IT Support Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Support daily rate in the UK excluding London is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 137 148
Rank change year-on-year +49 +11 +15
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 476 284 347
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 2.98% 1.64% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.32% 1.78% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 145 208
10th Percentile £120 £121 £133
25th Percentile £150 £150 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £185 £190
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -2.63% +4.11%
75th Percentile £215 £214 £230
90th Percentile £288 £333 £303
UK median daily rate £175 £190 £200
% change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 32 63
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.87 £13.15
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £16.58 £21.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.04% +16.67% +12.80%
75th Percentile £20.78 £24.18 £22.63
90th Percentile £23.91 £26.61 £28.75
UK median hourly rate £17.96 £23.70 £19.34
% change year-on-year -24.20% +22.52% +14.24%

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 14,338 15,955 19,850
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.63% 92.23% 94.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,800 9,086 13,230
10th Percentile £208 £220 £220
25th Percentile £363 £371 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £670 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,363 1,199 1,255
10th Percentile £13.57 £14.73 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £41.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.76% -6.74% +97.78%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.47 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.92 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -38.66% -8.89% +69.81%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

IT Support job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the UK excluding London

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support in the UK excluding London

IT Support
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
North of England +57 129 £175 +6.06% 89
South East +55 114 £188 -0.66% 130
South West +27 64 £168 -14.10% 36
Yorkshire +16 59 £153 -1.61% 35
Midlands -23 56 £159 -5.22% 68
North West +21 53 £175 +2.94% 42
East of England +15 49 £175 -1.41% 51
East Midlands -12 30 £158 -8.70% 45
Scotland +3 28 £185 +18.61% 30
West Midlands -18 26 £173 +4.55% 23
Northern Ireland +6 25 £165 -10.81% 2
Wales +11 18 £187 +49.20% 11
North East +4 17 £141 -27.95% 17
IT Support
UK

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 October 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 186 (39.08%) Windows
2 175 (36.76%) Microsoft
3 159 (33.40%) Microsoft 365
4 158 (33.19%) Customer Service
5 112 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
6 103 (21.64%) Active Directory
7 95 (19.96%) ITIL
8 75 (15.76%) Security Cleared
8 75 (15.76%) Windows 10
9 70 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
10 64 (13.45%) ServiceNow
11 63 (13.24%) SC Cleared
12 52 (10.92%) ITSM
13 47 (9.87%) Service Management
14 43 (9.03%) Mac OS
15 41 (8.61%) Business Intelligence
15 41 (8.61%) Degree
16 39 (8.19%) Microsoft Intune
17 38 (7.98%) Azure
18 37 (7.77%) Asset Management
19 36 (7.56%) SAP
19 36 (7.56%) Service Delivery
19 36 (7.56%) SharePoint
20 32 (6.72%) Apple
20 32 (6.72%) Cybersecurity
21 30 (6.30%) SLA
22 28 (5.88%) Entra ID
22 28 (5.88%) Programme Management
23 27 (5.67%) Android
23 27 (5.67%) Digital Marketing

IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 36 (7.56%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.42%) Confluence
4 1 (0.21%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.21%) IIS
4 1 (0.21%) Mule
4 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 70 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 6 (1.26%) assyst
2 1 (0.21%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 159 (33.40%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (7.98%) Azure
3 28 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 18 (3.78%) Google Workspace
5 12 (2.52%) OneDrive
6 8 (1.68%) SaaS
7 5 (1.05%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.42%) AWS
9 1 (0.21%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.21%) GCP
9 1 (0.21%) GitHub
9 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.21%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.21%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.20%) DNS
2 19 (3.99%) Firewall
3 15 (3.15%) TCP/IP
4 14 (2.94%) Wireless
5 13 (2.73%) VPN
5 13 (2.73%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (1.89%) Unified Communications
7 8 (1.68%) Remote Desktop
8 7 (1.47%) DHCP
8 7 (1.47%) Internet
8 7 (1.47%) LAN
9 6 (1.26%) PABX
10 4 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.84%) VoIP
10 4 (0.84%) WAN
11 3 (0.63%) IP Telephony
12 2 (0.42%) Network Security
13 1 (0.21%) SSH
13 1 (0.21%) VLAN
13 1 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (0.84%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.42%) MySQL
3 2 (0.42%) RDBMS
3 2 (0.42%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.05%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Hudson
2 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 230 (48.32%) Social Skills
2 61 (12.82%) Organisational Skills
3 52 (10.92%) Manufacturing
4 49 (10.29%) Finance
5 42 (8.82%) Public Sector
6 29 (6.09%) Telecoms
7 27 (5.67%) Electronics
7 27 (5.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (5.67%) Marketing
8 19 (3.99%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (2.73%) Banking
9 13 (2.73%) Law
10 11 (2.31%) Retail
11 10 (2.10%) Financial Institution
11 10 (2.10%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.26%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.26%) Legal
13 4 (0.84%) Automotive
14 3 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.63%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.42%) Middleware
2 1 (0.21%) JSON
2 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.99%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (3.78%) Data Centre
3 17 (3.57%) Driving Licence
3 17 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.36%) iPhone
4 16 (3.36%) Smartphone
5 14 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 13 (2.73%) Video Conferencing
7 11 (2.31%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.10%) Blackberry
8 10 (2.10%) BYOD
9 6 (1.26%) HTC Vive
9 6 (1.26%) Virtual Reality
10 5 (1.05%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 4 (0.84%) iPad
11 4 (0.84%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.63%) Molecular Biology
12 3 (0.63%) NHS
12 3 (0.63%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 186 (39.08%) Windows
2 75 (15.76%) Windows 10
3 43 (9.03%) Mac OS
4 27 (5.67%) Android
5 19 (3.99%) Apple iOS
6 16 (3.36%) Linux
6 16 (3.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (2.52%) Windows 7
7 12 (2.52%) Windows Server
8 5 (1.05%) AIX
8 5 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.63%) Unix
10 2 (0.42%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.21%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (33.19%) Customer Service
2 112 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (19.96%) ITIL
4 52 (10.92%) ITSM
5 47 (9.87%) Service Management
6 41 (8.61%) Business Intelligence
7 37 (7.77%) Asset Management
8 36 (7.56%) Service Delivery
9 32 (6.72%) Cybersecurity
10 28 (5.88%) Programme Management
11 27 (5.67%) Digital Marketing
12 25 (5.25%) Incident Management
12 25 (5.25%) Problem Management
13 23 (4.83%) Logistics
13 23 (4.83%) Mobile Device Management
14 22 (4.62%) Project Management
15 21 (4.41%) Migration
15 21 (4.41%) Workflow
16 17 (3.57%) Change Management
17 15 (3.15%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.63%) Java
1 3 (0.63%) SQL
2 2 (0.42%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.42%) Perl
2 2 (0.42%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.42%) Python
Qualifications
1 75 (15.76%) Security Cleared
2 63 (13.24%) SC Cleared
3 41 (8.61%) Degree
4 17 (3.57%) A+ Certification
5 14 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 7 (1.47%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.47%) MCP
9 6 (1.26%) HND
10 5 (1.05%) MCDST
11 2 (0.42%) ACSP
11 2 (0.42%) ACTC
11 2 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.21%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.21%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.30%) SLA
2 10 (2.10%) GDPR
3 5 (1.05%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.84%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.42%) PMO
6 1 (0.21%) QA
System Software
1 103 (21.64%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.26%) Hyper-V
2 6 (1.26%) Terminal Services
2 6 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.42%) BitLocker
3 2 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.21%) Firmware
4 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.21%) XenApp
4 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 39 (8.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (3.99%) SCCM
3 14 (2.94%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (1.05%) Control-M
5 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.21%) Autotask
5 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 175 (36.76%) Microsoft
2 64 (13.45%) ServiceNow
3 36 (7.56%) SAP
4 32 (6.72%) Apple
5 21 (4.41%) Cisco
6 15 (3.15%) HP
7 14 (2.94%) Google
8 13 (2.73%) Dell
9 12 (2.52%) Citrix
10 7 (1.47%) Datto
10 7 (1.47%) Oracle
11 6 (1.26%) Mitel
11 6 (1.26%) VMware
12 5 (1.05%) BT
12 5 (1.05%) iManage
12 5 (1.05%) Liquidlogic
12 5 (1.05%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.84%) MobileIron
13 4 (0.84%) Nexthink
13 4 (0.84%) Remedy