IT Support Contracts in West London

IT Support
London > West London

The median IT Support daily rate in West London is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 August 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
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 33 58
Rank change year-on-year -2 +25 -11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 6 8 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 2.14% 2.54% 1.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.39% 2.67% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 8
10th Percentile - £162 £132
25th Percentile £231 £180 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £193 £163
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% +18.46% -22.62%
75th Percentile - £196 £210
90th Percentile £280 £319 £267
London median daily rate £225 £200 £213
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £16.76 -
25th Percentile - £19.40 £22.50
Median hourly rate £35.89 £23.80 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.80% -4.80% +66.67%
75th Percentile - - £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £23.00 £23.80 £24.45
% change year-on-year -3.36% -2.66% +23.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West London. 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 West London with a recognized job title 251 300 624
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.32% 95.24% 97.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 219 501
10th Percentile £229 £250 £227
25th Percentile £350 £363 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £488 £563
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -13.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £500 £588 £645
90th Percentile £573 £650 £700
London median daily rate £545 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.92% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 21 36
10th Percentile £20.24 £18.13 £25.00
25th Percentile £20.45 £23.80 £38.28
Median hourly rate £25.00 £37.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -42.31% +242.11%
75th Percentile £40.75 £65.00 £80.63
90th Percentile £53.80 £68.00 £90.00
London median hourly rate £30.00 £33.07 £37.34
% change year-on-year -9.28% -11.44% +12.30%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in West London

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in West London.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in West London

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in West London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in West London

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the West London region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Hammersmith +1 2 £238 +58.33%
IT Support
London

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 2 August 2025, IT Support 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 West London region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (50.00%) Windows
4 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
4 2 (33.33%) VPN
4 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) SLA
4 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (33.33%) ITIL
4 2 (33.33%) ITSM
4 2 (33.33%) Remedy
4 2 (33.33%) Local Government
4 2 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
4 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
4 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (33.33%) Power BI
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (33.33%) Android
4 2 (33.33%) Azure
5 1 (16.67%) vSphere
5 1 (16.67%) Network Management
5 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Server Management

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Local Government
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (33.33%) Android
2 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Network Management
2 1 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (16.67%) People Management
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Server Management
2 1 (16.67%) Server Migrations
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Remedy
2 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow