IT Technician Contracts in the North of England

IT Technician
England > North of England

The median IT Technician daily rate in the North of England 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 141 202 209
Rank change year-on-year +61 +7 -42
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 49 17 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.02% 0.29% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 0.31% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 14 15
10th Percentile - £120 £115
25th Percentile £126 £137 £131
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £173 £165
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +32.00%
75th Percentile £193 £190 £200
90th Percentile £330 £201 £268
England median daily rate £175 £175 £160
% change year-on-year - +9.38% +13.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 9
10th Percentile £10.95 - £10.63
25th Percentile - £17.25 £10.75
Median hourly rate £11.50 £17.50 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% +25.00% +12.00%
75th Percentile £14.25 £17.75 £17.00
90th Percentile £17.85 - £17.86
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
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 4,460 5,554 6,974
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.11% 95.27% 96.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,802 3,920 5,129
10th Percentile £263 £285 £200
25th Percentile £381 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £550
90th Percentile £672 £680 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 162 292
10th Percentile £11.03 £13.96 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.82 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.54 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.15% +65.08% +3.35%
75th Percentile £45.94 £49.40 £31.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.68 £49.98
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the North of England

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in the North of England

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Technician in the North of England

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in the North of England

IT Technician
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England 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
North West +41 22 £127 -27.57% 21
Yorkshire +31 18 £185 +10.45% 21
North East +27 9 £150 -5.36% 10
IT Technician
England

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

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 North of England region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 25 (51.02%) Windows
2 22 (44.90%) Microsoft
3 19 (38.78%) Active Directory
3 19 (38.78%) Social Skills
4 16 (32.65%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (28.57%) Driving Licence
5 14 (28.57%) Windows 10
6 12 (24.49%) Finance
7 11 (22.45%) Break/Fix
8 10 (20.41%) Smartphone
9 9 (18.37%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (18.37%) Retail
9 9 (18.37%) EPoS
9 9 (18.37%) ATM
9 9 (18.37%) Preventative Maintenance
10 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
11 5 (10.20%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (10.20%) Citrix
11 5 (10.20%) Windows Server
11 5 (10.20%) DBS Check
12 4 (8.16%) Data Centre
12 4 (8.16%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (8.16%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (8.16%) vCenter Server
12 4 (8.16%) Virtual Machines
12 4 (8.16%) Runbook
12 4 (8.16%) DHCP
12 4 (8.16%) DNS
12 4 (8.16%) Manufacturing
12 4 (8.16%) Migration

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.04%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 9 (18.37%) ATM
2 5 (10.20%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (8.16%) DHCP
3 4 (8.16%) DNS
3 4 (8.16%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (4.08%) Network Security
5 1 (2.04%) LAN
5 1 (2.04%) WAN
General
1 19 (38.78%) Social Skills
2 12 (24.49%) Finance
3 9 (18.37%) Retail
4 4 (8.16%) Banking
4 4 (8.16%) Manufacturing
5 3 (6.12%) Aviation
6 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 10 (20.41%) Smartphone
3 9 (18.37%) EPoS
4 4 (8.16%) Data Centre
4 4 (8.16%) iPhone
5 3 (6.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (6.12%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (2.04%) Learning Management System
6 1 (2.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (51.02%) Windows
2 14 (28.57%) Windows 10
3 5 (10.20%) Windows Server
4 4 (8.16%) Android
4 4 (8.16%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.04%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.65%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (22.45%) Break/Fix
3 9 (18.37%) Preventative Maintenance
4 4 (8.16%) Information Security
4 4 (8.16%) Migration
4 4 (8.16%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (8.16%) Runbook
4 4 (8.16%) Time Management
5 3 (6.12%) Computer Science
5 3 (6.12%) Customer Service
5 3 (6.12%) Decision-Making
6 1 (2.04%) Project Management
6 1 (2.04%) Test Automation
6 1 (2.04%) Validation
Qualifications
1 5 (10.20%) DBS Check
2 4 (8.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (6.12%) A+ Certification
3 3 (6.12%) CCNA
3 3 (6.12%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (6.12%) Degree
3 3 (6.12%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) Disclosure Scotland
1 3 (6.12%) QA
2 1 (2.04%) GDPR
System Software
1 19 (38.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.16%) KVM
2 4 (8.16%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (8.16%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (8.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (8.16%) VMware Workstation
3 3 (6.12%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (44.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.20%) Citrix
3 4 (8.16%) VMware
4 1 (2.04%) 3Com
4 1 (2.04%) Aruba
4 1 (2.04%) Brocade
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco
4 1 (2.04%) Google
4 1 (2.04%) Juniper
4 1 (2.04%) Meraki
4 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow