Systems Support Contracts in the UK excluding London

Systems Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Systems Support daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 372 412 483
Rank change year-on-year +40 +71 -41
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Support 18 21 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.086% 0.092% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.098% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 14
10th Percentile £228 £277 £264
25th Percentile £302 £288 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +21.43% +14.75%
75th Percentile £475 £475 £393
90th Percentile - £509 £518
UK median daily rate £425 £425 £350
% change year-on-year - +21.43% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 7
10th Percentile £15.46 - £15.57
25th Percentile £15.85 - £15.62
Median hourly rate £17.00 £21.67 £16.82
Median % change year-on-year -21.55% +28.83% -15.90%
75th Percentile £70.90 £24.59 £17.44
90th Percentile - £26.33 £18.08
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £21.67 £16.82
% change year-on-year -21.55% +28.83% -15.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,457 21,470 29,426
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 94.27% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,679 14,924 20,705
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £388 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,081 1,408
10th Percentile £12.51 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.00 £14.86
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.03
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.70%

Systems Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Support in the UK excluding London

Systems Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Support in the UK excluding London

Systems Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Support in the UK excluding London

Systems Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Support in the UK excluding London

Systems Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Support in the UK excluding London

Systems 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 Systems Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 June 2024. 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 +17 9 £183 -56.42% 15
North of England +25 5 £450 +38.46% 2
North West +18 5 £450 - 1
Midlands +13 2 £450 +50.00% 9
West Midlands +8 2 £450 - 5
East of England - 2 - - 1
Systems Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 June 2024, Systems Support 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 Systems Support in the job title.

1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (22.22%) Automotive
2 4 (22.22%) Systems Analysis
3 3 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 3 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (16.67%) SuccessFactors
3 3 (16.67%) Degree
3 3 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 3 (16.67%) Oracle
3 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (16.67%) Windows
3 3 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 2 (11.11%) LAN
4 2 (11.11%) WAN
4 2 (11.11%) DHCP
4 2 (11.11%) Apple
4 2 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.11%) Logistics
4 2 (11.11%) VLAN
4 2 (11.11%) Apple iOS
4 2 (11.11%) Android
4 2 (11.11%) French Language
4 2 (11.11%) Portuguese Language

Systems Support 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (16.67%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) DHCP
1 2 (11.11%) LAN
1 2 (11.11%) VLAN
1 2 (11.11%) WAN
1 2 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.56%) DNS
2 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (22.22%) Automotive
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) French Language
3 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 2 (11.11%) Portuguese Language
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.11%) Spanish Language
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Android
2 2 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Systems Analysis
2 3 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 3 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 3 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 2 (11.11%) Inventory Management
3 2 (11.11%) Logistics
3 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.56%) Analytics
4 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.56%) Case Management
4 1 (5.56%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (5.56%) ERP
4 1 (5.56%) Information Governance
4 1 (5.56%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (5.56%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (5.56%) Ticket Management
4 1 (5.56%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) Apple
3 1 (5.56%) Concur
3 1 (5.56%) JD Edwards
3 1 (5.56%) SAP