IT Support Technician Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Support Technician
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Support Technician daily rate in the UK excluding London is £183 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 June 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 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 356 443
Rank change year-on-year +28 +87 -5
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 64 81 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.36% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.38% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 50 45
10th Percentile £120 £142 £141
25th Percentile £126 £162 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £183 £193 £165
Median % change year-on-year -5.19% +16.67% -2.22%
75th Percentile £200 £205 £175
90th Percentile £220 - £228
UK median daily rate £175 £195 £165
% change year-on-year -10.26% +18.18% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 8
10th Percentile - £14.65 £14.18
25th Percentile £7.43 £15.33 £15.94
Median hourly rate £11.50 £15.90 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.67% -9.14% -
75th Percentile £12.54 £19.55 £20.51
90th Percentile £16.00 £21.14 £21.48
UK median hourly rate £11.50 £15.90 £17.50
% change year-on-year -27.67% -9.14% +13.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,293 21,279 29,220
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 94.28% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,580 14,791 20,569
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £651
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,073 1,404
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.00 £14.86
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.21
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.15
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.46
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.97% +12.51%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IT Support Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Technician in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Support Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Technician in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Technician in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Support Technician
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 June 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
South East +22 23 £200 -2.44% 16
North of England +37 21 £150 +3.45% 24
North West +26 10 £151 -13.57% 10
North East +15 6 - - 4
East of England +11 6 - - 5
Yorkshire +22 5 £150 +3.45% 10
Wales +3 5 £120 -33.33% 4
Midlands +19 4 £110 -29.03% 21
East Midlands +8 3 £110 -29.03% 14
South West +2 3 £180 +7.46% 12
Scotland +45 1 - - 4
Northern Ireland -11 1 £185 - 1
West Midlands - 1 - - 7
IT Support Technician
UK

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 34 (53.13%) Windows
2 25 (39.06%) Active Directory
2 25 (39.06%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (35.94%) Microsoft
4 17 (26.56%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (23.44%) Social Skills
6 12 (18.75%) Windows 10
6 12 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
7 10 (15.63%) SCCM
7 10 (15.63%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (10.94%) Windows Server
8 7 (10.94%) Mathematics
8 7 (10.94%) Degree
8 7 (10.94%) Linux
8 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (9.38%) ITIL
9 6 (9.38%) Network Security
9 6 (9.38%) Wireless
9 6 (9.38%) Manufacturing
9 6 (9.38%) Driving Licence
9 6 (9.38%) MobileIron
10 5 (7.81%) Mac OS
10 5 (7.81%) Android
10 5 (7.81%) Security Cleared
10 5 (7.81%) Office Automation
10 5 (7.81%) Decision-Making
10 5 (7.81%) Smartphone
11 4 (6.25%) Citrix
11 4 (6.25%) PRINCE2

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.13%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.56%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 17 (26.56%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.13%) Azure
3 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.56%) OneDrive
3 1 (1.56%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.38%) Network Security
1 6 (9.38%) Wireless
2 1 (1.56%) DNS
2 1 (1.56%) HTTP
2 1 (1.56%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.56%) IPsec
2 1 (1.56%) SNMP
2 1 (1.56%) SSH
2 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.56%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) MSI
General
1 15 (23.44%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.38%) Manufacturing
4 4 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.69%) Aviation
5 3 (4.69%) Legal
6 2 (3.13%) Electronics
7 1 (1.56%) Finance
7 1 (1.56%) Marketing
7 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.56%) LDAP
1 1 (1.56%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.38%) Driving Licence
2 5 (7.81%) Smartphone
3 4 (6.25%) iPhone
3 4 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (6.25%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (4.69%) NHS
5 2 (3.13%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 34 (53.13%) Windows
2 12 (18.75%) Windows 10
3 7 (10.94%) Linux
3 7 (10.94%) Windows Server
4 5 (7.81%) Android
4 5 (7.81%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (39.06%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (10.94%) Mathematics
3 6 (9.38%) ITIL
4 5 (7.81%) Decision-Making
4 5 (7.81%) Office Automation
5 4 (6.25%) Customer Service
5 4 (6.25%) Informatics
5 4 (6.25%) Information Security
5 4 (6.25%) PRINCE2
6 3 (4.69%) Information Governance
6 3 (4.69%) Time Management
7 2 (3.13%) Asset Management
7 2 (3.13%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (3.13%) Line Management
7 2 (3.13%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (3.13%) Service Management
8 1 (1.56%) Business Development
8 1 (1.56%) Computer Science
8 1 (1.56%) Digital Marketing
8 1 (1.56%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (10.94%) Degree
2 5 (7.81%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.69%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.56%) HNC
5 1 (1.56%) MCDST
5 1 (1.56%) MCP
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.69%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (3.13%) SLA
3 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 25 (39.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.56%) NFS
Systems Management
1 10 (15.63%) Microsoft Intune
1 10 (15.63%) SCCM
2 1 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 23 (35.94%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.38%) MobileIron
3 4 (6.25%) Citrix
4 2 (3.13%) Cegedim Rx
4 2 (3.13%) HP
5 1 (1.56%) Adobe
5 1 (1.56%) BT
5 1 (1.56%) Cisco
5 1 (1.56%) Dell
5 1 (1.56%) SAP