Support Analyst Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Support Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median Support Analyst daily rate in Manchester is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 76 98
Rank change year-on-year -1 +22 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 14 7 8
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.24% 0.61% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 0.65% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £174 £144
25th Percentile - £191 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £208 £175
Median % change year-on-year +92.77% +18.57% +4.48%
75th Percentile - £214 £194
90th Percentile - £479 £206
North West median daily rate £369 £209 £265
% change year-on-year +76.65% -21.23% +29.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile £25.80 - -
25th Percentile £27.80 £24.25 -
Median hourly rate £29.60 £24.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.82% +22.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £31.40 £24.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £24.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +20.82% +58.06% -20.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,038 1,074 1,497
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.70% 93.96% 93.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 688 633 1,097
10th Percentile £302 £313 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £584
90th Percentile £664 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 43 58
10th Percentile £17.17 £15.92 £15.42
25th Percentile £19.07 £21.25 £17.20
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +66.67% -2.50%
75th Percentile £30.07 £44.38 £49.75
90th Percentile £53.30 £65.00 £68.50
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £25.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.00% -27.71% +74.43%

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Support Analyst job vacancy trend in Manchester

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in Manchester

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in Manchester

Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Support Analyst 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 Manchester region featuring Support Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (78.57%) Customer Service
2 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
3 7 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 7 (50.00%) ITIL
4 6 (42.86%) ITSM
4 6 (42.86%) Service Management
4 6 (42.86%) Workflow
5 5 (35.71%) Incident Management
5 5 (35.71%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (28.57%) Customer Experience
6 4 (28.57%) Fault Management
6 4 (28.57%) Information Security
6 4 (28.57%) Network Monitoring
6 4 (28.57%) SLA
6 4 (28.57%) Time Management
6 4 (28.57%) Trend Analysis
7 2 (14.29%) SQL
8 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
8 1 (7.14%) Application Performance Monitoring
8 1 (7.14%) Azure
8 1 (7.14%) Change Control
8 1 (7.14%) Dashboard Development
8 1 (7.14%) Data Validation
8 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
8 1 (7.14%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (7.14%) Kalman Filter
8 1 (7.14%) LAN
8 1 (7.14%) Logistics
8 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365

Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
1 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Games
4 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Customer Service
2 7 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 7 (50.00%) ITIL
3 6 (42.86%) ITSM
3 6 (42.86%) Service Management
3 6 (42.86%) Workflow
4 5 (35.71%) Incident Management
4 5 (35.71%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (28.57%) Customer Experience
5 4 (28.57%) Fault Management
5 4 (28.57%) Information Security
5 4 (28.57%) Network Monitoring
5 4 (28.57%) Time Management
5 4 (28.57%) Trend Analysis
6 1 (7.14%) Change Control
6 1 (7.14%) Data Validation
6 1 (7.14%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (7.14%) Logistics
6 1 (7.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Splunk