IT Support Contracts in South London

IT Support
London > South London

The median IT Support daily rate in South London is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 July 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
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - 39
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 9 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 5.14% - 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.70% - 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 6
10th Percentile £206 - £126
25th Percentile £213 - £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - £155
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.43%
75th Percentile £246 - £190
90th Percentile £296 - £275
London median daily rate £228 £200 £213
% change year-on-year +13.75% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £21.21 - -
London median hourly rate £23.00 £22.98 £24.00
% change year-on-year +0.11% -4.27% +27.76%

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 158 178 335
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 98.34% 93.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 125 253
10th Percentile £213 £363 £279
25th Percentile £367 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £528
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -5.30% +0.72%
75th Percentile £631 £567 £600
90th Percentile £703 £720 £700
London median daily rate £545 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 20
10th Percentile - - £14.73
25th Percentile - £17.25 £22.60
Median hourly rate £17.98 £19.50 £50.42
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% -61.32% +14.94%
75th Percentile £19.60 £59.34 £55.00
90th Percentile £20.56 £73.44 £56.72
London median hourly rate £30.00 £32.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year -7.39% -13.61% +13.64%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in South London

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in South London.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in South London

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in South London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in South London over the 6 months to 28 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in South London

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in South London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support 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 28 July 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
Merton - 7 £225 - 2
IT Support
London

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 28 July 2025, IT Support 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 London region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) SLA
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Windows
3 2 (22.22%) VMS
3 2 (22.22%) VPN
3 2 (22.22%) Service Management
3 2 (22.22%) ITSM
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
3 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
3 2 (22.22%) Android
3 2 (22.22%) vSphere
3 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
3 2 (22.22%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
4 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Power BI
4 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 1 (11.11%) AWS

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Local Government
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Android
1 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
1 2 (22.22%) VMS
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
1 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
1 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
1 2 (22.22%) ITIL
1 2 (22.22%) ITSM
1 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (22.22%) Service Management
1 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
1 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (22.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Proofpoint