IT Support Contracts in Central London

IT Support
London > Central London

The median IT Support daily rate in Central London is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 133 141
Rank change year-on-year +31 +8 +5
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 29 39 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.21% 1.06% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 1.11% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 36 47
10th Percentile £121 £136 £160
25th Percentile £138 £162 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £206 £250
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -17.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £250 £271 £270
90th Percentile £400 £425 £347
London median daily rate £200 £211 £216
% change year-on-year -5.33% -2.31% +2.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 5
10th Percentile £12.75 - £11.62
25th Percentile £14.88 - £13.88
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £16.50
75th Percentile £23.75 - £26.34
90th Percentile £25.38 - £27.04
London median hourly rate £22.00 £22.57 £17.50
% change year-on-year -2.54% +28.99% +19.66%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,284 3,513 4,243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.33% 95.15% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,607 2,395 3,207
10th Percentile £340 £325 £355
25th Percentile £439 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 23 52
10th Percentile £20.04 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.50 £20.02
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% -3.45% +101.67%
75th Percentile £27.81 £53.13 £51.75
90th Percentile £40.00 £87.64 £62.43
London median hourly rate £27.66 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.18% +2.86% +11.75%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured IT Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Central London

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Central London.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in Central London

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Central London over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in Central London

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in Central London

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in Central London over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support in Central London

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Central London region over the 6 months to 29 May 2024. 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +48 25 £200 +1.27% 5
West End of London +1 2 £275 +25.00% 2
Kensington and Chelsea -2 1 - -
Lambeth - 1 £188 -
IT Support
London

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, IT 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 job ads across the Central London region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 21 (72.41%) Windows
2 13 (44.83%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
3 9 (31.03%) Active Directory
3 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (27.59%) ServiceNow
4 8 (27.59%) Windows 10
5 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (24.14%) Asset Management
6 6 (20.69%) Finance
7 5 (17.24%) iPhone
8 4 (13.79%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (13.79%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (13.79%) Apple
8 4 (13.79%) LAN
8 4 (13.79%) WAN
8 4 (13.79%) VPN
9 3 (10.34%) Logistics
9 3 (10.34%) Incident Management
9 3 (10.34%) Telecoms
9 3 (10.34%) Wireless
9 3 (10.34%) Citrix
9 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
9 3 (10.34%) Financial Institution
9 3 (10.34%) SCCM
9 3 (10.34%) Windows 7
10 2 (6.90%) Azure
10 2 (6.90%) Apple iOS

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (6.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Orchestrade
Cloud Services
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.90%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) LAN
1 4 (13.79%) VPN
1 4 (13.79%) WAN
2 3 (10.34%) Wireless
3 2 (6.90%) Firewall
4 1 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
General
1 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Finance
3 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Financial Institution
4 3 (10.34%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.45%) Advertising
5 1 (3.45%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Billing
5 1 (3.45%) Front Office
5 1 (3.45%) Marketing
5 1 (3.45%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) iPhone
2 4 (13.79%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.90%) Blackberry
4 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.45%) EPoS
4 1 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (3.45%) Handset
4 1 (3.45%) iPad
4 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (72.41%) Windows
2 8 (27.59%) Windows 10
3 3 (10.34%) Windows 7
4 2 (6.90%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.45%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Asset Management
1 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (13.79%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (10.34%) Incident Management
3 3 (10.34%) Logistics
3 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
4 2 (6.90%) Analytical Modelling
4 2 (6.90%) Application Virtualisation
4 2 (6.90%) Customer Experience
4 2 (6.90%) Customer Service
4 2 (6.90%) Data Analysis
4 2 (6.90%) Information Security
4 2 (6.90%) ITIL
4 2 (6.90%) Problem Management
4 2 (6.90%) Workflow
5 1 (3.45%) Escalation Management
5 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (3.45%) Network Optimisation
5 1 (3.45%) Order Management
5 1 (3.45%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) A+ Certification
2 1 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (3.45%) MCITP
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (31.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) SCCM
2 2 (6.90%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
2 8 (27.59%) ServiceNow
3 4 (13.79%) Apple
4 3 (10.34%) Citrix
5 2 (6.90%) Acronis
5 2 (6.90%) Bloomberg
6 1 (3.45%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (3.45%) BT
6 1 (3.45%) Dell
6 1 (3.45%) Google
6 1 (3.45%) HP
6 1 (3.45%) Ivanti
6 1 (3.45%) Meraki
6 1 (3.45%) Murex