Support Technician Contracts in the South East

Support Technician
England > South East

The median Support Technician daily rate in the South East is £202, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 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
10 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 170 186
Rank change year-on-year +17 +16 +47
Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician 5 16 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.14% 0.33% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.35% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 25
10th Percentile £192 £150 -
25th Percentile £196 £181 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £202 £200 £205
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -2.44% +28.13%
75th Percentile £208 £211 -
90th Percentile £212 £238 £215
England median daily rate £145 £180 £200
% change year-on-year -19.44% -10.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.13 - £28.25
Median hourly rate £13.75 £16.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% -47.54% +46.99%
75th Percentile £14.38 - £32.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £15.65 £17.75
% change year-on-year +60.70% -11.83% +4.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South 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 South East with a recognized job title 3,203 4,517 5,367
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 92.07% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,078 2,776 3,671
10th Percentile £208 £250 £213
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £663 £697 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 378 240
10th Percentile £13.75 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £27.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £49.37
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +16.18% +124.39%
75th Percentile £57.50 £72.33 £64.97
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.23 £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -43.94% +5.88% +65.50%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in the South East

Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Technician in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Support Technician in the South East

Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Technician in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Support Technician in the South East

Support Technician
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Sussex +1 2 £202 +1.00% 5
Middlesex - 2 - - 4
East Sussex - 1 - - 3
Support Technician
England

Support Technician Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 10 August 2025, 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 South East region featuring Support Technician in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (40.00%) Malwarebytes
3 2 (40.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 2 (40.00%) Situational Awareness
3 2 (40.00%) Military
3 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (40.00%) Ivanti
3 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Dell
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (40.00%) A+ Certification
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) MCSA
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Unix
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Data Security
4 1 (20.00%) Yealink
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving

Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (40.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 2 (40.00%) Situational Awareness
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Data Security
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) A+ Certification
1 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (40.00%) MCSA
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Malwarebytes
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Dell
2 2 (40.00%) Ivanti
3 1 (20.00%) Yealink