Senior IT Support Analyst Contract Job Trends

Senior IT Support Analyst
UK

The median Senior IT Support Analyst daily rate in the UK is £106, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 561 555 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Support Analyst 9 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.026% 0.008% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.009% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £103 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £106 - -
75th Percentile £114 - -
90th Percentile £196 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £106 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 31,437 33,917 43,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.87% 93.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,929 20,451 29,620
10th Percentile £278 £300 £299
25th Percentile £402 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,780 1,278 1,520
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.09 £14.92
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.21 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.74% -16.91% +55.71%
75th Percentile £51.02 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +85.42%

Senior IT Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior IT Support Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Senior IT Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior IT Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior IT Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior IT Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Senior IT Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Support Analyst over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior IT Support Analyst in the UK

Senior IT Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior IT Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior IT Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Senior IT Support Analyst
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 5 November 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
England +2 9 £106 - 3
UK excluding London - 8 £106 - 2
North of England - 8 £106 - 1
North East - 7 £106 - 1
London +10 1 £350 - 1
North West - 1 - -

Senior IT Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Senior IT Support Analyst 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 featuring Senior IT Support Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Customer Service
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 6 (66.67%) IT Asset Management
3 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Azure
4 1 (11.11%) Confluence
4 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (11.11%) JIRA
4 1 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (11.11%) LAN
4 1 (11.11%) Lean Software Development
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Service Management
4 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) WAN
4 1 (11.11%) Web Filtering
4 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi

Senior IT Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (11.11%) Confluence
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) LAN
1 1 (11.11%) WAN
1 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Customer Service
2 6 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 6 (66.67%) IT Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (11.11%) Lean Software Development
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft