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 21 October 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 57 67
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 +25
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 15 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.77% 0.79% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.93% 0.85% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 3
10th Percentile £123 £119 £110
25th Percentile £123 £139 £125
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £128 £175 £150
Median % change year-on-year -27.14% +16.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £129 £220 £183
90th Percentile £176 £246 £202
England median daily rate £133 £163 £170
% change year-on-year -18.46% -4.41% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
England median hourly rate £16.75 £18.10 £17.50
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.40% +16.67%

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 778 709 794
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 93.04% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 418 580
10th Percentile £191 £250 £200
25th Percentile £340 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.97% -10.50% +2.70%
75th Percentile £521 £529 £588
90th Percentile £635 £600 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 40 52
10th Percentile £16.17 £12.61 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.53 £15.07
Median hourly rate £21.25 £24.18 £17.83
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% +35.60% +2.63%
75th Percentile £25.15 £44.49 £35.00
90th Percentile £25.56 £55.00 £69.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.94 £45.88
% change year-on-year -41.43% -6.41% +60.98%

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 21 October 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 +6 8 £128 -
Derbyshire +1 3 £165 +15.79% 7
Northamptonshire - 3 - - 3
Lincolnshire -8 1 £197 -12.44% 1
IT Technician
England

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, 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 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
3 2 (13.33%) Break/Fix
3 2 (13.33%) ITIL
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) A+ Certification
4 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
4 1 (6.67%) Inventory Management
4 1 (6.67%) ITSM
4 1 (6.67%) Logistics
4 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (6.67%) Migration
4 1 (6.67%) Remedy
4 1 (6.67%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (6.67%) Service Management
4 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.67%) Ticket Management
4 1 (6.67%) Windows
4 1 (6.67%) Workflow
4 1 (6.67%) Workflow Management

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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
General
1 4 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
3 2 (13.33%) Break/Fix
3 2 (13.33%) ITIL
4 1 (6.67%) Inventory Management
4 1 (6.67%) ITSM
4 1 (6.67%) Logistics
4 1 (6.67%) Migration
4 1 (6.67%) Service Management
4 1 (6.67%) Ticket Management
4 1 (6.67%) Workflow
4 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%) DBS Check
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Remedy
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow