IT Technician Contracts in the North West

IT Technician
England > North West

The median IT Technician daily rate in the North West is £130, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 February 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
18 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 111 161
Rank change year-on-year -4 +50 +8
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 12 25 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.58% 0.89% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.95% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 20 4
10th Percentile - £126 £147
25th Percentile £125 £126 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £130 £156 £178
Median % change year-on-year -16.80% -11.97% +26.79%
75th Percentile £135 £190 £180
90th Percentile £167 £225 -
England median daily rate £135 £175 £170
% change year-on-year -22.86% +2.94% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £19.45 £15.00
25th Percentile - £19.75 £15.38
Median hourly rate - £21.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - +27.27% -
75th Percentile - £22.75 £17.38
90th Percentile - £23.35 £17.60
England median hourly rate £21.21 £14.53 £15.90
% change year-on-year +45.97% -8.63% -0.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,922 2,631 3,271
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 93.80% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,164 1,767 2,395
10th Percentile £250 £281 £288
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £565 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 253 157
10th Percentile £15.42 £12.50 £10.49
25th Percentile £19.25 £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £30.10 £26.39 £29.30
Median % change year-on-year +14.06% -9.93% +50.26%
75th Percentile £50.25 £46.18 £52.13
90th Percentile £77.67 £62.25 £66.28
England median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +82.88%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the North West

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in the North West.

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in the North West

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in the North West

IT Technician
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 18 February 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
Manchester +10 4 - - 2
Lancashire +8 4 £130 -27.78% 3
Merseyside +2 4 £175 +20.69%
IT Technician
England

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 18 February 2025, 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 North West region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 6 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (41.67%) Windows
3 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (33.33%) Azure
3 4 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 4 (33.33%) DBS Check
4 3 (25.00%) Degree
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (25.00%) VPN
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (25.00%) Educational Technology
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
5 1 (8.33%) Time Management
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (8.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft