Trainee Technician Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Trainee Technician
South East > Thames Valley

As of 14 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Trainee Technician daily rate in the Thames Valley.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Trainee Technician 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.097% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £14.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,882 1,854 2,358
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 91.69% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,237 1,098 1,527
10th Percentile £268 £254 £213
25th Percentile £400 £402 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 56 110
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.77 £16.40
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.72 £24.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.12 £50.53
Median % change year-on-year -45.47% -8.72% +152.64%
75th Percentile £71.75 £62.59 £65.19
90th Percentile £94.86 £66.31 £72.62
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £46.12 £52.20
% change year-on-year -45.80% -11.64% +49.14%

Trainee Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Trainee Technician job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Trainee Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Trainee Technician job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Trainee Technician job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Trainee Technician
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Trainee Technician within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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
Berkshire - 2 - - 1
Trainee Technician
South East

Trainee Technician Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Trainee 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 Thames Valley region featuring Trainee Technician in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Computer Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery

Trainee Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft