IT Technician Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

IT Technician
England > East Midlands

As of 31 August 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median IT Technician daily rate in the East Midlands.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 56 57
Rank change year-on-year -15 +1 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 13 15 7
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.03% 1.96% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 2.16% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 11 5
10th Percentile - - £123
25th Percentile - £123 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £128 £150
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% -
75th Percentile - £129 -
90th Percentile - £173 £218
England median daily rate £168 £133 £150
% change year-on-year +26.42% -11.67% -20.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £19.33 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.14% - -
75th Percentile £24.28 - -
90th Percentile £24.73 - -
England median hourly rate £19.00 £18.44 £14.18
% change year-on-year +3.06% +30.01% -18.97%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,120 696 705
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.68% 90.86% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 515 473 456
10th Percentile £263 £200 £245
25th Percentile £402 £325 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £405 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -10.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £575
90th Percentile £660 £625 £623
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 64 53
10th Percentile £12.87 £15.43 £12.47
25th Percentile £14.13 £17.87 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.00 £21.39 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% -4.93% +8.41%
75th Percentile £26.93 £25.15 £50.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £29.16 £51.91
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +4.65%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

IT Technician job vacancy trend 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 31 August 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
Northamptonshire - 7 - - 6
Derbyshire -4 5 - - 6
Nottinghamshire - 1 - - 5
IT Technician
England

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 31 August 2026, IT 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 East Midlands region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (23.08%) Asset Management
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) CRM
2 2 (15.38%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (7.69%) Migration
3 1 (7.69%) Windows 10

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Remote Desktop
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Automotive
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Asset Management
2 2 (15.38%) CRM
3 1 (7.69%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft