IT Support Contracts in the West Midlands

IT Support
England > West Midlands

The median IT Support daily rate in the West Midlands is £206 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 109 108
Rank change year-on-year +13 -1 -19
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 16 34 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.83% 1.42% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 1.50% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 21 35
10th Percentile £138 £120 £120
25th Percentile £158 £128 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £206 £160 £175
Median % change year-on-year +28.91% -8.57% +20.69%
75th Percentile £256 £206 £209
90th Percentile £260 £288 £238
England median daily rate £200 £200 £180
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 11
10th Percentile £12.93 £13.95 £15.75
25th Percentile £13.95 £16.88 £16.88
Median hourly rate £15.65 £23.00 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -31.96% +29.94% +28.82%
75th Percentile £19.70 £31.40 £19.86
90th Percentile £22.13 £37.51 £20.51
England median hourly rate £15.23 £19.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year -21.90% +14.71% +21.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,761 2,271 3,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.34% 94.94% 96.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,184 1,562 2,511
10th Percentile £259 £250 £215
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 67 85
10th Percentile £12.01 £12.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.05 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.25 £19.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.11% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £42.31 £26.50 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.88 £55.25 £23.15
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the West Midlands

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the West Midlands

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the West Midlands

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the West Midlands

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 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
Shropshire +34 4 £260 +79.31% 5
Warwickshire +4 4 - - 6
Birmingham -1 4 £150 -3.23% 8
Coventry +10 1 - - 1
Worcestershire +8 1 - - 4
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 Midlands region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 4 (25.00%) Retail
4 4 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
5 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
6 2 (12.50%) IBM Domino
6 2 (12.50%) Citrix
6 2 (12.50%) Lotus
6 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 2 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 2 (12.50%) DBS Check
6 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
7 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
7 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
7 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (6.25%) Malware Detection/Protection
7 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery
7 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
7 1 (6.25%) Conflict Management
7 1 (6.25%) Runbook
7 1 (6.25%) Firewall
7 1 (6.25%) Project Planning
7 1 (6.25%) Mathematics

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (12.50%) IBM Domino
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) LAN
1 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Retail
3 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 1 (6.25%) Android
3 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
3 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
2 2 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (6.25%) Asset Management
3 1 (6.25%) Conflict Management
3 1 (6.25%) ITIL
3 1 (6.25%) Logistics
3 1 (6.25%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 1 (6.25%) Mathematics
3 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery
3 1 (6.25%) Project Planning
3 1 (6.25%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) DBS Check
2 1 (6.25%) MCDST
2 1 (6.25%) MCP
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Citrix
2 2 (12.50%) Lotus
3 1 (6.25%) Adobe