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 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 456 403 384
Rank change year-on-year -53 -19 +141
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 110 76 173
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.31% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.33% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 46 106
10th Percentile £128 £123 £125
25th Percentile £134 £124 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £135 £169
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -20.00% -0.74%
75th Percentile £188 £186 £200
90th Percentile £198 £211 £249
UK median daily rate £172 £135 £173
% change year-on-year +27.70% -21.74% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 5 41
10th Percentile £15.31 £16.18 £7.43
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.61 £10.95
Median hourly rate £17.47 £18.75 £14.41
Median % change year-on-year -6.84% +30.16% -11.65%
75th Percentile £18.90 £21.21 £17.14
90th Percentile £21.49 £22.99 £21.00
UK median hourly rate £16.82 £18.75 £14.14
% change year-on-year -10.29% +32.63% -13.29%

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 33,621 22,950 35,200
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.03% 93.03% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,202 15,047 23,545
10th Percentile £310 £300 £270
25th Percentile £413 £409 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,216 759 2,280
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.28 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.34 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.86 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.30% +7.69% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.25 £77.50 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £33.40 £32.50
% change year-on-year +4.79% +2.77% -23.53%

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 13 March 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 13 March 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 13 March 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 -49 40 £138 -23.61% 49
North West -14 29 £138 +5.77% 29
South West -17 20 £150 +13.21% 26
Midlands -61 16 £175 +20.69% 28
London -47 14 £165 +3.13% 10
South East -49 13 £175 +38.61% 37
West Midlands -56 12 £175 +29.63% 17
East of England -19 8 - - 16
Yorkshire -58 8 £188 +1.35% 14
East Midlands -34 4 £175 - 11
North East -15 3 £175 - 8
IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 March 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 43 (39.09%) Customer Service
2 40 (36.36%) Windows
3 34 (30.91%) Microsoft
4 25 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (21.82%) Active Directory
5 24 (21.82%) Security Cleared
6 20 (18.18%) SC Cleared
7 16 (14.55%) Windows 10
8 11 (10.00%) Asset Management
8 11 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (9.09%) Ticket Management
10 8 (7.27%) SCCM
10 8 (7.27%) Service Delivery
11 7 (6.36%) Azure
11 7 (6.36%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (6.36%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (6.36%) Wireless
12 6 (5.45%) Apple iOS
12 6 (5.45%) Degree
12 6 (5.45%) Mac OS X
12 6 (5.45%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (5.45%) ServiceNow
12 6 (5.45%) VPN
12 6 (5.45%) Windows Server
12 6 (5.45%) X-Windows
13 5 (4.55%) DBS Check
13 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
13 5 (4.55%) Problem Management
13 5 (4.55%) Service Management

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 5 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.91%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 25 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (6.36%) Azure
3 3 (2.73%) Entra ID
3 3 (2.73%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.73%) SaaS
4 1 (0.91%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (6.36%) Wireless
3 6 (5.45%) Remote Desktop
3 6 (5.45%) VPN
4 4 (3.64%) Firewall
4 4 (3.64%) Unified Communications
4 4 (3.64%) WAN
5 3 (2.73%) DNS
5 3 (2.73%) Internet
6 2 (1.82%) LAN
6 2 (1.82%) VoIP
7 1 (0.91%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.91%) Skype
7 1 (0.91%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (2.73%) Chocolatey
1 3 (2.73%) JIRA
General
1 34 (30.91%) Social Skills
2 5 (4.55%) Public Sector
3 4 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (2.73%) Finance
5 2 (1.82%) Banking
5 2 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.91%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.91%) Billing
6 1 (0.91%) Legal
6 1 (0.91%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.45%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (6.36%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.64%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (2.73%) Educational Technology
4 3 (2.73%) Low-Code
4 3 (2.73%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.82%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.91%) Biopharmaceutical
6 1 (0.91%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.91%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 40 (36.36%) Windows
2 16 (14.55%) Windows 10
3 6 (5.45%) Apple iOS
3 6 (5.45%) Mac OS X
3 6 (5.45%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.64%) Android
5 3 (2.73%) Linux
6 2 (1.82%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (39.09%) Customer Service
2 11 (10.00%) Asset Management
2 11 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (9.09%) Ticket Management
4 8 (7.27%) Service Delivery
5 7 (6.36%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (4.55%) Problem Management
6 5 (4.55%) Service Management
6 5 (4.55%) User Experience
7 4 (3.64%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (3.64%) Data Protection
7 4 (3.64%) Proactive Management
8 3 (2.73%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (2.73%) Data Security
8 3 (2.73%) ITIL
8 3 (2.73%) Server Virtualisation
8 3 (2.73%) Tech Ops
8 3 (2.73%) Time Management
9 2 (1.82%) ITSM
9 2 (1.82%) Migration
Qualifications
1 24 (21.82%) Security Cleared
2 20 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.45%) Degree
4 5 (4.55%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.73%) CCNA
5 3 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.91%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.82%) SLA
2 1 (0.91%) GDPR
2 1 (0.91%) QA
System Software
1 24 (21.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.91%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (7.27%) SCCM
2 7 (6.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.91%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 34 (30.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.45%) ServiceNow
3 3 (2.73%) VMware
4 2 (1.82%) Dell
5 1 (0.91%) Apple
5 1 (0.91%) Aruba
5 1 (0.91%) Cisco
5 1 (0.91%) Citrix
5 1 (0.91%) Google
5 1 (0.91%) HP
5 1 (0.91%) SAP