Support Specialist Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Support Specialist
England > Midlands

The median Support Specialist daily rate in the Midlands is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 132 137
Rank change year-on-year -24 +5 +66
Contract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 8 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.28% 0.037% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.040% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £228
25th Percentile £413 - £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £260
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.61%
75th Percentile £438 - £280
90th Percentile - - £292
England median daily rate £270 £339 £350
% change year-on-year -20.35% -3.14% -22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £17.43
25th Percentile - - £18.59
Median hourly rate £14.00 - £20.51
75th Percentile - - £24.26
90th Percentile - - £26.50
England median hourly rate £17.00 £16.00 £20.01
% change year-on-year +6.25% -20.02% -

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 2,558 2,475 2,693
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.63% 92.73% 94.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,684 1,546 1,875
10th Percentile £231 £231 £213
25th Percentile £360 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £499 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% +5.05% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 99 119
10th Percentile £13.43 £12.58 £13.85
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.00 £16.83
Median hourly rate £25.00 £23.60 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% +18.00% +13.90%
75th Percentile £30.29 £33.65 £32.77
90th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -40.82% -7.37% +58.64%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Support Specialist job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands

Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands

Support Specialist
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 Specialist within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 October 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 -18 6 £425 - 5
East Midlands - 2 - - 3
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 October 2025, Support Specialist 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 Midlands region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) ERP
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (37.50%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) CRM
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (12.50%) Service Management
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) Ticket Management
3 1 (12.50%) Workflow

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Self-Service HR
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Workflow
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ERP
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) CRM
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (25.00%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (12.50%) Service Management
3 1 (12.50%) Ticket Management
3 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle