IT Support Contract Job Trends in the North East

IT Support
England > North East

The median IT Support daily rate in the North East is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 September 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
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 33 27
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 +35
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 12 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 4.03% 1.77% 2.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.43% 2.02% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £126
25th Percentile £170 £188 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £195 £200
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £180 £203 £215
90th Percentile - - £224
England median daily rate £188 £195 £200
% change year-on-year -3.85% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.33
25th Percentile £13.75 - £13.81
Median hourly rate £14.50 - £15.25
75th Percentile £15.25 - £17.31
90th Percentile - - £18.18
England median hourly rate £17.60 £21.62 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.60% +10.85% +14.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 271 247 216
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 87.59% 93.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 106 166
10th Percentile £186 £266 £253
25th Percentile £340 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £462 £448
Median % change year-on-year +2.81% +3.24% -14.76%
75th Percentile £569 £589 £575
90th Percentile £639 £694 £656
England median daily rate £510 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 24 8
10th Percentile £13.41 £12.42 £15.28
25th Percentile £14.31 £28.95 £16.81
Median hourly rate £19.25 £46.18 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -58.32% +43.19% +89.71%
75th Percentile £24.47 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £50.40 £70.00 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -44.11% -1.92% +76.46%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the North East

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the North East

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the North East

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 29 September 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
Tyne and Wear -3 8 £175 -10.26% 6
Durham +7 2 - - 1
Northumberland - 2 - - 2
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 September 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 North East region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (50.00%) Azure
4 3 (25.00%) Logistics
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco
5 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 2 (16.67%) Wireless
5 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
6 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
6 1 (8.33%) Spanning Tree
6 1 (8.33%) Converged Infrastructure
6 1 (8.33%) Digital Signage
6 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (8.33%) Preventative Maintenance
6 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
6 1 (8.33%) Customer Experience
6 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
6 1 (8.33%) Electronics
6 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
6 1 (8.33%) Finance
6 1 (8.33%) Firewall
6 1 (8.33%) HP
6 1 (8.33%) Dell
6 1 (8.33%) Apple
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (8.33%) SAP

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Wireless
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (8.33%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) LAN
2 1 (8.33%) Spanning Tree
2 1 (8.33%) VLAN
2 1 (8.33%) VoIP
2 1 (8.33%) WAN
General
1 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.33%) Electronics
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Marketing
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (25.00%) Logistics
4 1 (8.33%) Converged Infrastructure
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Experience
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (8.33%) Preventative Maintenance
4 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
4 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Apple
3 1 (8.33%) Dell
3 1 (8.33%) HP
3 1 (8.33%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) VMware