IT Support Technician Contracts in England

IT Support Technician
UK > England

The median IT Support Technician daily rate in England is £214, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 May 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 470 569
Rank change year-on-year +9 +99 +119
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 17 71 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.070% 0.19% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% 0.21% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 41 59
10th Percentile £171 £125 £122
25th Percentile £180 £141 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £214 £200 £200
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% - +22.14%
75th Percentile £235 £225 £205
90th Percentile - £260 £252
UK median daily rate £214 £200 £189
% change year-on-year +7.00% +5.82% +16.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 21 6
10th Percentile £18.43 - £14.50
25th Percentile £18.90 £7.43 £15.29
Median hourly rate £19.98 £11.50 £17.90
Median % change year-on-year +73.74% -35.75% +2.29%
75th Percentile £20.75 £15.65 £20.75
90th Percentile £21.03 £16.00 £21.18
UK median hourly rate £19.98 £11.50 £18.06
% change year-on-year +73.74% -36.32% +3.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,312 33,903 46,550
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 92.74% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,841 22,464 33,060
10th Percentile £300 £281 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 901 2,436 1,372
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.87 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £44.06
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -14.88% +91.54%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £28.18 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.85% -16.67% +88.21%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Technician in England

IT Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Technician in England.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Technician in England

IT Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Technician in England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Technician in England

IT Support Technician
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
London +48 5 £225 +55.17% 12
South East +26 4 £202 +1.00% 18
Midlands +9 4 £175 -25.93% 5
East Midlands +7 4 £175 - 3
North of England +3 4 £180 +20.00% 19
Yorkshire +9 2 £205 +36.67% 13
North West +4 1 £175 +15.70% 5
North East -8 1 - - 1
IT Support Technician
UK

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, IT 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 England region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Windows
2 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
3 8 (47.06%) Active Directory
3 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (29.41%) LAN
5 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (23.53%) Finance
5 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (23.53%) Windows 10
5 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
5 4 (23.53%) A+ Certification
5 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
6 3 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (17.65%) CCENT
6 3 (17.65%) Azure
6 3 (17.65%) AWS
6 3 (17.65%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (17.65%) VLAN
6 3 (17.65%) Wealth Management
6 3 (17.65%) Dell
6 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (17.65%) CCNA
6 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (11.76%) ITIL
7 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (11.76%) MCSA
7 2 (11.76%) WAN
7 2 (11.76%) VPN

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (17.65%) AWS
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) LAN
2 3 (17.65%) VLAN
3 2 (11.76%) VPN
3 2 (11.76%) WAN
3 2 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.88%) Electronics
3 1 (5.88%) Law
3 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.88%) Marketing
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.88%) Handset
2 1 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (64.71%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Windows 10
3 2 (11.76%) Mac OS
4 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
2 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (17.65%) Wealth Management
3 2 (11.76%) ITIL
4 1 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.88%) Business Strategy
4 1 (5.88%) Customer Experience
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Maintenance
4 1 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (5.88%) Problem Management
4 1 (5.88%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.88%) Service Management
4 1 (5.88%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) A+ Certification
2 3 (17.65%) CCENT
2 3 (17.65%) CCNA
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (17.65%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (11.76%) MCSA
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
4 1 (5.88%) Degree
4 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (47.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Malwarebytes
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Dell
3 2 (11.76%) Ivanti
4 1 (5.88%) HP
4 1 (5.88%) SAP