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 3 February 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 380 396
Rank change year-on-year -56 +16 +126
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 114 98 163
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.38% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.40% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 46 98
10th Percentile £127 £123 £126
25th Percentile £134 £125 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £141 £175
Median % change year-on-year +16.81% -19.29% +2.94%
75th Percentile £188 £189 £200
90th Percentile £195 £215 £252
UK median daily rate £172 £135 £175
% change year-on-year +27.70% -22.86% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 13 37
10th Percentile - £13.95 £7.43
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £11.50
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £14.53
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +37.65% -5.50%
75th Percentile £18.94 £24.18 £17.72
90th Percentile £23.71 - £21.00
UK median hourly rate £17.37 £20.00 £14.47
% change year-on-year -13.16% +38.24% -6.66%

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 30,295 24,258 35,635
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 93.06% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,300 14,922 23,999
10th Percentile £300 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £642
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,894 726 2,114
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.92 £13.24
25th Percentile £18.73 £21.25 £16.86
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £61.44
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £29.65 £33.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -10.17% -7.04% +1.43%

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 3 February 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 3 February 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 3 February 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 -50 41 £175 -2.78% 28
North West -10 33 £138 +5.77% 12
South West -10 22 £150 +13.21% 25
South East -15 19 £160 +25.49% 38
Midlands -54 19 £175 +20.69% 35
West Midlands -36 13 £175 +32.08% 18
London -33 11 £165 +3.13% 27
East Midlands -25 6 £128 -27.14% 17
Yorkshire -59 6 £175 -5.41% 14
North East -17 2 £188 - 3
East of England -22 2 - - 22
IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 February 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 54 (47.37%) Customer Service
2 37 (32.46%) Windows
3 32 (28.07%) Microsoft
4 29 (25.44%) Security Cleared
5 25 (21.93%) Active Directory
6 24 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (18.42%) SC Cleared
8 15 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (13.16%) Windows 10
9 13 (11.40%) Ticket Management
10 12 (10.53%) Asset Management
10 12 (10.53%) ServiceNow
11 11 (9.65%) Azure
11 11 (9.65%) SCCM
12 10 (8.77%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
13 9 (7.89%) Unified Communications
14 8 (7.02%) Degree
14 8 (7.02%) Service Delivery
15 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
15 7 (6.14%) Proactive Management
15 7 (6.14%) Problem Management
15 7 (6.14%) User Experience
16 6 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
16 6 (5.26%) Service Management
17 5 (4.39%) DNS
17 5 (4.39%) Internet
17 5 (4.39%) ITSM
17 5 (4.39%) Power Platform

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 (4.39%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 24 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (9.65%) Azure
3 5 (4.39%) Power Platform
3 5 (4.39%) SaaS
4 3 (2.63%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.88%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.77%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (7.89%) Unified Communications
3 5 (4.39%) DNS
3 5 (4.39%) Internet
3 5 (4.39%) WAN
3 5 (4.39%) Wireless
4 4 (3.51%) Firewall
4 4 (3.51%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (2.63%) VPN
6 2 (1.75%) LAN
7 1 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.88%) Skype
7 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Chocolatey
1 3 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 38 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (6.14%) Public Sector
3 4 (3.51%) Finance
4 3 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.75%) Banking
5 2 (1.75%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.88%) Billing
6 1 (0.88%) Electronics
6 1 (0.88%) Marketing
6 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.51%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.65%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (6.14%) Driving Licence
2 7 (6.14%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (4.39%) Low-Code
4 3 (2.63%) Educational Technology
5 2 (1.75%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.75%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.88%) Biopharmaceutical
6 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.88%) NHS
6 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.88%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 37 (32.46%) Windows
2 15 (13.16%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.51%) Android
3 4 (3.51%) Apple iOS
3 4 (3.51%) Mac OS X
3 4 (3.51%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.63%) Linux
5 2 (1.75%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.88%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (47.37%) Customer Service
2 15 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (11.40%) Ticket Management
4 12 (10.53%) Asset Management
5 9 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (7.02%) Service Delivery
7 7 (6.14%) Proactive Management
7 7 (6.14%) Problem Management
7 7 (6.14%) User Experience
8 6 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (5.26%) Service Management
9 5 (4.39%) ITSM
10 4 (3.51%) Data Protection
10 4 (3.51%) Data Security
10 4 (3.51%) ITIL
11 3 (2.63%) Incident Management
11 3 (2.63%) Migration
11 3 (2.63%) Server Virtualisation
11 3 (2.63%) Tech Ops
11 3 (2.63%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 29 (25.44%) Security Cleared
2 21 (18.42%) SC Cleared
3 8 (7.02%) Degree
4 3 (2.63%) CCNA
4 3 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.63%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.88%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.63%) SLA
2 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 25 (21.93%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.88%) Firmware
3 1 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (9.65%) SCCM
2 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.88%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 32 (28.07%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.53%) ServiceNow
3 3 (2.63%) VMware
4 2 (1.75%) Apple
4 2 (1.75%) Dell
4 2 (1.75%) SAP
4 2 (1.75%) Yealink
5 1 (0.88%) Aruba
5 1 (0.88%) Cisco
5 1 (0.88%) Citrix
5 1 (0.88%) Google
5 1 (0.88%) HP