IT Technician Contracts in Scotland

IT Technician
UK > Scotland

The median IT Technician daily rate in Scotland is £245 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 - 158
Rank change year-on-year - - -15
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 4 0 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% - 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £112
25th Percentile £243 - £113
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 - £120
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.13%
75th Percentile £248 - £140
90th Percentile - - £199
UK median daily rate £178 £175 £160
% change year-on-year +1.43% +9.38% +16.36%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,108 2,707 3,399
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 95.12% 96.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,292 1,944 2,410
10th Percentile £200 £250 £212
25th Percentile £377 £403 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £545
90th Percentile £663 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 44 55
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.86 £12.35
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £29.43 £25.82
Median % change year-on-year +18.93% +14.00% -35.46%
75th Percentile £60.38 £61.16 £47.98
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £54.09
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in Scotland

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in Scotland

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in Scotland

IT Technician
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 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
Dundee - 3 - -
Edinburgh - 1 £245 -
IT Technician
UK

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 23 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 Scotland region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
4 1 (25.00%) Internet
4 1 (25.00%) Service Management
4 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Tandem
4 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (25.00%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Android
4 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Service

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Android
2 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared