Technical Specialist Contracts in England

Technical Specialist
UK > England

The median Technical Specialist daily rate in England is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2024.

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

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 571 715
Rank change year-on-year +56 +144 -94
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 35 65 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.093% 0.14% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 51 42
10th Percentile £152 £413 £378
25th Percentile £158 £475 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £535 £538
Median % change year-on-year -34.58% -0.47% +26.47%
75th Percentile £563 £717 £644
90th Percentile £729 £745 £770
UK median daily rate £303 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -42.38% - +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £41.81 -
UK median hourly rate - £34.16 -

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 34,808 44,443 66,953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 31,614 47,944
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,321 1,753
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

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 21 June 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 21 June 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 +28 14 £225 -68.97% 18
London +42 7 £550 - 2
South West - 7 £165 - 6
North of England +18 3 £450 +5.88% 10
West Midlands +14 3 £663 +74.34% 5
Midlands +13 3 £663 +74.34% 5
North West +15 2 £400 -5.88% 4
East of England +2 1 - - 5
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 21 June 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 14 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
3 8 (22.86%) SLA
3 8 (22.86%) Telecoms
3 8 (22.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (22.86%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 7 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 6 (17.14%) DV Cleared
5 6 (17.14%) Line Management
5 6 (17.14%) Coaching
5 6 (17.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (17.14%) BT
5 6 (17.14%) ITIL
5 6 (17.14%) Strategic Roadmap
5 6 (17.14%) Police
5 6 (17.14%) Social Skills
6 5 (14.29%) ServiceNow
7 4 (11.43%) SCCM
7 4 (11.43%) Windows
7 4 (11.43%) SQL
7 4 (11.43%) Windows 10
8 3 (8.57%) Customer Service
8 3 (8.57%) HTML
8 3 (8.57%) JavaScript
8 3 (8.57%) CSS
8 3 (8.57%) Service Delivery
8 3 (8.57%) Finance
8 3 (8.57%) Data Architecture

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 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.86%) CMS
2 1 (2.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.71%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.86%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.86%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.86%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Aareon QL
1 1 (2.86%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.71%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.86%) Azure
3 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
3 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.86%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.86%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) Firewall
1 2 (5.71%) LAN
1 2 (5.71%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (5.71%) TCP/IP
1 2 (5.71%) WAN
2 1 (2.86%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Metadata
1 1 (2.86%) MS Access
1 1 (2.86%) Power BI
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.86%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 8 (22.86%) Telecoms
2 6 (17.14%) Police
2 6 (17.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Finance
4 2 (5.71%) Retail
5 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Automotive
5 1 (2.86%) Banking
5 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) AngularJS
1 3 (8.57%) CSS
1 3 (8.57%) HTML
1 3 (8.57%) Node.js
2 1 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.86%) CCTV
2 1 (2.86%) FMCG
2 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.86%) LIMS
2 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.86%) NHS
2 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.86%) SCADA
2 1 (2.86%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.43%) Windows
1 4 (11.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.86%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (17.14%) Coaching
3 6 (17.14%) ITIL
3 6 (17.14%) Line Management
3 6 (17.14%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (8.57%) Customer Service
4 3 (8.57%) Data Architecture
4 3 (8.57%) Service Delivery
5 2 (5.71%) Business Analysis
5 2 (5.71%) Data Integration
5 2 (5.71%) Data Mapping
5 2 (5.71%) Decision-Making
5 2 (5.71%) Digital Strategy
5 2 (5.71%) Information Management
5 2 (5.71%) Knowledge Management
5 2 (5.71%) Logistics
5 2 (5.71%) Service Catalogue
5 2 (5.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.43%) SQL
2 3 (8.57%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.86%) Java
3 1 (2.86%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (17.14%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (17.14%) DV Cleared
4 3 (8.57%) Degree
5 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (22.86%) SLA
2 2 (5.71%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.71%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.86%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.14%) BT
3 5 (14.29%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.71%) HP
5 1 (2.86%) Aareon
5 1 (2.86%) Ariba
5 1 (2.86%) Concur
5 1 (2.86%) eFront
5 1 (2.86%) Informatica
5 1 (2.86%) SAP