IT Support Contract Job Trends in Swindon

IT Support
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median IT Support daily rate in Swindon is £150, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 18 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 2.00% 1.90% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.30% 2.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £203 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £160 £190 £200
% change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% -31.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 87 93 152
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.00% 88.57% 96.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 55 107
10th Percentile £267 £205 £313
25th Percentile £405 £408 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -16.28% +7.50%
75th Percentile £594 £590 £628
90th Percentile £698 £660 £688
Wiltshire median daily rate £588 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +6.82% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £20.86 - -
25th Percentile £30.51 - -
Median hourly rate £48.53 - £14.36
Median % change year-on-year - - -37.57%
75th Percentile £68.36 - -
90th Percentile £79.10 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.00 £12.79 £49.25
% change year-on-year +87.65% -74.03% -19.92%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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 Swindon.

IT Support job vacancy trend in Swindon

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

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

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

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

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

IT Support Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 13 November 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 Swindon region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
1 2 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory