Support Officer Contracts in the North West

Support Officer
England > North West

The median Support Officer daily rate in the North West is £303, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 140 168
Rank change year-on-year +20 +28 -31
Contract jobs requiring a Support Officer 15 10 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.54% 0.33% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.35% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 6
10th Percentile £275 £275 £213
25th Percentile £285 £366 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £303 £425 £254
Median % change year-on-year -28.82% +67.49% +15.34%
75th Percentile £348 £461 £265
90th Percentile £450 £469 £351
England median daily rate £330 £350 £238
% change year-on-year -5.71% +47.37% -5.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 5
10th Percentile - - £13.55
25th Percentile £12.50 £11.25 £13.63
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 £17.75 - -
England median hourly rate £15.96 £20.50 £14.29
% change year-on-year -22.15% +43.46% -9.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 2,637 2,853 3,880
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 94.72% 96.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,626 2,022 2,821
10th Percentile £268 £300 £220
25th Percentile £382 £406 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £576 £588 £575
90th Percentile £670 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 132 161
10th Percentile £11.77 £14.56 £12.02
25th Percentile £14.17 £17.65 £15.72
Median hourly rate £32.90 £28.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% +13.36% +38.45%
75th Percentile £47.88 £43.75 £52.56
90th Percentile £71.32 £57.39 £75.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

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 19 June 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 19 June 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 +16 14 £303 -28.82% 9
Cheshire -5 1 - - 2
Support Officer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 June 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%) Law
2 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
3 3 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (20.00%) Line Management
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%) 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%) Management Information System
4 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
4 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 2 (13.33%) VMware
4 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
4 2 (13.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (13.33%) Degree
4 2 (13.33%) Data Entry

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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (6.67%) GIS
General
1 4 (26.67%) Law
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
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%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
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
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%) Asset Management
4 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (13.33%) Data Entry
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%) Data Protection
5 1 (6.67%) E-Commerce
5 1 (6.67%) Ergonomics
5 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
5 1 (6.67%) Proactive Monitoring
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
3 1 (6.67%) SAP