Technical Support Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Technical Support
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Technical Support daily rate in Sheffield is £433, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 71 -
Rank change year-on-year -24 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.19% 0.18% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.19% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £366 - -
25th Percentile £389 £263 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £275 -
Median % change year-on-year +57.27% - -
75th Percentile £479 £288 -
90th Percentile £505 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £433 £275 -
% change year-on-year +57.27% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 970 517 360
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 91.18% 87.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 614 351 211
10th Percentile £363 £290 £386
25th Percentile £425 £375 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -10.67% -12.50%
75th Percentile £576 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £613 £628
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £465 £514
% change year-on-year +7.53% -9.53% -6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 4 6
10th Percentile - - £15.88
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.10 £20.13
Median hourly rate £32.40 £18.35 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +76.52% -12.61% +10.53%
75th Percentile £36.61 £18.50 £21.88
90th Percentile - £18.51 £22.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £32.40 £18.35 £21.00
% change year-on-year +76.52% -12.61% +7.69%

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Technical Support job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Technical Support
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Support job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Support job vacancies in Sheffield

Technical Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Support in Sheffield over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Support in Sheffield

Technical Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Support job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Support job vacancies in Sheffield

Technical Support Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 17 August 2026, Technical Support 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 Sheffield region featuring Technical Support in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Forefront Identity Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Kerberos
2 1 (50.00%) LDAP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow

Technical Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) LDAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C#
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft