IT Technician Contracts in the South East

IT Technician
England > South East

The median IT Technician daily rate in the South East is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 166 217
Rank change year-on-year +8 +51 -26
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 48 54 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.86% 0.91% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 0.97% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 38 41
10th Percentile - £125 £128
25th Percentile £128 £152 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £160
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% +10.34%
75th Percentile - £205 £171
90th Percentile £211 - £175
England median daily rate £175 £175 £160
% change year-on-year - +9.38% +12.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate £7.43 £21.22 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.99% +21.26% -
75th Percentile £16.00 - £18.75
90th Percentile £16.11 - -
England median hourly rate £14.14 £16.31 £17.00
% change year-on-year -13.28% -4.09% +25.93%

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 5,190 5,585 7,536
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.29% 95.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,115 3,889 5,104
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £615 £603 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 475 239 334
10th Percentile £12.80 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.06 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +114.29% -15.15%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £59.71
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
% change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the South East

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in the South East

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in the South East

IT 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 Technician within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Thames Valley +23 23 £135 -15.63% 12
Hampshire +22 19 £200 +42.86% 7
Berkshire +2 13 £200 -6.98% 3
Oxfordshire +14 8 £135 +8.00% 5
West Sussex -7 5 £200 - 2
Buckinghamshire +27 2 £200 +31.15% 4
Surrey +9 1 £200 +42.86% 1
IT Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 South East region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 30 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 18 (37.50%) Windows
3 17 (35.42%) Active Directory
4 15 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (25.00%) SLA
5 12 (25.00%) Service Delivery
6 10 (20.83%) Social Skills
7 9 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (14.58%) SCCM
9 6 (12.50%) Network Security
9 6 (12.50%) Mathematics
9 6 (12.50%) Wireless
9 6 (12.50%) Linux
9 6 (12.50%) MobileIron
9 6 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (10.42%) Office Automation
10 5 (10.42%) Windows 10
11 3 (6.25%) DBS Check
11 3 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
11 3 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 3 (6.25%) Smartphone
12 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
12 2 (4.17%) SAP
12 2 (4.17%) Ariba
12 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
12 2 (4.17%) Windows Server
12 2 (4.17%) Azure
13 1 (2.08%) OneDrive

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.17%) Azure
3 1 (2.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.50%) Network Security
1 6 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 10 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.08%) Automotive
3 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (6.25%) Smartphone
2 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.08%) Educational Technology
3 1 (2.08%) Life Science
3 1 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (37.50%) Windows
2 6 (12.50%) Linux
3 5 (10.42%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 6 (12.50%) Mathematics
4 5 (10.42%) Office Automation
5 1 (2.08%) Asset Management
5 1 (2.08%) ITIL
5 1 (2.08%) Network Optimisation
5 1 (2.08%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (6.25%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (35.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (14.58%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.50%) MobileIron
3 2 (4.17%) Ariba
3 2 (4.17%) SAP
4 1 (2.08%) BT