IT Support Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South West

IT Support Analyst
England > South West

The median IT Support Analyst daily rate in the South West is £210, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 135 155
Rank change year-on-year +24 +20 +15
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Analyst 8 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.41% 0.20% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.21% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 5
10th Percentile £150 - £120
25th Percentile £166 £313 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £325 £205
Median % change year-on-year -35.38% +58.54% -18.00%
75th Percentile £215 £338 £208
90th Percentile £224 - £281
England median daily rate £186 £200 £190
% change year-on-year -6.88% +5.26% -5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,747 2,334 3,097
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.22% 92.66% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 1,372 2,114
10th Percentile £225 £225 £300
25th Percentile £363 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £508 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -5.58% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £624 £640
90th Percentile £715 £700 £717
England median daily rate £512 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -2.52% -3.85% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 245 285
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.84 £18.32
25th Percentile £18.22 £40.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +3.94%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £70.30
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.26 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -44.11% -1.92% +73.48%

IT Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Analyst in the South West

IT Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

IT Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

IT Support Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Analyst within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
Bristol - 4 £210 - 3
Wiltshire - 2 £150 - 1
Dorset -1 1 - - 1
Gloucestershire - 1 £185 - 2
IT Support Analyst
England

IT Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 30 September 2025, IT Support Analyst 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 West region featuring IT Support Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) ITSM
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) Customer Service
3 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (50.00%) Workflow
3 4 (50.00%) Service Management
4 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
4 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
5 2 (25.00%) RBAC
5 2 (25.00%) Windows
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Finance
5 2 (25.00%) JIRA
5 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (25.00%) AWS
5 2 (25.00%) Confluence
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (25.00%) Relational Database
6 1 (12.50%) assyst
6 1 (12.50%) IFS
6 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
6 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
6 1 (12.50%) SharePoint

IT Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (25.00%) Confluence
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) ITSM
2 5 (62.50%) Customer Service
2 5 (62.50%) ITIL
3 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 4 (50.00%) Service Management
3 4 (50.00%) Workflow
4 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (25.00%) RBAC
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) IFS