Support Analyst Contract Job Trends

Support Analyst
UK

The median Support Analyst daily rate in the UK is £235, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026.

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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 287 297
Rank change year-on-year -40 +10 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 326 262 298
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.68% 0.89% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.97% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 152 220
10th Percentile £156 £170 £155
25th Percentile £171 £206 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £275 £225
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% +22.22% -15.09%
75th Percentile £375 £425 £346
90th Percentile £438 £525 £500
UK excluding London median daily rate £213 £263 £195
% change year-on-year -19.05% +34.62% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 39 27
10th Percentile £13.12 £17.44 £12.38
25th Percentile £17.11 £21.24 £17.36
Median hourly rate £18.75 £22.14 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.31% +5.43% -9.29%
75th Percentile £23.00 £24.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £91.29 £33.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.57 £22.10 £19.89
% change year-on-year -15.95% +11.11% -10.37%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 44,273 27,145 39,538
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.37% 92.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,095 17,684 25,719
10th Percentile £325 £293 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -2.82%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,901 1,049 2,672
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.82
25th Percentile £20.31 £18.13 £16.29
Median hourly rate £43.00 £28.15 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.75% -22.88% -18.89%
75th Percentile £67.25 £61.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £27.13 £40.00
% change year-on-year +65.90% -32.19% -5.88%

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Analyst over the 6 months to 18 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Support Analyst in the UK

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Analyst over the 6 months to 18 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Analyst in the UK

Support Analyst
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2026. 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 -50 291 £225 -18.18% 106
UK excluding London -35 229 £213 -19.05% 98
London -64 90 £238 -26.92% 24
Work from Home -26 67 £225 -43.68% 32
North of England -62 64 £175 -22.22% 24
North West -11 52 £175 -16.67% 12
East of England +12 49 £350 +94.44% 5
South East -43 45 £210 -20.00% 36
Midlands -63 24 £288 +58.62% 18
Scotland +10 21 £255 -40.70% 1
South West -32 15 £350 -12.45% 15
East Midlands -19 14 £213 - 5
West Midlands -65 10 £288 +91.67% 13
Wales -6 8 £290 +52.63% 1
North East -14 8 £175 -36.36% 2
Yorkshire -79 4 £155 -25.30% 10
Northern Ireland 0 3 £180 +12.50%

Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2026, 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 Support Analyst in the job title.

1 119 (36.50%) Windows
2 102 (31.29%) Microsoft
3 90 (27.61%) Microsoft 365
4 72 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
5 68 (20.86%) Active Directory
5 68 (20.86%) Customer Service
6 51 (15.64%) ITIL
7 42 (12.88%) Azure
8 41 (12.58%) Windows 10
9 31 (9.51%) SQL
10 29 (8.90%) Entra ID
11 27 (8.28%) Microsoft Office
12 26 (7.98%) Degree
12 26 (7.98%) Incident Management
12 26 (7.98%) SharePoint
13 24 (7.36%) ServiceNow
14 22 (6.75%) Migration
15 21 (6.44%) ITSM
16 20 (6.13%) Wi-Fi
17 19 (5.83%) Microsoft Exchange
17 19 (5.83%) Security Cleared
18 18 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
18 18 (5.52%) Service Management
19 17 (5.21%) JIRA
19 17 (5.21%) Process Improvement
20 16 (4.91%) Linux
20 16 (4.91%) Microsoft Certification
20 16 (4.91%) Microsoft Intune
20 16 (4.91%) Oracle
20 16 (4.91%) Service Delivery

