Support Analyst Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Support Analyst
North West > Merseyside

The median Support Analyst daily rate in Merseyside is £130, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 22 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 8.00% - 2.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.66% - 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile - - £166
25th Percentile - - £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £130 - £230
Median % change year-on-year - - -40.65%
75th Percentile £149 - £270
90th Percentile £169 - -
North West median daily rate £168 £209 £265
% change year-on-year -19.76% -21.23% -11.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £11.00
North West median hourly rate £27.11 £24.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +10.65% +58.06% -21.52%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 254 192 165
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 93.20% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 105 79
10th Percentile £131 £143 £219
25th Percentile £150 £203 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £363 £400
Median % change year-on-year -37.93% -9.38% -15.79%
75th Percentile £500 £513 £550
90th Percentile £636 £600 £605
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 19
10th Percentile - £13.07 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.18 £14.11 £16.25
Median hourly rate £41.86 £17.22 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +143.06% -9.37% +20.63%
75th Percentile £51.02 £18.13 £29.50
90th Percentile - £21.03 £38.49
North West median hourly rate £40.00 £29.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +37.93% -22.67% +61.57%

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Support Analyst job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Support Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 10 January 2026. 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
Liverpool - 13 £130 - 2
Wirral - 4 - - 3
Support Analyst
North West

Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 10 January 2026, 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 Merseyside region featuring Support Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (77.27%) Windows
2 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
3 12 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (45.45%) Active Directory
5 5 (22.73%) Azure
5 5 (22.73%) VLAN
5 5 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (22.73%) Windows 10
5 5 (22.73%) Windows Server
6 4 (18.18%) CRM
6 4 (18.18%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (13.64%) LAN
7 3 (13.64%) WAN
7 3 (13.64%) Wireless
8 2 (9.09%) Customer Service
8 2 (9.09%) Degree
8 2 (9.09%) DHCP
8 2 (9.09%) DNS
8 2 (9.09%) Hyper-V
8 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (9.09%) VMware
8 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (4.55%) AWS
9 1 (4.55%) ITSM
9 1 (4.55%) JIRA
9 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
9 1 (4.55%) SLA
9 1 (4.55%) SQL

Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (22.73%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) VLAN
1 5 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (13.64%) LAN
2 3 (13.64%) WAN
2 3 (13.64%) Wireless
3 2 (9.09%) DHCP
3 2 (9.09%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (77.27%) Windows
2 5 (22.73%) Windows 10
2 5 (22.73%) Windows Server
3 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (18.18%) CRM
2 2 (9.09%) Customer Service
2 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (4.55%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.09%) Hyper-V
2 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow