Support Officer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Support Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Support Officer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 278 372
Rank change year-on-year +12 +94 +29
Contract jobs requiring a Support Officer 73 122 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.57% 0.59% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.63% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 61 57
10th Percentile £117 £142 £135
25th Percentile £185 £151 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £270 £288
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +52.32%
75th Percentile £388 £388 £360
90th Percentile - £438 £415
UK median daily rate £300 £275 £300
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 42 5
10th Percentile - £12.05 £11.55
25th Percentile £11.60 £12.58 £12.00
Median hourly rate £15.33 £14.79 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.62% +2.00% +5.45%
75th Percentile £18.74 £19.78 £15.81
90th Percentile £19.92 £32.50 £18.77
UK median hourly rate £16.26 £16.00 £14.62
% change year-on-year +1.63% +9.44% -20.33%

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 11,790 19,217 22,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.60% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,554 11,733 15,842
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £599 £598
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 2,245 1,162
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
Median % change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Support Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Officer in the UK excluding London

Support Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Support Officer in the UK excluding London

Support Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Officer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Officer in the UK excluding London

Support Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Officer in the UK excluding London

Support Officer
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 Officer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Midlands +23 19 £113 -70.97% 7
West Midlands +26 18 £113 -70.00% 5
South West +31 15 £300 -29.41% 2
North of England +14 14 £275 -8.33% 4
East of England +29 11 - - 2
North East +5 8 £275 - 1
Scotland -12 7 £275 +80.33%
Yorkshire +6 6 £225 -3.85% 2
South East +38 4 £300 -18.64% 6
Northern Ireland -7 3 - - 1
East Midlands +7 1 - - 2
Support Officer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Support Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 37 (50.68%) Social Skills
2 23 (31.51%) Microsoft
3 20 (27.40%) Customer Service
3 20 (27.40%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (26.03%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (21.92%) Public Sector
6 15 (20.55%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (20.55%) SharePoint
7 14 (19.18%) Microsoft Office
8 12 (16.44%) Azure
8 12 (16.44%) Active Directory
8 12 (16.44%) Project Management
9 11 (15.07%) Finance
9 11 (15.07%) Windows
10 10 (13.70%) Service Delivery
11 9 (12.33%) SQL
11 9 (12.33%) Local Government
11 9 (12.33%) Entra ID
11 9 (12.33%) Collaborative Working
12 8 (10.96%) Legal
13 7 (9.59%) Microsoft Excel
13 7 (9.59%) Data Security
13 7 (9.59%) Logistics
13 7 (9.59%) PMO
13 7 (9.59%) Project Delivery
14 6 (8.22%) Data Quality
14 6 (8.22%) GDPR
14 6 (8.22%) Data Protection
14 6 (8.22%) Management Information System
14 6 (8.22%) Benchmarking

Support Officer 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 15 (20.55%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (19.18%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (9.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (5.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 20 (27.40%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (16.44%) Azure
3 9 (12.33%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.85%) ShareGate
5 2 (2.74%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.37%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.37%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.11%) Firewall
2 2 (2.74%) Network Security
3 1 (1.37%) Internet
3 1 (1.37%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.37%) WAN
3 1 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.74%) EDRMS
1 2 (2.74%) Power BI
1 2 (2.74%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.37%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.37%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) JIRA
General
1 37 (50.68%) Social Skills
2 16 (21.92%) Public Sector
3 15 (20.55%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (15.07%) Finance
5 9 (12.33%) Local Government
6 8 (10.96%) Legal
7 5 (6.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Police
9 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.22%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.85%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.48%) Molecular Biology
4 1 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.37%) NHS
4 1 (1.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.07%) Windows
2 4 (5.48%) Android
3 3 (4.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.40%) Customer Service
2 19 (26.03%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (16.44%) Project Management
4 10 (13.70%) Service Delivery
5 9 (12.33%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (9.59%) Data Security
6 7 (9.59%) Logistics
6 7 (9.59%) Project Delivery
7 6 (8.22%) Benchmarking
7 6 (8.22%) Data Protection
7 6 (8.22%) Migration
8 5 (6.85%) IT Strategy
8 5 (6.85%) Risk Register
8 5 (6.85%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (5.48%) Biology
9 4 (5.48%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (5.48%) Data Analysis
9 4 (5.48%) Data Management
9 4 (5.48%) Decision-Making
9 4 (5.48%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.33%) SQL
2 5 (6.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (5.48%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (4.11%) Degree
2 3 (4.11%) HND
2 3 (4.11%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.11%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.74%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.59%) PMO
2 6 (8.22%) Data Quality
2 6 (8.22%) GDPR
3 5 (6.85%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.37%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 12 (16.44%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 23 (31.51%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.37%) CheckPoint
2 1 (1.37%) ESRI
2 1 (1.37%) Oracle