IT Technician Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Technician daily rate in the UK excluding London is £165 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 256 298 355
Rank change year-on-year +42 +57 +19
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 138 163 155
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.66% 0.68% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.72% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 105 97
10th Percentile £126 £125 £113
25th Percentile £128 £145 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £180 £160
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.50% +18.52%
75th Percentile £200 £200 £175
90th Percentile £245 £205 £225
UK median daily rate £180 £175 £160
% change year-on-year +2.86% +9.38% +16.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 16 23
10th Percentile £7.43 £11.85 £10.75
25th Percentile £10.95 £13.65 £11.65
Median hourly rate £13.50 £15.90 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.11% -0.61% +18.52%
75th Percentile £16.15 £19.31 £19.63
90th Percentile £18.24 £21.29 £22.75
UK median hourly rate £14.14 £16.31 £16.50
% change year-on-year -13.28% -1.18% +17.86%

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 19,264 22,670 29,611
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 94.17% 95.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,778 15,896 20,739
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £395 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £595 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 1,165 1,484
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.45 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.41% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
% change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Technician in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT 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 Technician within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +61 49 £150 -13.04% 51
South East +15 48 £200 -2.44% 24
North West +41 22 £127 -27.57% 21
Midlands +31 20 £150 +9.09% 25
Yorkshire +31 18 £185 +10.45% 21
East Midlands +22 11 £150 +11.11% 10
North East +27 9 £150 -5.36% 10
South West +3 9 £143 -14.93% 28
East of England +3 9 £200 +11.11% 19
West Midlands +30 8 £213 -20.93% 15
Scotland +38 4 £245 +6.52% 7
Wales -9 1 £213 +28.79% 4
IT Technician
UK

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

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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 73 (52.90%) Windows
2 67 (48.55%) Microsoft
3 44 (31.88%) Active Directory
4 39 (28.26%) Social Skills
5 35 (25.36%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (18.12%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (15.94%) Windows 10
8 17 (12.32%) Driving Licence
8 17 (12.32%) Security Cleared
9 15 (10.87%) Microsoft Office
10 14 (10.14%) SLA
11 13 (9.42%) SC Cleared
11 13 (9.42%) Smartphone
12 12 (8.70%) Windows 7
12 12 (8.70%) Service Delivery
12 12 (8.70%) Finance
12 12 (8.70%) Public Sector
13 11 (7.97%) Break/Fix
14 10 (7.25%) Linux
14 10 (7.25%) SCCM
15 9 (6.52%) Mathematics
15 9 (6.52%) Retail
15 9 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
15 9 (6.52%) Microsoft Intune
15 9 (6.52%) ATM
15 9 (6.52%) EPoS
15 9 (6.52%) DBS Check
15 9 (6.52%) Preventative Maintenance
16 8 (5.80%) Windows Server
16 8 (5.80%) Network Security

IT 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 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.45%) IBM Domino
2 2 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (10.87%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.72%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 25 (18.12%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.90%) Azure
3 2 (1.45%) OneDrive
4 1 (0.72%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.72%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.52%) ATM
2 8 (5.80%) Network Security
3 7 (5.07%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (4.35%) Wireless
5 4 (2.90%) DHCP
5 4 (2.90%) DNS
5 4 (2.90%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.72%) Internet
6 1 (0.72%) LAN
6 1 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.72%) WAN
6 1 (0.72%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (0.72%) MSI
General
1 39 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.70%) Finance
2 12 (8.70%) Public Sector
3 9 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (6.52%) Retail
4 5 (3.62%) Manufacturing
5 4 (2.90%) Banking
5 4 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.17%) Aviation
7 2 (1.45%) Advertising
7 2 (1.45%) Games
7 2 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.72%) Automotive
8 1 (0.72%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.72%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.32%) Driving Licence
2 13 (9.42%) Smartphone
3 9 (6.52%) EPoS
4 7 (5.07%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (2.90%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.90%) iPhone
6 3 (2.17%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.72%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.72%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.72%) Life Science
7 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.72%) Social Media
7 1 (0.72%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 73 (52.90%) Windows
2 22 (15.94%) Windows 10
3 12 (8.70%) Windows 7
4 10 (7.25%) Linux
5 8 (5.80%) Windows Server
5 8 (5.80%) Windows Vista
6 5 (3.62%) Android
7 3 (2.17%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (25.36%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (8.70%) Service Delivery
3 11 (7.97%) Break/Fix
4 9 (6.52%) Mathematics
4 9 (6.52%) Preventative Maintenance
5 7 (5.07%) Customer Service
6 5 (3.62%) ITIL
6 5 (3.62%) Migration
6 5 (3.62%) Office Automation
6 5 (3.62%) Time Management
7 4 (2.90%) Asset Management
7 4 (2.90%) Computer Science
7 4 (2.90%) Information Security
7 4 (2.90%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (2.90%) Runbook
8 3 (2.17%) Decision-Making
9 2 (1.45%) Customer-Centric Approach
9 2 (1.45%) Customer-Centricity
9 2 (1.45%) Service Management
9 2 (1.45%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.72%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (12.32%) Security Cleared
2 13 (9.42%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.52%) DBS Check
4 5 (3.62%) Degree
5 4 (2.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (2.17%) A+ Certification
6 3 (2.17%) CCNA
6 3 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.72%) HNC
7 1 (0.72%) MCDST
7 1 (0.72%) MCP
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.14%) SLA
2 3 (2.17%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (2.17%) QA
3 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.72%) GDPR
3 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 44 (31.88%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.90%) KVM
2 4 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (2.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.90%) VMware Workstation
3 3 (2.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (7.25%) SCCM
2 9 (6.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.90%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 67 (48.55%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.35%) MobileIron
3 5 (3.62%) Citrix
4 4 (2.90%) VMware
5 3 (2.17%) Ariba
5 3 (2.17%) SAP
6 2 (1.45%) BT
6 2 (1.45%) Lotus
7 1 (0.72%) 3Com
7 1 (0.72%) Adobe
7 1 (0.72%) Aruba
7 1 (0.72%) Brocade
7 1 (0.72%) Cisco
7 1 (0.72%) Google
7 1 (0.72%) Juniper
7 1 (0.72%) Meraki
7 1 (0.72%) ServiceNow