Support Team Leader Contract Job Trends

Support Team Lead
UK

The median Support Team Lead daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 576 531 588
Rank change year-on-year -45 +57 +188
Contract jobs requiring a Support Team Leader 11 8 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.030% 0.024% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.026% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 11
10th Percentile £260 £196 £133
25th Percentile £350 £213 £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £235 £525
Median % change year-on-year +134.04% -55.24% +44.83%
75th Percentile £600 £400 £594
90th Percentile - £610 £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £235 £149
% change year-on-year +134.04% +57.98% -50.42%

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 33,457 31,336 40,748
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 92.78% 93.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,148 19,251 27,411
10th Percentile £291 £300 £285
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,983 978 1,439
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.52 £15.16
25th Percentile £18.18 £21.05 £19.21
Median hourly rate £25.25 £33.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.48% -26.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.54 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.60 £72.99 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +84.29%

Support Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Support Team Leader job vacancy trend in the UK

Support Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Support Team Leader
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Team Leader over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Team Leader in the UK

Support Team Leader
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Support Team Leader
Top 9 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 Team Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 22 December 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 -22 11 £550 +139.13% 14
UK excluding London -35 6 £550 +134.04% 14
London +3 5 £375 +97.37% 1
North East - 3 - -
North of England - 3 - -
Work from Home - 2 £550 - 1
East Midlands - 2 - - 1
Midlands - 2 - - 3
South East -20 1 £550 +37.50% 10

Support Team Leader Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, Support Team Leader 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 Team Leader in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) ITIL
2 8 (72.73%) Application Security
2 8 (72.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (72.73%) Customer Service
2 8 (72.73%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (72.73%) Oracle
2 8 (72.73%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (72.73%) SLA
3 3 (27.27%) Windows
4 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
4 2 (18.18%) Azure
4 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
5 1 (9.09%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (9.09%) Migration
5 1 (9.09%) SCCM

Support Team Leader 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:

Business Applications
1 8 (72.73%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
General
1 10 (90.91%) Finance
2 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) ITIL
2 8 (72.73%) Application Security
2 8 (72.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (72.73%) Customer Service
2 8 (72.73%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
3 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (72.73%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft