IT Technician Contracts in London

IT Technician
England > London

The median IT Technician daily rate in London is £135, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 August 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
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 368 418
Rank change year-on-year +5 +50 +165
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 6 11 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.045% 0.068% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.072% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 31
10th Percentile - £120 £111
25th Percentile £123 £123 £124
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £135 £140 £158
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -11.11% -13.70%
75th Percentile £213 £233 £198
90th Percentile £318 £325 £243
England median daily rate £133 £150 £181
% change year-on-year -11.67% -17.24% +3.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 12,510 15,205 22,024
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 94.07% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,419 10,677 16,165
10th Percentile £325 £350 £358
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 198 235
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.90 £22.00 £22.75
Median hourly rate £29.07 £33.29 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -12.66% -10.86% +14.89%
75th Percentile £49.50 £54.69 £64.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.88 £80.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% +8.43% +61.60%

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 18 August 2025.

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 18 August 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
West London - 2 £125 -
South London - 1 £135 - 3
IT Technician
England

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 August 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 London region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience

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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Law
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft