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 4 April 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 469 412 383
Rank change year-on-year -57 -29 +123
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 111 67 158
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.29% 0.27% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.30% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 54 96
10th Percentile £120 £123 £126
25th Percentile £131 £125 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £135 £175
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -22.86% -
75th Percentile £188 £192 £200
90th Percentile £215 £208 £251
UK median daily rate £172 £135 £178
% change year-on-year +27.70% -23.94% +1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 4 40
10th Percentile £15.19 £15.94 £7.43
25th Percentile £15.88 £17.01 £10.95
Median hourly rate £17.69 £18.18 £14.14
Median % change year-on-year -2.72% +28.59% -13.29%
75th Percentile £19.00 £19.83 £16.90
90th Percentile £22.74 £20.66 £18.98
UK median hourly rate £17.34 £18.18 £13.87
% change year-on-year -4.61% +31.07% -14.93%

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 35,653 22,632 34,809
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 92.88% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,473 15,157 23,256
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,346 840 2,307
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.84 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.09 £20.30 £16.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £33.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.79% - -24.36%
75th Percentile £65.60 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £76.25 £71.45
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £32.00 £33.78
% change year-on-year +25.00% -5.26% -24.15%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -47 45 £138 -23.61% 47
North West -20 32 £135 +3.85% 24
South West -22 19 £150 +13.21% 30
Midlands -67 15 £175 +32.08% 45
West Midlands -49 13 £175 +32.08% 23
South East -47 12 £233 +78.85% 43
London -54 12 £165 +3.13% 15
Yorkshire -56 10 £225 +21.62% 19
East of England -24 9 - - 29
North East -12 3 £175 - 6
East Midlands -34 2 £175 +16.67% 22
IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 April 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 42 (37.84%) Customer Service
2 41 (36.94%) Windows
3 35 (31.53%) Microsoft
4 21 (18.92%) Active Directory
4 21 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (18.02%) Security Cleared
5 20 (18.02%) Windows 10
6 19 (17.12%) SC Cleared
7 10 (9.01%) Asset Management
8 8 (7.21%) Service Delivery
9 7 (6.31%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (5.41%) Apple iOS
10 6 (5.41%) Azure
10 6 (5.41%) Mac OS X
10 6 (5.41%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (5.41%) Remote Desktop
10 6 (5.41%) SCCM
10 6 (5.41%) SharePoint
10 6 (5.41%) Ticket Management
10 6 (5.41%) VPN
10 6 (5.41%) Windows Server
10 6 (5.41%) Wireless
10 6 (5.41%) X-Windows
11 5 (4.50%) DBS Check
11 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
12 4 (3.60%) Android
12 4 (3.60%) Collaborative Working
12 4 (3.60%) Cybersecurity
12 4 (3.60%) Incident Management
12 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune

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 6 (5.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.90%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 21 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (5.41%) Azure
3 3 (2.70%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.80%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.31%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (5.41%) Remote Desktop
2 6 (5.41%) VPN
2 6 (5.41%) Wireless
3 4 (3.60%) WAN
4 3 (2.70%) Firewall
5 2 (1.80%) LAN
5 2 (1.80%) VoIP
6 1 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.90%) Network Security
6 1 (0.90%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (2.70%) Chocolatey
1 3 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 34 (30.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (2.70%) Finance
3 3 (2.70%) Public Sector
4 1 (0.90%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (0.90%) Banking
4 1 (0.90%) Legal
4 1 (0.90%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.41%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.31%) Driving Licence
2 6 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.70%) Educational Technology
3 3 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.80%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.90%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (0.90%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.90%) Social Media
5 1 (0.90%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 41 (36.94%) Windows
2 20 (18.02%) Windows 10
3 6 (5.41%) Apple iOS
3 6 (5.41%) Mac OS X
3 6 (5.41%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.60%) Android
5 3 (2.70%) Linux
6 2 (1.80%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (37.84%) Customer Service
2 10 (9.01%) Asset Management
3 8 (7.21%) Service Delivery
4 6 (5.41%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (5.41%) Ticket Management
5 4 (3.60%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (3.60%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (3.60%) Incident Management
6 3 (2.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (2.70%) Data Protection
6 3 (2.70%) ITIL
6 3 (2.70%) Migration
6 3 (2.70%) Server Virtualisation
6 3 (2.70%) Service Management
6 3 (2.70%) Time Management
7 2 (1.80%) Burndown Charts
7 2 (1.80%) Project Delivery
7 2 (1.80%) Tech Ops
7 2 (1.80%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (1.80%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 20 (18.02%) Security Cleared
2 19 (17.12%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.50%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.70%) CCNA
4 3 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.70%) Degree
5 2 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.90%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.80%) SLA
2 1 (0.90%) GDPR
2 1 (0.90%) QA
System Software
1 21 (18.92%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (5.41%) SCCM
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 35 (31.53%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.70%) VMware
3 2 (1.80%) Dell
3 2 (1.80%) Google
4 1 (0.90%) Apple
4 1 (0.90%) Cisco
4 1 (0.90%) Citrix
4 1 (0.90%) HP
4 1 (0.90%) ServiceNow