Support Technician Contract Job Trends, Contractor Rates & Skill Sets in London

Support Technician
England > London

The median Support Technician daily rate in London is £160, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025.

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

Location	6 months to 27 Sep 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	353	377	403
Rank change year-on-year	+24	+26	+166
Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician	14	11	36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	0.10%	0.067%	0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.11%	0.072%	0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted	3	6	28
10^th Percentile	-	£129	£110
25^th Percentile	-	£153	£123
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£160	£233	£194
Median % change year-on-year	-31.40%	+20.39%	-11.96%
75^th Percentile	£186	£306	£239
90^th Percentile	£202	£325	£250
England median daily rate	£150	£170	£203
% change year-on-year	-11.76%	-16.05%	+15.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	2
10^th Percentile	-	-	£18.15
25^th Percentile	-	-	£18.38
Median hourly rate	-	-	£19.00
75^th Percentile	-	-	£19.88
90^th Percentile	-	-	£20.25
England median hourly rate	£17.75	£16.00	£19.00
% change year-on-year	+10.94%	-15.79%	+11.76%

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	12,472	15,315	20,600
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title	92.74%	93.97%	94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted	8,337	10,097	15,023
10^th Percentile	£331	£340	£350
25^th Percentile	£425	£450	£463
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£545	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-0.91%	-4.35%	-
75^th Percentile	£668	£675	£688
90^th Percentile	£775	£800	£800
England median daily rate	£510	£525	£545
% change year-on-year	-2.86%	-3.67%	-0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted	200	180	225
10^th Percentile	£17.00	£17.48	£18.23
25^th Percentile	£22.75	£23.80	£22.29
Median hourly rate	£28.14	£35.00	£37.50
Median % change year-on-year	-19.61%	-6.67%	+20.97%
75^th Percentile	£48.00	£57.50	£60.00
90^th Percentile	£65.06	£75.13	£76.25
England median hourly rate	£25.15	£45.00	£45.00
% change year-on-year	-44.11%	-	+73.08%

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
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Technician job vacancies in London.

Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Technician job vacancies in London.

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

For the 6 months to 27 September 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	9 (64.29%)	Social Skills
2	7 (50.00%)	Microsoft
3	5 (35.71%)	Active Directory
3	5 (35.71%)	Windows
3	5 (35.71%)	Internet
3	5 (35.71%)	TCP/IP
3	5 (35.71%)	Agile
3	5 (35.71%)	Microsoft 365
3	5 (35.71%)	Server Management
3	5 (35.71%)	Data Centre
4	4 (28.57%)	Driving Licence
4	4 (28.57%)	Time Management
4	4 (28.57%)	Wi-Fi
5	2 (14.29%)	Skype
5	2 (14.29%)	Banking

5	2 (14.29%)	Firmware
5	2 (14.29%)	Virtual Machines
6	1 (7.14%)	Customer Experience
6	1 (7.14%)	Customer Service
6	1 (7.14%)	Onboarding
6	1 (7.14%)	Windows 10
6	1 (7.14%)	Multi-Factor Authentication
6	1 (7.14%)	Microsoft Exchange
6	1 (7.14%)	Finance
6	1 (7.14%)	Law
6	1 (7.14%)	Service Management
6	1 (7.14%)	Robotics
6	1 (7.14%)	Problem Management
6	1 (7.14%)	Azure
6	1 (7.14%)	Entra ID

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
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
General
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
System Software
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	1 (7.14%)	Microsoft Exchange

Cloud Services
1	5 (35.71%)	Microsoft 365
2	1 (7.14%)	Azure
2	1 (7.14%)	Entra ID

Communications & Networking
1	5 (35.71%)	Internet
1	5 (35.71%)	TCP/IP
2	4 (28.57%)	Wi-Fi
3	2 (14.29%)	Skype

General
1	9 (64.29%)	Social Skills
2	2 (14.29%)	Banking
3	1 (7.14%)	Finance
3	1 (7.14%)	Law

Miscellaneous
1	5 (35.71%)	Data Centre
2	4 (28.57%)	Driving Licence
3	1 (7.14%)	Onboarding
3	1 (7.14%)	Robotics

Operating Systems
1	5 (35.71%)	Windows
2	1 (7.14%)	Windows 10

Processes & Methodologies
1	5 (35.71%)	Agile
1	5 (35.71%)	Server Management
2	4 (28.57%)	Time Management
3	1 (7.14%)	Customer Experience
3	1 (7.14%)	Customer Service
3	1 (7.14%)	Multi-Factor Authentication
3	1 (7.14%)	Problem Management
3	1 (7.14%)	Service Management

System Software
1	5 (35.71%)	Active Directory
2	2 (14.29%)	Firmware
2	2 (14.29%)	Virtual Machines

Vendors
1	7 (50.00%)	Microsoft

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Support Technician Skill SetTop 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

Support Technician Skill SetCo-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category