IT Support Technician Contract Job Trends in Croydon

IT Support Technician
South London > Croydon

The median IT Support Technician daily rate in Croydon is £165, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 1.05% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £158 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 - -
75th Percentile £173 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £165 - £165
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 92 123 169
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 97.62% 98.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 91 111
10th Percentile £344 £380 £231
25th Percentile £492 £463 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -0.72%
75th Percentile £547 £600 £630
90th Percentile £585 £638 £675
South London median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £17.00
25th Percentile - - £20.19
Median hourly rate - - £23.50
75th Percentile - - £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £67.70 £53.80 £23.50
% change year-on-year +25.84% +128.94% -46.11%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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 Croydon.

IT Support Technician job vacancy trend in Croydon

IT Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

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

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

IT Support Technician
Contract Job Locations in Croydon

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 Croydon region over the 6 months to 25 January 2026. 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
Coulsdon - 1 £165 - 1
IT Support Technician
South London

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 25 January 2026, 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 Croydon region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Server Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Server Virtualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware