IT Support Contract Job Trends in South London

IT Support
London > South London

The median IT Support daily rate in South London is £231, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 40 37
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +9
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 4 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in South London 1.90% 0.42% 3.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.99% 0.44% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £214 - £148
25th Percentile £217 £163 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £231 £175 £213
Median % change year-on-year +32.14% -17.65% +50.44%
75th Percentile £242 £188 £265
90th Percentile £243 - £283
London median daily rate £200 £225 £225
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South London. 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 South London with a recognized job title 201 226 257
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.26% 95.76% 97.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 148 181
10th Percentile £263 £205 £158
25th Percentile £413 £395 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £528 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.69% +0.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £566 £618 £606
90th Percentile £638 £774 £675
London median daily rate £530 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -3.64% -1.79% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 4 20
10th Percentile £50.73 - £16.28
25th Percentile £54.55 £17.25 £21.13
Median hourly rate £66.85 £19.50 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year +242.82% -27.10% -39.36%
75th Percentile £76.58 £35.91 £47.62
90th Percentile - £61.41 £68.00
London median hourly rate £28.89 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.47% - -

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

IT Support job vacancy trend in South London

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in South London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in South London

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in South London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in South London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in South London

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the South London region over the 6 months to 25 December 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
Kingston Upon Thames -2 2 - -
Merton - 2 £231 - 1
IT Support
London

IT Support Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, IT 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 South London region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) HNC
1 2 (50.00%) HND
1 2 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing

IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) HNC
1 2 (50.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft