IT Technician Contract Job Trends in England

IT Technician
UK > England

The median IT Technician daily rate in England is £165, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
6 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 460 433 444
Rank change year-on-year -27 +11 +47
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 174 88 74
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.38% 0.32% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.35% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 74 27
10th Percentile £120 £123 £126
25th Percentile £121 £126 £138
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £133 £150
Median % change year-on-year +24.53% -11.67% -20.53%
75th Percentile £198 £153 £200
90th Percentile £248 £193 £248
UK median daily rate £170 £133 £150
% change year-on-year +28.30% -11.67% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 8 12
10th Percentile £12.71 £13.42 £12.57
25th Percentile £14.45 £15.01 £13.65
Median hourly rate £18.19 £18.09 £14.76
Median % change year-on-year +0.51% +22.62% -15.69%
75th Percentile £25.74 £24.07 £21.05
90th Percentile £25.77 £25.15 £24.18
UK median hourly rate £17.72 £17.75 £14.41
% change year-on-year -0.17% +23.18% -17.66%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 42,464 25,183 30,487
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 91.42% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,485 16,238 19,433
10th Percentile £326 £281 £305
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,306 1,340 1,572
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.55 £14.41
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £46.87
Median % change year-on-year +73.20% -46.34% +6.85%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

IT Technician job vacancy trend in England

IT Technician
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in England

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in England over the 6 months to 6 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in England

IT Technician
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Technician in England over the 6 months to 6 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Technician in England

IT 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 Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 6 September 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
North of England -46 58 £125 -13.79% 43
South East -55 31 £200 +52.38% 57
Yorkshire -17 30 £250 +72.41% 24
Midlands -44 30 £165 +29.41% 40
South West -24 28 £214 +67.65% 32
North West -51 26 £123 -7.55% 11
East Midlands -16 15 - - 25
West Midlands -34 15 £165 +32.00% 15
East of England -11 14 - - 28
London -66 11 £184 +36.63% 36
North East -37 3 £200 - 8
IT Technician
UK

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 6 September 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 England region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 47 (27.01%) Microsoft
2 38 (21.84%) Windows
3 34 (19.54%) Customer Service
4 33 (18.97%) Security Cleared
5 32 (18.39%) SC Cleared
6 31 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (15.52%) Microsoft 365
8 25 (14.37%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (9.20%) Windows 10
10 13 (7.47%) Active Directory
10 13 (7.47%) Service Delivery
11 12 (6.90%) Asset Management
12 9 (5.17%) LAN
12 9 (5.17%) SharePoint
13 8 (4.60%) Incident Management
14 7 (4.02%) DBS Check
14 7 (4.02%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (4.02%) WAN
15 6 (3.45%) Apple iOS
15 6 (3.45%) ITSM
15 6 (3.45%) Siemens
16 5 (2.87%) ITIL
16 5 (2.87%) Migration
17 4 (2.30%) Azure
17 4 (2.30%) Collaborative Working
17 4 (2.30%) Cybersecurity
17 4 (2.30%) Data Protection
17 4 (2.30%) Degree
17 4 (2.30%) Entra ID

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 9 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.57%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.15%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 27 (15.52%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.30%) Azure
2 4 (2.30%) Entra ID
3 3 (1.72%) IaaS
3 3 (1.72%) OneDrive
4 2 (1.15%) AWS
4 2 (1.15%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 25 (14.37%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (5.17%) LAN
3 7 (4.02%) WAN
4 2 (1.15%) Network Security
4 2 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (1.15%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.15%) VLAN
5 1 (0.57%) DHCP
5 1 (0.57%) DNS
5 1 (0.57%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.57%) PABX
5 1 (0.57%) SAN
5 1 (0.57%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.57%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (0.57%) JIRA
General
1 56 (32.18%) Social Skills
2 11 (6.32%) Retail
3 9 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (4.02%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.45%) Law
7 5 (2.87%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.15%) Automotive
9 2 (1.15%) Legal
9 2 (1.15%) Police
10 1 (0.57%) Back Office
10 1 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.57%) Finance
10 1 (0.57%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.47%) Onboarding
2 10 (5.75%) Driving Licence
3 8 (4.60%) Operational Technology
4 6 (3.45%) EPoS
5 4 (2.30%) Social Media
6 2 (1.15%) iPad
6 2 (1.15%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.57%) CCTV
7 1 (0.57%) CMDB
7 1 (0.57%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.57%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (0.57%) IoT
7 1 (0.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 38 (21.84%) Windows
2 16 (9.20%) Windows 10
3 6 (3.45%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.15%) Android
5 2 (1.15%) Linux
5 2 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.57%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (19.54%) Customer Service
2 31 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (7.47%) Service Delivery
5 12 (6.90%) Asset Management
6 8 (4.60%) Incident Management
7 6 (3.45%) ITSM
8 5 (2.87%) ITIL
8 5 (2.87%) Migration
9 4 (2.30%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (2.30%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (2.30%) Data Protection
9 4 (2.30%) Inventory Management
9 4 (2.30%) Ticket Management
9 4 (2.30%) Time Management
10 3 (1.72%) Data Analytics
10 3 (1.72%) Inventory Control
10 3 (1.72%) Logistics
10 3 (1.72%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 3 (1.72%) Two-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.72%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.57%) Bash
2 1 (0.57%) Python
2 1 (0.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 32 (18.39%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.02%) DBS Check
3 7 (4.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.30%) Degree
5 3 (1.72%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.72%) MCITP
6 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.57%) CCNA
6 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.57%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.57%) MCSA
6 1 (0.57%) MCSE
6 1 (0.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.30%) QA
1 4 (2.30%) SLA
2 2 (1.15%) GDPR
2 2 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.57%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 13 (7.47%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.72%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.57%) Firmware
3 1 (0.57%) KVM
Systems Management
1 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.15%) SCCM
3 1 (0.57%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (0.57%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 47 (27.01%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.45%) Siemens
3 3 (1.72%) Dell
3 3 (1.72%) VMware
4 2 (1.15%) Google
4 2 (1.15%) Sophos
5 1 (0.57%) Apple
5 1 (0.57%) Cisco
5 1 (0.57%) Citrix
5 1 (0.57%) HP
5 1 (0.57%) Remedy
5 1 (0.57%) Samsung
5 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow
213 IT Technician jobs in England