Technical Support Contracts in the North of England

Technical Support
England > North of England

The median Technical Support daily rate in the North of England is £265 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 180 190 231
Rank change year-on-year +10 +41 -49
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support 4 18 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.086% 0.32% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.33% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 6
10th Percentile £236 £130 £145
25th Percentile £244 £164 £149
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £265 £175 £183
Median % change year-on-year +51.43% -4.11% +4.29%
75th Percentile £355 £219 £233
90th Percentile £405 £351 £397
England median daily rate £205 £215 £293
% change year-on-year -4.65% -26.50% +6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.23
Median hourly rate £29.00 £14.25 £29.07
Median % change year-on-year +103.51% -50.98% +128.18%
75th Percentile - - £33.92
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £19.05 £21.22 £18.76
% change year-on-year -10.23% +13.11% +50.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 4,358 5,448 6,909
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 95.41% 96.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,723 3,837 5,075
10th Percentile £263 £280 £200
25th Percentile £386 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £556
90th Percentile £674 £680 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 158 290
10th Percentile £11.06 £14.25 £11.19
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.50 £14.54
Median hourly rate £20.74 £30.54 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -32.09% +58.69% +7.51%
75th Percentile £46.18 £49.48 £34.55
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.21 £58.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +3.00%

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Support in the North of England

Technical Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Support in the North of England

Technical Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Support in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Support in the North of England

Technical Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Support in the North of England

Technical 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 Technical Support within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
Yorkshire +18 2 £345 +137.11% 10
North West +11 2 £230 +31.43% 43
Technical Support
England

Technical Support Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Technical 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 Technical Support in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills

Technical 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow