Support Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Support Analyst
England > South East

The median Support Analyst daily rate in the South East is £220, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 142 174
Rank change year-on-year +9 +32 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 56 17 35
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.16% 0.54% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 0.58% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 12 19
10th Percentile £171 £214 £162
25th Percentile £171 £223 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £301 £180
Median % change year-on-year -26.97% +67.36% -21.14%
75th Percentile £274 £430 £234
90th Percentile £388 £546 £290
England median daily rate £225 £250 £265
% change year-on-year -10.00% -5.66% -1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 5
10th Percentile £20.21 - -
25th Percentile - - £20.75
Median hourly rate £20.79 £24.66 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.69% +14.70% +15.44%
75th Percentile - - £22.25
90th Percentile £22.57 - £23.30
England median hourly rate £20.75 £24.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -15.31% +11.36% +6.18%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 4,352 2,934 5,134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 92.85% 93.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,795 1,837 3,163
10th Percentile £263 £245 £205
25th Percentile £403 £400 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £603 £608
90th Percentile £688 £663 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 382 107 405
10th Percentile £13.95 £18.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.32 £24.18 £18.20
Median hourly rate £29.81 £42.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.87% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £69.43 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.49 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £33.17 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -5.23% - -12.50%

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the South East

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 21 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Support Analyst in the South East

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Support Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -5 34 £179 -54.22% 8
Berkshire -3 17 £263 -25.00% 2
Buckinghamshire -1 13 £172 -59.94% 6
Hampshire -20 12 £163 -68.90% 18
Surrey -7 7 £263 +16.67% 4
Oxfordshire - 4 £400 -
Kent - 3 £319 - 2
Support Analyst
England

Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 21 February 2026, Support Analyst 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 South East region featuring Support Analyst in the job title.

1 21 (37.50%) Customer Service
2 19 (33.93%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (33.93%) Windows
3 17 (30.36%) ITIL
3 17 (30.36%) Microsoft
4 15 (26.79%) Incident Management
5 14 (25.00%) ITSM
5 14 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (23.21%) Active Directory
6 13 (23.21%) Decision-Making
7 9 (16.07%) Information Security
7 9 (16.07%) Problem Management
7 9 (16.07%) SC Cleared
7 9 (16.07%) Security Cleared
7 9 (16.07%) Service Delivery
7 9 (16.07%) SLA
8 8 (14.29%) Business Impact Analysis
8 8 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
8 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
8 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
8 8 (14.29%) Process Improvement
9 7 (12.50%) Change Management
9 7 (12.50%) Data Analysis
9 7 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
9 7 (12.50%) Risk Management
9 7 (12.50%) Risk Register
9 7 (12.50%) Service Management
9 7 (12.50%) Time Management
10 6 (10.71%) Client Onboarding
10 6 (10.71%) Creative Thinking

Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (7.14%) Mattermost
1 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (7.14%) Skype for Business
2 3 (5.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.79%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.79%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.93%) Azure
2 5 (8.93%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.57%) AWS
3 2 (3.57%) GCP
4 1 (1.79%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.14%) Skype
2 3 (5.36%) VPN
2 3 (5.36%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.79%) Firewall
3 1 (1.79%) HTTP
3 1 (1.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) JIRA
1 1 (1.79%) Postman
1 1 (1.79%) SoapUI
General
1 25 (44.64%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (32.14%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.07%) Finance
3 9 (16.07%) Retail
4 5 (8.93%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.57%) Local Government
7 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) JSON
1 1 (1.79%) REST
1 1 (1.79%) SOAP
1 1 (1.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (35.71%) Management Information System
2 14 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (10.71%) Onboarding
4 4 (7.14%) Virtual Team
5 3 (5.36%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.79%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.79%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 19 (33.93%) Windows
2 4 (7.14%) Linux
3 3 (5.36%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (37.50%) Customer Service
2 19 (33.93%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (30.36%) ITIL
4 15 (26.79%) Incident Management
5 14 (25.00%) ITSM
6 13 (23.21%) Decision-Making
7 9 (16.07%) Information Security
7 9 (16.07%) Problem Management
7 9 (16.07%) Service Delivery
8 8 (14.29%) Business Impact Analysis
8 8 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
8 8 (14.29%) Process Improvement
9 7 (12.50%) Change Management
9 7 (12.50%) Data Analysis
9 7 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
9 7 (12.50%) Risk Management
9 7 (12.50%) Risk Register
9 7 (12.50%) Service Management
9 7 (12.50%) Time Management
10 6 (10.71%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 4 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (16.07%) SC Cleared
1 9 (16.07%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.93%) A+ Certification
2 5 (8.93%) Degree
3 4 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (5.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.07%) SLA
2 2 (3.57%) PMO
3 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.79%) GDPR
3 1 (1.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (23.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.14%) HP SiteScope
1 4 (7.14%) SCOM
2 3 (5.36%) SCCM
3 1 (1.79%) Kibana
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (30.36%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.93%) Splunk
3 4 (7.14%) Cisco
3 4 (7.14%) Mitel
3 4 (7.14%) Remedy
4 3 (5.36%) Avaya
4 3 (5.36%) McAfee
4 3 (5.36%) Meraki
5 2 (3.57%) Google
6 1 (1.79%) Ariba
6 1 (1.79%) Aruba
6 1 (1.79%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.79%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.79%) SAP
6 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow