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 £263, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 151 165
Rank change year-on-year +30 +14 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 52 28 49
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.37% 0.68% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 0.73% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 18 28
10th Percentile £173 £174 £159
25th Percentile £182 £213 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £225 £219
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +2.74% +4.29%
75th Percentile £344 £413 £281
90th Percentile £420 £469 £579
England median daily rate £290 £250 £356
% change year-on-year +16.00% -29.78% +42.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile - - £13.66
25th Percentile - £22.25 £14.66
Median hourly rate £20.79 £24.50 £16.36
Median % change year-on-year -15.14% +49.80% -3.79%
75th Percentile £24.06 £26.75 £20.06
90th Percentile £27.58 - £22.43
England median hourly rate £22.14 £24.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -9.63% +28.95% +4.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 3,406 3,820 5,114
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.73% 92.38% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,202 2,289 3,390
10th Percentile £204 £246 £210
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £501
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.30% +0.20%
75th Percentile £597 £625 £613
90th Percentile £663 £685 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 334 216 250
10th Percentile £13.33 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.97 £26.81 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.79 £57.52 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.86% +15.04% +42.86%
75th Percentile £50.00 £72.36 £67.05
90th Percentile £72.70 £75.16 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -38.66% -10.64% +52.93%

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 3 November 2025.

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 3 November 2025. 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 +23 25 £274 -29.87% 23
Berkshire +22 16 £190 -26.21% 8
Surrey +11 12 £256 +13.89% 5
Hampshire +1 9 £263 +16.67% 3
Buckinghamshire +10 5 £274 -36.40% 10
Kent +4 4 £263 - 4
Oxfordshire - 4 £325 - 5
West Sussex -8 1 - - 1
Middlesex - 1 - - 2
Support Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, 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 22 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 17 (32.69%) ITIL
3 16 (30.77%) Active Directory
4 15 (28.85%) ITSM
5 14 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (26.92%) Windows
6 13 (25.00%) Decision-Making
7 11 (21.15%) Customer Service
7 11 (21.15%) Information Security
7 11 (21.15%) Problem Management
8 10 (19.23%) Microsoft Office
8 10 (19.23%) Project Management
9 9 (17.31%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (17.31%) SQL
10 8 (15.38%) Cisco
10 8 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
10 8 (15.38%) Splunk
11 7 (13.46%) B2B
11 7 (13.46%) HP SiteScope
11 7 (13.46%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (13.46%) Linux
11 7 (13.46%) Mattermost
11 7 (13.46%) PowerShell
11 7 (13.46%) Remedy
11 7 (13.46%) Remedy ITSM
11 7 (13.46%) SCOM
11 7 (13.46%) Service Delivery
11 7 (13.46%) SharePoint
11 7 (13.46%) Skype
11 7 (13.46%) Skype for Business

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 7 (13.46%) Mattermost
1 7 (13.46%) SharePoint
1 7 (13.46%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (19.23%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (9.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 7 (13.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.92%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (17.31%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.77%) Azure
3 1 (1.92%) AWS
3 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.92%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.46%) Skype
2 4 (7.69%) WebEx
3 3 (5.77%) VPN
4 1 (1.92%) Firewall
4 1 (1.92%) HTTP
4 1 (1.92%) VoIP
4 1 (1.92%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) Postman
2 1 (1.92%) SoapUI
General
1 22 (42.31%) Finance
2 18 (34.62%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.85%) Retail
6 1 (1.92%) Local Government
6 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) JSON
1 1 (1.92%) REST
1 1 (1.92%) SOAP
1 1 (1.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.15%) Management Information System
2 5 (9.62%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (7.69%) Virtual Team
4 3 (5.77%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.77%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (3.85%) iPad
6 1 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.92%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 14 (26.92%) Windows
2 7 (13.46%) Linux
3 4 (7.69%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.92%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.69%) ITIL
2 15 (28.85%) ITSM
3 14 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 11 (21.15%) Customer Service
5 11 (21.15%) Information Security
5 11 (21.15%) Problem Management
6 10 (19.23%) Project Management
7 7 (13.46%) B2B
7 7 (13.46%) Service Delivery
7 7 (13.46%) Validation
8 6 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (11.54%) Process Improvement
8 6 (11.54%) Service Management
9 5 (9.62%) Change Control
9 5 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (9.62%) Demand Management
9 5 (9.62%) Incident Management
9 5 (9.62%) Mobile Device Management
9 5 (9.62%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.31%) SQL
2 7 (13.46%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (13.46%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (11.54%) SC Cleared
2 6 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 5 (9.62%) Degree
4 4 (7.69%) A+ Certification
5 3 (5.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.69%) PMO
2 3 (5.77%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.77%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (30.77%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (13.46%) HP SiteScope
1 7 (13.46%) SCOM
2 3 (5.77%) SCCM
3 1 (1.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.92%) Kibana
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 8 (15.38%) Cisco
2 8 (15.38%) Splunk
3 7 (13.46%) Remedy
4 6 (11.54%) ServiceNow
5 5 (9.62%) IFS
6 4 (7.69%) Citrix
6 4 (7.69%) Sage
7 3 (5.77%) Liquidlogic
7 3 (5.77%) McAfee
8 1 (1.92%) Adobe
8 1 (1.92%) Apple
8 1 (1.92%) Aruba
8 1 (1.92%) Google
8 1 (1.92%) Meraki
8 1 (1.92%) Mitel
8 1 (1.92%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.92%) Salesforce