Senior Support Analyst Contracts

Senior Support Analyst
UK

The median Senior Support Analyst 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 503 569 700
Rank change year-on-year +66 +131 +127
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Support Analyst 17 13 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.030% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.032% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 10 15
10th Percentile - £336 £204
25th Percentile - - £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £265
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +32.08% -11.67%
75th Percentile £525 £475 £300
90th Percentile £625 £494 £683
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 - £248
% change year-on-year - - -52.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £26.45 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Support Analyst in the UK

Senior Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Support Analyst in the UK

Senior Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior Support Analyst in the UK

Senior Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Support Analyst in the UK

Senior Support Analyst
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Support Analyst 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 +59 15 £400 +14.29% 83
UK excluding London - 9 £400 - 82
South West - 8 £400 - 11
London +31 6 £500 +42.86% 9
Work from Home - 4 £500 - 80
North of England - 1 £400 - 16
North West - 1 £400 - 7

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

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

1 10 (58.82%) SQL
2 8 (47.06%) Management Information System
2 8 (47.06%) Logistics
2 8 (47.06%) GDPR
2 8 (47.06%) Data Protection
3 5 (29.41%) Front Office
4 4 (23.53%) ITIL
4 4 (23.53%) Finance
4 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
5 3 (17.65%) Azure
6 2 (11.76%) AWS
6 2 (11.76%) Data Extraction
6 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
6 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
6 2 (11.76%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (11.76%) ETRM
6 2 (11.76%) Trayport
6 2 (11.76%) Confluence
6 2 (11.76%) Incident Management
6 2 (11.76%) JIRA
6 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
6 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (11.76%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (11.76%) Incident Response
6 2 (11.76%) Change Advisory Board
6 2 (11.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (11.76%) Service Management

Senior Support Analyst 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 2 (11.76%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 5 (29.41%) Front Office
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Data Protection
1 8 (47.06%) Logistics
2 4 (23.53%) ITIL
3 2 (11.76%) Change Advisory Board
3 2 (11.76%) Change Management
3 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
3 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
3 2 (11.76%) Data Extraction
3 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
3 2 (11.76%) ETRM
3 2 (11.76%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (11.76%) Incident Management
3 2 (11.76%) Incident Response
3 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
3 2 (11.76%) Service Management
3 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (11.76%) Workflow
4 1 (5.88%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) Python
2 2 (11.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (47.06%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Bloomberg
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.76%) Trayport
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle