IT Support Contracts in Portsmouth

IT Support
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median IT Support daily rate in Portsmouth is £160, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 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
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 40 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an IT Support 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 2.06% 0.47% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.08% 0.49% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £155 £213 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £225 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% - -
75th Percentile £226 £238 -
90th Percentile £263 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £180 £213 £123
% change year-on-year -15.29% +73.47% -67.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.00 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year -18.37% -9.26% +80.00%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Portsmouth with a recognized job title 192 204 265
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.97% 96.68% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 87 161
10th Percentile £200 £384 £273
25th Percentile £213 £447 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £556 £688 £600
90th Percentile £588 £820 £676
Hampshire median daily rate £530 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -7.83% +9.52% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 81 20
10th Percentile £24.81 £51.06 £19.92
25th Percentile £31.67 £53.40 £45.58
Median hourly rate £48.75 £57.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +4.27% +8.33%
75th Percentile £55.00 £70.00 £68.63
90th Percentile £59.63 £76.86 £70.13
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.75 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -15.00% +9.24% +40.00%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Portsmouth

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Portsmouth.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Portsmouth

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Portsmouth.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Portsmouth

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 26 August 2025, IT 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 Portsmouth region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow Management
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (50.00%) Marketing
3 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (50.00%) SAP
3 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Electronics
3 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (50.00%) Workflow
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Internet
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Electronics
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (50.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow Management
3 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (50.00%) Workflow
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft