IT Technician Contract Job Trends in the North East

IT Technician
England > North East

The median IT Technician daily rate in the North East is £188, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 37 29
Rank change year-on-year -13 -8 +36
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 2 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.49% 2.01% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 2.24% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £166 - -
25th Percentile £172 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 - £150
75th Percentile £197 - -
90th Percentile £199 - -
England median daily rate £150 £153 £175
% change year-on-year -1.64% -12.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £18.75 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - +44.23% +6.12%
England median hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £17.75
% change year-on-year -12.50% +12.68% +16.39%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 390 268 233
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.89% 89.63% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 140 160
10th Percentile £163 £253 £200
25th Percentile £346 £349 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £473 £433
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.12% -19.81%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £570
90th Percentile £600 £654 £711
England median daily rate £507 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -3.43% -0.57% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 16
10th Percentile £16.53 £17.10 £14.23
25th Percentile £17.88 £22.31 £15.49
Median hourly rate £36.00 £46.18 £33.48
Median % change year-on-year -22.04% +37.95% +48.78%
75th Percentile £53.75 - £46.82
90th Percentile £55.00 - £60.00
England median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.86% -22.22% +38.46%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Technician' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

IT Technician job vacancy trend in the North East

IT Technician
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in the North East

IT Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in the North East

IT Technician
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 26 December 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
Tyne and Wear -10 2 £188 - 1
IT Technician
England

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 26 December 2025, IT Technician contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North East region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Storage Management
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Storage Management
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft