IT Support Specialist Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

IT Support Specialist
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median IT Support Specialist daily rate in Portsmouth is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
75th Percentile £275 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £250 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 287 164 228
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.63% 97.04% 93.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 98 91
10th Percentile £313 - £400
25th Percentile £459 £200 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £470 £575
Median % change year-on-year +16.91% -18.26% +15.00%
75th Percentile £617 £575 £658
90th Percentile £680 £625 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £540 £575
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 34 89
10th Percentile £24.14 £24.81 £51.06
25th Percentile £30.40 £32.94 £53.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -15.25% -0.76%
75th Percentile £64.11 £58.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.55 £63.38 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -20.00% -12.82% +9.24%

IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Support Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

IT Support Specialist job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 11 July 2026, IT Support Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Portsmouth region featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AirWatch
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) WFM
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signage
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) WFM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) VMware