Support Officer Contracts in Scotland

Support Officer
UK > Scotland

The median Support Officer daily rate in Scotland is £153 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 147 148
Rank change year-on-year +61 +1 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Support Officer 37 17 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.73% 0.63% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.83% 0.66% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 13 17
10th Percentile £144 £135 £125
25th Percentile £146 £136 £136
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £153 £147 £155
Median % change year-on-year +3.82% -5.08% +3.33%
75th Percentile £156 £165 £200
90th Percentile £288 £245 £226
UK median daily rate £250 £281 £213
% change year-on-year -11.11% +32.35% -5.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,018 2,574 3,263
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 95.40% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,244 1,816 2,311
10th Percentile £200 £231 £218
25th Percentile £356 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £649 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 45 51
10th Percentile £12.30 £12.90 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.25 £17.61
Median hourly rate £24.29 £21.67 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.09% -34.33% -12.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £59.03 £47.98
90th Percentile £66.00 £68.25 £55.84
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Support Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Officer in Scotland

Support Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Officer in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Support Officer in Scotland

Support Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Officer in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Officer in Scotland

Support Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Officer in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Support Officer in Scotland

Support Officer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Officer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 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
Edinburgh +56 24 £156 -27.46% 3
South Ayrshire 0 10 £144 +5.79%
Glasgow +13 3 £215 +4.88% 1
Support Officer
UK

Support Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Support Officer 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 Scotland region featuring Support Officer in the job title.

1 33 (89.19%) Public Sector
2 25 (67.57%) Social Skills
3 9 (24.32%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
4 8 (21.62%) Windows
5 7 (18.92%) Degree
5 7 (18.92%) BitLocker
6 6 (16.22%) PMO
6 6 (16.22%) McAfee
7 5 (13.51%) Finance
7 5 (13.51%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (13.51%) Issue Tracking
7 5 (13.51%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (10.81%) Community of Practice
8 4 (10.81%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (10.81%) Agile
8 4 (10.81%) JIRA
8 4 (10.81%) Azure
8 4 (10.81%) Confluence
8 4 (10.81%) Coaching
9 3 (8.11%) DevOps
9 3 (8.11%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (5.41%) Business Agility
10 2 (5.41%) Epics
10 2 (5.41%) Operational Acceptance Testing
10 2 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership

Support Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (10.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (10.81%) Azure
3 3 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Internet
1 1 (2.70%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) JIRA
General
1 33 (89.19%) Public Sector
2 25 (67.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.51%) Finance
3 5 (13.51%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.70%) iPad
2 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Windows
2 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (13.51%) Issue Tracking
2 4 (10.81%) Agile
2 4 (10.81%) Coaching
2 4 (10.81%) Community of Practice
2 4 (10.81%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (8.11%) DevOps
3 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (8.11%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (5.41%) Business Agility
4 2 (5.41%) Change Control
4 2 (5.41%) Epics
4 2 (5.41%) Information Management
4 2 (5.41%) Operational Acceptance Testing
4 2 (5.41%) Project Management
4 2 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (2.70%) Asset Management
5 1 (2.70%) Logistics
5 1 (2.70%) Migration
5 1 (2.70%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (2.70%) Qualitative Analysis
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) PMO
2 5 (13.51%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 7 (18.92%) BitLocker
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.22%) McAfee