Support Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Support Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Support Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £400, 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 302 395 442
Rank change year-on-year +93 +47 +58
Contract jobs requiring a Support Manager 34 4 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.019% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.021% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 12
10th Percentile £313 £340 £192
25th Percentile £350 £363 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +8.56%
75th Percentile £475 £439 £570
90th Percentile £533 £442 -
UK median daily rate £400 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% -

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 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Support Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Manager in the UK excluding London

Support Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Support Manager in the UK excluding London

Support Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Manager in the UK excluding London

Support Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Manager in the UK excluding London

Support Manager
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 Support Manager within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +37 20 £400 -7.25% 18
Yorkshire +25 19 £400 -7.25% 6
Midlands - 5 £500 - 9
West Midlands - 5 £500 - 5
East of England - 4 - - 9
South East - 3 £525 - 15
Wales - 1 £155 - 1
North West - 1 £325 - 12
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
Support Manager
UK

Support Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Support Manager 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 Support Manager in the job title.

1 25 (73.53%) Microsoft
2 22 (64.71%) Active Directory
2 22 (64.71%) Entra ID
3 21 (61.76%) Social Skills
3 21 (61.76%) Customer Service
4 18 (52.94%) Jamf Pro
4 18 (52.94%) ServiceNow
4 18 (52.94%) Apple
4 18 (52.94%) Mac OS
5 16 (47.06%) ITIL
6 15 (44.12%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (44.12%) Mobile Device Management
7 13 (38.24%) iPhone
7 13 (38.24%) Retail
7 13 (38.24%) Smartphone
7 13 (38.24%) Incident Management
7 13 (38.24%) Microsoft Office
7 13 (38.24%) Service Management
7 13 (38.24%) ITSM
7 13 (38.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (14.71%) Service Delivery
8 5 (14.71%) ACSP
8 5 (14.71%) Service Desk Management
8 5 (14.71%) ACTC
8 5 (14.71%) Security Patching
9 4 (11.76%) Task Automation
9 4 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (11.76%) Software Engineering
9 4 (11.76%) Degree

Support Manager 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 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (38.24%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (5.88%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 22 (64.71%) Entra ID
2 15 (44.12%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (11.76%) Azure
4 3 (8.82%) Power Platform
5 2 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) DNS
1 2 (5.88%) Firewall
1 2 (5.88%) VLAN
1 2 (5.88%) VPN
1 2 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) Power BI
General
1 21 (61.76%) Social Skills
2 13 (38.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 13 (38.24%) Retail
3 3 (8.82%) Finance
4 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 13 (38.24%) iPhone
1 13 (38.24%) Smartphone
2 3 (8.82%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.94%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (52.94%) Mac OS
2 2 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (61.76%) Customer Service
2 16 (47.06%) ITIL
3 15 (44.12%) Mobile Device Management
4 13 (38.24%) Incident Management
4 13 (38.24%) ITSM
4 13 (38.24%) Service Management
5 5 (14.71%) Security Patching
5 5 (14.71%) Service Delivery
5 5 (14.71%) Service Desk Management
6 4 (11.76%) Change Management
6 4 (11.76%) Computer Science
6 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.76%) Software Engineering
6 4 (11.76%) System Testing
6 4 (11.76%) Task Automation
7 3 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (5.88%) Line Management
8 2 (5.88%) People Management
8 2 (5.88%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) Java
1 4 (11.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) ACSP
1 5 (14.71%) ACTC
2 4 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (11.76%) Degree
3 1 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (64.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (52.94%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (73.53%) Microsoft
2 18 (52.94%) Apple
2 18 (52.94%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.88%) Adobe
3 2 (5.88%) Cisco
3 2 (5.88%) Meraki
4 1 (2.94%) Sitecore