IT Technician Contracts in Wakefield

IT Technician
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The median IT Technician daily rate in Wakefield is £329 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wakefield 10.29% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 10.94% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £195 - -
25th Percentile £269 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £329 - -
75th Percentile £357 - -
90th Percentile £359 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £185 £165 £138
% change year-on-year +12.12% +20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.75 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 - -
75th Percentile £14.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.50 - £11.50
% change year-on-year - - -8.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wakefield

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Wakefield. 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 Wakefield with a recognized job title 64 67 65
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 94.37% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 19
10th Percentile £127 £183 £166
25th Percentile £163 £213 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £230 £375
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% -38.67% +36.36%
75th Percentile £380 £385 £481
90th Percentile £466 £438 £659
West Yorkshire median daily rate £498 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.24% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 12
10th Percentile - - £9.54
25th Percentile £12.75 - £9.98
Median hourly rate £13.50 - £10.85
Median % change year-on-year - - +24.43%
75th Percentile £18.50 - £12.00
90th Percentile £21.05 - £14.70
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.34 £22.50 £17.18
% change year-on-year -36.29% +31.00% -21.00%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in Wakefield

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wakefield

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

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in Wakefield

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in Wakefield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in Wakefield over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Technician in Wakefield

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wakefield

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in Wakefield

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 across the Wakefield region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (42.86%) A+ Certification
3 3 (42.86%) DHCP
3 3 (42.86%) DNS
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) CCNA
3 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (42.86%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 3 (42.86%) VMware Workstation
3 3 (42.86%) Banking
3 3 (42.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 3 (42.86%) QA
3 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
3 3 (42.86%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (42.86%) vCenter Server
3 3 (42.86%) Data Centre
3 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
3 3 (42.86%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
3 3 (42.86%) VMware ESXi

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wakefield 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (42.86%) DHCP
2 3 (42.86%) DNS
2 3 (42.86%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (28.57%) Network Security
4 1 (14.29%) LAN
4 1 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Centre
1 3 (42.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Learning Management System
2 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
2 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
3 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 3 (42.86%) Network Monitoring
2 3 (42.86%) Runbook
3 1 (14.29%) Break/Fix
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) A+ Certification
1 3 (42.86%) CCNA
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
1 3 (42.86%) Network+ Certification
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (28.57%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
1 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
1 3 (42.86%) KVM
1 3 (42.86%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (42.86%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) 3Com
2 1 (14.29%) Aruba
2 1 (14.29%) Brocade
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) Juniper
2 1 (14.29%) Meraki