Senior IT Support Contracts

Senior IT Support
UK

The median Senior IT Support daily rate in the UK 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 506 575 704
Rank change year-on-year +69 +129 +110
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Support 14 7 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.016% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.017% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 5
10th Percentile £213 £213 £181
25th Percentile £245 £270 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £280 £263
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +6.67% +0.96%
75th Percentile £423 £305 £288
90th Percentile - £392 £328
UK excluding London median daily rate £225 £280 £263
% change year-on-year -19.64% +6.67% -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £24.41 - -
25th Percentile £24.75 - -
Median hourly rate £25.32 £15.65 -
Median % change year-on-year +61.76% - -
75th Percentile £25.88 - -
90th Percentile £26.22 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £15.65 -

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Senior IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior IT Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Support in the UK

Senior IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior IT Support.

Daily rate trend for Senior IT Support in the UK

Senior IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Support over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior IT Support in the UK

Senior IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior IT Support.

Hourly rate trend for Senior IT Support in the UK

Senior IT Support
Top 6 Contract 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 within the UK 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
England +62 11 £413 +47.32% 88
London - 10 £414 - 9
Work from Home - 5 £400 - 81
UK excluding London +60 4 £225 -19.64% 93
Wales - 3 £225 - 6
South East - 1 £263 - 21

Senior IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior IT 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 featuring Senior IT Support in the job title.

1 11 (78.57%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (71.43%) Windows
3 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
3 9 (64.29%) Azure
4 8 (57.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (57.14%) Finance
5 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (50.00%) VPN
5 7 (50.00%) Slack
5 7 (50.00%) Asana
5 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 7 (50.00%) Onboarding
6 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
6 6 (42.86%) SharePoint
6 6 (42.86%) OneDrive
6 6 (42.86%) SaaS
7 5 (35.71%) Entra ID
8 4 (28.57%) IT Asset Management
8 4 (28.57%) Apple iOS
8 4 (28.57%) Android
8 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (28.57%) Identity Management
8 4 (28.57%) Asset Management
8 4 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (28.57%) Palo Alto
9 3 (21.43%) Zscaler
9 3 (21.43%) IPsec
9 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
9 3 (21.43%) Multi-Factor Authentication

Senior IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (42.86%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (78.57%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (64.29%) Azure
3 7 (50.00%) Asana
3 7 (50.00%) Slack
4 6 (42.86%) OneDrive
4 6 (42.86%) SaaS
5 5 (35.71%) Entra ID
6 1 (7.14%) Google Workspace
6 1 (7.14%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) VPN
2 3 (21.43%) IPsec
3 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.14%) FMCG
2 1 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (71.43%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Android
2 4 (28.57%) Apple iOS
3 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (28.57%) Asset Management
2 4 (28.57%) Identity Management
2 4 (28.57%) IT Asset Management
2 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (21.43%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (14.29%) User Experience
5 1 (7.14%) Break/Fix
5 1 (7.14%) Change Management
5 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
5 1 (7.14%) High Availability
5 1 (7.14%) Investment Management
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) ITSM
5 1 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (7.14%) Process Improvement
5 1 (7.14%) Service Management
5 1 (7.14%) Virtual Infrastructure
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
3 1 (7.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) Plesk
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Palo Alto
3 3 (21.43%) Zscaler
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco
4 1 (7.14%) Google
4 1 (7.14%) Meraki
4 1 (7.14%) Rackspace