Support Specialist Contracts in the UK excluding London

Support Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Support Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £270, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 327 391
Rank change year-on-year +14 +64 +110
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 56 53 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.29% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.32% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 34 25
10th Percentile £161 £232 -
25th Percentile £213 £340 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £425 £250
Median % change year-on-year -36.51% +70.10% -16.67%
75th Percentile £410 £608 £400
90th Percentile £538 - £475
UK median daily rate £270 £380 £338
% change year-on-year -28.95% +12.59% -32.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 2 4
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.61 £15.74
25th Percentile £13.85 £15.78 £16.85
Median hourly rate £19.23 £16.32 £18.48
Median % change year-on-year +17.87% -11.72% -
75th Percentile £35.34 £16.60 £21.81
90th Percentile £43.75 £16.62 £25.53
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £16.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +4.20% -34.74% -

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,833 16,764 20,477
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 92.30% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,433 10,035 13,791
10th Percentile £213 £220 £228
25th Percentile £361 £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 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,262 1,626 1,155
10th Percentile £13.46 £13.85 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.31 £18.17 £17.89
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +7.50% +86.05%
75th Percentile £54.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.32
% change year-on-year -41.51% -0.73% +66.60%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

Support Specialist
DemandTrendContract 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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
North of England - 21 £300 - 12
North West - 17 £478 - 4
South East -7 9 £253 -58.26% 25
Scotland -2 8 £200 -41.18% 4
South West +18 7 £525 +16.67% 2
East of England - 6 - - 4
West Midlands -4 4 £425 - 6
Midlands -9 4 £425 - 9
North East - 3 £285 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 - - 5
Wales - 1 £263 -
Support Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, Support Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 40 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 23 (41.07%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (30.36%) Microsoft
4 14 (25.00%) Finance
5 12 (21.43%) ServiceNow
5 12 (21.43%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (19.64%) Security Cleared
7 10 (17.86%) SC Cleared
7 10 (17.86%) SAP
7 10 (17.86%) Customer Service
8 9 (16.07%) Oracle
8 9 (16.07%) Asset Management
9 8 (14.29%) Risk Management
9 8 (14.29%) Windows
9 8 (14.29%) Python
10 7 (12.50%) Business Process Analysis
10 7 (12.50%) Ansible
10 7 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
10 7 (12.50%) Test Automation
10 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (12.50%) Accessibility
11 6 (10.71%) Inventory Management
11 6 (10.71%) Workday
11 6 (10.71%) Java
12 5 (8.93%) XML
12 5 (8.93%) ITIL
12 5 (8.93%) ERP
12 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (8.93%) Service Delivery
12 5 (8.93%) Software Engineering

Support Specialist 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 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.93%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.36%) Azure
4 2 (3.57%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.79%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.79%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.79%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.57%) LAN
2 1 (1.79%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.36%) Oracle Database
1 3 (5.36%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.79%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 40 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 14 (25.00%) Finance
3 12 (21.43%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.36%) Military
5 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.57%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.79%) Aviation
7 1 (1.79%) Banking
7 1 (1.79%) Billing
7 1 (1.79%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.93%) JSON
1 5 (8.93%) XML
2 1 (1.79%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.79%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.79%) SCADA
3 1 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.29%) Windows
2 3 (5.36%) Mac OS
3 2 (3.57%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.57%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (41.07%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (17.86%) Customer Service
3 9 (16.07%) Asset Management
4 8 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 7 (12.50%) Business Process Analysis
5 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 7 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
6 6 (10.71%) Inventory Management
7 5 (8.93%) ERP
7 5 (8.93%) ITIL
7 5 (8.93%) Service Delivery
7 5 (8.93%) Software Engineering
8 4 (7.14%) Business Continuity
8 4 (7.14%) Customer Experience
8 4 (7.14%) ITSM
8 4 (7.14%) Line Management
8 4 (7.14%) Roadmaps
8 4 (7.14%) Time Management
9 3 (5.36%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.29%) Python
2 6 (10.71%) Java
3 4 (7.14%) SQL
4 3 (5.36%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.79%) Bash
5 1 (1.79%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (19.64%) Security Cleared
2 10 (17.86%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.57%) Degree
5 1 (1.79%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (5.36%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (12.50%) Ansible
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (30.36%) Microsoft
2 12 (21.43%) ServiceNow
3 10 (17.86%) SAP
4 9 (16.07%) Oracle
5 6 (10.71%) Workday
6 3 (5.36%) Apple
6 3 (5.36%) Remedy
7 1 (1.79%) Ab Initio
7 1 (1.79%) DocuSign
7 1 (1.79%) Google
7 1 (1.79%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.79%) Twitter