Technical Support Specialist Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Technical Support Specialist
UK > Work from Home

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Technical Support Specialist daily rate in Work from Home.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 337 475
Rank change year-on-year +35 +138 +156
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support Specialist 2 8 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.052% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.056% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £165 -
UK median daily rate £140 £165 £210
% change year-on-year -15.15% -21.43% -20.00%

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 WFH or hybrid 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Technical Support Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Technical Support Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Technical Support Specialist trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Technical Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Technical Support Specialist.

Technical Support Specialist daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Technical Support Specialist.

Technical Support Specialist hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Technical Support Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills

Technical Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft