IT Support Contract Job Trends in York

IT Support
North Yorkshire > York

The median IT Support daily rate in York is £148, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 11 13
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 -1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in York 8.00% 2.70% 2.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.89% 3.03% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £122 - -
25th Percentile £135 £205 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £148 £210 £170
Median % change year-on-year -29.76% +23.53% -15.00%
75th Percentile £161 £215 £180
90th Percentile £182 - -
North Yorkshire median daily rate £150 £300 £170
% change year-on-year -50.00% +76.47% -10.53%

All Contract IT Job Roles
York

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in York. 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 York with a recognized job title 45 33 47
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 89.19% 97.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 15 28
10th Percentile £178 £233 £106
25th Percentile £325 £275 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £351 £184
Median % change year-on-year +39.09% +90.75% -56.51%
75th Percentile £725 £550 £388
90th Percentile £863 £613 £508
North Yorkshire median daily rate £473 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +18.13% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile - - £11.15
25th Percentile - £10.25 £11.30
Median hourly rate £15.00 £10.50 £14.40
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -27.08% -28.45%
75th Percentile - £10.75 £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
North Yorkshire median hourly rate £46.50 £17.50 £14.41
% change year-on-year +165.71% +21.49% -29.53%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in York

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in York.

IT Support job vacancy trend in York

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in York

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in York.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in York

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in York

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in York.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in York

IT Support Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York

For the 6 months to 2 March 2026, IT Support 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 job ads across the York region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Antivirus Management
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) Google
3 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Security Patching
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) SLA

IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Antivirus Management
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Security Patching
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Google