Support Specialist Contracts in the South East

Support Specialist
England > South East

The median Support Specialist daily rate in the South East is £140, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 154 212
Rank change year-on-year +9 +58 +43
Contract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 7 44 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.79% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.86% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 41 3
10th Percentile - £148 £202
25th Percentile - £184 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £140 £605 £215
Median % change year-on-year -76.86% +181.40% -64.17%
75th Percentile £187 £608 £264
90th Percentile £272 - £292
England median daily rate £315 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -37.00% +17.65% -12.82%

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 2,767 5,133 5,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 92.49% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,823 3,082 3,806
10th Percentile £250 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.28%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £606
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 482 241
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.48 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
% change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the South East

Support Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Specialist in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Support Specialist in the South East

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Specialist in the South East

Support Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Specialist in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Support Specialist in the South East

Support Specialist
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 Specialist within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Surrey +10 2 - - 2
West Sussex - 1 £328 - 1
Kent - 1 - -
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Support Specialist 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 South East region featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) Python
3 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) Knowledge Management
3 3 (42.86%) Time Management
3 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
3 3 (42.86%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (42.86%) Azure
3 3 (42.86%) ITSM
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
3 3 (42.86%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Line Management
4 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 2 (28.57%) Coaching
4 2 (28.57%) Data Science
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) SaaS
4 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
5 1 (14.29%) MCP
5 1 (14.29%) C#

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
2 2 (28.57%) SaaS
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Analytics
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
1 3 (42.86%) ITSM
1 3 (42.86%) Knowledge Management
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (42.86%) Time Management
2 2 (28.57%) Coaching
2 2 (28.57%) Data Science
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Line Management
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) CRM
3 1 (14.29%) ETL
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
1 3 (42.86%) Python
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Bash
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) A+ Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) MCP
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow