IT Technician Contracts

IT Technician
UK

The median IT Technician daily rate in the UK is £170 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 425 506 666
Rank change year-on-year +81 +160 -40
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 158 197 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.34% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.36% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 133 108
10th Percentile £125 £123 £116
25th Percentile £127 £135 £131
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 £180 £160
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -3.03%
75th Percentile £200 £205 £178
90th Percentile £260 £236 £233
UK excluding London median daily rate £163 £180 £160
% change year-on-year -9.72% +12.50% -1.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 19 27
10th Percentile £7.43 £12.36 £10.75
25th Percentile £10.95 £13.73 £14.61
Median hourly rate £14.14 £15.80 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.51% -7.06% +17.81%
75th Percentile £16.90 £19.38 £20.00
90th Percentile £18.98 £21.25 £22.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.50 £15.65 £17.00
% change year-on-year -13.74% -7.94% +25.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 39,888 54,783 83,316
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,953 38,247 58,493
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,534 2,048
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Technician over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Technician over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 10 May 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
England +93 151 £158 -12.50% 171
UK excluding London +39 137 £163 -9.72% 158
North of England +68 50 £150 -14.29% 48
South East +19 46 £200 -2.44% 36
North West +40 22 £127 -27.57% 19
Yorkshire +31 20 £185 +12.12% 20
Midlands +29 20 £150 -3.23% 22
London +73 18 £165 -2.94% 18
Work from Home +109 13 £200 - 22
East Midlands +23 11 £150 +10.09% 11
South West +9 9 £143 -14.93% 32
East of England +8 9 £200 +11.11% 15
North East +21 8 - - 9
West Midlands +19 8 £213 +21.43% 11
Scotland +42 4 £245 +6.52% 4
Wales -5 1 £213 +23.19% 4

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 84 (53.16%) Windows
2 68 (43.04%) Microsoft
3 53 (33.54%) Active Directory
4 48 (30.38%) Social Skills
5 39 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (19.62%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (15.82%) Windows 10
8 21 (13.29%) Security Cleared
9 18 (11.39%) Microsoft Office
9 18 (11.39%) Driving Licence
10 17 (10.76%) SC Cleared
11 15 (9.49%) Finance
11 15 (9.49%) SLA
12 14 (8.86%) Smartphone
12 14 (8.86%) Public Sector
13 13 (8.23%) Service Delivery
14 12 (7.59%) Break/Fix
14 12 (7.59%) Windows 7
14 12 (7.59%) Microsoft Intune
15 11 (6.96%) SCCM
15 11 (6.96%) Linux
16 10 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
17 9 (5.70%) DBS Check
17 9 (5.70%) Preventative Maintenance
17 9 (5.70%) Customer Service
17 9 (5.70%) ATM
17 9 (5.70%) Citrix
17 9 (5.70%) EPoS
17 9 (5.70%) Video Conferencing
17 9 (5.70%) Android

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.27%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 18 (11.39%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.63%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 31 (19.62%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (3.80%) Azure
3 4 (2.53%) Google Workspace
4 2 (1.27%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.63%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.63%) Mimecast
5 1 (0.63%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.70%) ATM
2 8 (5.06%) Network Security
3 7 (4.43%) LAN
3 7 (4.43%) WAN
3 7 (4.43%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (4.43%) Wireless
4 6 (3.80%) DNS
5 5 (3.16%) DHCP
6 4 (2.53%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (1.90%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.27%) SNMP
9 1 (0.63%) HTTP
9 1 (0.63%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.63%) Internet
9 1 (0.63%) IPsec
9 1 (0.63%) MPLS
9 1 (0.63%) SSH
9 1 (0.63%) SSL
9 1 (0.63%) VoIP
9 1 (0.63%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (0.63%) MSI
General
1 48 (30.38%) Social Skills
2 15 (9.49%) Finance
3 14 (8.86%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.70%) Retail
6 6 (3.80%) Banking
6 6 (3.80%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.90%) Aviation
9 2 (1.27%) Advertising
9 2 (1.27%) Arabic Language
9 2 (1.27%) Electronics
9 2 (1.27%) French Language
9 2 (1.27%) Games
9 2 (1.27%) German Language
9 2 (1.27%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.63%) Automotive
10 1 (0.63%) Marketing
10 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.63%) LDAP
1 1 (0.63%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.39%) Driving Licence
2 14 (8.86%) Smartphone
3 9 (5.70%) EPoS
3 9 (5.70%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (5.06%) iPhone
5 6 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.53%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.90%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.90%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.27%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.63%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.63%) Life Science
9 1 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.63%) Social Media
9 1 (0.63%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 84 (53.16%) Windows
2 25 (15.82%) Windows 10
3 12 (7.59%) Windows 7
4 11 (6.96%) Linux
5 9 (5.70%) Android
6 8 (5.06%) Windows Server
6 8 (5.06%) Windows Vista
7 7 (4.43%) Mac OS
8 5 (3.16%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.63%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (8.23%) Service Delivery
3 12 (7.59%) Break/Fix
4 9 (5.70%) Customer Service
4 9 (5.70%) Mathematics
4 9 (5.70%) Preventative Maintenance
5 7 (4.43%) Asset Management
5 7 (4.43%) ITIL
6 5 (3.16%) Information Security
6 5 (3.16%) Migration
6 5 (3.16%) Mobile Device Management
6 5 (3.16%) Office Automation
6 5 (3.16%) Time Management
7 4 (2.53%) Computer Science
7 4 (2.53%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (2.53%) Runbook
8 3 (1.90%) Agile
8 3 (1.90%) Decision-Making
8 3 (1.90%) Logistics
8 3 (1.90%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.63%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (13.29%) Security Cleared
2 17 (10.76%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.70%) DBS Check
4 7 (4.43%) Degree
5 4 (2.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (1.90%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.90%) CCNA
6 3 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.63%) HNC
7 1 (0.63%) MCDST
7 1 (0.63%) MCP
7 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.49%) SLA
2 3 (1.90%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (1.90%) QA
3 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.63%) GDPR
3 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 53 (33.54%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.53%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.53%) KVM
3 4 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (2.53%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.63%) NFS
4 1 (0.63%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 12 (7.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (6.96%) SCCM
3 4 (2.53%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 68 (43.04%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.70%) Citrix
3 6 (3.80%) MobileIron
3 6 (3.80%) ServiceNow
3 6 (3.80%) VMware
4 4 (2.53%) Apple
4 4 (2.53%) Cisco
4 4 (2.53%) Google
4 4 (2.53%) SAP
5 3 (1.90%) Ariba
6 2 (1.27%) Avaya
6 2 (1.27%) BT
6 2 (1.27%) Ivanti
6 2 (1.27%) Lotus
6 2 (1.27%) Meraki
6 2 (1.27%) Sun
6 2 (1.27%) Veeam
7 1 (0.63%) Aruba
7 1 (0.63%) NETGEAR
7 1 (0.63%) SolarWinds