IT Technician Contracts in England

IT Technician
UK > England

The median IT Technician daily rate in England is £158 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 399 492 617
Rank change year-on-year +93 +125 -38
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 151 156 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.41% 0.32% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.34% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 114 101
10th Percentile £125 £120 £116
25th Percentile £127 £132 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £180 £160
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +12.50% -3.03%
75th Percentile £200 £205 £183
90th Percentile £268 £241 £233
UK median daily rate £170 £180 £160
% change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 16 27
10th Percentile £7.43 £11.85 £10.75
25th Percentile £10.95 £13.65 £14.61
Median hourly rate £14.14 £16.05 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% -5.57% +23.14%
75th Percentile £16.90 £20.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £18.98 £21.29 £22.75
UK median hourly rate £14.14 £15.80 £17.00
% change year-on-year -10.51% -7.06% +17.81%

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 34,080 46,338 66,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,599 32,894 47,614
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 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,444 1,371 1,856
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.30 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.88
UK median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%

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 10 May 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 10 May 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 10 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
North of England +68 50 £150 -14.29% 49
South East +19 46 £200 -2.44% 36
North West +40 22 £127 -27.57% 19
Yorkshire +31 20 £185 +12.12% 21
Midlands +29 20 £150 -3.23% 22
London +73 18 £165 -2.94% 18
East Midlands +23 11 £150 +10.09% 11
South West +9 9 £143 -14.93% 32
East of England +8 9 £200 +11.11% 15
North East +21 8 - - 9
West Midlands +19 8 £213 +21.43% 11
IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 81 (53.64%) Windows
2 67 (44.37%) Microsoft
3 53 (35.10%) Active Directory
4 46 (30.46%) Social Skills
5 38 (25.17%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (20.53%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (16.56%) Windows 10
8 18 (11.92%) Driving Licence
8 18 (11.92%) Security Cleared
9 17 (11.26%) SC Cleared
9 17 (11.26%) Microsoft Office
10 15 (9.93%) SLA
10 15 (9.93%) Finance
11 14 (9.27%) Smartphone
12 13 (8.61%) Service Delivery
13 12 (7.95%) Windows 7
13 12 (7.95%) Microsoft Intune
13 12 (7.95%) Break/Fix
14 11 (7.28%) SCCM
14 11 (7.28%) Linux
15 10 (6.62%) Public Sector
16 9 (5.96%) Preventative Maintenance
16 9 (5.96%) DBS Check
16 9 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
16 9 (5.96%) ATM
16 9 (5.96%) Citrix
16 9 (5.96%) EPoS
16 9 (5.96%) Retail
16 9 (5.96%) Mathematics
16 9 (5.96%) Video Conferencing

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 6 (3.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.32%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 17 (11.26%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.66%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 31 (20.53%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (3.97%) Azure
3 3 (1.99%) Google Workspace
4 2 (1.32%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.66%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.66%) Mimecast
5 1 (0.66%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.66%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.96%) ATM
2 8 (5.30%) Network Security
3 7 (4.64%) LAN
3 7 (4.64%) WAN
3 7 (4.64%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (4.64%) Wireless
4 6 (3.97%) DNS
5 5 (3.31%) DHCP
6 4 (2.65%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (1.99%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.32%) SNMP
9 1 (0.66%) HTTP
9 1 (0.66%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.66%) IPsec
9 1 (0.66%) MPLS
9 1 (0.66%) SSH
9 1 (0.66%) SSL
9 1 (0.66%) VoIP
9 1 (0.66%) VPN
9 1 (0.66%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (0.66%) MSI
General
1 46 (30.46%) Social Skills
2 15 (9.93%) Finance
3 10 (6.62%) Public Sector
4 9 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.96%) Retail
5 6 (3.97%) Banking
5 6 (3.97%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.99%) Aviation
8 2 (1.32%) Advertising
8 2 (1.32%) Arabic Language
8 2 (1.32%) Electronics
8 2 (1.32%) French Language
8 2 (1.32%) Games
8 2 (1.32%) German Language
8 2 (1.32%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.66%) Automotive
9 1 (0.66%) Marketing
9 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.66%) LDAP
1 1 (0.66%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.92%) Driving Licence
2 14 (9.27%) Smartphone
3 9 (5.96%) EPoS
3 9 (5.96%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (5.30%) iPhone
5 6 (3.97%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.65%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.99%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.32%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.32%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.66%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.66%) Life Science
9 1 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.66%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 81 (53.64%) Windows
2 25 (16.56%) Windows 10
3 12 (7.95%) Windows 7
4 11 (7.28%) Linux
5 8 (5.30%) Android
5 8 (5.30%) Windows Server
5 8 (5.30%) Windows Vista
6 5 (3.31%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.65%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.66%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (25.17%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (8.61%) Service Delivery
3 12 (7.95%) Break/Fix
4 9 (5.96%) Mathematics
4 9 (5.96%) Preventative Maintenance
5 8 (5.30%) Customer Service
6 7 (4.64%) ITIL
7 6 (3.97%) Asset Management
8 5 (3.31%) Mobile Device Management
8 5 (3.31%) Office Automation
8 5 (3.31%) Time Management
9 4 (2.65%) Computer Science
9 4 (2.65%) Information Security
9 4 (2.65%) Migration
9 4 (2.65%) Network Monitoring
9 4 (2.65%) Runbook
10 3 (1.99%) Agile
10 3 (1.99%) Decision-Making
10 3 (1.99%) Logistics
10 3 (1.99%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.66%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (11.92%) Security Cleared
2 17 (11.26%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.96%) DBS Check
4 7 (4.64%) Degree
5 4 (2.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (1.99%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.99%) CCNA
6 3 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.99%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.66%) HNC
7 1 (0.66%) MCDST
7 1 (0.66%) MCP
7 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.93%) SLA
2 3 (1.99%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (1.99%) QA
3 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.66%) GDPR
3 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 53 (35.10%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.65%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.65%) KVM
3 4 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (2.65%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.66%) NFS
4 1 (0.66%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 12 (7.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (7.28%) SCCM
3 4 (2.65%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.66%) WSUS
Vendors
1 67 (44.37%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.96%) Citrix
3 6 (3.97%) MobileIron
3 6 (3.97%) ServiceNow
3 6 (3.97%) VMware
4 4 (2.65%) Apple
4 4 (2.65%) Cisco
4 4 (2.65%) SAP
5 3 (1.99%) Ariba
5 3 (1.99%) Google
6 2 (1.32%) Avaya
6 2 (1.32%) BT
6 2 (1.32%) Ivanti
6 2 (1.32%) Lotus
6 2 (1.32%) Meraki
6 2 (1.32%) Sun
6 2 (1.32%) Veeam
7 1 (0.66%) Adobe
7 1 (0.66%) Aruba
7 1 (0.66%) HP