IT Technician Contracts in the East Midlands

IT Technician
England > East Midlands

The median IT Technician daily rate in the East Midlands is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 February 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
18 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 63 77
Rank change year-on-year +9 +14 +29
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 4 6 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.69% 0.76% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.81% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 9
10th Percentile - £108 £130
25th Percentile £173 £121 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £143 £138
Median % change year-on-year +22.81% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £178 £166 £158
90th Percentile - £196 £164
England median daily rate £135 £175 £170
% change year-on-year -22.86% +2.94% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - £13.59
25th Percentile - - £14.91
Median hourly rate - £17.72 £16.31
Median % change year-on-year - +8.68% -24.16%
75th Percentile - - £17.97
90th Percentile - - £19.79
England median hourly rate £21.21 £14.53 £15.90
% change year-on-year +45.97% -8.63% -0.61%

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 531 742 1,091
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.39% 94.52% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 514 812
10th Percentile £225 £166 £200
25th Percentile £341 £263 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% +8.96%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £570
90th Percentile £600 £646 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 69 83
10th Percentile £17.00 £11.95 £11.05
25th Percentile £19.25 £14.25 £13.71
Median hourly rate £24.18 £17.72 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +36.46% +1.26% +16.67%
75th Percentile £27.33 £21.46 £22.63
90th Percentile £38.00 £33.60 £40.25
England median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +82.88%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in the East Midlands

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician 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 18 February 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
Derbyshire +9 4 £175 - 3
IT Technician
England

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 February 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 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (50.00%) Break/Fix
3 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) SAP
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) SLA
3 2 (50.00%) HP
3 2 (50.00%) Dell
3 2 (50.00%) Electronics
3 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (50.00%) Marketing
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing

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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Dell
1 2 (50.00%) HP
1 2 (50.00%) SAP