Support Technician Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Support Technician
England > East Midlands

The median Support Technician daily rate in the East Midlands is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 55 58
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician 12 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.35% 0.34% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 0.37% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £178 - £110
25th Percentile £200 £173 £116
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £175 £135
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% +29.63% -
75th Percentile £238 £178 £179
90th Percentile - - £201
England median daily rate £165 £175 £188
% change year-on-year -5.71% -6.67% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - -
Median hourly rate £23.83 - -
75th Percentile £24.49 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.63 £16.88 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.44% -15.63% +8.11%

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 814 547 682
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 91.93% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 336 482
10th Percentile £180 £226 £189
25th Percentile £352 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -2.17%
75th Percentile £525 £530 £550
90th Percentile £625 £631 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 24 47
10th Percentile £16.17 £15.10 £12.70
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.46
Median hourly rate £20.92 £22.05 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +10.23% +15.94%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £26.97
90th Percentile £25.29 £33.15 £59.60
England median hourly rate £26.40 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.57% -22.58% +39.02%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Support Technician job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Support 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 Support Technician within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Nottinghamshire - 5 £225 - 2
Lincolnshire - 3 - - 1
Northamptonshire - 3 - - 1
Leicestershire - 1 £175 - 2
Support Technician
England

Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, 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 East Midlands region featuring Support Technician in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 8 (66.67%) Migration
3 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
3 5 (41.67%) Apple iOS
3 5 (41.67%) Azure
3 5 (41.67%) BCP
3 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (41.67%) Data Migration
3 5 (41.67%) Entra ID
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (41.67%) SCCM
3 5 (41.67%) SharePoint
3 5 (41.67%) Windows
4 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
4 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (25.00%) Change Management
4 3 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 3 (25.00%) SAP
4 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (25.00%) Supplier Management
4 3 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 3 (25.00%) Workflow

Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
1 5 (41.67%) Entra ID
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Electronics
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (25.00%) Marketing
2 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Apple iOS
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 8 (66.67%) Migration
3 5 (41.67%) BCP
3 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (41.67%) Data Migration
4 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
4 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (25.00%) Change Management
4 3 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (25.00%) Supplier Management
4 3 (25.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (41.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) SAP