IT Technician Contract Job Trends in England

IT Technician
UK > England

The median IT Technician daily rate in England is £153, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 464 423 417
Rank change year-on-year -41 -6 +64
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 128 65 139
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.27% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.29% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 54 73
10th Percentile - - £123
25th Percentile £120 £123 £126
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £153 £133 £150
Median % change year-on-year +15.09% -11.67% -18.37%
75th Percentile £188 £184 £200
90th Percentile £250 £225 £225
UK median daily rate £172 £130 £150
% change year-on-year +32.62% -13.33% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 4 39
10th Percentile £14.05 £14.77 £7.43
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.60 £10.95
Median hourly rate £21.07 £18.18 £13.87
Median % change year-on-year +15.87% +31.07% -12.49%
75th Percentile £25.77 £19.83 £16.72
90th Percentile - £20.66 £18.75
UK median hourly rate £19.33 £18.18 £13.87
% change year-on-year +6.33% +31.07% -12.22%

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 38,958 22,345 34,300
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 92.42% 92.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,051 14,722 22,516
10th Percentile £325 £290 £285
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,739 957 2,592
10th Percentile £15.79 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.30 £18.20 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.78 £29.33 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.09% -22.82% -15.56%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +60.71% -25.33% -16.67%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -30 57 £130 -10.34% 44
North West -13 35 £120 -9.43% 17
Yorkshire -46 22 £220 +22.22% 18
South West -25 16 £214 +67.65% 25
Midlands -50 16 £175 +40.00% 27
South East -58 15 £233 +84.16% 30
East of England -15 12 - - 28
West Midlands -50 12 £175 +40.00% 13
London -72 10 £165 -22.35% 19
East Midlands -26 4 - - 14
North East -27 1 £135 - 10
IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 June 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 39 (30.47%) Windows
2 34 (26.56%) Microsoft
3 26 (20.31%) Customer Service
4 24 (18.75%) Active Directory
4 24 (18.75%) SC Cleared
4 24 (18.75%) Security Cleared
5 23 (17.97%) Windows 10
6 22 (17.19%) Wi-Fi
7 21 (16.41%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (6.25%) Azure
9 7 (5.47%) Asset Management
10 6 (4.69%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (4.69%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (4.69%) Data Protection
10 6 (4.69%) Mac OS X
10 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (4.69%) Remote Desktop
10 6 (4.69%) SharePoint
10 6 (4.69%) VPN
10 6 (4.69%) Windows Server
10 6 (4.69%) Wireless
10 6 (4.69%) X-Windows
11 5 (3.91%) Degree
11 5 (3.91%) Entra ID
11 5 (3.91%) ITIL
11 5 (3.91%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (3.13%) Apple iOS
12 4 (3.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (3.13%) DBS Check
12 4 (3.13%) JIRA

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 (4.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.78%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.34%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 21 (16.41%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (6.25%) Azure
3 5 (3.91%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.34%) IaaS
5 2 (1.56%) AWS
5 2 (1.56%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 22 (17.19%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (4.69%) Remote Desktop
2 6 (4.69%) VPN
2 6 (4.69%) Wireless
3 4 (3.13%) WAN
4 3 (2.34%) Firewall
4 3 (2.34%) LAN
5 2 (1.56%) VoIP
6 1 (0.78%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.78%) Network Security
6 1 (0.78%) PABX
6 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.78%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.78%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (3.13%) JIRA
2 3 (2.34%) Chocolatey
General
1 32 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (3.91%) Law
2 5 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (3.91%) Retail
3 4 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (3.13%) Finance
4 3 (2.34%) Public Sector
5 2 (1.56%) Legal
5 2 (1.56%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.56%) Police
6 1 (0.78%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.78%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.69%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 6 (4.69%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.34%) Educational Technology
4 3 (2.34%) Operational Technology
4 3 (2.34%) Social Media
5 2 (1.56%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.78%) CCTV
6 1 (0.78%) CMDB
6 1 (0.78%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (0.78%) IoT
6 1 (0.78%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 39 (30.47%) Windows
2 23 (17.97%) Windows 10
3 6 (4.69%) Mac OS X
3 6 (4.69%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.13%) Apple iOS
4 4 (3.13%) Linux
5 2 (1.56%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.78%) Android
6 1 (0.78%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (20.31%) Customer Service
2 7 (5.47%) Asset Management
3 6 (4.69%) Collaborative Working
3 6 (4.69%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (4.69%) Data Protection
4 5 (3.91%) ITIL
4 5 (3.91%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (3.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (3.13%) Migration
6 3 (2.34%) Incident Management
6 3 (2.34%) Logistics
6 3 (2.34%) Server Virtualisation
7 2 (1.56%) Change Management
7 2 (1.56%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (1.56%) Inventory Management
7 2 (1.56%) ITSM
7 2 (1.56%) Project Delivery
7 2 (1.56%) Tech Ops
7 2 (1.56%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (1.56%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 24 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 5 (3.91%) Degree
3 4 (3.13%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.34%) CCNA
4 3 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.56%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.78%) Dell Certification
6 1 (0.78%) MCSA
6 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.34%) GDPR
2 2 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.56%) SLA
3 1 (0.78%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.78%) QA
System Software
1 24 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.78%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.13%) SCCM
3 3 (2.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.78%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (0.78%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 34 (26.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.13%) VMware
3 3 (2.34%) Dell
4 2 (1.56%) Google
5 1 (0.78%) Apple
5 1 (0.78%) Cisco
5 1 (0.78%) HP
5 1 (0.78%) Remedy
5 1 (0.78%) Samsung
5 1 (0.78%) Siemens