IT Technician Contracts in Gloucestershire

IT Technician
South West > Gloucestershire

The median IT Technician daily rate in Gloucestershire is £133, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 54 62
Rank change year-on-year +30 +8 -1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 17 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 6.20% 0.93% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.69% 1.03% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £123 £121 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £133 £123 £150
Median % change year-on-year +8.16% -18.33% +22.45%
75th Percentile £138 £124 £155
90th Percentile £160 - -
South West median daily rate £133 £143 £168
% change year-on-year -7.02% -14.93% +6.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £21.00 -
South West median hourly rate - £14.43 £20.64
% change year-on-year - -30.11% +74.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 254 390 442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 90.91% 93.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 237 308
10th Percentile £133 £300 £320
25th Percentile £365 £425 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 38 36
10th Percentile £24.99 £15.05 £35.00
25th Percentile £33.75 £15.79 £49.38
Median hourly rate £67.50 £37.50 £71.50
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -47.55% +138.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.69 £79.33
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in Gloucestershire

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in Gloucestershire.

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in Gloucestershire

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in Gloucestershire.

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in Gloucestershire

IT Technician
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Gloucester +8 12 £133 +8.16% 4
IT Technician
South West

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 3 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Gloucestershire region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft