Support Analyst Contracts in the South West

Support Analyst
England > South West

The median Support Analyst daily rate in the South West is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 131 145
Rank change year-on-year +41 +14 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 21 26 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.25% 0.81% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 0.87% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 21 15
10th Percentile £174 £180 £104
25th Percentile £228 £200 £118
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £225 £150
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% +50.00% -45.45%
75th Percentile - £288 £219
90th Percentile - £315 £288
England median daily rate £273 £230 £275
% change year-on-year +18.48% -16.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £31.63 - -
25th Percentile £32.19 - -
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £29.00
75th Percentile £37.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.14 £21.50 £23.15
% change year-on-year +2.98% -7.13% +32.29%

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 1,546 2,986 3,354
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 93.34% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 1,903 2,516
10th Percentile £220 £208 £263
25th Percentile £386 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £620 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 400 267
10th Percentile £18.51 £14.00 £18.09
25th Percentile £26.62 £27.50 £50.62
Median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £85.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Analyst in the South West

Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Analyst in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Support Analyst in the South West

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Analyst in the South West

Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Analyst in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Support Analyst in the South West

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 Support Analyst within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bristol +26 14 £400 +73.91% 3
Gloucestershire - 3 £213 - 1
Somerset +2 2 £243 +21.25% 1
Dorset +4 1 - -
Support Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Support Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (42.86%) Management Information System
1 9 (42.86%) SQL
1 9 (42.86%) Logistics
2 8 (38.10%) Data Protection
2 8 (38.10%) GDPR
3 6 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 5 (23.81%) Windows
4 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
5 4 (19.05%) ITIL
5 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
6 3 (14.29%) Windows 10
6 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
6 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
7 2 (9.52%) SLA
7 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
7 2 (9.52%) Mac OS
7 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (4.76%) Security Patching
8 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
8 1 (4.76%) User Experience
8 1 (4.76%) Software Licensing
8 1 (4.76%) Front End Development
8 1 (4.76%) Azure
8 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (4.76%) Android

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 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Google Workspace
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Finance
3 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 9 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) Social Media
2 1 (4.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
2 3 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 2 (9.52%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.76%) Android
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Logistics
2 8 (38.10%) Data Protection
3 6 (28.57%) Customer Service
4 4 (19.05%) ITIL
5 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (4.76%) Agile
6 1 (4.76%) Change Management
6 1 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.76%) Data Management
6 1 (4.76%) Digital Strategy
6 1 (4.76%) ERP
6 1 (4.76%) Front End Development
6 1 (4.76%) ITSM
6 1 (4.76%) Project Management
6 1 (4.76%) Roadmaps
6 1 (4.76%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (4.76%) Security Patching
6 1 (4.76%) Service Management
6 1 (4.76%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (4.76%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.76%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.76%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (38.10%) GDPR
2 2 (9.52%) SLA
3 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Grafana
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.76%) Apple
3 1 (4.76%) Google
3 1 (4.76%) Splunk
3 1 (4.76%) Sun