Systems Support Contracts in England

Systems Support
UK > England

The median Systems Support daily rate in England is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 599 724
Rank change year-on-year +87 +125 -105
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Support 31 39 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.084% 0.082% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.087% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 26 32
10th Percentile £260 £240 £245
25th Percentile £377 £249 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year - +21.43% +5.26%
75th Percentile £475 £502 £364
90th Percentile £486 £559 £565
UK median daily rate £425 £425 £350
% change year-on-year - +21.43% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 9
10th Percentile £15.46 - £15.59
25th Percentile £15.85 - £15.63
Median hourly rate £17.00 £21.67 £16.82
Median % change year-on-year -21.55% +28.83% -15.90%
75th Percentile £70.90 £24.59 £18.75
90th Percentile - £26.33 £29.00
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £21.67 £16.82
% change year-on-year -21.55% +28.83% -15.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 34,161 44,903 67,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.57% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,530 31,932 48,137
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,560 1,303 1,794
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Systems Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Support in England

Systems Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Support in England.

Daily rate trend for Systems Support in England

Systems Support
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Support in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Support in England

Systems Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Support in England.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Support in England

Systems Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Support in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Support in England

Systems Support
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Support within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
London +82 13 £413 +15.38% 10
South East +9 9 £183 -56.42% 11
North of England +28 4 £450 +38.46% 6
North West +22 4 £450 - 4
Midlands +20 2 £450 +50.00% 4
West Midlands +16 2 £450 - 2
East of England - 2 - - 1
South West +6 1 - - 2
Systems Support
UK

Systems Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Systems 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 England region featuring Systems Support in the job title.

1 7 (22.58%) Finance
2 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (19.35%) Windows
2 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (19.35%) Social Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Process Improvement
4 4 (12.90%) Degree
4 4 (12.90%) Automotive
4 4 (12.90%) LAN
4 4 (12.90%) WAN
4 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
4 4 (12.90%) Oracle
5 3 (9.68%) Internet
5 3 (9.68%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
5 3 (9.68%) ITIL
5 3 (9.68%) Workflow
5 3 (9.68%) Firewall
5 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
5 3 (9.68%) Service Delivery
5 3 (9.68%) Project Management
5 3 (9.68%) Systems Analysis
5 3 (9.68%) Supplier Management
5 3 (9.68%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (9.68%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (6.45%) Palo Alto
6 2 (6.45%) Analytical Modelling
6 2 (6.45%) Public Sector

Systems Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.23%) Academy Housing
2 1 (3.23%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 1 (3.23%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle E-Business Tax
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Internet Expenses
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle iProcurement
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (9.68%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (3.23%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) LAN
1 4 (12.90%) WAN
2 3 (9.68%) Firewall
2 3 (9.68%) Internet
3 2 (6.45%) BGP
3 2 (6.45%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (6.45%) DHCP
3 2 (6.45%) EIGRP
3 2 (6.45%) MPLS
3 2 (6.45%) Multicast
3 2 (6.45%) Network Security
3 2 (6.45%) OSPF
3 2 (6.45%) VLAN
3 2 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.23%) DNS
4 1 (3.23%) Intranet
4 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.23%) RDBMS
2 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.23%) Toad
General
1 7 (22.58%) Finance
2 6 (19.35%) Social Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Automotive
5 2 (6.45%) Billing
5 2 (6.45%) Financial Institution
5 2 (6.45%) French Language
5 2 (6.45%) Legal
5 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Portuguese Language
5 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.45%) Spanish Language
6 1 (3.23%) Back Office
6 1 (3.23%) Banking
6 1 (3.23%) Law
6 1 (3.23%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) JSON
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.23%) Fat Client
2 1 (3.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (3.23%) Thin Client
2 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Android
2 2 (6.45%) Apple iOS
2 2 (6.45%) Linux
3 1 (3.23%) Unix
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (12.90%) Process Improvement
3 3 (9.68%) ITIL
3 3 (9.68%) Project Management
3 3 (9.68%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (9.68%) Service Delivery
3 3 (9.68%) Supplier Management
3 3 (9.68%) Systems Analysis
3 3 (9.68%) Workflow
4 2 (6.45%) Agile
4 2 (6.45%) Analytical Modelling
4 2 (6.45%) Customer Experience
4 2 (6.45%) Data Analysis
4 2 (6.45%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (6.45%) Incident Management
4 2 (6.45%) Inventory Management
4 2 (6.45%) Logistics
4 2 (6.45%) PRINCE2
4 2 (6.45%) Service Management
4 2 (6.45%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) SQL
2 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) GDPR
1 1 (3.23%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Ansible
1 1 (3.23%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) Oracle
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.45%) Apple
3 2 (6.45%) CheckPoint
3 2 (6.45%) Cisco
3 2 (6.45%) Citrix
3 2 (6.45%) Dell
3 2 (6.45%) F5
3 2 (6.45%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.23%) Capita
4 1 (3.23%) Civica
4 1 (3.23%) Concur
4 1 (3.23%) JD Edwards
4 1 (3.23%) SAP
4 1 (3.23%) VMware