IT Support Contracts in the North East

IT Support
England > North East

The median IT Support daily rate in the North East is £195, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 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
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 26 66
Rank change year-on-year -9 +40 -22
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 5 7 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 1.67% 2.81% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 3.04% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £116 -
25th Percentile £188 £129 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £150 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -
75th Percentile £203 £175 -
90th Percentile - £190 -
England median daily rate £195 £200 £200
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 4
10th Percentile - £13.74 £12.40
25th Percentile - £14.85 £14.88
Median hourly rate - £15.73 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - -21.35% +21.51%
75th Percentile - £17.06 £23.75
90th Percentile - £18.08 -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £19.50 £17.32
% change year-on-year +15.38% +12.62% +15.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 265 230 554
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.63% 92.37% 96.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 167 424
10th Percentile £194 £217 £313
25th Percentile £359 £400 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £435 £540
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -19.44% +13.68%
75th Percentile £585 £559 £600
90th Percentile £650 £626 £700
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 13 8
10th Percentile £25.65 £15.47 £11.28
25th Percentile £43.54 £16.25 £11.69
Median hourly rate £46.18 £32.00 £15.75
Median % change year-on-year +44.31% +103.17% -0.40%
75th Percentile £50.00 £46.18 £23.75
90th Percentile £70.00 - £36.43
England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -11.11% +50.00% +50.00%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the North East

IT Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support in the North East

IT Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support in the North East

IT Support
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Tyne and Wear -10 4 £195 +11.43% 6
Durham -2 1 - - 3
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 November 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 North East region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) Service Management
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (60.00%) ITSM
2 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) DHCP
3 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (40.00%) DNS
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) SCCM
4 1 (20.00%) Android
4 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (20.00%) iPad
4 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (20.00%) Bomgar
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (20.00%) Citrix
4 1 (20.00%) Mac OS X
4 1 (20.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (20.00%) WebEx

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (20.00%) WebEx
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (20.00%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (60.00%) ITSM
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (20.00%) Storage Management
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Bomgar
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix