Technical Support Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Technical Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Support daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £240, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 289 446
Rank change year-on-year +4 +157 +105
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support 16 55 25
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.36% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.39% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 29 16
10th Percentile £196 £105 £157
25th Percentile £208 £143 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £153 £303
Median % change year-on-year +56.86% -49.42% +15.24%
75th Percentile £288 £175 £375
90th Percentile £410 £282 £388
UK median daily rate £250 £214 £210
% change year-on-year +16.96% +1.79% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £13.46 -
25th Percentile £15.25 - -
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.85 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +5.67% -22.60%
75th Percentile £15.75 - -
90th Percentile - £18.19 -
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £19.05 £21.11
% change year-on-year +25.98% -9.76% +12.53%

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 9,280 14,264 24,476
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 93.50% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,354 9,548 17,287
10th Percentile £338 £325 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £774 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 576 563
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.34 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.13 £23.32 £25.98
Median hourly rate £35.13 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

Technical Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Technical Support
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.

Technical Support daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Support
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Technical Support over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Technical Support daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Support
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.

Technical Support hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Technical 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Technical Support in the job title.

1 7 (43.75%) ITIL
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
1 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (25.00%) SQL
3 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (18.75%) Linux
4 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
4 3 (18.75%) Analytics
4 3 (18.75%) Mentoring
4 3 (18.75%) SaaS
4 3 (18.75%) Android
4 3 (18.75%) Problem Management
4 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
4 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
5 2 (12.50%) Service Catalogue
5 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 2 (12.50%) Customer Experience
5 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (12.50%) Line Management
5 2 (12.50%) Data Science
5 2 (12.50%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (12.50%) Remote Desktop

Technical Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.25%) SAS
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (6.25%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 1 (6.25%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (18.75%) SaaS
4 1 (6.25%) AWS
4 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
1 2 (12.50%) Internet
1 2 (12.50%) iSCSI
1 2 (12.50%) LAN
1 2 (12.50%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (12.50%) WAN
1 2 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (12.50%) Wireless
2 1 (6.25%) DNS
2 1 (6.25%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Power Query
2 1 (6.25%) Sisense
2 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (6.25%) Tableau
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Banking
2 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Back Office
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Financial Institution
3 1 (6.25%) French Language
3 1 (6.25%) General Ledger
3 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Italian Language
3 1 (6.25%) Law
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) .NET Framework
1 1 (6.25%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (12.50%) IVR
3 1 (6.25%) CMDB
3 1 (6.25%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Android
2 3 (18.75%) Linux
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
4 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) ITIL
1 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (18.75%) Analytics
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
3 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
3 3 (18.75%) Mentoring
3 3 (18.75%) Problem Management
4 2 (12.50%) Change Management
4 2 (12.50%) Coaching
4 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 2 (12.50%) Customer Experience
4 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 2 (12.50%) Data Science
4 2 (12.50%) Knowledge Management
4 2 (12.50%) Line Management
4 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Service Catalogue
4 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (12.50%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) T-SQL
3 1 (6.25%) PeopleCode
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 2 (12.50%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Apple
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (6.25%) MicroStrategy
3 1 (6.25%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) SimCorp