Support Officer Contracts in the South West

Support Officer
England > South West

The median Support Officer daily rate in the South West is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 131 150
Rank change year-on-year +34 +19 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Support Officer 22 26 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.25% 0.79% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 0.85% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 11 7
10th Percentile £185 £410 £310
25th Percentile £196 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £445 £350
Median % change year-on-year -43.82% +27.14% +10.32%
75th Percentile £388 £550 £380
90th Percentile £391 - £400
England median daily rate £272 £340 £350
% change year-on-year -20.12% -2.86% +47.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £16.44 £15.96 £20.50
% change year-on-year +2.98% -22.15% +43.46%

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 1,580 3,052 3,214
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.93% 92.74% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 981 1,911 2,335
10th Percentile £220 £250 £300
25th Percentile £363 £400 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £613 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £724
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 456 254
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.85 £17.56
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.50 £47.00
Median hourly rate £34.34 £55.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.56% -12.70% +30.23%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £72.75 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £28.75 £39.55 £43.63
% change year-on-year -27.31% -9.35% +78.37%

Support Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Officer in the South West

Support Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Support Officer in the South West

Support Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Officer in the South West over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Officer in the South West

Support Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Officer in the South West

Support Officer
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 Officer within the South West region over the 6 months to 24 June 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 +19 13 £375 -11.76% 1
Dorset - 5 £190 -
Somerset -1 2 - -
Wiltshire +33 1 £225 -53.61%
Support Officer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, Support Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 8 (36.36%) Local Government
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Customer Service
2 7 (31.82%) Logistics
2 7 (31.82%) SQL
3 6 (27.27%) Benchmarking
3 6 (27.27%) Data Security
3 6 (27.27%) Management Information System
3 6 (27.27%) Data Protection
3 6 (27.27%) Data Quality
3 6 (27.27%) GDPR
4 5 (22.73%) Project Delivery
4 5 (22.73%) Risk Register
4 5 (22.73%) Document Management
4 5 (22.73%) NEC
5 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (18.18%) Batch Scheduling
5 4 (18.18%) Case Management
5 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (18.18%) NEC Housing
6 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
7 2 (9.09%) Police
7 2 (9.09%) Line Management
7 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
7 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
7 2 (9.09%) Finance
7 2 (9.09%) ERP
7 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Project

Support Officer 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 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) Smartsheet
General
1 8 (36.36%) Local Government
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Police
3 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Customer Service
1 7 (31.82%) Logistics
2 6 (27.27%) Benchmarking
2 6 (27.27%) Data Protection
2 6 (27.27%) Data Security
3 5 (22.73%) Document Management
3 5 (22.73%) Project Delivery
3 5 (22.73%) Risk Register
4 4 (18.18%) Batch Scheduling
4 4 (18.18%) Case Management
4 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (9.09%) ERP
6 2 (9.09%) Line Management
7 1 (4.55%) Asset Management
7 1 (4.55%) Performance Monitoring
7 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2
7 1 (4.55%) Programme Management
7 1 (4.55%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) Data Quality
1 6 (27.27%) GDPR
2 1 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) NEC
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Northgate