IT Support Assistant Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Support Assistant
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Support Assistant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £120, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 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
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 367 415
Rank change year-on-year +6 +48 +106
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Assistant 5 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.032% 0.017% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.018% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £120 - £252
Median % change year-on-year - - +129.38%
75th Percentile £130 - -
90th Percentile £136 - -
UK median daily rate £120 - £252
% change year-on-year - - +129.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.13 £14.42 -
Median hourly rate £13.75 £15.34 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.37% - -
75th Percentile £14.38 £16.26 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £13.75 £15.67 -
% change year-on-year -12.25% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,932 16,745 20,663
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 92.18% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,515 10,242 13,988
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,245 1,711 1,140
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £18.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +21.62% +73.91%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.80
% change year-on-year -41.51% +2.87% +62.77%

IT Support Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IT Support Assistant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Assistant in the UK excluding London

IT Support Assistant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Assistant in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Assistant in the UK excluding London

IT Support Assistant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Assistant in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Assistant in the UK excluding London

IT Support Assistant
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Assistant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +23 5 £120 - 1
IT Support Assistant
UK

IT Support Assistant Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 August 2025, IT Support Assistant 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Support Assistant in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Inventory Management
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Yealink
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Data Security

IT Support Assistant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Data Security
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Yealink