Systems Support Contracts in the Midlands

Systems Support
England > Midlands

The median Systems Support daily rate in the Midlands is £260 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 162 189
Rank change year-on-year +36 +27 -47
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Support 5 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.18% 0.12% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - £233
25th Percentile - £275 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £300 £325
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -7.69% +132.14%
75th Percentile £368 £325 £506
90th Percentile £432 - £608
England median daily rate £413 £450 £350
% change year-on-year -8.33% +28.57% +7.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £16.79 -
25th Percentile - £17.61 £15.62
Median hourly rate £13.91 £19.59 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.98% +20.56% +0.79%
75th Percentile - £20.94 £16.87
90th Percentile - £21.38 -
England median hourly rate £15.85 £21.67 £16.82
% change year-on-year -26.86% +28.83% -15.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,501 3,176 4,746
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 94.72% 95.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,688 2,232 3,470
10th Percentile £213 £220 £213
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £554
90th Percentile £688 £680 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 123 164
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.10 £10.56
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.12 £14.24
Median hourly rate £19.36 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year -3.21% +14.42% +15.08%
75th Percentile £35.00 £29.25 £22.25
90th Percentile £52.45 £63.50 £34.85
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.55
% change year-on-year -17.38% +99.60% +2.48%

Systems Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Support in the Midlands

Systems Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Support in the Midlands

Systems Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Support in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Support in the Midlands

Systems Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Support in the Midlands

Systems 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 Systems Support within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 May 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 +26 5 £260 - 4
Systems Support
England

Systems Support Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Systems 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 Systems Support in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) IBM Domino
2 2 (40.00%) Lotus
3 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) Case Management
3 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer

Systems 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 (40.00%) IBM Domino
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (20.00%) Case Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Lotus
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) SAP