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 £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 335 392
Rank change year-on-year -67 +57 +75
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 24 5 18
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.039% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.042% 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 9
10th Percentile - £221 -
25th Percentile £146 £272 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £310 £198
Median % change year-on-year -43.55% +56.96% +33.90%
75th Percentile £188 £362 £238
90th Percentile - £438 £368
UK median daily rate £175 £310 £198
% change year-on-year -43.55% +56.96% +5.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.43 - -
Median hourly rate £12.56 - £25.00
75th Percentile £12.69 - -
90th Percentile £25.78 - -
UK median hourly rate £12.56 - £25.00
% change year-on-year - - +12.32%

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 19,455 11,844 19,703
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 92.52% 92.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,552 7,566 12,263
10th Percentile £250 £209 £210
25th Percentile £388 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.16% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £593
90th Percentile £675 £665 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,102 677 2,086
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.21 £12.52
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.30 £15.60
Median hourly rate £33.75 £32.50 £32.70
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -0.60% -18.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.10 £71.88
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £33.20 £32.69
% change year-on-year +5.42% +1.56% -22.84%

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 10 March 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support Specialist 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 10 March 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 -15 12 £148 -24.36%
North West -29 6 £175 -55.64%
North of England -56 6 £175 -55.64%
South East -40 2 - -
East of England - 2 - -
Scotland - 2 £275 -
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 10 March 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 14 (58.33%) Windows
2 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
2 11 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (37.50%) Active Directory
4 6 (25.00%) Customer Experience
4 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 6 (25.00%) Windows Server
5 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (20.83%) Customer Service
5 5 (20.83%) LAN
5 5 (20.83%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (16.67%) DHCP
6 4 (16.67%) DNS
6 4 (16.67%) Google
6 4 (16.67%) Google Workspace
6 4 (16.67%) Mathematics
6 4 (16.67%) VLAN
6 4 (16.67%) VPN
7 3 (12.50%) Autodesk
7 3 (12.50%) SaaS
7 3 (12.50%) ServiceNow
8 1 (4.17%) Asset Management
8 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (4.17%) Data Management
8 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
8 1 (4.17%) Project Management
8 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
8 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
8 1 (4.17%) Security Patching

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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (16.67%) Google Workspace
3 3 (12.50%) SaaS
4 1 (4.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) LAN
1 5 (20.83%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (16.67%) DHCP
2 4 (16.67%) DNS
2 4 (16.67%) VLAN
2 4 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 15 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 14 (58.33%) Windows
2 6 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Customer Experience
1 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (20.83%) Customer Service
3 4 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 1 (4.17%) Asset Management
4 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (4.17%) Data Management
4 1 (4.17%) Project Management
4 1 (4.17%) Security Patching
4 1 (4.17%) Software Licensing
4 1 (4.17%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (37.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Google
3 3 (12.50%) Autodesk
3 3 (12.50%) ServiceNow