IT Support Technician Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

IT Support Technician
North West > Cheshire

The median IT Support Technician daily rate in Cheshire is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 - 55
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 1.10% - 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% - 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £163 - £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - £175
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.48%
75th Percentile £188 - £188
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £175 £173 £171
% change year-on-year +1.45% +0.73% +2.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile £17.31 - -
North West median hourly rate £16.00 - £22.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 564 405 349
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.68% 88.82% 87.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 234 233
10th Percentile £270 £305 £265
25th Percentile £358 £361 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £551 £575 £540
90th Percentile £688 £645 £586
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 20 25
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.35 £16.22
25th Percentile £19.00 £16.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.50 £22.09 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -6.44% +33.69%
75th Percentile £36.75 £25.45 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £86.00 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £30.99 £27.13 £35.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -22.50% +59.09%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Support Technician' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

IT Support Technician job vacancy trend in Cheshire

IT Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in Cheshire

IT Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in Cheshire

IT Support Technician
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 2025. 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
Warrington - 6 £175 - 1
Macclesfield - 1 - -
IT Support Technician
North West

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, IT Support Technician contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheshire region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Proactive Management
2 6 (85.71%) Problem Management
2 6 (85.71%) SCCM
2 6 (85.71%) Ticket Management
2 6 (85.71%) Unified Communications
2 6 (85.71%) Windows
3 5 (71.43%) Azure
3 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
3 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (71.43%) Degree
3 5 (71.43%) DNS
3 5 (71.43%) Internet
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (71.43%) Power Platform
3 5 (71.43%) SaaS
3 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
3 5 (71.43%) User Experience
3 5 (71.43%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (14.29%) Antivirus Management
4 1 (14.29%) Apple
4 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
4 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 5 (71.43%) Power Platform
2 5 (71.43%) SaaS
3 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Unified Communications
2 5 (71.43%) DNS
2 5 (71.43%) Internet
2 5 (71.43%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Enterprise Software
1 6 (85.71%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (71.43%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
2 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Proactive Management
1 6 (85.71%) Problem Management
1 6 (85.71%) Ticket Management
2 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
2 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) User Experience
3 1 (14.29%) Antivirus Management
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
3 1 (14.29%) ITSM
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) SCCM
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Apple
2 1 (14.29%) SAP