IT Support Analyst Contracts

IT Support Analyst
UK

The median IT Support Analyst daily rate in the UK is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 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
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 519 539 645
Rank change year-on-year +20 +106 -20
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Analyst 65 159 204
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.29% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.30% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 118 137
10th Percentile £157 £131 £127
25th Percentile £174 £150 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £188 £180
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £209 £250 £235
90th Percentile £239 £291 £271
UK excluding London median daily rate £190 £180 £175
% change year-on-year +5.56% +2.86% +18.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 19 27
10th Percentile £10.95 £14.51 £10.58
25th Percentile £14.36 £21.88 £15.00
Median hourly rate £18.38 £25.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.50% +42.86% +14.75%
75th Percentile £22.25 £27.75 £19.38
90th Percentile £24.25 £29.50 £24.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £26.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year -33.13% +65.63% +4.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

IT Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Analyst in the UK

IT Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support Analyst in the UK

IT Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Analyst over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Analyst in the UK

IT Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Analyst in the UK

IT Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support Analyst over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support Analyst in the UK

IT Support Analyst
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +2 49 £190 +0.66% 42
UK excluding London -46 47 £190 +5.56% 38
London +62 16 £208 -21.33% 8
South East -2 13 £177 +2.90% 13
Scotland +36 11 £185 +4.23% 4
North of England -9 11 £190 -5.00% 8
Work from Home +89 7 £190 -15.08% 14
North West +1 6 £188 +4.17% 6
Yorkshire +8 5 £190 +26.25% 1
West Midlands +12 4 £183 -18.89% 2
Midlands +10 4 £183 -18.89% 3
South West -1 4 £200 +55.34% 10
Wales +23 3 £190 -7.32% 2
East of England -8 1 £120 -40.00% 1

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, IT Support Analyst 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 featuring IT Support Analyst in the job title.

1 48 (73.85%) Windows
2 40 (61.54%) Microsoft
3 39 (60.00%) Windows 10
4 38 (58.46%) Active Directory
5 36 (55.38%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (49.23%) Social Skills
7 28 (43.08%) Customer Service
8 25 (38.46%) ITIL
9 24 (36.92%) Microsoft Office
10 16 (24.62%) ServiceNow
11 13 (20.00%) ITSM
11 13 (20.00%) Apple iOS
12 12 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
13 11 (16.92%) Windows Server 2016
14 10 (15.38%) SCCM
15 9 (13.85%) Service Management
15 9 (13.85%) Apple
16 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Exchange
16 8 (12.31%) Citrix
16 8 (12.31%) Finance
16 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Intune
16 8 (12.31%) Public Sector
17 7 (10.77%) Azure
17 7 (10.77%) iPhone
17 7 (10.77%) Incident Management
18 6 (9.23%) VMware
18 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Excel
19 5 (7.69%) Asset Management
19 5 (7.69%) CMDB
19 5 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012

IT Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (7.69%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 24 (36.92%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 36 (55.38%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (10.77%) Azure
3 4 (6.15%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.08%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.54%) Asana
5 1 (1.54%) AWS
5 1 (1.54%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.69%) Skype
2 3 (4.62%) DHCP
2 3 (4.62%) DNS
2 3 (4.62%) LAN
2 3 (4.62%) TCP/IP
2 3 (4.62%) VPN
3 2 (3.08%) Intranet
3 2 (3.08%) WAN
3 2 (3.08%) Wireless
4 1 (1.54%) Firewall
4 1 (1.54%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 32 (49.23%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.31%) Finance
2 8 (12.31%) Public Sector
3 4 (6.15%) Law
4 3 (4.62%) Billing
5 2 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.08%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.54%) Advertising
6 1 (1.54%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) iPhone
2 5 (7.69%) CMDB
3 4 (6.15%) Driving Licence
3 4 (6.15%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.08%) iPad
4 2 (3.08%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (1.54%) SCADA
5 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 48 (73.85%) Windows
2 39 (60.00%) Windows 10
3 13 (20.00%) Apple iOS
4 11 (16.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (7.69%) Windows Server
5 5 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (4.62%) Android
7 1 (1.54%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.54%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (43.08%) Customer Service
2 25 (38.46%) ITIL
3 13 (20.00%) ITSM
4 12 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (13.85%) Service Management
6 7 (10.77%) Incident Management
7 5 (7.69%) Asset Management
7 5 (7.69%) Time Management
8 4 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (4.62%) Decision-Making
9 3 (4.62%) Project Management
10 2 (3.08%) Collaborative Working
10 2 (3.08%) Data Protection
10 2 (3.08%) Data Visualisation
10 2 (3.08%) Information Security
10 2 (3.08%) Mobile Device Management
10 2 (3.08%) Root Cause Analysis
10 2 (3.08%) Tech Ops
10 2 (3.08%) Visualisation
11 1 (1.54%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (6.15%) SC Cleared
1 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.62%) Degree
3 2 (3.08%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (4.62%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (58.46%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.54%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.54%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.54%) VMware Server
3 1 (1.54%) vSphere
3 1 (1.54%) XenApp
3 1 (1.54%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (15.38%) SCCM
2 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 40 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 16 (24.62%) ServiceNow
3 9 (13.85%) Apple
4 8 (12.31%) Citrix
5 6 (9.23%) VMware
6 2 (3.08%) Google
7 1 (1.54%) Avaya
7 1 (1.54%) BT
7 1 (1.54%) Cisco
7 1 (1.54%) IFS
7 1 (1.54%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.54%) SonicWALL
7 1 (1.54%) Zscaler