Support Officer Contracts in the Midlands

Support Officer
England > Midlands

The median Support Officer daily rate in the Midlands is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 140 201
Rank change year-on-year +15 +61 -46
Contract jobs requiring a Support Officer 16 18 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.54% 0.56% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.59% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 3
10th Percentile £266 £122 -
25th Percentile £270 £240 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £314 £175
Median % change year-on-year +3.59% +79.29% -30.00%
75th Percentile £388 £361 £216
90th Percentile £413 £391 £233
England median daily rate £330 £350 £238
% change year-on-year -5.71% +47.37% -5.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.83 -
25th Percentile £15.65 £14.06 -
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% - -
75th Percentile £19.78 £18.56 -
90th Percentile £20.37 £19.88 -
England median hourly rate £15.96 £20.50 £14.29
% change year-on-year -22.15% +43.46% -9.34%

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 2,719 3,042 4,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.50% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,809 2,147 3,499
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +1.05% +15.85%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £569
90th Percentile £675 £692 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 113 146
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £14.09 £15.00 £14.67
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.71 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +13.45% +21.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Support Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Officer in the Midlands

Support Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Support Officer in the Midlands

Support Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Officer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Officer in the Midlands

Support Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Officer in the Midlands

Support Officer
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 Support Officer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 June 2024. 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 +12 8 £350 +21.74% 3
East Midlands +11 8 £270 -32.50% 6
Support Officer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 June 2024, Support Officer 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 Support Officer in the job title.

1 5 (31.25%) VMware
1 5 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
1 5 (31.25%) TCP/IP
1 5 (31.25%) Internet
1 5 (31.25%) Virtual Servers
1 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) ERP
3 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 2 (12.50%) PMO
3 2 (12.50%) Change Control
3 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
3 2 (12.50%) Project Management
3 2 (12.50%) Change Management
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (12.50%) Degree
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (6.25%) Project Planning
4 1 (6.25%) Resource Management
4 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) Project Governance
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle

Support Officer 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:

Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Internet
1 5 (31.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
General
1 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) Change Control
1 2 (12.50%) Change Management
1 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
1 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
1 2 (12.50%) ERP
1 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
1 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
1 2 (12.50%) Project Management
1 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (6.25%) Case Management
2 1 (6.25%) Due Diligence
2 1 (6.25%) Information Governance
2 1 (6.25%) Order Management
2 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery
2 1 (6.25%) Project Governance
2 1 (6.25%) Project Planning
2 1 (6.25%) Resource Management
2 1 (6.25%) Risk Management
2 1 (6.25%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) PMO
2 1 (6.25%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Virtual Servers
1 5 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) VMware
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) SAP