Support Specialist Contracts in the North East

Support Specialist
England > North East

The median Support Specialist daily rate in the North East is £285, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 August 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
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 1.06% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £275 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 - -
75th Percentile £295 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £273 £425 £344
% change year-on-year -35.92% +23.71% -31.25%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the North East with a recognized job title 257 221 258
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.49% 89.84% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 110 189
10th Percentile £188 £273 £254
25th Percentile £375 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% - -12.62%
75th Percentile £549 £550 £588
90th Percentile £633 £650 £702
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 27 8
10th Percentile £11.60 £10.42 £15.28
25th Percentile £12.50 £14.72 £16.81
Median hourly rate £14.50 £46.18 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -68.60% +43.19% +82.67%
75th Percentile £20.63 £48.09 £36.86
90th Percentile £42.40 £70.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.63% +68.64%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist 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
DemandTrendContract 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 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tyne and Wear - 2 - - 3
Northumberland - 1 £285 -
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 27 August 2025, Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
1 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
1 2 (66.67%) Patch Management
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (66.67%) Inventory Management
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) Finance

Support Specialist 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Inventory Management
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
1 2 (66.67%) Patch Management
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Desktop