Support Officer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Support Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Support Officer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £233 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 263 375 412
Rank change year-on-year +112 +37 -53
Contract jobs requiring a Support Officer 124 69 99
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.61% 0.30% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.32% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 50 64
10th Percentile £144 £134 £135
25th Percentile £151 £156 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £233 £275 £204
Median % change year-on-year -15.45% +34.97% +8.67%
75th Percentile £383 £358 £268
90th Percentile £438 £404 £332
UK median daily rate £250 £281 £213
% change year-on-year -11.11% +32.35% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 4 17
10th Percentile £12.02 £11.48 £11.37
25th Percentile £12.50 £11.81 £12.00
Median hourly rate £14.79 £14.16 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% +4.85% -13.23%
75th Percentile £18.00 £17.05 £20.24
90th Percentile £32.50 £19.27 £29.65
UK median hourly rate £15.50 £18.16 £16.00
% change year-on-year -14.62% +13.47% +0.66%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,772 21,693 29,145
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 94.28% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,463 15,127 20,437
10th Percentile £213 £225 £204
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,267 1,104 1,447
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.73 £18.07 £14.29
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.85
90th Percentile £73.85 £75.00 £60.00
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Officer in the UK excluding London

Support Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Officer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Support Officer in the UK excluding London

Support Officer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Support Officer in the UK excluding London

Support Officer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Officer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Support Officer in the UK excluding London

Support Officer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Officer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Support Officer in the UK excluding London

Support Officer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
Scotland +61 37 £153 +3.82% 6
South West +24 24 £445 +23.61% 9
North of England +41 23 £300 -11.11% 7
Midlands +21 16 £375 +19.52% 3
North West +25 15 £300 -22.58% 1
South East +35 12 £369 +53.65% 11
East of England +13 10 £110 -76.84% 1
East Midlands +19 9 £335 -16.25% 1
Yorkshire +18 7 £270 -8.09% 2
West Midlands +16 7 £375 +30.43% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
North East - 1 - - 4
Support Officer
UK

Support Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Support Officer in the job title.

1 49 (39.52%) Social Skills
2 45 (36.29%) Public Sector
3 26 (20.97%) Finance
4 19 (15.32%) Microsoft
4 19 (15.32%) PMO
5 17 (13.71%) Windows
6 16 (12.90%) Microsoft Excel
7 15 (12.10%) Degree
8 14 (11.29%) Project Management
9 13 (10.48%) SharePoint
9 13 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (9.68%) Customer Service
11 10 (8.06%) Security Cleared
11 10 (8.06%) Change Management
11 10 (8.06%) Management Information System
12 9 (7.26%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (6.45%) Agile
13 8 (6.45%) PRINCE2
13 8 (6.45%) DV Cleared
14 7 (5.65%) BitLocker
14 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
14 7 (5.65%) VMware
14 7 (5.65%) Programme Management
14 7 (5.65%) Information Management
14 7 (5.65%) ContrOCC
14 7 (5.65%) Liquidlogic
15 6 (4.84%) Stakeholder Management
15 6 (4.84%) Workflow
15 6 (4.84%) ITIL
15 6 (4.84%) Internet

Support Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (10.48%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.03%) Moodle
2 5 (4.03%) WordPress
3 4 (3.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (12.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (2.42%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 7 (5.65%) ContrOCC
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (3.23%) Azure
3 3 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.81%) AWS
4 1 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.81%) Google Sheets
4 1 (0.81%) IaaS
4 1 (0.81%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.84%) Internet
2 5 (4.03%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.61%) Intranet
4 1 (0.81%) LAN
4 1 (0.81%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.81%) WAN
4 1 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (0.81%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 5 (4.03%) JIRA
General
1 49 (39.52%) Social Skills
2 45 (36.29%) Public Sector
3 26 (20.97%) Finance
4 9 (7.26%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.23%) Law
5 4 (3.23%) Local Government
6 3 (2.42%) Police
7 2 (1.61%) Advertising
7 2 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.61%) Retail
7 2 (1.61%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.81%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.81%) Legal
8 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.81%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.61%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.06%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.03%) Learning Management System
2 5 (4.03%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.42%) NHS
3 3 (2.42%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.61%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.81%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.81%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.81%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (0.81%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.71%) Windows
2 4 (3.23%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (11.29%) Project Management
2 12 (9.68%) Customer Service
3 10 (8.06%) Change Management
4 8 (6.45%) Agile
4 8 (6.45%) PRINCE2
5 7 (5.65%) Information Management
5 7 (5.65%) Programme Management
6 6 (4.84%) Configuration Management
6 6 (4.84%) ITIL
6 6 (4.84%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (4.84%) Supplier Management
6 6 (4.84%) Workflow
7 5 (4.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (4.03%) Dependency Management
7 5 (4.03%) Impact Assessments
7 5 (4.03%) Issue Tracking
7 5 (4.03%) Mathematics
7 5 (4.03%) Project Planning
7 5 (4.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (4.03%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (12.10%) Degree
2 10 (8.06%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.45%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.42%) MCSE
4 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.61%) CCNA
5 2 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.81%) APMP
6 1 (0.81%) HND
6 1 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.81%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.32%) PMO
2 5 (4.03%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.81%) P3O
3 1 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 7 (5.65%) BitLocker
2 6 (4.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.03%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.61%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.81%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.65%) Liquidlogic
2 7 (5.65%) VMware
3 6 (4.84%) McAfee
4 3 (2.42%) Civica
4 3 (2.42%) SAP
5 2 (1.61%) Adobe
5 2 (1.61%) Facebook
6 1 (0.81%) Capita
6 1 (0.81%) Google
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle
6 1 (0.81%) Remedy