Support Officer
UK
The median Support Officer daily rate in the UK is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 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 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 413 | 421 | 586 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +8 | +165 | +114 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Support Officer | 104 | 171 | 119 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.36% | 0.40% | 0.21% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.39% | 0.43% | 0.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 46 | 92 | 94 |
| 10th Percentile | £133 | £144 | £136 |
| 25th Percentile | £207 | £155 | £200 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £300 | £267 | £281 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.57% | -5.24% | +40.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £388 | £388 | £388 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £438 | £438 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £275 | £257 | £275 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.21% | -6.73% | +41.03% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 35 | 58 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £11.56 | £12.44 | £11.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £11.60 | £13.23 | £12.95 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.26 | £15.75 | £18.16 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.24% | -13.25% | +6.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £22.03 | £20.22 | £23.86 |
| 90th Percentile | £23.63 | £32.50 | £31.12 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £15.33 | £14.79 | £14.16 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.62% | +4.49% | +4.85% |
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 | 26,982 | 39,941 | 54,901 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.48% | 92.76% | 94.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,601 | 26,001 | 38,348 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,049 | 2,673 | 1,536 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.25 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.60 | £36.65 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.96% | -18.56% | +88.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.90 | £76.13 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.50 | £40.00 | £42.43 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.25% | -5.73% | +115.78% |
Support Officer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Support Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Support Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Officer.
Support Officer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Officer over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.
Support Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Officer.
Support Officer
Top 15 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 |
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| England | +17 | 84 | £300 | -7.69% | 28 |
| UK excluding London | +10 | 75 | £275 | +7.21% | 22 |
| Work from Home | +26 | 30 | £300 | +15.38% | 12 |
| London | +37 | 19 | £350 | -6.67% | 10 |
| Midlands | +13 | 19 | £113 | -70.00% | 11 |
| West Midlands | +25 | 17 | £113 | -70.00% | 9 |
| South West | +28 | 15 | £300 | -29.41% | 2 |
| North of England | +10 | 15 | £275 | -9.09% | 2 |
| East of England | +35 | 11 | - | - | |
| North East | +6 | 9 | £275 | - | |
| Scotland | -12 | 7 | £275 | +80.04% | |
| Yorkshire | +11 | 6 | £225 | -30.77% | |
| South East | +31 | 4 | £300 | -17.24% | 6 |
| Northern Ireland | -5 | 4 | - | - | |
| East Midlands | +2 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
Support Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Support Officer 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 Support Officer in the job title.
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Support Officer 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: