Hybrid/Remote Support Specialist Contract Job Trends

Support Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Support Specialist daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 296 310 376
Rank change year-on-year +14 +66 +161
Contract jobs requiring a Support Specialist 18 16 26
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.18% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.14% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 18
10th Percentile £291 £290 £206
25th Percentile £374 £299 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +3.13% -42.86%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £475
90th Percentile - £513 £529
UK median daily rate £266 £340 £350
% change year-on-year -21.69% -2.86% -15.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile - - £17.18
25th Percentile £31.25 - £20.44
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £25.75
75th Percentile £43.75 - £31.00
90th Percentile - - £31.45
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £20.01
% change year-on-year +9.38% -20.02% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,368 11,322 17,805
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 93.25% 94.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,128 7,144 12,484
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 190 393
10th Percentile £14.78 £19.56 £16.70
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.52 £24.75
Median hourly rate £39.10 £41.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.78% -17.00% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.46 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.63 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +62.28%

Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Support Specialist' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Support Specialist job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Support Specialist job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Support Specialist job vacancies

Support Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Support Specialist over the 6 months to 31 October 2025.

Support Specialist daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Support Specialist job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Support Specialist job vacancies

Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 31 October 2025, Support Specialist 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Support Specialist in the job title.

1 13 (72.22%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (44.44%) Workday
3 5 (27.78%) Coaching
3 5 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (27.78%) Java
3 5 (27.78%) JSON
3 5 (27.78%) Oracle
3 5 (27.78%) SAP
3 5 (27.78%) Scenario Testing
3 5 (27.78%) Service Delivery
3 5 (27.78%) Software Engineering
3 5 (27.78%) SuccessFactors
3 5 (27.78%) Use Case
3 5 (27.78%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (27.78%) User Experience
3 5 (27.78%) Validation
3 5 (27.78%) XML
4 2 (11.11%) Accounts Receivable
4 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
4 2 (11.11%) Analytics
4 2 (11.11%) Change Management
4 2 (11.11%) Cisco
4 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
4 2 (11.11%) Degree
4 2 (11.11%) HNC
4 2 (11.11%) HND
4 2 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (11.11%) Incident Management

Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) Slack
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 8 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) JSON
1 5 (27.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (27.78%) Coaching
2 5 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (27.78%) Scenario Testing
2 5 (27.78%) Service Delivery
2 5 (27.78%) Software Engineering
2 5 (27.78%) Use Case
2 5 (27.78%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (27.78%) User Experience
2 5 (27.78%) Validation
3 2 (11.11%) Accounts Receivable
3 2 (11.11%) Analytics
3 2 (11.11%) Change Management
3 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
3 2 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
3 2 (11.11%) Inventory Management
3 2 (11.11%) Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (11.11%) Security Management
3 2 (11.11%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
1 2 (11.11%) HNC
1 2 (11.11%) HND
1 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) CIPD
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Workday
2 5 (27.78%) Oracle
2 5 (27.78%) SAP
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco
3 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.56%) Apple
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.56%) Salesforce