IT Support Contracts in the North of England

IT Support
England > North of England

The median IT Support daily rate in the North of England is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 90 126
Rank change year-on-year -15 +36 +5
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 62 101 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.88% 2.12% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.01% 2.27% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 54 56
10th Percentile £158 £134 £130
25th Percentile £181 £160 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £190 £200
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £300 £300 £245
90th Percentile £338 £325 £315
England median daily rate £220 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 39 15
10th Percentile £12.84 - £14.23
25th Percentile £13.00 £10.95 £17.88
Median hourly rate £17.44 £13.00 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.15% -50.94% +51.43%
75th Percentile £17.71 £14.00 £29.30
90th Percentile £19.29 £22.00 £36.25
England median hourly rate £18.75 £15.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -25.00% +17.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 3,078 4,441 5,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.14% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,038 2,789 3,920
10th Percentile £230 £263 £285
25th Percentile £364 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £646 £673 £680
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 394 162
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.02 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.16 £12.53 £18.82
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.34 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.68% -36.67% +65.08%
75th Percentile £49.38 £45.97 £49.40
90th Percentile £80.22 £60.00 £65.68
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support in the North of England

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West -3 33 £200 +10.34% 36
Yorkshire -2 25 £200 -6.98% 43
North East -9 4 - - 10
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 of England region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 39 (62.90%) Microsoft
2 33 (53.23%) Social Skills
3 25 (40.32%) Windows
4 24 (38.71%) Customer Service
5 23 (37.10%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (33.87%) Active Directory
7 16 (25.81%) ITIL
8 15 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (22.58%) Entra ID
9 14 (22.58%) ITSM
9 14 (22.58%) Service Management
10 13 (20.97%) Microsoft Office
11 12 (19.35%) ServiceNow
12 11 (17.74%) Mac OS
12 11 (17.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (16.13%) iPhone
13 10 (16.13%) A+ Certification
13 10 (16.13%) Apple
13 10 (16.13%) Smartphone
14 9 (14.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (14.52%) Mobile Device Management
15 8 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
15 8 (12.90%) Jamf Pro
15 8 (12.90%) Azure
15 8 (12.90%) VPN
15 8 (12.90%) Incident Management
15 8 (12.90%) Retail
16 7 (11.29%) Logistics
16 7 (11.29%) DNS
16 7 (11.29%) Cybersecurity

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (20.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 23 (37.10%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (22.58%) Entra ID
3 8 (12.90%) Azure
4 4 (6.45%) GCP
5 1 (1.61%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.90%) VPN
2 7 (11.29%) DNS
3 6 (9.68%) DHCP
3 6 (9.68%) TCP/IP
4 4 (6.45%) Firewall
5 3 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (3.23%) VLAN
7 1 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.61%) VoIP
General
1 33 (53.23%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (12.90%) Retail
4 6 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.45%) French Language
5 4 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.84%) Law
7 2 (3.23%) Military
8 1 (1.61%) Billing
8 1 (1.61%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) iPhone
1 10 (16.13%) Smartphone
2 6 (9.68%) Management Information System
3 5 (8.06%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (6.45%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.23%) Fat Client
5 2 (3.23%) Thin Client
5 2 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.61%) CMDB
6 1 (1.61%) iPad
6 1 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (40.32%) Windows
2 11 (17.74%) Mac OS
3 6 (9.68%) Windows 10
4 4 (6.45%) Linux
5 3 (4.84%) Android
5 3 (4.84%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.71%) Customer Service
2 16 (25.81%) ITIL
3 15 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (22.58%) ITSM
4 14 (22.58%) Service Management
5 9 (14.52%) Mobile Device Management
6 8 (12.90%) Incident Management
7 7 (11.29%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (11.29%) Logistics
8 5 (8.06%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (8.06%) Computer Science
9 4 (6.45%) Asset Management
9 4 (6.45%) ERP
9 4 (6.45%) Project Management
9 4 (6.45%) Service Delivery
9 4 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (3.23%) IT Asset Management
10 2 (3.23%) Time Management
10 2 (3.23%) User Experience
11 1 (1.61%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (16.13%) A+ Certification
2 9 (14.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (8.06%) Degree
4 4 (6.45%) DBS Check
4 4 (6.45%) MCP
5 3 (4.84%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.84%) Accessibility
System Software
1 21 (33.87%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (12.90%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (6.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (62.90%) Microsoft
2 12 (19.35%) ServiceNow
3 10 (16.13%) Apple
4 4 (6.45%) Google
5 2 (3.23%) Cisco
5 2 (3.23%) Meraki
6 1 (1.61%) Dell
6 1 (1.61%) HP
6 1 (1.61%) Salesforce