Technical Support Analyst Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Technical Support Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median Technical Support Analyst daily rate in Manchester is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 80 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support Analyst 6 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.49% 0.29% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.31% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £250 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £238 £325 -
90th Percentile - £370 -
North West median daily rate £225 £250 -
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,134 977 1,472
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 94.12% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 760 606 1,071
10th Percentile £310 £310 £313
25th Percentile £380 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year - -7.22% -1.02%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £669 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 33 72
10th Percentile £18.16 £15.93 £12.00
25th Percentile £21.30 £21.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +44.44% -43.75%
75th Percentile £57.50 £33.75 £61.88
90th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £29.52 £34.21
% change year-on-year +42.10% -13.72% +32.55%

Technical Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Technical Support Analyst job vacancy trend in Manchester

Technical Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Technical Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Technical Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 29 January 2026, Technical 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 Technical Support Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (66.67%) Customer Experience
1 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 4 (66.67%) Fault Management
1 4 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 4 (66.67%) Information Security
1 4 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
1 4 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (66.67%) SLA
1 4 (66.67%) Time Management
1 4 (66.67%) Trend Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Service Catalogue

Technical 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:

General
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (66.67%) Customer Experience
1 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 4 (66.67%) Fault Management
1 4 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 4 (66.67%) Information Security
1 4 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
1 4 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (66.67%) Time Management
1 4 (66.67%) Trend Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) SLA