IT Support Contracts in London

IT Support
England > London

The median IT Support daily rate in London is £200, 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 271 317 366
Rank change year-on-year +46 +49 +62
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 129 167 244
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.73% 0.66% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.70% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 136 183
10th Percentile £143 £131 £143
25th Percentile £175 £160 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £216 £213
Median % change year-on-year -7.51% +1.76% +1.19%
75th Percentile £270 £288 £267
90th Percentile £344 £400 £418
England median daily rate £200 £200 £190
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +13.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 20
10th Percentile £13.40 £12.54 £13.79
25th Percentile £17.88 £21.00 £15.56
Median hourly rate £22.08 £22.63 £17.54
Median % change year-on-year -2.45% +29.06% +19.90%
75th Percentile £23.79 £25.75 £26.34
90th Percentile £24.59 £27.20 £28.85
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
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,560 23,906 36,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 95.05% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,921 17,459 27,030
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 281 404
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.98 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.17 £22.63 £23.75
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.12%
75th Percentile £46.59 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.25 £67.50
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 London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in London

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support in London

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in London

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in London

IT Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support in London

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +24 25 £200 -7.51% 9
West London +22 8 £193 +20.31% 16
South London +1 4 £183 +21.67% 10
East London -5 2 £173 -1.43% 5
IT Support
England

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

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 London region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 93 (72.09%) Windows
2 60 (46.51%) Active Directory
3 58 (44.96%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (42.64%) Microsoft
5 47 (36.43%) Social Skills
6 33 (25.58%) Microsoft Office
7 26 (20.16%) Windows 10
7 26 (20.16%) Azure
8 24 (18.60%) Security Cleared
8 24 (18.60%) SCCM
8 24 (18.60%) Finance
9 23 (17.83%) ITIL
9 23 (17.83%) Customer Service
10 22 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
11 21 (16.28%) Video Conferencing
12 19 (14.73%) ServiceNow
13 18 (13.95%) Asset Management
14 17 (13.18%) Microsoft Exchange
14 17 (13.18%) SC Cleared
15 15 (11.63%) VPN
15 15 (11.63%) Apple
15 15 (11.63%) Microsoft Intune
16 14 (10.85%) Citrix
16 14 (10.85%) LAN
16 14 (10.85%) Windows Server
17 13 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
17 13 (10.08%) iPhone
18 12 (9.30%) Wireless
18 12 (9.30%) DNS
19 11 (8.53%) SharePoint

