ICT Officer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ICT Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median ICT Officer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £215, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 375 373
Rank change year-on-year -87 -2 +47
Contract jobs requiring an ICT Officer 10 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.037% 0.007% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.007% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £208 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 - -
75th Percentile £223 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £213 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.86
Median hourly rate - £32.77 £14.79
Median % change year-on-year - +121.57% -35.70%
75th Percentile - - £15.73
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £32.77 £14.79
% change year-on-year - +121.57% -35.70%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 25,029 13,783 16,897
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 90.37% 92.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,167 8,468 10,365
10th Percentile £305 £215 £219
25th Percentile £410 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £683
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,953 1,208 1,773
10th Percentile £14.82 £13.36 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.75 £16.50 £18.35
Median hourly rate £44.50 £25.15 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year +76.94% -42.71% +11.00%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +0.58%

ICT Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'ICT Officer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ICT Officer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ICT Officer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ICT Officer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ICT Officer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

ICT Officer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ICT Officer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ICT Officer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

ICT Officer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ICT Officer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 August 2026. 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
South East -63 8 - - 3
South West - 2 £215 - 1
ICT Officer
UK

ICT Officer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 August 2026, ICT Officer 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 UK excluding London region featuring ICT Officer in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (10.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (10.00%) Data Management
2 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (10.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (10.00%) DHCP
2 1 (10.00%) DNS
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (10.00%) Housing Management
2 1 (10.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Middleware
2 1 (10.00%) Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (10.00%) System Testing
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Validation
2 1 (10.00%) Windows

ICT Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (10.00%) DHCP
2 1 (10.00%) DNS
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Local Government
1 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (10.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Management
1 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (10.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (10.00%) Housing Management
1 1 (10.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (10.00%) Migration
1 1 (10.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (10.00%) System Testing
1 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (10.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory