IT Support Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

IT Support
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median IT Support daily rate in Stevenage is £189, 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 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 0.66% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £152 - -
25th Percentile £162 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £189 - -
75th Percentile £220 - -
90th Percentile £233 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £251 £206 £185
% change year-on-year +21.82% +11.49% -8.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stevenage. 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 Stevenage with a recognized job title 287 136 211
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 97.84% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 21 36
10th Percentile £180 £275 £234
25th Percentile £400 £306 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £375 £429
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% -12.54% +3.31%
75th Percentile £680 £538 £500
90th Percentile £710 £575 £603
Hertfordshire median daily rate £528 £469 £475
% change year-on-year +12.64% -1.32% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 75 135
10th Percentile £42.38 £37.00 £38.33
25th Percentile £50.00 £60.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £92.00 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -16.92% - +3.96%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

IT Support job vacancy trend in Stevenage

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Stevenage

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Stevenage

IT Support Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage

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 Stevenage region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Apple
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune

IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Apple
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft