IT Support Contracts in Kent

IT Support
South East > Kent

The median IT Support daily rate in Kent is £165 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 8 31
Rank change year-on-year -15 +23 -10
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 4 27 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 1.87% 12.86% 4.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.03% 13.11% 4.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 27 9
10th Percentile £143 £125 £173
25th Percentile £150 £156 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £205 £193
Median % change year-on-year -19.51% +6.49% +20.31%
75th Percentile £228 - £198
90th Percentile £264 £218 -
South East median daily rate £198 £200 £175
% change year-on-year -1.25% +14.29% +4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £22.10
South East median hourly rate £12.50 £18.08 £17.50
% change year-on-year -30.86% +3.31% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 197 206 279
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 98.10% 97.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 169 245
10th Percentile £191 £143 £171
25th Percentile £238 £200 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £350 £433
Median % change year-on-year +9.36% -19.08% +24.01%
75th Percentile £525 £475 £588
90th Percentile £600 £638 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 8 8
10th Percentile £11.81 £43.25 £17.13
25th Percentile £12.88 £51.94 £18.27
Median hourly rate £58.91 £56.35 £23.05
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% +144.48% -40.52%
75th Percentile £75.16 £60.01 £33.59
90th Percentile £82.43 £70.48 £39.23
South East median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +150.00% -20.00%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Kent

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support in Kent

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Kent over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in Kent

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in Kent

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 1 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
Maidstone +3 2 £165 -10.81% 2
Sevenoaks - 1 £275 -
IT Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Kent region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Apple
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Smartphone
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (25.00%) Polycom
3 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (25.00%) Skype for Business
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (25.00%) Skype
3 1 (25.00%) Telepresence
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 10

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (25.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) Skype
1 1 (25.00%) Telepresence
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (25.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Apple
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Polycom