Support Technician Contracts in London

Support Technician
England > London

The median Support Technician daily rate in London is £225, 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 348 379 453
Rank change year-on-year +31 +74 +116
Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician 5 12 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.040% 0.067% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.072% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 29
10th Percentile - £120 £130
25th Percentile £215 £123 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £165 £223
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -25.84% +17.11%
75th Percentile £235 £238 £258
90th Percentile - £265 £380
England median daily rate £190 £200 £200
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £16.40
25th Percentile - - £17.75
Median hourly rate £21.21 £22.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +15.79% -41.54%
75th Percentile - - £19.63
90th Percentile - - £19.85
England median hourly rate £18.75 £11.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +63.04% -42.50% -

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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in London

Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Support Technician in London

Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Technician in London

Support 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 Support Technician within the London 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
Central London +3 3 £225 +80.00%
South London +7 1 - -
Support Technician
England

Support Technician Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Support 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 Support Technician in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (60.00%) Wealth Management
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Handset
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service

Support 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 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Wealth Management
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory