IT Technician Contracts in the Thames Valley

IT Technician
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Technician daily rate in the Thames Valley is £135 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 141 149
Rank change year-on-year +24 +8 -14
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 23 10 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.86% 0.34% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 0.36% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 15
10th Percentile - - £123
25th Percentile £128 £125 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £135 £143 £145
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.72% -9.38%
75th Percentile £179 £188 £158
90th Percentile £225 £237 £164
South East median daily rate £200 £205 £160
% change year-on-year -2.44% +28.13% +1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £7.43 £21.22 £20.00
% change year-on-year -64.99% +6.10% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,507 2,770 3,353
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 94.31% 96.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,429 1,919 2,284
10th Percentile £210 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £489
% change year-on-year - +2.16% +8.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 76 103
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.31 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £12.38
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +166.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.48 £79.19 £64.48
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the Thames Valley

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in the Thames Valley

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in the Thames Valley

IT Technician
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 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
Berkshire +2 13 £200 -6.98% 2
Oxfordshire +9 8 £135 +8.00% 4
Buckinghamshire +28 2 £200 +60.00% 4
IT Technician
South East

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 29 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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 21 (91.30%) Microsoft
2 12 (52.17%) Service Delivery
2 12 (52.17%) SLA
3 11 (47.83%) Active Directory
4 9 (39.13%) Windows
5 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (13.04%) DBS Check
6 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
6 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
6 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
6 2 (8.70%) Ariba
6 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (8.70%) SAP
6 2 (8.70%) Azure
7 1 (4.35%) Time Management
7 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
7 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
7 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (4.35%) Network Optimisation
7 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (4.35%) OneDrive

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (39.13%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
2 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Service Delivery
2 1 (4.35%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (4.35%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) DBS Check
2 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (52.17%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (47.83%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 21 (91.30%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Ariba
2 2 (8.70%) SAP