IT Support Specialist Contracts in Northamptonshire

IT Support Specialist
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median IT Support Specialist daily rate in Northamptonshire is £320, 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 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 0.68% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £320 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 135 185 221
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 94.39% 91.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 138 171
10th Percentile £271 £265 £205
25th Percentile £358 £356 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £433 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.89% +8.13% -11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £537 £500
90th Percentile £575 £621 £573
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £410 £450
% change year-on-year +9.02% -8.89% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 18 10
10th Percentile £16.88 £10.90 £14.19
25th Percentile £21.56 £12.37 £17.82
Median hourly rate £32.25 £14.00 £19.02
Median % change year-on-year +130.36% -26.37% -17.33%
75th Percentile £45.06 £35.00 £26.33
90th Percentile £51.03 £57.88 £35.30
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.21 £17.50 £20.36
% change year-on-year +32.60% -14.05% +19.03%

IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Specialist in Northamptonshire

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT 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 Northamptonshire region featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware