Support Specialist Contract Job Trends in the North East

Support Specialist
England > North East

As of 22 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Support Specialist daily rate in the North East.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 1.51% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £225 £315 £290
% change year-on-year -28.57% +8.62% -33.71%

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 374 269 233
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 89.67% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 140 164
10th Percentile £164 £253 £202
25th Percentile £346 £349 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £470 £433
Median % change year-on-year -4.79% +8.55% -19.81%
75th Percentile £533 £588 £570
90th Percentile £600 £654 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 12
10th Percentile £14.28 £17.10 £15.46
25th Percentile £17.88 £22.31 £15.49
Median hourly rate £32.46 £46.18 £31.84
Median % change year-on-year -29.72% +45.04% +41.51%
75th Percentile £53.75 - £46.18
90th Percentile £55.00 - £58.62
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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 North East.

Support Specialist job vacancy trend in the North East

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

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

Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

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

Support Specialist
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 Support Specialist within the North East region over the 6 months to 22 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
Tyne and Wear - 6 - -
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 22 December 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 North East region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 6 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 6 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 6 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (100.00%) Service Management
1 6 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows 10

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (100.00%) OneDrive
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 6 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 6 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 6 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop