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 9 December 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 347 396
Rank change year-on-year -27 +49 +105
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 25 13 16
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.082% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.089% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 9
10th Percentile - £181 £201
25th Percentile £163 £188 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £195 £325
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -40.00% +160.00%
75th Percentile £225 £203 £400
90th Percentile £248 £214 £478
UK median daily rate £175 £195 £283
% change year-on-year -10.26% -30.97% +17.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 5
10th Percentile £13.85 - £16.98
25th Percentile £15.41 £15.50 £17.46
Median hourly rate £18.62 £16.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.34% -17.95% -
75th Percentile £19.23 £16.50 £20.51
90th Percentile £20.76 - £25.00
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £16.00 £20.01
% change year-on-year +12.50% -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 16,071 14,630 18,984
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 92.33% 93.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,915 8,581 12,451
10th Percentile £209 £213 £214
25th Percentile £363 £369 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,589 927 1,250
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.22 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.29 £20.12 £18.26
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%
75th Percentile £56.69 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £72.50 £77.05
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%

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
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 9 December 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 9 December 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 -15 8 £225 +15.38% 5
Scotland +11 7 £200 - 1
North of England - 7 £175 - 3
North West - 6 £175 - 2
South East -12 3 - - 10
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
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 9 December 2025, 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 13 (52.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (44.00%) Asset Management
3 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (36.00%) SC Cleared
3 9 (36.00%) Security Cleared
3 9 (36.00%) Service Delivery
4 7 (28.00%) Customer Experience
5 6 (24.00%) Windows
6 5 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (20.00%) Windows Server
7 4 (16.00%) Business Continuity
7 4 (16.00%) Customer Service
7 4 (16.00%) Inventory Management
7 4 (16.00%) ITIL
7 4 (16.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (16.00%) ITSM
7 4 (16.00%) Line Management
7 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (12.00%) Mac OS
8 3 (12.00%) Remedy
8 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
8 3 (12.00%) Technology Roadmap
9 2 (8.00%) Apple
9 2 (8.00%) Apple iOS
9 2 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (8.00%) Google
9 2 (8.00%) Google Workspace
9 2 (8.00%) Incident Management
10 1 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity

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 5 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (4.00%) SaaS
3 1 (4.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) LAN
1 1 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 16 (64.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Military
4 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Windows
2 5 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (12.00%) Mac OS
4 2 (8.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (44.00%) Asset Management
3 9 (36.00%) Service Delivery
4 7 (28.00%) Customer Experience
5 4 (16.00%) Business Continuity
5 4 (16.00%) Customer Service
5 4 (16.00%) Inventory Management
5 4 (16.00%) ITIL
5 4 (16.00%) ITSM
5 4 (16.00%) Line Management
6 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (12.00%) Technology Roadmap
7 2 (8.00%) Incident Management
8 1 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (4.00%) Data Management
8 1 (4.00%) Project Management
8 1 (4.00%) Security Patching
8 1 (4.00%) Software Licensing
8 1 (4.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 9 (36.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (36.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Remedy
3 2 (8.00%) Apple
3 2 (8.00%) Google