Support Analyst Contracts in Wales

Support Analyst
UK > Wales

The median Support Analyst daily rate in Wales is £199 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 57 70
Rank change year-on-year +15 +13 -25
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 6 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.45% 1.24% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.61% 1.30% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 4
10th Percentile £187 £160 -
25th Percentile £190 £173 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £199 £205 £165
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% +24.24% -9.59%
75th Percentile £207 £220 £184
90th Percentile £210 £235 £215
UK median daily rate £225 £250 £250
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £13.43 - £18.56
25th Percentile £13.59 - £19.22
Median hourly rate £13.85 - £21.88
75th Percentile £14.10 - £25.47
90th Percentile £14.26 - £26.69
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £23.15 £17.50
% change year-on-year -9.29% +32.29% +16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 372 614 987
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.64% 95.34% 96.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 476 726
10th Percentile £180 £166 £168
25th Percentile £325 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £570
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 32 41
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.00 £11.15
25th Percentile £13.06 £15.44 £12.24
Median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +20.67%
75th Percentile £31.02 £20.92 £27.00
90th Percentile £86.54 £47.25 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Analyst in Wales

Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Support Analyst in Wales

Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Analyst in Wales

Support Analyst
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 Support Analyst within the Wales region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
South Wales +11 5 £199 -3.05% 4
West Wales - 1 - -
Support Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 across the Wales region featuring Support Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Economy
3 2 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) LAN
4 1 (16.67%) VPN
4 1 (16.67%) Citrix
4 1 (16.67%) NHS
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (16.67%) Android
4 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
4 1 (16.67%) Trend Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016

Support Analyst 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Digital Economy
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Trend Analysis
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds
2 1 (16.67%) VMware