IT Support Contracts in the Midlands

IT Support
England > Midlands

The median IT Support daily rate in the Midlands is £150, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 98 100
Rank change year-on-year +22 +2 +26
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 35 35 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.83% 1.27% 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.03% 1.38% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 22 44
10th Percentile £125 £120 £123
25th Percentile - £130 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £150 £178
Median % change year-on-year - -15.49% +1.43%
75th Percentile £200 £239 £317
90th Percentile £301 £260 £350
England median daily rate £220 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 10
10th Percentile £15.85 £12.93 £11.93
25th Percentile £17.79 £13.95 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.05 £15.65 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.89% -19.74% +11.43%
75th Percentile £22.08 £19.70 £22.68
90th Percentile £28.04 £22.13 £29.36
England median hourly rate £18.75 £15.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -25.00% +17.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 1,725 2,532 3,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 91.84% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,707 2,290
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.26%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 213 128
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.84 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.21
Median hourly rate £18.82 £19.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -2.05% +16.33%
75th Percentile £28.18 £35.00 £28.88
90th Percentile £35.58 £54.60 £61.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the Midlands

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the Midlands

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the Midlands

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the Midlands

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support in the Midlands

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands +21 22 £150 -27.27% 31
East Midlands +4 13 £175 +16.67% 46
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Midlands region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 19 (54.29%) Social Skills
2 15 (42.86%) Customer Service
3 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (25.71%) Degree
3 9 (25.71%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (22.86%) Public Sector
4 8 (22.86%) ITIL
4 8 (22.86%) Windows
5 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 7 (20.00%) Active Directory
6 6 (17.14%) Computer Science
7 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
7 5 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (11.43%) LAN
8 4 (11.43%) Law
9 3 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (8.57%) DBS Check
9 3 (8.57%) CCENT
9 3 (8.57%) VLAN
9 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
9 3 (8.57%) Service Delivery
9 3 (8.57%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (8.57%) CCNA
9 3 (8.57%) Citrix
9 3 (8.57%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (5.71%) Cisco
10 2 (5.71%) Dell
10 2 (5.71%) Project Management
10 2 (5.71%) VPN

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.86%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.71%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.86%) Azure
3 1 (2.86%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.86%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) LAN
2 3 (8.57%) VLAN
3 2 (5.71%) VPN
4 1 (2.86%) DHCP
4 1 (2.86%) DNS
4 1 (2.86%) Firewall
4 1 (2.86%) WAN
4 1 (2.86%) WLAN
General
1 19 (54.29%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Public Sector
3 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (11.43%) Law
5 2 (5.71%) Finance
5 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.86%) Automotive
6 1 (2.86%) Back Office
6 1 (2.86%) Electronics
6 1 (2.86%) Marketing
6 1 (2.86%) Retail
6 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.71%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.86%) iPhone
3 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.86%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.86%) Windows
2 2 (5.71%) Android
2 2 (5.71%) Mac OS
2 2 (5.71%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (42.86%) Customer Service
2 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (22.86%) ITIL
4 6 (17.14%) Computer Science
5 3 (8.57%) Service Delivery
6 2 (5.71%) Agile
6 2 (5.71%) Break/Fix
6 2 (5.71%) Business Strategy
6 2 (5.71%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (5.71%) Project Management
7 1 (2.86%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (2.86%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (2.86%) Hardware Maintenance
7 1 (2.86%) Inventory Management
7 1 (2.86%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 1 (2.86%) Preventative Maintenance
7 1 (2.86%) Proactive Monitoring
7 1 (2.86%) Project Delivery
7 1 (2.86%) Push Notifications
7 1 (2.86%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) Degree
2 3 (8.57%) CCENT
2 3 (8.57%) CCNA
2 3 (8.57%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (8.57%) DBS Check
2 3 (8.57%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.86%) BitLocker
2 1 (2.86%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.71%) SCCM
2 1 (2.86%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) Citrix
3 2 (5.71%) Cisco
3 2 (5.71%) Dell
3 2 (5.71%) VMware
4 1 (2.86%) Apple
4 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.86%) HP
4 1 (2.86%) Lotus
4 1 (2.86%) Nexthink
4 1 (2.86%) SAP
4 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow