Support Technician
UK
The median Support Technician daily rate in the UK 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 | 490 | 543 | 684 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +53 | +141 | -43 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician | 96 | 179 | 147 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.22% | 0.30% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.24% | 0.32% | 0.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 54 | 119 | 90 |
| 10th Percentile | £125 | £131 | £128 |
| 25th Percentile | £135 | £150 | £147 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £200 | £183 | £173 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.59% | +5.80% | +28.97% |
| 75th Percentile | £224 | £205 | £195 |
| 90th Percentile | £257 | £250 | £251 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £200 | £180 | £163 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | +10.77% | +32.65% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 12 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £7.43 | £15.58 | £14.83 |
| 25th Percentile | £8.31 | £17.59 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £11.50 | £19.50 | £20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.03% | -2.50% | +29.37% |
| 75th Percentile | £15.91 | £21.09 | £22.94 |
| 90th Percentile | £16.00 | £25.54 | £33.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £11.50 | £20.32 | £18.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -43.41% | +11.34% | +20.90% |
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 | 40,482 | 56,783 | 84,604 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.77% | 94.58% | 95.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,407 | 39,621 | 59,331 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £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 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,642 | 1,607 | 2,111 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.28 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.45 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.68 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.71% | +95.65% | +1.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.60 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +117.95% | +2.63% |
Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Support Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Technician.
Support Technician
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Technician over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.
Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Technician.
Support Technician
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Technician over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.
Support 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 Support Technician within the UK 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 |
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| England | +82 | 93 | £200 | - | 133 |
| UK excluding London | +14 | 83 | £200 | +11.11% | 126 |
| South East | +7 | 39 | £200 | -2.44% | 31 |
| North of England | +49 | 22 | £150 | -14.29% | 28 |
| Midlands | +27 | 12 | £200 | +45.45% | 19 |
| London | +80 | 11 | £149 | -32.27% | 16 |
| Work from Home | +115 | 9 | £200 | - | 20 |
| North West | +22 | 9 | £128 | -21.54% | 13 |
| West Midlands | +34 | 7 | £213 | - | 11 |
| North East | +25 | 7 | £150 | +28.21% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +31 | 6 | £155 | -31.11% | 11 |
| East of England | +7 | 5 | £200 | +14.29% | 25 |
| South West | +4 | 5 | £221 | +60.91% | 19 |
| East Midlands | +12 | 4 | £148 | +7.27% | 8 |
| Scotland | +19 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| Wales | -4 | 1 | £213 | +19.72% | 3 |
Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
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 featuring Support Technician in the job title.
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Support 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:
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