Technical Specialist Contracts in England

Technical Specialist
UK > England

The median Technical Specialist daily rate in England is £325 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 509 600 716
Rank change year-on-year +91 +116 -151
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 39 68 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.13% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.14% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 48 39
10th Percentile £148 £400 £309
25th Percentile £158 £475 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -39.25% +1.90% +7.42%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £641
90th Percentile £687 £735 £734
UK median daily rate £290 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -44.76% +5.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £41.81 -
UK median hourly rate - £41.81 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,517 47,965 67,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.58% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,960 34,010 48,090
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,411 1,443 1,914
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.67 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.45 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Specialist in England

Technical Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Specialist in England.

Daily rate trend for Technical Specialist in England

Technical Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Specialist in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Specialist in England

Technical Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Specialist in England.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Specialist in England

Technical Specialist
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 Technical Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
South East +19 13 £150 -73.91% 16
London +71 8 £513 -1.44% 10
South West - 7 £165 - 5
North of England - 6 £350 - 9
North West - 4 £350 - 5
West Midlands +24 3 £663 +74.34% 4
Midlands +21 3 £663 +74.34% 5
East of England +8 2 £325 -35.00% 6
Yorkshire - 1 - - 3
North East - 1 £575 - 1
Technical Specialist
UK

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Technical Specialist 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 Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 16 (41.03%) SLA
1 16 (41.03%) Security Cleared
2 13 (33.33%) Windows
3 12 (30.77%) Telecoms
4 11 (28.21%) Microsoft
5 10 (25.64%) TCP/IP
5 10 (25.64%) ITIL
5 10 (25.64%) ServiceNow
5 10 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
6 9 (23.08%) DV Cleared
6 9 (23.08%) SCCM
7 8 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (20.51%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (20.51%) Active Directory
7 8 (20.51%) Windows 10
8 7 (17.95%) Customer Service
8 7 (17.95%) Degree
9 6 (15.38%) SC Cleared
9 6 (15.38%) Knowledge Management
9 6 (15.38%) Line Management
9 6 (15.38%) Coaching
9 6 (15.38%) Azure
9 6 (15.38%) HP
9 6 (15.38%) MS Visio
9 6 (15.38%) LAN
9 6 (15.38%) WAN
9 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (15.38%) BT
9 6 (15.38%) Remote Desktop

Technical Specialist 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 4 (10.26%) Apache
1 4 (10.26%) IIS
1 4 (10.26%) Tomcat
2 3 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.56%) CMS
3 1 (2.56%) Confluence
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (15.38%) MS Visio
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.56%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (2.56%) Photoshop
3 1 (2.56%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Aareon QL
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (15.38%) Azure
3 2 (5.13%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.56%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.56%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.56%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.64%) TCP/IP
2 6 (15.38%) LAN
2 6 (15.38%) Remote Desktop
2 6 (15.38%) WAN
3 4 (10.26%) H.323
3 4 (10.26%) HTTP
4 2 (5.13%) Firewall
5 1 (2.56%) DHCP
5 1 (2.56%) DNS
5 1 (2.56%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Metadata
1 1 (2.56%) MS Access
1 1 (2.56%) Power BI
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.56%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
1 1 (2.56%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 12 (30.77%) Telecoms
2 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 6 (15.38%) Police
4 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (10.26%) Finance
6 2 (5.13%) Legal
6 2 (5.13%) Retail
7 1 (2.56%) Automotive
7 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Electronics
7 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.56%) Marketing
7 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) AngularJS
1 3 (7.69%) CSS
1 3 (7.69%) HTML
1 3 (7.69%) Node.js
2 1 (2.56%) FHIR
2 1 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) IVR
2 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.13%) NHS
3 1 (2.56%) CCTV
3 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.56%) FMCG
3 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.56%) LIMS
3 1 (2.56%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.56%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.56%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.56%) Replication
3 1 (2.56%) SCADA
3 1 (2.56%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 13 (33.33%) Windows
2 8 (20.51%) Windows 10
3 4 (10.26%) Linux
3 4 (10.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.64%) ITIL
1 10 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (17.95%) Customer Service
4 6 (15.38%) Coaching
4 6 (15.38%) Knowledge Management
4 6 (15.38%) Line Management
5 5 (12.82%) Problem Management
6 4 (10.26%) Change Control
6 4 (10.26%) Change Management
6 4 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (10.26%) Mentoring
6 4 (10.26%) Proactive Maintenance
7 3 (7.69%) Asset Management
7 3 (7.69%) Data Architecture
7 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (7.69%) Service Delivery
8 2 (5.13%) Capacity Management
8 2 (5.13%) Fault Analysis
8 2 (5.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.69%) JavaScript
1 3 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) Java
2 1 (2.56%) PL/SQL
2 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (41.03%) Security Cleared
2 9 (23.08%) DV Cleared
3 7 (17.95%) Degree
4 6 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (41.03%) SLA
2 2 (5.13%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (20.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (23.08%) SCCM
2 3 (7.69%) Terraform
3 2 (5.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.56%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 10 (25.64%) ServiceNow
3 6 (15.38%) BT
3 6 (15.38%) HP
4 4 (10.26%) Avaya
4 4 (10.26%) Red Hat
5 2 (5.13%) Verint
6 1 (2.56%) Aareon
6 1 (2.56%) eFront
6 1 (2.56%) Informatica
6 1 (2.56%) SAP