IT Support Contracts in the Midlands

IT Support
England > Midlands

The median IT Support daily rate in the 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 102 100 124
Rank change year-on-year -2 +24 -27
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 39 58 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.32% 1.80% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 1.91% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 38 44
10th Percentile £110 £122 £122
25th Percentile £124 £156 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £213 £175
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +21.43% +25.00%
75th Percentile £200 £323 £234
90th Percentile £276 £350 £273
England median daily rate £200 £200 £190
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +13.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 17
10th Percentile £13.61 £14.93 £11.93
25th Percentile £15.65 £19.12 £14.62
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +34.29% +29.82%
75th Percentile £24.18 £28.56 £19.50
90th Percentile - £28.75 £20.12
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
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,719 3,042 4,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.50% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,809 2,147 3,499
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +1.05% +15.85%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £569
90th Percentile £675 £692 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 113 146
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £14.09 £15.00 £14.67
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.71 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +13.45% +21.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the Midlands

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the Midlands

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in the Midlands

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the Midlands

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the 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 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
East Midlands +7 24 £150 -52.38% 47
West Midlands 0 15 £183 +0.69% 39
IT Support
England

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 Midlands region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 25 (64.10%) Windows
2 18 (46.15%) Active Directory
3 16 (41.03%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
5 10 (25.64%) Windows 10
5 10 (25.64%) Microsoft
6 7 (17.95%) Apple iOS
7 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (15.38%) Customer Service
7 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (15.38%) SCCM
8 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
8 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
8 5 (12.82%) Manufacturing
8 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
8 5 (12.82%) ITIL
8 5 (12.82%) SharePoint
8 5 (12.82%) Driving Licence
8 5 (12.82%) ServiceNow
8 5 (12.82%) Windows Server
9 3 (7.69%) Logistics
9 3 (7.69%) Apple
9 3 (7.69%) Service Delivery
9 3 (7.69%) Windows 7
9 3 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (7.69%) Public Sector
10 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (5.13%) Storage Management

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (12.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.56%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 16 (41.03%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.13%) WhatsApp
3 1 (2.56%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.56%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Firewall
1 1 (2.56%) Internet
1 1 (2.56%) LAN
1 1 (2.56%) PBX
1 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.82%) Manufacturing
3 3 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Automotive
4 1 (2.56%) Electronics
4 1 (2.56%) Finance
4 1 (2.56%) Law
4 1 (2.56%) Marketing
4 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.56%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 25 (64.10%) Windows
2 10 (25.64%) Windows 10
3 7 (17.95%) Apple iOS
4 5 (12.82%) Windows Server
5 3 (7.69%) Windows 7
6 2 (5.13%) Linux
6 2 (5.13%) Mac OS
6 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (5.13%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.38%) Customer Service
2 5 (12.82%) ITIL
3 3 (7.69%) Logistics
3 3 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (7.69%) Service Delivery
4 2 (5.13%) Asset Management
4 2 (5.13%) Change Management
4 2 (5.13%) Software Deployment
4 2 (5.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (5.13%) Storage Management
5 1 (2.56%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.56%) Case Management
5 1 (2.56%) Conflict Management
5 1 (2.56%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (2.56%) Malware Detection/Protection
5 1 (2.56%) Programme Management
5 1 (2.56%) Project Delivery
5 1 (2.56%) Runbook
5 1 (2.56%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
1 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.13%) DBS Check
2 2 (5.13%) Degree
2 2 (5.13%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.56%) MCDST
3 1 (2.56%) MCP
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (46.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (15.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (25.64%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.82%) ServiceNow
3 3 (7.69%) Apple
4 2 (5.13%) Citrix
4 2 (5.13%) VMware
5 1 (2.56%) Adobe
5 1 (2.56%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.56%) iManage
5 1 (2.56%) Intapp
5 1 (2.56%) SAP