Senior IT Support Contracts

Senior IT Support
UK

The median Senior IT Support daily rate in the UK is £406, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 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
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 575 667
Rank change year-on-year +33 +92 +163
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Support 11 5 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.012% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.013% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 8
10th Percentile £336 £272 £191
25th Percentile £388 £275 £202
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £280 £256
Median % change year-on-year +45.09% +9.27% -31.67%
75th Percentile £423 £293 £305
90th Percentile £424 £300 £474
UK excluding London median daily rate £225 £280 £250
% change year-on-year -19.64% +12.00% -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £26.45 £15.65 -
Median % change year-on-year +69.01% - -
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 29,869 39,249 52,928
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.68% 93.01% 94.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,996 25,329 36,728
10th Percentile £287 £288 £310
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,413 2,586 1,568
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £14.49
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.50 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.30 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.75% -5.88% +65.50%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £38.35
% change year-on-year -37.63% +5.15% +82.62%

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 17 July 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 5 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 17 July 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 +63 10 £413 +47.32% 26
London - 10 £413 - 3
Work from Home - 5 £400 - 3
UK excluding London +19 1 £225 -19.64% 25
Wales - 1 £225 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 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 8 (72.73%) Microsoft 365
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 7 (63.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 7 (63.64%) Onboarding
2 7 (63.64%) Slack
2 7 (63.64%) Asana
3 6 (54.55%) SaaS
3 6 (54.55%) OneDrive
3 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (54.55%) SharePoint
3 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
4 5 (45.45%) VPN
4 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (45.45%) Entra ID
4 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
5 4 (36.36%) Palo Alto
5 4 (36.36%) IT Asset Management
5 4 (36.36%) Apple iOS
5 4 (36.36%) Android
5 4 (36.36%) Identity Management
5 4 (36.36%) Asset Management
5 4 (36.36%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (27.27%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (27.27%) Zscaler
7 2 (18.18%) User Experience
7 2 (18.18%) Windows 10

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 (63.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (54.55%) SharePoint
3 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (63.64%) Asana
2 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 7 (63.64%) Slack
3 6 (54.55%) OneDrive
3 6 (54.55%) SaaS
4 5 (45.45%) Entra ID
5 1 (9.09%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) VPN
2 1 (9.09%) IPsec
2 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 1 (9.09%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Android
2 4 (36.36%) Apple iOS
3 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (36.36%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (36.36%) Asset Management
2 4 (36.36%) Identity Management
2 4 (36.36%) IT Asset Management
3 3 (27.27%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) Service Management
4 2 (18.18%) User Experience
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) Change Management
5 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
5 1 (9.09%) High Availability
5 1 (9.09%) Investment Management
5 1 (9.09%) ITSM
5 1 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (9.09%) Lean Software Development
5 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Virtual Infrastructure
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Firmware
2 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (9.09%) Plesk
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Palo Alto
3 3 (27.27%) Zscaler
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco
4 1 (9.09%) Meraki
4 1 (9.09%) Rackspace