IT Support Specialist Contracts in Wales

IT Support Specialist
UK > Wales

The median IT Support Specialist daily rate in Wales is £263, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £256 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 - -
75th Percentile £269 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £310 £198 £205
% change year-on-year +56.96% -3.66% +18.84%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 269 349 601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 89.26% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 247 464
10th Percentile £160 £187 £178
25th Percentile £256 £356 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £470 £460
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +2.17% -3.16%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £560
90th Percentile £613 £641 £650
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 28 33
10th Percentile £16.00 £11.75 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.29 £13.06 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.01 £19.09 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% +5.21% -8.89%
75th Percentile £41.25 £31.02 £19.98
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.54 £45.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.55% -18.89% +90.68%

IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Specialist in Wales

IT Support Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Specialist within the Wales region over the 6 months to 6 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
North Wales - 1 £263 -
IT Support Specialist
UK

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, IT Support Specialist 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 across the Wales region featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Ab Initio
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 1 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 1 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ab Initio