IT Technician Contracts in London

IT Technician
England > London

The median IT Technician daily rate in London is £188 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 462 575
Rank change year-on-year +85 +113 -123
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 17 39 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.096% 0.14% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.15% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 34 17
10th Percentile £123 £111 £114
25th Percentile £131 £131 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £169 £165
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +2.27% -
75th Percentile £245 £236 £228
90th Percentile £254 £340 £338
England median daily rate £170 £175 £160
% change year-on-year -2.86% +9.38% +10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile £14.77 - £15.70
25th Percentile £16.11 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £19.43 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.85% +17.65% +7.46%
75th Percentile £22.74 - £20.00
90th Percentile £24.08 - -
England median hourly rate £14.14 £16.31 £16.50
% change year-on-year -13.28% -1.18% +22.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,505 25,769 37,084
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 95.30% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,930 18,667 27,033
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 289 447
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.50 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +11.13%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.05 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in London

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in London

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Technician in London

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in London

IT Technician
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Central London +36 5 £125 -34.21%
South London +7 1 £165 +20.00%
East London -4 1 £240 +50.00% 2
IT Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 London region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Windows
2 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
3 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
3 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
4 6 (35.29%) ServiceNow
4 6 (35.29%) Apple iOS
4 6 (35.29%) Android
5 5 (29.41%) Citrix
5 5 (29.41%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (23.53%) Critical Thinking
6 4 (23.53%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (23.53%) Windows 10
6 4 (23.53%) Two-Factor Authentication
6 4 (23.53%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 4 (23.53%) Virtual Environments
6 4 (23.53%) Avaya
6 4 (23.53%) Apple
6 4 (23.53%) Sun
6 4 (23.53%) SLA
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (23.53%) ITIL
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
6 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
6 4 (23.53%) Finance
6 4 (23.53%) Degree
6 4 (23.53%) Video Conferencing

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (17.65%) Google Workspace
3 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) LAN
1 3 (17.65%) WAN
2 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.88%) VoIP
2 1 (5.88%) Wireless
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Arabic Language
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) French Language
2 4 (23.53%) German Language
2 4 (23.53%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Spanish Language
3 2 (11.76%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
1 4 (23.53%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (17.65%) iPhone
2 3 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 11 (64.71%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Android
2 6 (35.29%) Apple iOS
3 4 (23.53%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Mobile Device Management
2 4 (23.53%) Critical Thinking
2 4 (23.53%) ITIL
2 4 (23.53%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 4 (23.53%) Problem Management
2 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
2 4 (23.53%) Two-Factor Authentication
2 4 (23.53%) Virtual Environments
3 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
4 2 (11.76%) Asset Management
4 2 (11.76%) Logistics
4 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (5.88%) Break/Fix
5 1 (5.88%) Data Protection
5 1 (5.88%) Network Optimisation
5 1 (5.88%) Ticket Management
5 1 (5.88%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) DBS Check
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) SCCM
2 1 (5.88%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) ServiceNow
3 5 (29.41%) Citrix
4 4 (23.53%) Apple
4 4 (23.53%) Avaya
4 4 (23.53%) Ivanti
4 4 (23.53%) Sun
5 3 (17.65%) Google
6 1 (5.88%) Cisco
6 1 (5.88%) Dell
6 1 (5.88%) HP
6 1 (5.88%) Meraki
6 1 (5.88%) Veeam
6 1 (5.88%) VMware