IT Technician Contracts in the Midlands

IT Technician
England > Midlands

The median IT Technician daily rate in the Midlands is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 149 190
Rank change year-on-year +31 +41 -39
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 20 17 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.73% 0.49% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.52% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 9
10th Percentile £132 £130 £112
25th Percentile - £135 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £138 £215
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -36.05% +48.28%
75th Percentile £225 £178 £269
90th Percentile £257 £216 £283
England median daily rate £175 £175 £160
% change year-on-year - +9.38% +13.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 6
10th Percentile £14.12 £10.93 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.10 £11.43 £20.25
Median hourly rate £16.69 £13.55 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year +23.14% -35.49% +23.56%
75th Percentile £17.72 £16.24 £22.75
90th Percentile - £18.98 -
England median hourly rate £14.14 £16.90 £16.50
% change year-on-year -16.34% +2.44% +22.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,527 3,257 4,827
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.86% 94.60% 95.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,705 2,291 3,539
10th Percentile £213 £223 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% +3.26% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 128 174
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.35 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.21 £13.75
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.19
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.33% +13.18%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £61.50 £33.60
England median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.09% +100.00% +0.36%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the Midlands

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in the Midlands

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Technician in the Midlands

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in the Midlands

IT Technician
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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
East Midlands +22 11 £150 +11.11% 10
West Midlands +30 8 £213 -20.93% 15
IT Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 Midlands region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 19 (95.00%) Windows
2 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (40.00%) Windows Vista
3 8 (40.00%) Windows 7
4 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
5 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
5 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
6 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
8 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
8 2 (10.00%) Windows 10
8 2 (10.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 2 (10.00%) IBM Domino
8 2 (10.00%) Lotus
9 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (5.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
9 1 (5.00%) Azure
9 1 (5.00%) Mathematics
9 1 (5.00%) SCCM
9 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
9 1 (5.00%) Acrobat
9 1 (5.00%) MCDST
9 1 (5.00%) Project Planning
9 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (5.00%) SAP
9 1 (5.00%) MCP
9 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (5.00%) Ariba

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (10.00%) IBM Domino
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 19 (95.00%) Windows
2 8 (40.00%) Windows 7
2 8 (40.00%) Windows Vista
3 2 (10.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (10.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (5.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
2 1 (5.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (5.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (5.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (5.00%) MCDST
2 1 (5.00%) MCP
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Lotus
3 1 (5.00%) Adobe
3 1 (5.00%) Ariba
3 1 (5.00%) SAP