IT Support Contracts in the East Midlands

IT Support
England > East Midlands

The median IT Support daily rate in the East Midlands is £150, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 53 69
Rank change year-on-year +7 +16 -9
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 24 24 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.76% 2.42% 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.93% 2.55% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 17 9
10th Percentile £105 £146 £124
25th Percentile £120 £180 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £315 £225
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% +40.00% +60.71%
75th Percentile £172 £350 £288
90th Percentile £269 - £320
England median daily rate £200 £200 £190
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +13.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 8
10th Percentile - £16.38 £9.75
25th Percentile - £18.06 £12.47
Median hourly rate £24.18 £20.30 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.11% +40.00% -34.46%
75th Percentile - £22.03 £16.58
90th Percentile - £22.61 £24.38
England median hourly rate £15.00 £20.64 £17.50
% change year-on-year -27.33% +17.94% +24.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 820 942 1,306
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.36% 94.96% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 736 976
10th Percentile £180 £213 £179
25th Percentile £270 £334 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £430
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +7.56% +14.67%
75th Percentile £550 £591 £519
90th Percentile £622 £700 £595
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 50 79
10th Percentile £11.83 £13.11 £9.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.35 £14.72
Median hourly rate £17.60 £22.13 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.47% +10.65% +36.89%
75th Percentile £26.15 £40.25 £32.63
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the East Midlands

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the East Midlands

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the East Midlands

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the East Midlands

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
Derbyshire +12 15 £150 +9.09% 13
Leicestershire +7 5 £120 -52.00% 6
Northamptonshire -11 2 £233 -26.19% 11
Nottinghamshire +4 1 £100 -33.33% 7
Lincolnshire - 1 £110 - 8
IT Support
England

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 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 East Midlands region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 16 (66.67%) Windows
2 12 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 7 (29.17%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 6 (25.00%) Windows 10
5 5 (20.83%) Driving Licence
5 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
5 5 (20.83%) SCCM
5 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
5 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
5 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
5 5 (20.83%) SharePoint
5 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
6 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (12.50%) Apple
6 3 (12.50%) Windows 7
6 3 (12.50%) ServiceNow
6 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
6 3 (12.50%) Customer Service
7 2 (8.33%) Storage Management
7 2 (8.33%) WhatsApp
7 2 (8.33%) Software Deployment
7 2 (8.33%) ITIL
7 2 (8.33%) Linux
7 2 (8.33%) Logistics
7 2 (8.33%) Windows Vista
7 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (8.33%) VMware

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (20.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.33%) WhatsApp
3 1 (4.17%) Azure
3 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Internet
1 1 (4.17%) PBX
General
1 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
2 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Electronics
3 1 (4.17%) Finance
3 1 (4.17%) Marketing
3 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 16 (66.67%) Windows
2 6 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 6 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
4 3 (12.50%) Windows 7
5 2 (8.33%) Linux
5 2 (8.33%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 2 (8.33%) Change Management
2 2 (8.33%) ITIL
2 2 (8.33%) Logistics
2 2 (8.33%) Software Deployment
2 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (8.33%) Storage Management
3 1 (4.17%) Asset Management
3 1 (4.17%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (4.17%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (4.17%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (4.17%) Programme Management
3 1 (4.17%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
1 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (20.83%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Apple
2 3 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.33%) VMware
4 1 (4.17%) SAP