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 17 (13.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (8.53%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.65%) Skype for Business
4 3 (2.33%) IIS
5 1 (0.78%) Apache
5 1 (0.78%) Confluence
5 1 (0.78%) JBoss
5 1 (0.78%) nginx
5 1 (0.78%) Tomcat
Applications
1 33 (25.58%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.55%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.78%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) ION MarketView
1 1 (0.78%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 58 (44.96%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (20.16%) Azure
3 11 (8.53%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.98%) AWS
5 5 (3.88%) OneDrive
5 5 (3.88%) Slack
6 4 (3.10%) Asana
7 3 (2.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (2.33%) Mimecast
7 3 (2.33%) Nutanix
7 3 (2.33%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.33%) Rubrik
7 3 (2.33%) WhatsApp
8 2 (1.55%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 15 (11.63%) VPN
2 14 (10.85%) LAN
3 12 (9.30%) DNS
3 12 (9.30%) Wireless
4 10 (7.75%) Firewall
4 10 (7.75%) WAN
5 8 (6.20%) TCP/IP
6 7 (5.43%) Internet
7 6 (4.65%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (4.65%) DHCP
7 6 (4.65%) Skype
7 6 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (2.33%) DKIM
8 3 (2.33%) DMARC
8 3 (2.33%) Extranet
8 3 (2.33%) NAS
8 3 (2.33%) SAN
9 2 (1.55%) Intranet
9 2 (1.55%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (1.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.55%) Power BI
2 1 (0.78%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.78%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (4.65%) JIRA
General
1 47 (36.43%) Social Skills
2 24 (18.60%) Finance
3 13 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.88%) Law
4 5 (3.88%) Public Sector
4 5 (3.88%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.10%) Advertising
5 4 (3.10%) Banking
5 4 (3.10%) Marketing
6 3 (2.33%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.55%) Billing
7 2 (1.55%) Cantonese Language
7 2 (1.55%) French Language
7 2 (1.55%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (0.78%) Aviation
8 1 (0.78%) Electronics
8 1 (0.78%) Front Office
8 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.33%) Software Packaging
2 2 (1.55%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.78%) IBM Integration Bus
3 1 (0.78%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.28%) Video Conferencing
2 13 (10.08%) iPhone
3 8 (6.20%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.65%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.10%) iPad
6 3 (2.33%) Fat Client
6 3 (2.33%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.33%) PKI
6 3 (2.33%) Thin Client
6 3 (2.33%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.55%) Blackberry
7 2 (1.55%) Credit Derivative
7 2 (1.55%) Derivative
7 2 (1.55%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.55%) Equities
7 2 (1.55%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.55%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 93 (72.09%) Windows
2 26 (20.16%) Windows 10
3 14 (10.85%) Windows Server
4 11 (8.53%) Unix
4 11 (8.53%) Windows 7
5 7 (5.43%) Android
6 6 (4.65%) Mac OS
6 6 (4.65%) Mac OS X
7 5 (3.88%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.78%) Linux
8 1 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (17.83%) Customer Service
1 23 (17.83%) ITIL
2 22 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (13.95%) Asset Management
4 9 (6.98%) Security Hardening
4 9 (6.98%) Server Management
4 9 (6.98%) Server Patching
5 8 (6.20%) Capacity Management
5 8 (6.20%) Mobile Device Management
6 7 (5.43%) Incident Management
6 7 (5.43%) ITSM
7 6 (4.65%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (4.65%) Service Delivery
8 5 (3.88%) Patch Management
8 5 (3.88%) Service Management
8 5 (3.88%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (3.10%) Agile
9 4 (3.10%) Kalman Filter
9 4 (3.10%) Migration
9 4 (3.10%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.65%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.10%) SQL
3 1 (0.78%) Java
3 1 (0.78%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (18.60%) Security Cleared
2 17 (13.18%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.75%) Degree
4 9 (6.98%) DV Cleared
5 8 (6.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.65%) A+ Certification
7 4 (3.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (3.10%) MCP
8 3 (2.33%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.55%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (1.55%) MCITP
9 2 (1.55%) MCSA
10 1 (0.78%) CCNA
10 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 60 (46.51%) Active Directory
2 10 (7.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.98%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.10%) BitLocker
5 3 (2.33%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (1.55%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.78%) Firmware
7 1 (0.78%) vSphere
7 1 (0.78%) XenApp
7 1 (0.78%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 24 (18.60%) SCCM
2 15 (11.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (6.20%) SCOM
3 8 (6.20%) SCVMM
4 3 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (2.33%) NetBackup
4 3 (2.33%) VxRail
5 2 (1.55%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.55%) WSUS
6 1 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.78%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 55 (42.64%) Microsoft
2 19 (14.73%) ServiceNow
3 15 (11.63%) Apple
4 14 (10.85%) Citrix
5 11 (8.53%) Cisco
6 10 (7.75%) VMware
7 7 (5.43%) Mitel
8 6 (4.65%) Zscaler
9 4 (3.10%) Dell
9 4 (3.10%) Google
9 4 (3.10%) HP
9 4 (3.10%) Palo Alto
9 4 (3.10%) Progress
10 3 (2.33%) Avaya
10 3 (2.33%) Bloomberg
10 3 (2.33%) Brocade
10 3 (2.33%) Commvault
10 3 (2.33%) EMC
10 3 (2.33%) F5
10 3 (2.33%) Juniper