IT Technician Contracts in England

IT Technician
UK > England

The median IT Technician daily rate in England is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 412 492 632
Rank change year-on-year +80 +140 -34
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 139 145 145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.31% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.32% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 108 89
10th Percentile £124 £122 £123
25th Percentile £126 £134 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £184 £160
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +14.84% +3.23%
75th Percentile £200 £205 £200
90th Percentile £230 £243 £240
UK median daily rate £150 £180 £160
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% +3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 14 27
10th Percentile £7.43 £11.51 £10.93
25th Percentile £10.95 £13.71 £14.65
Median hourly rate £13.87 £15.85 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% -6.76% +13.60%
75th Percentile £16.72 £20.44 £20.13
90th Percentile £18.75 £21.32 £22.75
UK median hourly rate £13.87 £15.80 £17.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% -7.06% +14.98%

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 34,226 44,888 67,264
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,546 31,942 48,134
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,576 1,314 1,782
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.51
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.57 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Technician in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Technician in England

IT 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 Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
North of England +54 47 £136 -22.14% 50
South East +3 39 £200 -2.44% 31
North West +38 21 £126 -28.00% 23
Yorkshire +27 18 £185 +4.23% 19
London +74 17 £165 -2.94% 14
Midlands +24 15 £150 -9.09% 35
East of England +5 14 £165 -10.20% 10
East Midlands +15 11 £150 +2.56% 20
North East +17 8 - - 8
South West -2 8 £161 -3.73% 28
West Midlands +12 4 £180 +2.86% 15
IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, IT 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 Technician in the job title.

1 67 (48.20%) Windows
2 52 (37.41%) Microsoft
3 45 (32.37%) Active Directory
4 41 (29.50%) Social Skills
5 33 (23.74%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (20.14%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (13.67%) Windows 10
8 17 (12.23%) Driving Licence
9 16 (11.51%) SC Cleared
9 16 (11.51%) Security Cleared
10 14 (10.07%) Smartphone
11 13 (9.35%) Finance
12 12 (8.63%) Break/Fix
12 12 (8.63%) Microsoft Office
12 12 (8.63%) Microsoft Intune
13 11 (7.91%) SCCM
13 11 (7.91%) SLA
14 10 (7.19%) Linux
14 10 (7.19%) Service Delivery
14 10 (7.19%) Public Sector
15 9 (6.47%) Preventative Maintenance
15 9 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
15 9 (6.47%) EPoS
15 9 (6.47%) ATM
15 9 (6.47%) Video Conferencing
15 9 (6.47%) Windows 7
15 9 (6.47%) Mathematics
15 9 (6.47%) Retail
16 8 (5.76%) Windows Vista
16 8 (5.76%) Network Security

IT 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 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (8.63%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.72%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 28 (20.14%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.88%) Google Workspace
3 3 (2.16%) Azure
4 2 (1.44%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.72%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.72%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.47%) ATM
2 8 (5.76%) Network Security
3 7 (5.04%) LAN
3 7 (5.04%) WAN
3 7 (5.04%) Wireless
4 4 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.44%) DNS
5 2 (1.44%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.72%) DHCP
6 1 (0.72%) HTTP
6 1 (0.72%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.72%) Internet
6 1 (0.72%) Intranet
6 1 (0.72%) IPsec
6 1 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.72%) SNMP
6 1 (0.72%) SSH
6 1 (0.72%) VoIP
6 1 (0.72%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (0.72%) MSI
General
1 41 (29.50%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.35%) Finance
3 10 (7.19%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.47%) Retail
5 7 (5.04%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.16%) Aviation
7 3 (2.16%) Banking
8 2 (1.44%) Advertising
8 2 (1.44%) Arabic Language
8 2 (1.44%) Electronics
8 2 (1.44%) French Language
8 2 (1.44%) Games
8 2 (1.44%) German Language
8 2 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.44%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.72%) Automotive
9 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.72%) LDAP
1 1 (0.72%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.23%) Driving Licence
2 14 (10.07%) Smartphone
3 9 (6.47%) EPoS
3 9 (6.47%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (5.76%) iPhone
5 6 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.44%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.44%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.72%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.72%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.72%) Life Science
7 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.72%) Social Media
7 1 (0.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 67 (48.20%) Windows
2 19 (13.67%) Windows 10
3 10 (7.19%) Linux
4 9 (6.47%) Windows 7
5 8 (5.76%) Android
5 8 (5.76%) Windows Vista
6 6 (4.32%) Windows Server
7 5 (3.60%) Mac OS
8 4 (2.88%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.72%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (23.74%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (8.63%) Break/Fix
3 10 (7.19%) Service Delivery
4 9 (6.47%) Mathematics
4 9 (6.47%) Preventative Maintenance
5 7 (5.04%) Asset Management
5 7 (5.04%) ITIL
6 5 (3.60%) Customer Service
6 5 (3.60%) Mobile Device Management
6 5 (3.60%) Office Automation
7 4 (2.88%) Information Security
7 4 (2.88%) Time Management
8 3 (2.16%) Agile
8 3 (2.16%) Decision-Making
8 3 (2.16%) Logistics
8 3 (2.16%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (1.44%) Critical Thinking
9 2 (1.44%) Customer-Centricity
9 2 (1.44%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 2 (1.44%) Two-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.72%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (11.51%) SC Cleared
1 16 (11.51%) Security Cleared
2 7 (5.04%) DBS Check
3 5 (3.60%) Degree
4 1 (0.72%) A+ Certification
4 1 (0.72%) CCNA
4 1 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.72%) HNC
4 1 (0.72%) MCDST
4 1 (0.72%) MCP
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.72%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.91%) SLA
2 3 (2.16%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.72%) GDPR
3 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.72%) QA
System Software
1 45 (32.37%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.44%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.72%) KVM
3 1 (0.72%) NFS
3 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.72%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 12 (8.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (7.91%) SCCM
3 1 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.72%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 52 (37.41%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.76%) Citrix
3 6 (4.32%) MobileIron
3 6 (4.32%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.88%) Apple
4 4 (2.88%) Google
5 3 (2.16%) Cisco
6 2 (1.44%) Avaya
6 2 (1.44%) BT
6 2 (1.44%) Ivanti
6 2 (1.44%) Meraki
6 2 (1.44%) SAP
6 2 (1.44%) Sun
6 2 (1.44%) VMware
7 1 (0.72%) Adobe
7 1 (0.72%) Ariba
7 1 (0.72%) Aruba
7 1 (0.72%) Brocade
7 1 (0.72%) Juniper
7 1 (0.72%) Veeam