Support Technician Contracts in the South East

Support Technician
England > South East

The median Support Technician daily rate in the South East is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 173 220
Rank change year-on-year +7 +47 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician 39 44 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.70% 0.75% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.80% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 30 30
10th Percentile £131 £161 £139
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 - - £174
90th Percentile £225 - £175
England median daily rate £200 £200 £165
% change year-on-year - +21.21% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 3
10th Percentile - - £16.80
25th Percentile - £28.25 £17.63
Median hourly rate £7.43 £30.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -75.64% +60.53% +8.57%
75th Percentile £16.00 £32.75 £21.38
90th Percentile - - £22.80
England median hourly rate £11.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -42.50% - +23.08%

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 5,153 5,511 7,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 94.43% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,094 3,838 5,032
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £394 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £613 £606 £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 479 242 335
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.45 £43.85
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.98 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in the South East

Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Support Technician in the South East

Support Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Technician in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Technician in the South East

Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Technician in the South East

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 Support Technician within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 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
Hampshire +25 23 £200 +56.86% 11
Thames Valley +9 11 £200 +5.26% 12
Berkshire -12 6 £200 - 3
West Sussex 0 5 £200 - 1
Oxfordshire +9 3 £145 - 4
Buckinghamshire +26 2 £200 +5.26% 5
Support Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 South East region featuring Support Technician in the job title.

1 19 (48.72%) Microsoft
2 15 (38.46%) Windows
2 15 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (35.90%) Active Directory
3 14 (35.90%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (28.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (23.08%) SCCM
5 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
6 8 (20.51%) Wireless
6 8 (20.51%) Linux
6 8 (20.51%) MobileIron
7 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (15.38%) Network Security
7 6 (15.38%) Mathematics
8 5 (12.82%) Office Automation
8 5 (12.82%) Windows 10
9 4 (10.26%) Security Cleared
9 4 (10.26%) Service Delivery
9 4 (10.26%) SLA
10 3 (7.69%) Cisco
10 3 (7.69%) Apple
10 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
10 3 (7.69%) VoIP
10 3 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 3 (7.69%) Smartphone
10 3 (7.69%) Video Editing
10 3 (7.69%) Android
10 3 (7.69%) Polycom
10 3 (7.69%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.13%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.51%) Wireless
2 6 (15.38%) Network Security
3 3 (7.69%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (7.69%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.56%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Onboarding
1 3 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (7.69%) Smartphone
1 3 (7.69%) Video Editing
2 1 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (38.46%) Windows
2 8 (20.51%) Linux
3 5 (12.82%) Windows 10
4 3 (7.69%) Android
5 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
6 1 (2.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (15.38%) Mathematics
3 5 (12.82%) Office Automation
4 4 (10.26%) Service Delivery
5 2 (5.13%) Asset Management
5 2 (5.13%) Customer Service
5 2 (5.13%) Time Management
6 1 (2.56%) Computer Science
6 1 (2.56%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.56%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (2.56%) Network Optimisation
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.69%) DBS Check
2 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (35.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (28.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (23.08%) SCCM
3 1 (2.56%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 19 (48.72%) Microsoft
2 8 (20.51%) MobileIron
3 3 (7.69%) Apple
3 3 (7.69%) Cisco
3 3 (7.69%) Polycom
4 2 (5.13%) Ariba
4 2 (5.13%) SAP
5 1 (2.56%) Workday