Support Analyst Contracts in Manchester

Support Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median Support Analyst daily rate in Manchester is £210, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 89 92
Rank change year-on-year +22 +3 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 13 4 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.47% 0.28% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.57% 0.30% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 11
10th Percentile £166 - £189
25th Percentile £170 £191 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £203 £300
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -32.50% +76.47%
75th Percentile £400 £214 £494
90th Percentile £554 - £656
North West median daily rate £210 £201 £275
% change year-on-year +4.35% -26.82% +61.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £21.25 - £14.01
25th Percentile £24.25 - £14.10
Median hourly rate £24.50 - £14.66
75th Percentile £24.75 - £15.66
90th Percentile £29.70 - £15.84
North West median hourly rate £19.50 £10.95 £23.15
% change year-on-year +78.08% -52.70% +8.61%

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 826 1,348 1,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 95.60% 96.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 576 938 1,290
10th Percentile £279 £311 £313
25th Percentile £400 £394 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £546 £575 £589
90th Percentile £664 £689 £675
North West median daily rate £465 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -4.62% -2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 83 41
10th Percentile - £12.05 £14.65
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £16.85
Median hourly rate £24.83 £27.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.06% -1.82% +51.81%
75th Percentile £64.06 £63.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.38 £73.75 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £30.10 £28.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year +7.50% -8.32% +31.51%

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Analyst in Manchester

Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Analyst in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Support Analyst in Manchester

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Analyst in Manchester over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Analyst in Manchester

Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Analyst in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Support Analyst in Manchester

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Analyst in Manchester over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Analyst in Manchester

Support Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Analyst within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 22 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
Bolton - 1 £175 - 1
Support Analyst
North West

Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Support Analyst 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 Manchester region featuring Support Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) ITIL
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Customer Service
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Service Management
3 4 (30.77%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (30.77%) Data Protection
4 3 (23.08%) Mandarin Language
4 3 (23.08%) MongoDB
4 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) ITSM
4 3 (23.08%) Windows
5 2 (15.38%) Oracle
5 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
5 2 (15.38%) Workflow
5 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
6 1 (7.69%) Grafana
6 1 (7.69%) Moogsoft
6 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
6 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
6 1 (7.69%) Splunk
6 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (7.69%) Software Deployment
6 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
6 1 (7.69%) User Experience

Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) MongoDB
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Mandarin Language
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Customer Service
1 5 (38.46%) ITIL
2 4 (30.77%) Data Protection
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Service Management
3 3 (23.08%) ITSM
4 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Workflow
5 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
5 1 (7.69%) Issue Tracking
5 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Software Deployment
5 1 (7.69%) Ticket Management
5 1 (7.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
1 1 (7.69%) Uniface
1 1 (7.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Grafana
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 1 (7.69%) AppDynamics
3 1 (7.69%) IBM
3 1 (7.69%) Moogsoft
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.69%) Splunk