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 26 (7.98%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.84%) CMS
4 4 (1.23%) Apache
5 3 (0.92%) Confluence
6 2 (0.61%) IIS
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.61%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (8.28%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.23%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.92%) Revit
5 3 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.61%) Loan IQ
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.61%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.31%) Demantra
4 1 (0.31%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 90 (27.61%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (12.88%) Azure
3 29 (8.90%) Entra ID
4 13 (3.99%) Power Platform
4 13 (3.99%) SaaS
5 8 (2.45%) AWS
5 8 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (2.15%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.23%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.92%) Google Workspace
8 3 (0.92%) IaaS
8 3 (0.92%) Slack
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.61%) GCP
9 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.61%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.13%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (3.99%) DHCP
2 13 (3.99%) DNS
3 12 (3.68%) VPN
4 9 (2.76%) LAN
5 6 (1.84%) VLAN
6 5 (1.53%) Firewall
6 5 (1.53%) WAN
7 4 (1.23%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.23%) Wireless
8 3 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.61%) FTP
10 1 (0.31%) Network Security
10 1 (0.31%) RS-232
10 1 (0.31%) Skype
10 1 (0.31%) VoIP
10 1 (0.31%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.15%) Power BI
2 4 (1.23%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (0.92%) Data Mart
3 3 (0.92%) Tableau
4 2 (0.61%) MySQL
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.61%) Power Query
4 2 (0.61%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.31%) GIS
5 1 (0.31%) KDB
5 1 (0.31%) MS Access
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.31%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.31%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 17 (5.21%) JIRA
2 3 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.31%) Git
3 1 (0.31%) Subversion
3 1 (0.31%) Tricentis qTest
3 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 106 (32.52%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (9.51%) Finance
4 23 (7.06%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.91%) Law
6 13 (3.99%) Manufacturing
6 13 (3.99%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.07%) Banking
7 10 (3.07%) Retail
8 8 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.53%) Marketing
11 4 (1.23%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.23%) Legal
12 3 (0.92%) Automotive
12 3 (0.92%) Military
13 2 (0.61%) Front Office
13 2 (0.61%) Local Government
13 2 (0.61%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.92%) .NET
1 3 (0.92%) Web Services
2 2 (0.61%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.61%) CSS
2 2 (0.61%) HTML
2 2 (0.61%) LAMP
2 2 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.61%) XML
3 1 (0.31%) HTML5
3 1 (0.31%) JSON
3 1 (0.31%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 50 (15.34%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.21%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (3.99%) Management Information System
4 9 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.76%) FMCG
5 5 (1.53%) Smartphone
5 5 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (0.92%) Data Centre
6 3 (0.92%) Hedge funds
7 2 (0.61%) Credit Risk
7 2 (0.61%) Derivative
7 2 (0.61%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.61%) Fixed Income
7 2 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.61%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.61%) iPhone
7 2 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.61%) OTC Derivatives
7 2 (0.61%) PMI
7 2 (0.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 119 (36.50%) Windows
2 41 (12.58%) Windows 10
3 16 (4.91%) Linux
3 16 (4.91%) Windows Server
4 15 (4.60%) Android
5 12 (3.68%) Apple iOS
6 8 (2.45%) Unix
6 8 (2.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.84%) Windows 7
7 6 (1.84%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (1.53%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.31%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (20.86%) Customer Service
3 51 (15.64%) ITIL
4 26 (7.98%) Incident Management
5 22 (6.75%) Migration
6 21 (6.44%) ITSM
7 18 (5.52%) Service Management
8 17 (5.21%) Process Improvement
9 16 (4.91%) Service Delivery
9 16 (4.91%) Validation
10 15 (4.60%) Data Analysis
10 15 (4.60%) Inventory Management
11 14 (4.29%) Data Migration
11 14 (4.29%) Decision-Making
11 14 (4.29%) Knowledge Management
11 14 (4.29%) User Experience
12 13 (3.99%) Computer Science
12 13 (3.99%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (3.99%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (3.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.51%) SQL
2 9 (2.76%) Shell Script
3 6 (1.84%) C#
3 6 (1.84%) Java
3 6 (1.84%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.84%) Python
4 5 (1.53%) PL/SQL
5 4 (1.23%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.92%) Bash
6 3 (0.92%) Groovy
7 2 (0.61%) Perl
7 2 (0.61%) PHP
8 1 (0.31%) C
8 1 (0.31%) C++
8 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (7.98%) Degree
2 19 (5.83%) Security Cleared
3 16 (4.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (4.60%) SC Cleared
5 13 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.76%) A+ Certification
6 9 (2.76%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (1.53%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.53%) MCSE
7 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.31%) CEH
9 1 (0.31%) CISM
9 1 (0.31%) CISSP
9 1 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.31%) HNC
9 1 (0.31%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.15%) SLA
2 6 (1.84%) PMO
3 3 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (0.92%) GDPR
4 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.61%) QA
5 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.31%) GRC
5 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 68 (20.86%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.92%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (4.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.53%) Control-M
3 2 (0.61%) Ansible
3 2 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.61%) SCCM
4 1 (0.31%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 102 (31.29%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.36%) ServiceNow
3 16 (4.91%) Oracle
4 10 (3.07%) Apple
4 10 (3.07%) Salesforce
4 10 (3.07%) SAP
5 8 (2.45%) Avaya
5 8 (2.45%) Meraki
5 8 (2.45%) Mitel
6 6 (1.84%) Murex
7 5 (1.53%) Adobe
7 5 (1.53%) Bloomberg
7 5 (1.53%) HP
8 4 (1.23%) Autodesk
8 4 (1.23%) Citrix
8 4 (1.23%) VMware
9 3 (0.92%) Ariba
9 3 (0.92%) Dell
9 3 (0.92%) Remedy
9 3 (0.92%) Reuters