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 £136 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 191 230
Rank change year-on-year +58 +39 -46
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 47 16 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.00% 0.29% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 0.30% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 14 11
10th Percentile - £120 £143
25th Percentile £126 £137 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £136 £175 £190
Median % change year-on-year -22.14% -7.89% -13.64%
75th Percentile £192 £190 £260
90th Percentile £209 £201 £300
England median daily rate £150 £184 £160
% change year-on-year -18.37% +14.84% +10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 5
10th Percentile £10.95 - £10.68
25th Percentile - - £10.75
Median hourly rate £11.50 - £17.00
75th Percentile £14.25 - £17.64
90th Percentile £17.85 - £18.31
England median hourly rate £13.87 £15.85 £17.00
% change year-on-year -12.49% -6.76% +13.60%

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 4,388 5,292 6,968
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 95.44% 96.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,703 3,704 5,105
10th Percentile £263 £269 £205
25th Percentile £385 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £568
90th Percentile £670 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 437 162 274
10th Percentile £11.10 £14.03 £11.31
25th Percentile £13.00 £17.72 £14.54
Median hourly rate £22.50 £28.34 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.61% +43.49% +11.14%
75th Percentile £47.50 £44.92 £34.05
90th Percentile £66.61 £65.68 £62.11
England median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -15.56% +88.21% +11.73%

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 3 June 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 3 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 West +27 21 £126 -28.00% 29
Yorkshire +24 18 £185 +4.23% 22
North East +17 8 - - 8
IT Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 North of England region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 23 (48.94%) Windows
2 18 (38.30%) Social Skills
3 16 (34.04%) Active Directory
4 15 (31.91%) Microsoft
5 14 (29.79%) Driving Licence
6 13 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (25.53%) Windows 10
8 11 (23.40%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (23.40%) Break/Fix
8 11 (23.40%) Smartphone
9 10 (21.28%) Finance
10 9 (19.15%) EPoS
10 9 (19.15%) ATM
10 9 (19.15%) Retail
10 9 (19.15%) Preventative Maintenance
11 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Office
12 5 (10.64%) Citrix
12 5 (10.64%) Windows Server
13 4 (8.51%) DBS Check
13 4 (8.51%) Manufacturing
13 4 (8.51%) Information Security
13 4 (8.51%) Android
13 4 (8.51%) iPhone
14 3 (6.38%) Mac OS
14 3 (6.38%) Time Management
14 3 (6.38%) Video Conferencing
14 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared
14 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
14 3 (6.38%) Disclosure Scotland
14 3 (6.38%) Aviation

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (23.40%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.13%) Azure
2 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (19.15%) ATM
2 2 (4.26%) DNS
2 2 (4.26%) Network Security
2 2 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.13%) DHCP
3 1 (2.13%) HTTP
3 1 (2.13%) HTTPS
3 1 (2.13%) IPsec
3 1 (2.13%) LAN
3 1 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (2.13%) SNMP
3 1 (2.13%) SSH
3 1 (2.13%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.13%) WAN
General
1 18 (38.30%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.28%) Finance
3 9 (19.15%) Retail
4 4 (8.51%) Manufacturing
5 3 (6.38%) Aviation
6 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Banking
6 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.79%) Driving Licence
2 11 (23.40%) Smartphone
3 9 (19.15%) EPoS
4 4 (8.51%) iPhone
5 3 (6.38%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (4.26%) Learning Management System
7 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
7 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (2.13%) Social Media
7 1 (2.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 23 (48.94%) Windows
2 12 (25.53%) Windows 10
3 5 (10.64%) Windows Server
4 4 (8.51%) Android
5 3 (6.38%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.13%) Linux
6 1 (2.13%) Ubuntu
6 1 (2.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (23.40%) Break/Fix
3 9 (19.15%) Preventative Maintenance
4 4 (8.51%) Information Security
5 3 (6.38%) Customer Service
5 3 (6.38%) Decision-Making
5 3 (6.38%) Time Management
6 1 (2.13%) Computer Science
6 1 (2.13%) Migration
6 1 (2.13%) Network Monitoring
6 1 (2.13%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 4 (8.51%) DBS Check
2 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.13%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.13%) CCNA
3 1 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.13%) Degree
3 1 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (2.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.13%) GDPR
2 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 16 (34.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.13%) KVM
2 1 (2.13%) NFS
2 1 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (31.91%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) Citrix
3 2 (4.26%) Cisco
4 1 (2.13%) 3Com
4 1 (2.13%) Aruba
4 1 (2.13%) Brocade
4 1 (2.13%) Juniper
4 1 (2.13%) Meraki
4 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.13%) VMware