IT Support Contracts in Surrey

IT Support
South East > Surrey

The median IT Support daily rate in Surrey is £263, 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 26 41 46
Rank change year-on-year +15 +5 +25
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 13 15 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 4.36% 2.56% 3.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.56% 2.75% 3.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 21
10th Percentile - £155 £136
25th Percentile £250 £181 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £198 £173
Median % change year-on-year +32.91% +14.49% -
75th Percentile £350 £211 £290
90th Percentile £358 - £313
South East median daily rate £300 £198 £200
% change year-on-year +51.90% -1.25% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £26.00 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
75th Percentile £33.75 - -
90th Percentile £123.73 - -
South East median hourly rate £24.66 £15.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year +64.40% -18.92% +19.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 285 545 646
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.64% 92.84% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 404 473
10th Percentile £188 £200 £199
25th Percentile £269 £367 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - -
75th Percentile £543 £614 £600
90th Percentile £660 £692 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 56 38
10th Percentile £20.00 £12.38 £19.53
25th Percentile £24.18 £13.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £28.37 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.33% -36.97% +109.64%
75th Percentile £36.16 £57.63 £61.49
90th Percentile £62.50 £76.86 £64.13
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Surrey

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support in Surrey

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in Surrey

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in Surrey over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support in Surrey

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey 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
Guildford +6 8 £250 +56.25% 4
Camberley - 2 - -
Staines - 1 - - 1
Weybridge - 1 £350 - 1
IT Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Surrey region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (38.46%) Windows 10
3 5 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL
4 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
5 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
5 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
5 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
5 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
5 3 (23.08%) Mac OS
5 3 (23.08%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (15.38%) Docker
6 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
6 2 (15.38%) Public Cloud
6 2 (15.38%) Jenkins
6 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
6 2 (15.38%) Degree
6 2 (15.38%) Korean Language
6 2 (15.38%) HP
6 2 (15.38%) Dell
6 2 (15.38%) A+ Certification
6 2 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (15.38%) Linux
6 2 (15.38%) Apache
6 2 (15.38%) Tomcat
6 2 (15.38%) PHP
6 2 (15.38%) SQL

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 (15.38%) Apache
1 2 (15.38%) IIS
1 2 (15.38%) Tomcat
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
2 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
2 1 (7.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) LAN
2 2 (15.38%) Softphone
2 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
2 2 (15.38%) VPN
2 2 (15.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) MySQL
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Korean Language
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
1 2 (15.38%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
1 3 (23.08%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (15.38%) Public Cloud
2 2 (15.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Windows 10
3 3 (23.08%) Mac OS
4 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
2 4 (30.77%) ITIL
3 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Break/Fix
4 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
4 2 (15.38%) DevOps
4 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
4 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Change Management
5 1 (7.69%) Desktop Virtualisation
5 1 (7.69%) Line Management
5 1 (7.69%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PHP
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) A+ Certification
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Dell
1 2 (15.38%) HP
1 2 (15.38%) IBM
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow