IT Technician Contract Job Trends in England

IT Technician
UK > England

The median IT Technician daily rate in England is £133, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 402 450 482
Rank change year-on-year +48 +32 +168
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 99 83 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.25% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.27% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 27 85
10th Percentile £123 £127 £114
25th Percentile £126 £143 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £133 £175 £175
Median % change year-on-year -24.29% - +2.94%
75th Percentile £169 £200 £205
90th Percentile £194 £248 £224
UK median daily rate £133 £156 £175
% change year-on-year -15.20% -10.71% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 18
10th Percentile £13.51 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £15.50 £13.95 £15.43
Median hourly rate £16.88 £15.10 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.75% -13.71% +15.70%
75th Percentile £22.44 £24.18 £21.94
90th Percentile £25.15 - £25.95
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £15.10 £17.50
% change year-on-year +5.96% -13.71% +14.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 25,358 30,404 39,813
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 93.00% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,368 19,004 27,789
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,358 1,484 1,356
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.59 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.33 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +3.20% +71.00%
75th Percentile £54.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.88
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.01% +68.77%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured IT Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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 +9 38 £145 -14.71% 41
North West +4 25 £133 -41.11% 28
Midlands -7 22 £128 -27.14% 33
South East +31 17 £133 -30.26% 50
East Midlands +4 15 £128 -27.14% 15
South West +31 13 £128 -25.55% 27
Yorkshire -8 12 £148 -1.67% 8
West Midlands -15 7 £159 +4.10% 18
London +18 6 £135 -28.00% 29
East of England -14 2 £98 -24.62% 13
North East -3 1 - - 6
IT Technician
UK

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, IT Technician contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 31 (31.31%) Customer Service
2 30 (30.30%) Microsoft
3 19 (19.19%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 18 (18.18%) Windows
5 16 (16.16%) Active Directory
5 16 (16.16%) Service Management
6 15 (15.15%) LAN
7 14 (14.14%) WAN
8 13 (13.13%) Security Cleared
9 10 (10.10%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (9.09%) ServiceNow
11 8 (8.08%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (8.08%) SC Cleared
11 8 (8.08%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (8.08%) Ticket Management
12 7 (7.07%) Unified Communications
12 7 (7.07%) Mobile Device Management
12 7 (7.07%) Azure
12 7 (7.07%) Microsoft Office
13 6 (6.06%) Problem Management
13 6 (6.06%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (6.06%) HTC Vive
13 6 (6.06%) Virtual Reality
14 5 (5.05%) Proactive Management
14 5 (5.05%) Public Sector
14 5 (5.05%) Enterprise Software
15 4 (4.04%) SCCM
15 4 (4.04%) Mac OS
15 4 (4.04%) Power Platform

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (7.07%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.02%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 19 (19.19%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (7.07%) Azure
3 4 (4.04%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.03%) SaaS
5 1 (1.01%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.01%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (15.15%) LAN
2 14 (14.14%) WAN
3 7 (7.07%) Unified Communications
4 3 (3.03%) DNS
4 3 (3.03%) Internet
4 3 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.01%) Firewall
5 1 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.01%) VLAN
5 1 (1.01%) VoIP
5 1 (1.01%) Wireless
General
1 18 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.05%) Public Sector
3 4 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (4.04%) Finance
4 3 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.02%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.01%) Electronics
6 1 (1.01%) Law
6 1 (1.01%) Marketing
6 1 (1.01%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.06%) HTC Vive
1 6 (6.06%) Video Conferencing
1 6 (6.06%) Virtual Reality
2 5 (5.05%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.03%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.02%) CMDB
5 1 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.01%) NHS
5 1 (1.01%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (18.18%) Windows
2 4 (4.04%) Mac OS
2 4 (4.04%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.01%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (31.31%) Customer Service
2 16 (16.16%) Service Management
3 8 (8.08%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (8.08%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (8.08%) Ticket Management
4 7 (7.07%) Mobile Device Management
5 6 (6.06%) Problem Management
6 5 (5.05%) Proactive Management
7 4 (4.04%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (4.04%) ITIL
7 4 (4.04%) ITSM
8 3 (3.03%) Asset Management
8 3 (3.03%) Migration
8 3 (3.03%) User Experience
8 3 (3.03%) Workflow Management
9 2 (2.02%) Break/Fix
9 2 (2.02%) Collaborative Working
9 2 (2.02%) Data Security
9 2 (2.02%) Inventory Management
9 2 (2.02%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 13 (13.13%) Security Cleared
2 8 (8.08%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.03%) A+ Certification
3 3 (3.03%) Degree
3 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.02%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.02%) MCSA
5 1 (1.01%) CCENT
5 1 (1.01%) CCNA
5 1 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.02%) QA
2 1 (1.01%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (16.16%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.01%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (10.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.04%) SCCM
3 2 (2.02%) Malwarebytes
4 1 (1.01%) PaperCut
4 1 (1.01%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 30 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.03%) Dell
4 2 (2.02%) Apple
4 2 (2.02%) Computacenter
4 2 (2.02%) Ivanti
4 2 (2.02%) Yealink
5 1 (1.01%) Adobe
5 1 (1.01%) HP
5 1 (1.01%) Remedy
5 1 (1.01%) SAP