IT Support Contracts in Somerset

IT Support
South West > Somerset

The median IT Support daily rate in Somerset is £195, 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 21 25 24
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +2
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 12 5 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 6.35% 2.63% 5.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.23% 2.72% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 7
10th Percentile £185 £137 £157
25th Percentile £188 £143 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £145 £168
Median % change year-on-year +34.48% -13.43% +19.64%
75th Percentile £581 £173 £183
90th Percentile £683 £212 £209
South West median daily rate £195 £205 £190
% change year-on-year -4.88% +7.89% +35.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £15.25
25th Percentile £15.50 - £15.44
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £15.76
75th Percentile £16.50 - £19.01
90th Percentile - - £20.95
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
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 166 184 209
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.83% 96.84% 98.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 123 161
10th Percentile £200 £158 £164
25th Percentile £263 £316 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year - -8.16% +15.29%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £600
90th Percentile £680 £706 £725
South West median daily rate £513 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.65% +2.38% +14.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 28 14
10th Percentile - £30.50 £16.96
25th Percentile £12.50 £45.75 £23.06
Median hourly rate £16.00 £51.89 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.17% +3.78% +143.90%
75th Percentile £47.50 £60.82 £56.00
90th Percentile £59.50 £65.00 £59.31
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 Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Somerset

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support in Somerset

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Somerset over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in Somerset

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in Somerset

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset 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
Bath +4 8 £195 -13.33% 2
Taunton - 1 - -
IT Support
South West

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

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 Somerset region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 8 (66.67%) VMware
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (58.33%) Active Directory
3 6 (50.00%) Windows
4 4 (33.33%) Nagios
4 4 (33.33%) Asset Management
4 4 (33.33%) Puppet
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (33.33%) GitHub
4 4 (33.33%) Check_MK
4 4 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) BeyondTrust
5 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (25.00%) Windows 10
5 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (25.00%) Mac OS
5 3 (25.00%) Hyper-V
5 3 (25.00%) Azure
5 3 (25.00%) Finance
5 3 (25.00%) Service Management
5 3 (25.00%) ITIL
6 2 (16.67%) SAP
6 2 (16.67%) VPN
6 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (16.67%) SLA
6 2 (16.67%) Citrix

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) GitHub
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (16.67%) AWS
3 2 (16.67%) OneDrive
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) VPN
2 1 (8.33%) LAN
2 1 (8.33%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MSI
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
1 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Electronics
2 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (16.67%) Marketing
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Mac OS
2 3 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (8.33%) Linux
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL
2 3 (25.00%) Service Management
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (16.67%) ITSM
3 2 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
4 1 (8.33%) Line Management
4 1 (8.33%) Problem Management
4 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (58.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Check_MK
1 4 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (33.33%) Nagios
1 4 (33.33%) Puppet
2 2 (16.67%) SCCM
3 1 (8.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) VMware
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (33.33%) BeyondTrust
4 2 (16.67%) Citrix
4 2 (16.67%) SAP
5 1 (8.33%) Altiris
5 1 (8.33%) Fortinet