IT Support Contracts in the Thames Valley

IT Support
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Support daily rate in the Thames Valley is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 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
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 116 110
Rank change year-on-year +31 -6 -11
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an IT Support 33 9 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.99% 0.40% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.17% 0.44% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 2 27
10th Percentile £132 £157 £165
25th Percentile £200 £166 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £190 £200
Median % change year-on-year +136.84% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £536 £221 £206
90th Percentile - £236 £243
South East median daily rate £200 £190 £200
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £15.58 - £15.13
25th Percentile £17.14 £14.85 -
Median hourly rate £18.00 £14.90 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +20.81% -17.59% +43.21%
75th Percentile £20.44 £16.06 -
90th Percentile £24.83 £16.72 -
South East median hourly rate £14.54 £15.55 £18.08
% change year-on-year -6.47% -14.02% +20.53%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,523 2,064 2,635
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.80% 91.53% 95.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 922 1,181 1,794
10th Percentile £272 £255 £263
25th Percentile £400 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £619 £613
90th Percentile £686 £688 £699
South East median daily rate £500 £516 £500
% change year-on-year -3.10% +3.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 123 91
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.06 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.13 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +18.80% +145.06%
75th Percentile £62.37 £70.39 £66.00
90th Percentile £86.40 £87.49 £74.79
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +124.72%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the Thames Valley

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the Thames Valley

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the Thames Valley

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the Thames Valley

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support in the Thames Valley

IT Support
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxfordshire - 13 £450 - 13
Berkshire +20 11 £168 -11.84% 10
Buckinghamshire +5 9 £508 - 12
IT Support
South East

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 21 August 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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 20 (60.61%) Social Skills
2 13 (39.39%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (33.33%) Windows
3 11 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 10 (30.30%) Proactive Monitoring
5 8 (24.24%) ITIL
5 8 (24.24%) Microsoft
5 8 (24.24%) Degree
6 7 (21.21%) SAP
7 6 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (18.18%) Customer Service
7 6 (18.18%) Firewall
7 6 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (18.18%) Workflow
7 6 (18.18%) Salesforce
7 6 (18.18%) Analytics
8 5 (15.15%) Performance Monitoring
8 5 (15.15%) Performance Metrics
8 5 (15.15%) Process Improvement
8 5 (15.15%) Change Control
8 5 (15.15%) Data Quality
8 5 (15.15%) Google Workspace
8 5 (15.15%) Release Management
8 5 (15.15%) Atlassian
8 5 (15.15%) Content Management
8 5 (15.15%) Information Management
8 5 (15.15%) Knowledge Management
8 5 (15.15%) Google
8 5 (15.15%) VLAN

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) IIS
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.03%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.15%) Google Workspace
2 3 (9.09%) Azure
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.06%) SaaS
4 1 (3.03%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.03%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.18%) Firewall
1 6 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (15.15%) VLAN
3 3 (9.09%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.06%) DNS
4 2 (6.06%) LAN
4 2 (6.06%) WAN
4 2 (6.06%) Wireless
5 1 (3.03%) DHCP
5 1 (3.03%) Internet
5 1 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (3.03%) IP Telephony
5 1 (3.03%) MPLS
5 1 (3.03%) NAS
5 1 (3.03%) NetScaler
5 1 (3.03%) Network Security
5 1 (3.03%) SAN
5 1 (3.03%) Skype
5 1 (3.03%) Unified Communications
5 1 (3.03%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) MySQL
1 1 (3.03%) RDBMS
1 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
General
1 20 (60.61%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (15.15%) Automotive
4 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Electronics
5 1 (3.03%) Finance
5 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.03%) Marketing
5 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) JSON
1 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.06%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.03%) Android
4 1 (3.03%) Linux
4 1 (3.03%) Unix
4 1 (3.03%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 10 (30.30%) Proactive Monitoring
4 8 (24.24%) ITIL
5 6 (18.18%) Analytics
5 6 (18.18%) Customer Service
5 6 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (18.18%) Workflow
6 5 (15.15%) Application Rationalisation
6 5 (15.15%) Application Security
6 5 (15.15%) Change Control
6 5 (15.15%) Customer-Centricity
6 5 (15.15%) Inventory Management
6 5 (15.15%) Network Segmentation
6 5 (15.15%) Performance Metrics
6 5 (15.15%) Performance Monitoring
6 5 (15.15%) Post-Production
6 5 (15.15%) Proactive Maintenance
6 5 (15.15%) Process Improvement
6 5 (15.15%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) Java
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.03%) Perl
2 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) A+ Certification
2 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.03%) MCP
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (3.03%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.03%) Terminal Services
2 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.03%) vSphere
2 1 (3.03%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.03%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.21%) SAP
3 6 (18.18%) Salesforce
4 5 (15.15%) Atlassian
4 5 (15.15%) Google
4 5 (15.15%) Liquidlogic
4 5 (15.15%) ServiceNow
5 3 (9.09%) Remedy
6 1 (3.03%) Cisco
6 1 (3.03%) Citrix
6 1 (3.03%) F5
6 1 (3.03%) Oracle
6 1 (3.03%) VMware