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 £213, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 360 414
Rank change year-on-year +15 +54 +99
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 25 14 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.079% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.086% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 10
10th Percentile - £183 £195
25th Percentile £175 £188 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £195 £290
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% -32.76% +132.00%
75th Percentile £245 £356 £394
90th Percentile £259 £508 £476
UK median daily rate £225 £198 £263
% change year-on-year +13.92% -24.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 5
10th Percentile - - £16.98
25th Percentile £13.00 £15.50 £17.46
Median hourly rate £14.54 £16.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% -17.95% -
75th Percentile £19.23 £16.50 £20.51
90th Percentile - - £25.00
UK median hourly rate £15.27 £16.00 £20.01
% change year-on-year -4.56% -20.02% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 13,778 16,349 20,418
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.85% 92.24% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,464 9,485 13,633
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £361 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +0.50%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £653 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,251 1,438 1,196
10th Percentile £13.46 £14.37 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £42.08
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +6.95% +91.26%
75th Percentile £51.95 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.96% +68.69%

IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Specialist 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
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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 2025. 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 +18 8 £225 +15.38% 2
North of England - 7 - - 1
Scotland +3 6 £200 -
North West - 6 - -
South East - 3 - - 6
Wales - 1 £263 -
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
IT Support Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, IT Support Specialist 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.

1 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (48.00%) Organisational Skills
2 12 (48.00%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (48.00%) Asset Management
3 10 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 9 (36.00%) SC Cleared
4 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
5 5 (20.00%) ITIL
5 5 (20.00%) Windows
5 5 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 5 (20.00%) ServiceNow
5 5 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (20.00%) Customer Service
6 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
6 4 (16.00%) Inventory Management
6 4 (16.00%) Line Management
6 4 (16.00%) ITSM
6 4 (16.00%) Manufacturing
6 4 (16.00%) Business Continuity
6 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (12.00%) Remedy
7 3 (12.00%) Military
7 3 (12.00%) Incident Management
7 3 (12.00%) Technology Roadmap
8 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
8 2 (8.00%) Mac OS
8 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
8 2 (8.00%) Customer Experience
8 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) LAN
General
1 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (48.00%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (12.00%) Military
5 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (4.00%) Aviation
6 1 (4.00%) Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.00%) SCADA
2 1 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (8.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Asset Management
1 12 (48.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 5 (20.00%) ITIL
2 5 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 4 (16.00%) Business Continuity
3 4 (16.00%) Inventory Management
3 4 (16.00%) ITSM
3 4 (16.00%) Line Management
3 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (12.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (12.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (8.00%) Customer Experience
6 1 (4.00%) Commercial Awareness
6 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (4.00%) Ergonomics
6 1 (4.00%) Human Factors
6 1 (4.00%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (4.00%) Time Management
6 1 (4.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (36.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 3 (12.00%) Remedy
4 2 (8.00%) Apple
5 1 (4.00%) Ab Initio
5 1 (4.00%) Google
5 1 (4.00%) Twitter