IT Support Technician Contracts in the South East

IT Support Technician
England > South East

The median IT Support Technician daily rate in the South East is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 189 228
Rank change year-on-year +15 +39 -14
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 27 29 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.49% 0.51% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.54% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 24 28
10th Percentile £133 - £144
25th Percentile £175 £200 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £205 £160
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +28.13% -8.57%
75th Percentile - - £175
90th Percentile £224 - -
England median daily rate £200 £200 £164
% change year-on-year - +22.14% -6.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.75
25th Percentile - - £17.50
Median hourly rate £7.43 - £20.00
75th Percentile £16.00 - £22.50
90th Percentile - - £23.25
England median hourly rate £11.50 £17.90 £17.50
% change year-on-year -35.75% +2.29% +21.28%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,059 5,392 7,371
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 94.71% 95.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,045 3,760 5,012
10th Percentile £213 £220 £203
25th Percentile £400 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £492
Median % change year-on-year - +1.57% +9.39%
75th Percentile £619 £605 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 481 243 326
10th Percentile £12.78 £16.57 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.44 £15.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +137.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £39.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 £57.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +2.59%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Technician in the South East

IT Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Technician in the South East.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Technician in the South East

IT Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Technician in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Technician in the South East

IT Support Technician
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Hampshire +16 17 £200 +56.86% 8
Thames Valley +12 5 £173 - 5
West Sussex +4 5 £200 - 2
Buckinghamshire +32 2 £200 - 2
Oxfordshire +7 2 £145 - 2
Berkshire - 1 - - 1
IT Support Technician
England

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, IT 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 South East region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 14 (51.85%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 11 (40.74%) Windows
4 10 (37.04%) Active Directory
5 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 8 (29.63%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (25.93%) SCCM
8 6 (22.22%) Network Security
8 6 (22.22%) MobileIron
8 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (22.22%) Linux
8 6 (22.22%) Wireless
8 6 (22.22%) Mathematics
9 5 (18.52%) Office Automation
9 5 (18.52%) Windows 10
10 3 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 3 (11.11%) Smartphone
10 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
10 3 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
11 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
11 2 (7.41%) Ariba
11 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
11 2 (7.41%) SAP
11 2 (7.41%) Azure
11 2 (7.41%) DBS Check
12 1 (3.70%) Time Management
12 1 (3.70%) SLA
12 1 (3.70%) Service Delivery

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.41%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) Network Security
1 6 (22.22%) Wireless
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (11.11%) Smartphone
2 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (40.74%) Windows
2 6 (22.22%) Linux
3 5 (18.52%) Windows 10
4 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (22.22%) Mathematics
3 5 (18.52%) Office Automation
4 1 (3.70%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.70%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.70%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (37.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (25.93%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) MobileIron
3 2 (7.41%) Ariba
3 2 (7.41%) SAP