Support Specialist Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire
Support Specialist
England > Yorkshire
The median Support Specialist daily rate in Yorkshire is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 153 | 126 | 96 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -27 | -30 | +10 |
| Contract Support Specialist jobs | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire | 0.28% | 0.056% | 0.22% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.31% | 0.060% | 0.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £397 | £270 | £315 |
| % change year-on-year | +46.85% | -14.29% | -10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £13.85 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £21.50 | £17.00 | £16.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.47% | +6.25% | -17.95% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Yorkshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Yorkshire matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in Yorkshire matching a recognised job title | 2,575 | 1,654 | 1,253 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.57% | 92.20% | 90.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,533 | 1,116 | 724 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £254 | £227 |
| 25th Percentile | £423 | £379 | £384 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £488 | £490 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.56% | -0.51% | -2.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £576 | £550 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £669 | £638 | £642 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £510 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.94% | -2.86% | -2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 170 | 42 | 51 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.45 | £17.51 | £15.22 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.62 | £20.46 | £17.19 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.61 | £25.04 | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.73% | +11.28% | +5.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £34.77 | £81.25 | £38.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £43.75 | - | £48.75 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.00 | £25.15 | £40.33 |
| % change year-on-year | +63.02% | -37.63% | -12.11% |
Support Specialist Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Support Specialist job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.
Support Specialist Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Specialist job vacancies in Yorkshire.
Support Specialist Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Specialist job vacancies in Yorkshire.
Support Specialist Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Support Specialist jobs within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 November 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Yorkshire | - | 7 | £600 | - | 8 |
| South Yorkshire | -24 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
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Support Specialist Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire
For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, Support Specialist contract job ads cited 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 Support Specialist job ads across the Yorkshire region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moodle | 50.0% | 4 |
| 2 | Data Migration | 37.5% | 3 |
| 2 | ITIL | 37.5% | 3 |
| 2 | ITSM | 37.5% | 3 |
| 2 | Line Management | 37.5% | 3 |
| 2 | Liquidlogic | 37.5% | 3 |
| 2 | Migration | 37.5% | 3 |
| 2 | Process Improvement | 37.5% | 3 |
| 2 | Service Management | 37.5% | 3 |
| 2 | SystmOne | 37.5% | 3 |
| 11 | Analytics | 25.0% | 2 |
| 11 | Business Intelligence | 25.0% | 2 |
| 11 | CSS | 25.0% | 2 |
| 11 | HTML | 25.0% | 2 |
| 11 | Mathematics | 25.0% | 2 |
| 11 | Microsoft | 25.0% | 2 |
| 11 | Microsoft Excel | 25.0% | 2 |
| 11 | Power BI | 25.0% | 2 |
| 11 | Power Platform | 25.0% | 2 |
| 11 | Root Cause Analysis | 25.0% | 2 |
| 21 | Capacity Planning | 12.5% | 1 |
| 21 | CICS | 12.5% | 1 |
| 21 | COBOL | 12.5% | 1 |
| 21 | Data Security | 12.5% | 1 |
| 21 | Db2 | 12.5% | 1 |
| 21 | Disaster Recovery | 12.5% | 1 |
| 21 | GDPR | 12.5% | 1 |
| 21 | OLTP | 12.5% | 1 |
| 21 | Performance Tuning | 12.5% | 1 |
| 21 | Problem-Solving | 12.5% | 1 |
Support Specialist Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Applications Support Specialist | 37.5% | 3 |
| 1 | Data Migration Specialist | 37.5% | 3 |
| 3 | DB2 Specialist | 12.5% | 1 |
| 3 | DB2 Support | 12.5% | 1 |