IT Technician Contracts in Manchester

IT Technician
North West > Manchester

The median IT Technician daily rate in Manchester is £126 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 112 133
Rank change year-on-year +29 +21 -39
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 13 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.85% 0.052% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 0.054% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 4
10th Percentile - - £133
25th Percentile - £168 £138
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £126 £175 £170
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +2.94% +54.55%
75th Percentile £141 £183 £200
90th Percentile £192 - £201
North West median daily rate £128 £175 £170
% change year-on-year -27.14% +2.94% +1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £10.95 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -33.64% -5.71% +2.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,465 1,851 2,502
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.69% 96.71% 97.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,381 1,991
10th Percentile £313 £313 £213
25th Percentile £400 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £694 £663 £650
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -1.00% +8.11% +10.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 59 58
10th Percentile £12.02 £14.57 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £25.10 £37.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.08% +114.29% +9.38%
75th Percentile £60.94 £56.88 £20.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £34.13
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.74 £20.00
% change year-on-year -14.15% +53.70% +11.73%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in Manchester

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in Manchester

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in Manchester

IT Technician
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 19 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
Bolton +3 1 £200 +14.29%
Oldham - 1 £175 -
IT Technician
North West

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 19 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 Manchester region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) Driving Licence
2 10 (76.92%) Social Skills
3 9 (69.23%) Break/Fix
3 9 (69.23%) Preventative Maintenance
3 9 (69.23%) Retail
3 9 (69.23%) Smartphone
3 9 (69.23%) ATM
3 9 (69.23%) EPoS
3 9 (69.23%) Finance
4 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
5 2 (15.38%) Windows
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
6 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
6 1 (7.69%) Microsoft

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) ATM
General
1 10 (76.92%) Social Skills
2 9 (69.23%) Finance
2 9 (69.23%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 11 (84.62%) Driving Licence
2 9 (69.23%) EPoS
2 9 (69.23%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Break/Fix
1 9 (69.23%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft