1 (0.96%) Blackberry
4 1 (0.96%) BYOD
4 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.96%) FMCG
4 1 (0.96%) Handset
4 1 (0.96%) Hedge funds
4 1 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.96%) Life Science
4 1 (0.96%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.96%) NHS
4 1 (0.96%) Replication
4 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 58 (55.77%) Windows
2 26 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 19 (18.27%) Apple iOS
4 12 (11.54%) Android
5 6 (5.77%) Mac OS
6 5 (4.81%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.92%) VMS
7 2 (1.92%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.92%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.96%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (16.35%) Customer Service
3 16 (15.38%) ITSM
4 14 (13.46%) ITIL
4 14 (13.46%) Service Management
5 11 (10.58%) Asset Management
6 8 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (5.77%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 5 (4.81%) Inventory Management
8 5 (4.81%) IT Asset Management
8 5 (4.81%) Mobile Device Management
8 5 (4.81%) User Experience
9 4 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence
9 4 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (3.85%) Identity Management
9 4 (3.85%) Investment Management
9 4 (3.85%) IT Strategy
10 3 (2.88%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (2.88%) Change Management
10 3 (2.88%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.88%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.92%) SQL
3 1 (0.96%) Bash
3 1 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 5 (4.81%) Security Cleared
2 4 (3.85%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (1.92%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.96%) Degree
5 1 (0.96%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.96%) MCP
5 1 (0.96%) MCSA
5 1 (0.96%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.65%) SLA
System Software
1 47 (45.19%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.77%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (3.85%) vSphere
4 1 (0.96%) Firmware
4 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (18.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.77%) SCCM
3 3 (2.88%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.92%) CASB
5 1 (0.96%) Plesk
5 1 (0.96%) WSUS
Vendors
1 54 (51.92%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.65%) Google
2 9 (8.65%) ServiceNow
3 7 (6.73%) Apple
4 6 (5.77%) Palo Alto
4 6 (5.77%) Zscaler
5 4 (3.85%) Cisco
6 3 (2.88%) Remedy
7 2 (1.92%) Meraki
8 1 (0.96%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.96%) Citrix
8 1 (0.96%) Concur
8 1 (0.96%) Oracle
8 1 (0.96%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.96%) Rackspace
8 1 (0.96%) Reuters
8 1 (0.96%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.96%) Sophos
8 1 (0.96%) VMware