Support Assistant Contract Job Trends in Rochdale

Support Assistant
Manchester > Rochdale

As of 2 August 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Support Assistant daily rate in Rochdale.

 6 months to
2 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Support Assistant 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Rochdale 28.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 28.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Manchester median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Rochdale

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Rochdale. 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 Rochdale with a recognized job title 7 1 1
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £219 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.63% - -
75th Percentile £256 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £13.38 - -
25th Percentile £13.58 - £14.13
Median hourly rate £24.85 - £15.66
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.00%
75th Percentile £38.00 - £17.20
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median hourly rate £60.00 £20.26 £45.00
% change year-on-year +196.22% -54.99% +136.84%

Support Assistant Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Rochdale

For the 6 months to 2 August 2026, Support Assistant 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 Rochdale region featuring Support Assistant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) ODBC
1 2 (100.00%) PABX
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server

Support Assistant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Rochdale 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) PABX
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (100.00%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
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