IT Support Technician Contracts in England

IT Support Technician
UK > England

The median IT Support Technician daily rate in England is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
12 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 470 575 704
Rank change year-on-year +105 +129 -96
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 72 76 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.16% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 59 52
10th Percentile £125 £122 £143
25th Percentile £135 £135 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £164
Median % change year-on-year - +22.14% -6.43%
75th Percentile £225 £205 £175
90th Percentile £260 £252 £233
UK median daily rate £200 £189 £163
% change year-on-year +5.82% +16.31% -5.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 11
10th Percentile - £14.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £7.43 £15.29 £14.61
Median hourly rate £11.50 £17.90 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.75% +2.29% +21.28%
75th Percentile £15.65 £20.75 £20.26
90th Percentile £16.00 £21.18 £20.51
UK median hourly rate £11.50 £18.06 £17.50
% change year-on-year -36.32% +3.20% +13.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,086 46,552 67,167
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,604 33,063 47,842
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,372 1,853
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +3.00%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.76
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.55
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Technician in England

IT Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Technician in England.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Technician in England

IT Support Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Technician in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Technician in England

IT Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Technician in England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Technician in England

IT Support Technician
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support Technician in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support Technician in England

IT Support Technician
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
South East +18 28 £200 -2.44% 22
North of England +43 21 £150 +2.74% 25
London +80 10 £145 -30.12% 6
North West +31 10 £151 -13.57% 11
Midlands +30 8 £236 +71.82% 7
North East +20 6 - - 4
West Midlands +21 5 £260 - 4
Yorkshire - 5 £150 - 10
South West +7 3 £180 +7.46% 13
East of England +7 3 £200 +30.08% 6
East Midlands +17 2 - - 3
IT Support Technician
UK

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, IT Support Technician 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 England region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 41 (56.94%) Windows
2 30 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 28 (38.89%) Active Directory
4 27 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (29.17%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (25.00%) Social Skills
7 14 (19.44%) Windows 10
7 14 (19.44%) Microsoft Office
8 10 (13.89%) Microsoft Intune
8 10 (13.89%) SCCM
9 8 (11.11%) iPhone
10 7 (9.72%) Mathematics
10 7 (9.72%) Driving Licence
10 7 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (9.72%) Linux
11 6 (8.33%) LAN
11 6 (8.33%) WAN
11 6 (8.33%) Wireless
11 6 (8.33%) MobileIron
11 6 (8.33%) Network Security
11 6 (8.33%) Azure
11 6 (8.33%) Customer Service
11 6 (8.33%) Windows Server
12 5 (6.94%) SC Cleared
12 5 (6.94%) Security Cleared
12 5 (6.94%) Smartphone
12 5 (6.94%) Time Management
12 5 (6.94%) Office Automation
12 5 (6.94%) DBS Check
12 5 (6.94%) Citrix

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.78%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 14 (19.44%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.39%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 21 (29.17%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (8.33%) Azure
3 2 (2.78%) Google Workspace
3 2 (2.78%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.39%) Mimecast
4 1 (1.39%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.33%) LAN
1 6 (8.33%) Network Security
1 6 (8.33%) WAN
1 6 (8.33%) Wireless
2 3 (4.17%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.78%) DNS
3 2 (2.78%) SNMP
4 1 (1.39%) DHCP
4 1 (1.39%) HTTP
4 1 (1.39%) HTTPS
4 1 (1.39%) IPsec
4 1 (1.39%) MPLS
4 1 (1.39%) SSH
4 1 (1.39%) SSL
4 1 (1.39%) VPN
4 1 (1.39%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (1.39%) MSI
General
1 18 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.94%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.17%) Aviation
5 2 (2.78%) Electronics
5 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.39%) Finance
6 1 (1.39%) Marketing
6 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.39%) LDAP
1 1 (1.39%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.11%) iPhone
2 7 (9.72%) Driving Licence
3 5 (6.94%) Smartphone
4 4 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (4.17%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.78%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 41 (56.94%) Windows
2 14 (19.44%) Windows 10
3 7 (9.72%) Linux
4 6 (8.33%) Windows Server
5 4 (5.56%) Android
5 4 (5.56%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.39%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.39%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (9.72%) Mathematics
3 6 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 5 (6.94%) Office Automation
4 5 (6.94%) Time Management
5 4 (5.56%) Asset Management
5 4 (5.56%) Information Security
6 3 (4.17%) Agile
6 3 (4.17%) Decision-Making
6 3 (4.17%) Logistics
6 3 (4.17%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (2.78%) Continuous Delivery
7 2 (2.78%) DevOps
7 2 (2.78%) ITIL
7 2 (2.78%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (2.78%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 1 (1.39%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (1.39%) Programme Management
8 1 (1.39%) Service Delivery
8 1 (1.39%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (6.94%) DBS Check
1 5 (6.94%) SC Cleared
1 5 (6.94%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.78%) Degree
3 1 (1.39%) HNC
3 1 (1.39%) MCDST
3 1 (1.39%) MCP
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.17%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (2.78%) SLA
3 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 28 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.39%) NFS
2 1 (1.39%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 10 (13.89%) Microsoft Intune
1 10 (13.89%) SCCM
2 1 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 30 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.33%) MobileIron
3 5 (6.94%) Citrix
4 4 (5.56%) SAP
5 3 (4.17%) Ariba
5 3 (4.17%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.78%) Apple
6 2 (2.78%) Cisco
6 2 (2.78%) Google
6 2 (2.78%) Lotus
7 1 (1.39%) Adobe
7 1 (1.39%) BT
7 1 (1.39%) Dell
7 1 (1.39%) HP
7 1 (1.39%) Meraki
7 1 (1.39%) NETGEAR
7 1 (1.39%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.39%) Sophos
7 1 (1.39%) Veeam
7 1 (1.39%) VMware
85 IT Support Technician jobs Nationwide