IT Technician Contracts in West Yorkshire

IT Technician
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median IT Technician daily rate in West Yorkshire is £185 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 99 106
Rank change year-on-year +44 +7 -23
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 16 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 1.62% 0.38% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.74% 0.38% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 5
10th Percentile £136 £134 £102
25th Percentile £145 £143 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £165 £138
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £337 £175 £144
90th Percentile £360 £184 £161
Yorkshire median daily rate £185 £168 £155
% change year-on-year +10.45% +8.06% -29.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.75 - £10.63
Median hourly rate £13.50 - £11.50
75th Percentile £14.25 - £17.00
90th Percentile - - £17.38
Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.50 - £11.50
% change year-on-year - - -5.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 918 1,563 1,849
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.01% 97.75% 97.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 1,085 1,339
10th Percentile £296 £325 £250
25th Percentile £400 £445 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £577 £619 £560
90th Percentile £668 £700 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +10.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 51
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.00 £10.20
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.16 £12.00
Median hourly rate £14.34 £22.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.29% +28.57% -19.50%
75th Percentile £29.25 £63.75 £21.69
90th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £26.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.50 £22.00 £17.57
% change year-on-year -34.09% +25.21% -7.53%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in West Yorkshire

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in West Yorkshire

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Technician in West Yorkshire

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in West Yorkshire

IT Technician
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 8 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
Wakefield - 7 £329 -
Bradford +3 4 £185 +19.35% 4
Leeds +28 3 £260 +52.94% 3
Castleford - 1 £150 - 2
Huddersfield - 1 £95 - 1
IT Technician
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 West Yorkshire region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 10 (62.50%) Windows
2 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (31.25%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (25.00%) Migration
4 4 (25.00%) DHCP
4 4 (25.00%) DNS
4 4 (25.00%) VMware
4 4 (25.00%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (25.00%) Banking
4 4 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (25.00%) Runbook
4 4 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (25.00%) vCenter Server
4 4 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 4 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (25.00%) KVM
4 4 (25.00%) Data Centre
4 4 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 4 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (18.75%) DBS Check
5 3 (18.75%) Hyper-V
5 3 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (18.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (18.75%) Degree
5 3 (18.75%) Computer Science

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 5 (31.25%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (25.00%) DHCP
2 4 (25.00%) DNS
2 4 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (12.50%) Network Security
4 1 (6.25%) LAN
4 1 (6.25%) WAN
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Banking
3 3 (18.75%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (18.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (12.50%) Driving Licence
3 2 (12.50%) Learning Management System
3 2 (12.50%) Smartphone
4 1 (6.25%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (62.50%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (12.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (25.00%) Migration
2 4 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 4 (25.00%) Runbook
3 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
4 1 (6.25%) Break/Fix
4 1 (6.25%) Project Management
4 1 (6.25%) Test Automation
4 1 (6.25%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (18.75%) A+ Certification
2 3 (18.75%) CCNA
2 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (18.75%) DBS Check
2 3 (18.75%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (25.00%) KVM
2 4 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (25.00%) VMware Workstation
3 3 (18.75%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (6.25%) 3Com
3 1 (6.25%) Aruba
3 1 (6.25%) Brocade
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco
3 1 (6.25%) Citrix
3 1 (6.25%) Juniper
3 1 (6.25%) Meraki