IT Support Contracts in the East of England

IT Support
England > East of England

The median IT Support daily rate in the East of England is £186, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 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
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 82 113
Rank change year-on-year -2 +31 -27
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 29 34 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.48% 1.74% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 1.91% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 25 12
10th Percentile £121 £145 £155
25th Percentile £133 £163 £162
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £186 £190 £175
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +8.57% +6.06%
75th Percentile £250 £200 £199
90th Percentile £305 £227 £230
England median daily rate £200 £200 £190
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +13.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 15
10th Percentile - £16.00 £12.34
25th Percentile £13.60 £17.50 £12.62
Median hourly rate £14.04 £20.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.79% +37.93% +7.41%
75th Percentile £15.35 £23.75 £15.27
90th Percentile £16.34 £26.00 £18.60
England median hourly rate £14.49 £20.62 £17.50
% change year-on-year -29.75% +17.83% +24.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 1,746 1,779 2,348
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.22% 91.23% 92.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 754 1,108 1,412
10th Percentile £206 £190 £185
25th Percentile £306 £318 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.95% - +15.15%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 613 250 341
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £43.00 £36.03 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.36% +105.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.61 £60.00
England median hourly rate £38.50 £44.53 £24.00
% change year-on-year -13.54% +85.54% +14.01%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the East of England

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the East of England

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the East of England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the East of England

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the East of England

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Norfolk +9 11 £129 -31.20% 6
Cambridgeshire +2 6 £170 -15.00% 8
Essex +7 4 £250 +31.58% 12
Hertfordshire -4 4 £350 +94.44% 15
Suffolk +18 3 £186 +22.13% 7
Bedfordshire -2 1 £200 -4.76% 2
IT Support
England

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 11 June 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 East of England region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 10 (34.48%) Windows
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
3 8 (27.59%) Active Directory
4 6 (20.69%) SCCM
5 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
5 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
6 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (13.79%) Finance
6 4 (13.79%) NHS
6 4 (13.79%) Windows 10
7 3 (10.34%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (10.34%) ITIL
7 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
7 3 (10.34%) Electronics
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (10.34%) Azure
8 2 (6.90%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
8 2 (6.90%) Android
8 2 (6.90%) PaaS
8 2 (6.90%) Marketing
8 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
8 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (6.90%) Programme Management
8 2 (6.90%) SAP
8 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
8 2 (6.90%) SLA

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.34%) Azure
3 2 (6.90%) PaaS
4 1 (3.45%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.45%) Internet
2 1 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (3.45%) VPN
2 1 (3.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) MSI
General
1 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Electronics
3 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.90%) Marketing
4 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.45%) Digital Health
5 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) NHS
2 3 (10.34%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.45%) BYOD
3 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.45%) iPhone
3 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (34.48%) Windows
2 4 (13.79%) Windows 10
3 2 (6.90%) Android
4 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.45%) Linux
4 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
2 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (10.34%) ITIL
4 2 (6.90%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (6.90%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.90%) Programme Management
5 1 (3.45%) Change Management
5 1 (3.45%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (3.45%) Computer Science
5 1 (3.45%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 1 (3.45%) Problem Management
5 1 (3.45%) Project Management
5 1 (3.45%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (3.45%) Software Deployment
5 1 (3.45%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (3.45%) User Experience
5 1 (3.45%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (3.45%) A+ Certification
1 1 (3.45%) DBS Check
1 1 (3.45%) Degree
1 1 (3.45%) HNC
1 1 (3.45%) MCDST
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (27.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) SCCM
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) SAP
3 1 (3.45%) MobileIron
3 1 (3.45%) SonicWALL