Senior Technician Contracts in England

Senior Technician
UK > England

The median Senior Technician daily rate in England is £250 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 650 769
Rank change year-on-year +129 +119 -149
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Technician 27 18 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.073% 0.035% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.038% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 4
10th Percentile £208 £180 £126
25th Percentile £243 £225 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £350 £233
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +50.54% +18.47%
75th Percentile £278 £365 £300
90th Percentile £369 £428 -
UK median daily rate £250 £350 £233
% change year-on-year -28.57% +50.54% +6.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 4
10th Percentile £16.19 £24.61 -
25th Percentile £18.17 £27.18 £20.25
Median hourly rate £24.87 £31.45 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.92% +46.28% -
75th Percentile £32.52 £35.73 £24.06
90th Percentile £37.63 £38.29 £26.43
UK median hourly rate £24.87 £31.45 £21.50
% change year-on-year -20.92% +46.28% -

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 34,517 47,965 67,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.58% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,960 34,010 48,090
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,411 1,443 1,914
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.67 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.45 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Senior Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Technician in England

Senior Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Technician in England

Senior Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Technician in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Technician in England

Senior Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Technician in England

Senior Technician
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Technician in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior Technician in England

Senior 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 Senior Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 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 +12 11 - - 7
North of England +41 10 £250 +25.00% 6
North West +19 4 £250 - 3
Yorkshire - 4 - - 3
London +105 2 £258 - 4
West Midlands +29 2 - - 2
Midlands +27 2 - - 6
North East +20 2 - -
South West - 2 £450 - 8
Senior Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Technician in the job title.

1 16 (59.26%) Windows
2 13 (48.15%) Active Directory
2 13 (48.15%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (44.44%) Windows 10
4 10 (37.04%) Apple
4 10 (37.04%) Apple iOS
4 10 (37.04%) Public Sector
4 10 (37.04%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
7 4 (14.81%) CCNA
7 4 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (14.81%) LAN
7 4 (14.81%) WLAN
7 4 (14.81%) WAN
7 4 (14.81%) NHS
7 4 (14.81%) Data Centre
7 4 (14.81%) Firewall
7 4 (14.81%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (11.11%) Revit
8 3 (11.11%) CAD
9 2 (7.41%) ITIL
9 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (7.41%) VMware
9 2 (7.41%) 3D Modelling
9 2 (7.41%) DBS Check
9 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
9 2 (7.41%) Information Management
9 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
9 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure

Senior 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 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Revit
2 1 (3.70%) Acrobat
2 1 (3.70%) AutoCAD
2 1 (3.70%) MicroStation
Cloud Services
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.70%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
2 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) Firewall
1 4 (14.81%) LAN
1 4 (14.81%) WAN
1 4 (14.81%) WLAN
2 1 (3.70%) DHCP
General
1 10 (37.04%) Organisational Skills
1 10 (37.04%) Public Sector
2 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Aviation
3 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Data Centre
1 4 (14.81%) NHS
2 2 (7.41%) Life Science
3 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (59.26%) Windows
2 12 (44.44%) Windows 10
3 10 (37.04%) Apple iOS
4 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
5 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (11.11%) CAD
2 2 (7.41%) 3D Modelling
2 2 (7.41%) Information Management
2 2 (7.41%) ITIL
2 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (3.70%) Agile
3 1 (3.70%) Architectural Design
3 1 (3.70%) Business Development
3 1 (3.70%) Data Protection
3 1 (3.70%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 1 (3.70%) Mathematics
3 1 (3.70%) Project Delivery
3 1 (3.70%) Project Planning
3 1 (3.70%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) CCNA
1 4 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (14.81%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (7.41%) DBS Check
2 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) Degree
3 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) HNC
3 1 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.70%) MCDST
3 1 (3.70%) MCP
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.70%) RIBA
3 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (48.15%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) SCCM
2 1 (3.70%) vCenter Server
2 1 (3.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Apple
2 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.41%) VMware
4 1 (3.70%) Adobe
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco
4 1 (3.70%) Citrix
4 1 (3.70%) McAfee
4 1 (3.70%) Veeam