Support Technician Contracts in the North of England

Support Technician
England > North of England

The median Support Technician daily rate in the North of England is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 211 224
Rank change year-on-year +48 +13 -43
Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician 22 6 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.47% 0.10% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.11% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 13
10th Percentile - £130 £115
25th Percentile £126 £150 £131
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £175 £155
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +12.90% +0.06%
75th Percentile £188 £220 £195
90th Percentile £195 £226 £216
England median daily rate £200 £200 £166
% change year-on-year - +20.30% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 2
10th Percentile - - £16.63
25th Percentile £10.95 - £17.19
Median hourly rate £11.50 £26.00 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -55.77% +38.67% +57.89%
75th Percentile - - £19.69
90th Percentile - - £19.88
England median hourly rate £11.50 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -39.47% -5.00% +35.59%

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 4,370 5,536 6,958
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.12% 95.30% 96.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,742 3,911 5,115
10th Percentile £263 £281 £200
25th Percentile £385 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £684 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 393 160 284
10th Percentile £11.01 £14.00 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.76 £14.19
Median hourly rate £20.00 £31.63 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -36.76% +70.11% +4.63%
75th Percentile £46.00 £50.72 £28.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £66.07 £51.25
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in the North of England

Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Support Technician in the North of England

Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Technician in the North of England

Support 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 Support Technician within the North of England region over the 6 months to 5 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 West +33 9 £128 -21.54% 22
North East +23 7 £150 +28.21% 6
Yorkshire +24 6 £155 -31.11% 13
Support Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Support 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 Support Technician in the job title.

1 12 (54.55%) Windows
2 11 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
4 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
5 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (36.36%) Windows 10
6 4 (18.18%) Driving Licence
6 4 (18.18%) Manufacturing
6 4 (18.18%) Information Security
6 4 (18.18%) Citrix
6 4 (18.18%) Time Management
6 4 (18.18%) Android
6 4 (18.18%) iPhone
6 4 (18.18%) Customer Service
7 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
7 3 (13.64%) Aviation
7 3 (13.64%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
7 3 (13.64%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
7 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
8 2 (9.09%) DBS Check
8 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
9 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (4.55%) Mobile Device Management
9 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
9 1 (4.55%) Google Workspace
9 1 (4.55%) Google
9 1 (4.55%) Smartphone

Support 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 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.55%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.55%) Google Workspace
General
1 4 (18.18%) Manufacturing
2 3 (13.64%) Aviation
3 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Driving Licence
1 4 (18.18%) iPhone
2 3 (13.64%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (4.55%) Learning Management System
3 1 (4.55%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 12 (54.55%) Windows
2 8 (36.36%) Windows 10
3 4 (18.18%) Android
4 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
5 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (18.18%) Customer Service
2 4 (18.18%) Information Security
2 4 (18.18%) Time Management
3 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
4 1 (4.55%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Citrix
3 1 (4.55%) Google