IT Support Specialist Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Support Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Support Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £148, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 447 357 378
Rank change year-on-year -90 +21 +48
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 13 12 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.048% 0.080% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.088% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile - £265 £178
25th Percentile £146 £278 £182
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £148 £300 £338
Median % change year-on-year -50.83% -11.11% +16.38%
75th Percentile £180 £395 £500
90th Percentile £237 £451 £523
UK median daily rate £148 £275 £475
% change year-on-year -46.36% -42.11% +97.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.43 - -
Median hourly rate £12.56 £13.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -48.00% +28.21%
75th Percentile £12.69 £18.00 -
90th Percentile - £21.47 -
UK median hourly rate £12.56 £13.77 £25.00
% change year-on-year -8.79% -44.92% +12.36%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 24,951 13,562 17,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 90.56% 92.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,214 8,367 10,947
10th Percentile £305 £217 £213
25th Percentile £408 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,882 1,165 1,985
10th Percentile £15.06 £13.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.50 £17.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -41.51% +8.04%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.85 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +70.39% -39.40% -5.26%

IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Support Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

IT Support Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IT Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IT Support Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

IT Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IT Support Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 July 2026. 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
South West -25 7 £148 -
South East -70 3 £250 - 2
Scotland - 2 - -
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Midlands - 1 - - 2
IT Support Specialist
UK

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 25 July 2026, IT Support Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 5 (38.46%) ServiceNow
2 5 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (30.77%) Autodesk
3 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (30.77%) DHCP
3 4 (30.77%) DNS
3 4 (30.77%) LAN
3 4 (30.77%) Mathematics
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) VLAN
3 4 (30.77%) VPN
3 4 (30.77%) Windows
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
6 1 (7.69%) AirWatch
6 1 (7.69%) Apple
6 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
6 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
6 1 (7.69%) Change Management
6 1 (7.69%) CMS
6 1 (7.69%) Content Management
6 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (7.69%) GDPR
6 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
6 1 (7.69%) Meraki
6 1 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (30.77%) DHCP
2 4 (30.77%) DNS
2 4 (30.77%) LAN
2 4 (30.77%) VLAN
2 4 (30.77%) VPN
3 1 (7.69%) Value-Added Service
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) Digital Signage
2 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
2 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
2 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (30.77%) Mathematics
1 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
2 2 (15.38%) ITIL
3 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.69%) Change Management
3 1 (7.69%) Content Management
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (7.69%) Service Management
3 1 (7.69%) Software Asset Management
3 1 (7.69%) WFM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
1 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) ServiceNow
2 4 (30.77%) Autodesk
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.69%) Apple
4 1 (7.69%) Meraki
4 1 (7.69%) VMware