Support Officer Contracts in the North West

Support Officer
England > North West

The median Support Officer daily rate in the North West is £300 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 151 165
Rank change year-on-year +31 +14 -38
Contract jobs requiring a Support Officer 15 12 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.57% 0.39% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.41% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 8
10th Percentile £244 £260 £154
25th Percentile £275 £300 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £425 £225
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +88.89% +1.12%
75th Percentile £334 £453 £260
90th Percentile £433 £496 £272
England median daily rate £338 £323 £238
% change year-on-year +4.65% +35.79% -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile - - £13.90
25th Percentile £12.50 £11.25 £14.50
Median hourly rate £13.00 £12.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -54.55% +39.68%
75th Percentile £13.50 £13.75 £31.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £16.00 £18.16 £14.65
% change year-on-year -11.87% +23.97% -6.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,505 2,954 3,915
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.53% 94.98% 96.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,630 2,097 2,851
10th Percentile £275 £300 £213
25th Percentile £388 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £569
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 127 180
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.71 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.61
Median hourly rate £27.00 £30.76 £24.10
Median % change year-on-year -12.21% +27.61% +33.04%
75th Percentile £46.91 £49.08 £49.00
90th Percentile £69.67 £66.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +4.03%

Support Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Officer in the North West

Support Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Officer in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Support Officer in the North West

Support Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Officer in the North West over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Officer in the North West

Support Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Officer in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Support Officer in the North West

Support Officer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Officer within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Manchester +24 14 £300 -29.41% 1
Cheshire +4 1 - -
Support Officer
England

Support Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Support Officer 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 West region featuring Support Officer in the job title.

1 5 (33.33%) Project Management
2 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) Law
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
3 3 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (20.00%) Line Management
3 3 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (20.00%) MCSE
3 3 (20.00%) ITIL
3 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (13.33%) NHS
4 2 (13.33%) Process Management
4 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
4 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
4 2 (13.33%) Adobe
4 2 (13.33%) CCNA
4 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (13.33%) Degree
4 2 (13.33%) VMware
4 2 (13.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (13.33%) Project Governance
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune

Support Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) IaaS
General
1 4 (26.67%) Law
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (13.33%) NHS
3 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (6.67%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (6.67%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Project Management
2 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
3 3 (20.00%) ITIL
3 3 (20.00%) Line Management
3 3 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
4 2 (13.33%) Process Management
4 2 (13.33%) Project Governance
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (6.67%) Asset Management
5 1 (6.67%) Data Entry
5 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (6.67%) E-Commerce
5 1 (6.67%) Ergonomics
5 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
5 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) MCSE
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (13.33%) CCNA
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Adobe
2 2 (13.33%) VMware