IT Technician Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

IT Technician
England > East Midlands

The median IT Technician daily rate in the East Midlands is £128, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 59 69
Rank change year-on-year +4 +10 +24
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 15 7 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.93% 0.89% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.10% 0.96% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 1
10th Percentile - £119 -
25th Percentile £123 £139 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £128 £163 £100
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% +62.50% -27.27%
75th Percentile £129 £199 -
90th Percentile £173 £237 -
England median daily rate £133 £173 £175
% change year-on-year -23.19% -1.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
England median hourly rate £17.75 £15.10 £17.50
% change year-on-year +17.55% -13.71% +15.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 713 732 818
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.53% 93.49% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 441 592
10th Percentile £190 £250 £213
25th Percentile £330 £356 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £478
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -5.76% +6.11%
75th Percentile £500 £565 £600
90th Percentile £625 £622 £700
England median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 52 47
10th Percentile £16.17 £12.71 £12.70
25th Percentile £17.87 £14.20 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.39 £20.80 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +3.98% +13.90%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £26.10 £51.91 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.25 £44.75
% change year-on-year -46.77% +5.58% +69.89%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the East Midlands

IT Technician
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in the East Midlands

IT Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in the East Midlands

IT Technician
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Leicestershire +7 10 £128 - 2
Derbyshire +3 3 £165 +10.00% 6
Lincolnshire +4 1 £197 -12.44% 2
Northamptonshire - 1 - - 4
IT Technician
England

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, 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 East Midlands region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (20.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (13.33%) Break/Fix
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (13.33%) ITIL
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Ticket Management
3 1 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
3 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.67%) Workflow Management
3 1 (6.67%) Logistics
3 1 (6.67%) VLAN
3 1 (6.67%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (6.67%) CCENT
3 1 (6.67%) Windows
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (6.67%) LAN
3 1 (6.67%) Service Management
3 1 (6.67%) ITSM
3 1 (6.67%) Workflow
3 1 (6.67%) Migration
3 1 (6.67%) Network+ Certification

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) LAN
1 1 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (6.67%) VLAN
General
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (13.33%) Break/Fix
2 2 (13.33%) ITIL
3 1 (6.67%) Inventory Management
3 1 (6.67%) ITSM
3 1 (6.67%) Logistics
3 1 (6.67%) Migration
3 1 (6.67%) Service Management
3 1 (6.67%) Ticket Management
3 1 (6.67%) Workflow
3 1 (6.67%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) A+ Certification
2 1 (6.67%) CCENT
2 1 (6.67%) CCNA
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Remedy
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow