IT Support Technician Contracts in the North of England

IT Support Technician
England > North of England

The median IT Support Technician daily rate in the North of England is £145, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 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
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 164 194
Rank change year-on-year -16 +30 +53
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 10 8 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.25% 0.19% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.21% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £138 £145 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £170 £145
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% +17.24% -17.14%
75th Percentile £153 £238 £148
90th Percentile £168 - -
England median daily rate £145 £170 £200
% change year-on-year -14.71% -15.00% +19.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - £13.33
25th Percentile £17.38 - £13.81
Median hourly rate £17.75 £10.95 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +62.10% -28.20% -12.86%
75th Percentile £18.13 - £17.31
90th Percentile - - £18.18
England median hourly rate £21.45 £10.95 £15.90
% change year-on-year +95.89% -31.13% +6.00%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 3,724 3,885 4,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 92.79% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,410 2,337 3,271
10th Percentile £250 £279 £263
25th Percentile £369 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £585 £600
90th Percentile £645 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 281 196
10th Percentile £12.89 £11.44 £15.52
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.50 £17.49
Median hourly rate £22.32 £29.77 £24.52
Median % change year-on-year -25.04% +21.44% +22.58%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.79 £70.00 £56.95
England median hourly rate £25.31 £45.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -43.76% +2.63% +68.64%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Technician in the North of England

IT Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in the North of England

IT Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in the North of England

IT Support Technician
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the North of England region over the 6 months to 23 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire -3 9 £145 -3.33% 3
North West -10 1 - - 3
IT Support Technician
England

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, IT 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 North of England region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (60.00%) Virtual Reality
2 6 (60.00%) HTC Vive
3 2 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (10.00%) SAP
4 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (10.00%) Apple
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (10.00%) ITSM
4 1 (10.00%) Electronics
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (10.00%) Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) SCCM
4 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (10.00%) Antivirus Management
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Inventory Management

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (10.00%) Electronics
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (10.00%) Marketing
1 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) HTC Vive
1 6 (60.00%) Virtual Reality
2 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (10.00%) Antivirus Management
2 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
2 1 (10.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (10.00%) ITSM
2 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (10.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Apple
2 1 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow