Support Technician Contracts in the East Midlands

Support Technician
England > East Midlands

The median Support Technician daily rate in the East Midlands is £148 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 75 95
Rank change year-on-year +13 +20 -
Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician 4 10 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.52% 0.95% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 1.01% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 1
10th Percentile £131 £134 -
25th Percentile £136 £135 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £148 £138 £325
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -57.69% -
75th Percentile £156 £168 £338
90th Percentile £158 £184 -
England median daily rate £200 £200 £166
% change year-on-year - +20.30% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £18.75 -
England median hourly rate £11.50 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -39.47% -5.00% +35.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 727 986 1,313
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 93.99% 94.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 486 763 968
10th Percentile £163 £208 £181
25th Percentile £258 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £550 £571 £506
90th Percentile £625 £700 £588
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 61 91
10th Percentile £11.81 £11.80 £9.74
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.73
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.32 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% +16.11% +19.05%
75th Percentile £26.15 £30.00 £25.68
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in the East Midlands

Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Support Technician in the East Midlands

Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Technician 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 5 May 2024. 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 - 3 £160 - 4
Derbyshire -1 1 £135 - 5
Support Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Support 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 Support Technician in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) iPhone
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (25.00%) Smartphone
4 1 (25.00%) PDA
4 1 (25.00%) Marketing
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (25.00%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (25.00%) ITSM
4 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) Electronics
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) PBX
4 1 (25.00%) PSTN
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) HP

Support 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) PBX
1 1 (25.00%) PSTN
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) BYOD
1 1 (25.00%) iPad
1 1 (25.00%) iPhone
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) PDA
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (25.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (25.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (25.00%) ITSM
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Dell
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Intel
2 1 (25.00%) Peregrine
2 1 (25.00%) Remedy
2 1 (25.00%) SAP