Technical Support Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Technical Support
England > Midlands

The median Technical Support daily rate in the Midlands is £205, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 112 127
Rank change year-on-year -19 +15 +66
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support 29 10 9
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.93% 0.43% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 0.46% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 4
10th Percentile £190 £256 £228
25th Percentile £193 £373 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £456 £275
Median % change year-on-year -55.07% +65.91% -
75th Percentile £215 £469 £322
90th Percentile £218 - £384
England median daily rate £208 £205 £250
% change year-on-year +1.22% -18.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 3
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.21 £18.43
25th Percentile £14.78 £13.53 £19.49
Median hourly rate £18.23 £14.05 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.72% -37.56% -
75th Percentile £25.11 £14.58 £23.75
90th Percentile £25.15 £14.89 -
England median hourly rate £18.50 £24.00 £20.11
% change year-on-year -22.92% +19.34% +30.54%

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 2,781 2,170 2,461
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.36% 92.93% 93.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,762 1,370 1,699
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £363 £361 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £676
England median daily rate £510 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 87 109
10th Percentile £13.65 £13.95 £14.23
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £21.97 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +19.10% +13.51%
75th Percentile £27.41 £32.01 £33.25
90th Percentile £40.25 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £26.50 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.38% -17.78% +38.46%

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Technical Support job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Technical Support
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Technical Support
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Technical Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Support in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Support in the Midlands

Technical 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 Technical Support within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 December 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 -24 18 £190 -58.36% 18
East Midlands -12 11 £210 - 7
Technical Support
England

Technical Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Technical Support 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 Technical Support in the job title.

1 14 (48.28%) Windows
2 10 (34.48%) Degree
3 9 (31.03%) Workflow
4 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
5 5 (17.24%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (17.24%) CRM
5 5 (17.24%) Customer Engagement
5 5 (17.24%) Customer Requirements
5 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
5 5 (17.24%) HP
5 5 (17.24%) Primavera
5 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (13.79%) SAP
6 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
6 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
7 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
7 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (10.34%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (10.34%) Hardware Maintenance
7 3 (10.34%) Logistics
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (10.34%) Migration
7 3 (10.34%) Programme Management
7 3 (10.34%) SCCM
7 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
7 3 (10.34%) Storage Management
7 3 (10.34%) Workflow Management
8 1 (3.45%) Android

Technical Support 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
General
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Manufacturing
3 5 (17.24%) Automotive
3 5 (17.24%) Retail
4 4 (13.79%) Telecoms
5 3 (10.34%) Electronics
5 3 (10.34%) Finance
5 3 (10.34%) Marketing
5 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.45%) Legal
6 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Operating Systems
1 14 (48.28%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Android
2 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Workflow
2 5 (17.24%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (17.24%) CRM
2 5 (17.24%) Customer Engagement
2 5 (17.24%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
2 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (10.34%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (10.34%) Hardware Maintenance
3 3 (10.34%) Logistics
3 3 (10.34%) Migration
3 3 (10.34%) Programme Management
3 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
3 3 (10.34%) Storage Management
3 3 (10.34%) Workflow Management
4 1 (3.45%) Data Entry
4 1 (3.45%) Document Management
4 1 (3.45%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
2 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (10.34%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) HP
3 4 (13.79%) SAP