IT Support Contracts in Devon

IT Support
South West > Devon

The median IT Support daily rate in Devon is £193, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 34 28
Rank change year-on-year +9 -6 +10
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 13 2 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 5.28% 0.90% 3.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.53% 0.97% 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile - - £169
25th Percentile £188 £130 £174
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £193 £140 £186
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -24.83% +39.25%
75th Percentile £203 £150 £194
90th Percentile - - £195
South West median daily rate £195 £205 £190
% change year-on-year -4.88% +7.89% +35.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate - - £13.00
75th Percentile - - £13.50
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £26.00 £15.90 £16.34
% change year-on-year +63.52% -2.71% -3.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 235 206 204
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.53% 92.38% 91.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 159 141
10th Percentile £200 £300 £181
25th Percentile £406 £409 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £674
90th Percentile £685 £700 £725
South West median daily rate £513 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.65% +2.38% +14.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 8
10th Percentile £16.90 £13.88 £11.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £20.13 £12.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £38.75 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year +67.74% +118.31% -58.24%
75th Percentile £72.50 £42.50 £27.25
90th Percentile - £53.13 £46.60
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £56.49 £61.50
% change year-on-year +15.06% -8.15% +29.47%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Devon

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support in Devon

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in Devon

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Plymouth +4 12 £193 +37.50%
Torquay - 1 - -
IT Support
South West

IT Support Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 Devon region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) Citrix
2 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Containerisation
3 4 (30.77%) JIRA
3 4 (30.77%) Middleware
3 4 (30.77%) Tanium
3 4 (30.77%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Prometheus
3 4 (30.77%) Hardware Maintenance
3 4 (30.77%) Grafana
3 4 (30.77%) Confluence
3 4 (30.77%) Splunk
4 2 (15.38%) Windows
4 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
4 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
4 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
5 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
5 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (7.69%) Ant
5 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (7.69%) Data Protection

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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 4 (30.77%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Ant
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
1 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Containerisation
2 4 (30.77%) Hardware Maintenance
3 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
4 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Grafana
1 4 (30.77%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Citrix
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Splunk
2 4 (30.77%) Tanium