IT Technician Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Technician daily rate in the UK excluding London is £133, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 261 286
Rank change year-on-year -5 +25 +71
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 73 139 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.57% 0.67% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.72% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 78 104
10th Percentile - £126 £125
25th Percentile £123 £128 £144
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £133 £165 £178
Median % change year-on-year -19.70% -7.04% +10.94%
75th Percentile £180 £200 £200
90th Percentile £193 £245 £205
UK median daily rate £133 £178 £175
% change year-on-year -25.35% +1.43% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 36 16
10th Percentile £14.36 £7.43 £11.85
25th Percentile £15.58 £10.95 £13.65
Median hourly rate £17.61 £13.50 £15.90
Median % change year-on-year +30.44% -15.11% -0.61%
75th Percentile £18.49 £16.15 £19.31
90th Percentile £19.02 £18.24 £21.29
UK median hourly rate £18.18 £14.14 £16.31
% change year-on-year +28.57% -13.28% -1.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 11,790 19,217 22,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.60% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,554 11,733 15,842
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £599 £598
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,245 1,162
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
Median % change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
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 IT Technician within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
South West +52 18 £129 -9.65% 19
North of England -10 17 £180 +20.00% 26
Midlands +13 14 £128 -15.00% 21
South East +11 13 £133 -33.75% 45
West Midlands +15 8 £130 -38.82% 7
Yorkshire -4 8 £185 - 11
North West -1 7 £144 +13.41% 11
East Midlands +9 6 £125 -16.67% 13
Scotland +14 5 £155 -36.63% 12
Wales +8 5 £128 -40.00% 4
North East -9 2 - - 5
East of England +21 1 - - 12
IT Technician
UK

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 22 (30.14%) Windows
2 21 (28.77%) Microsoft
3 16 (21.92%) Active Directory
4 9 (12.33%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (12.33%) Social Skills
5 7 (9.59%) Windows 10
5 7 (9.59%) Customer Service
5 7 (9.59%) Dell
6 6 (8.22%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (8.22%) ITIL
6 6 (8.22%) Public Sector
7 5 (6.85%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (6.85%) LAN
7 5 (6.85%) Mac OS
8 4 (5.48%) SC Cleared
8 4 (5.48%) Security Cleared
8 4 (5.48%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (5.48%) HP
8 4 (5.48%) A+ Certification
9 3 (4.11%) SLA
9 3 (4.11%) CCNA
9 3 (4.11%) Azure
9 3 (4.11%) CCENT
9 3 (4.11%) VLAN
9 3 (4.11%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (4.11%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (4.11%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (4.11%) DBS Check
9 3 (4.11%) Ticket Management

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (8.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (4.11%) Azure
3 2 (2.74%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.37%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.85%) LAN
2 3 (4.11%) VLAN
2 3 (4.11%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (2.74%) VPN
3 2 (2.74%) WAN
4 1 (1.37%) DHCP
4 1 (1.37%) DNS
4 1 (1.37%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.37%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 9 (12.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.22%) Public Sector
3 3 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.37%) Banking
4 1 (1.37%) Electronics
4 1 (1.37%) Finance
4 1 (1.37%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.37%) Marketing
4 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (2.74%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.37%) CMDB
3 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (30.14%) Windows
2 7 (9.59%) Windows 10
3 5 (6.85%) Mac OS
4 3 (4.11%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.74%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (2.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.74%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (9.59%) Customer Service
2 6 (8.22%) ITIL
3 5 (6.85%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (4.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (4.11%) Ticket Management
5 2 (2.74%) Asset Management
5 2 (2.74%) Change Management
5 2 (2.74%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (2.74%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (2.74%) Time Management
6 1 (1.37%) Agile
6 1 (1.37%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (1.37%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.37%) Data Protection
6 1 (1.37%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (1.37%) Line Management
6 1 (1.37%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (1.37%) Problem Management
6 1 (1.37%) Programme Management
6 1 (1.37%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.37%) Bash
1 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (5.48%) A+ Certification
1 4 (5.48%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (5.48%) SC Cleared
1 4 (5.48%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.11%) CCENT
2 3 (4.11%) CCNA
2 3 (4.11%) DBS Check
2 3 (4.11%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (2.74%) Degree
3 2 (2.74%) MCSA
3 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.37%) CCNP
4 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.37%) HNC
4 1 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.11%) SLA
2 1 (1.37%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 16 (21.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.37%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.74%) Malwarebytes
2 1 (1.37%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 21 (28.77%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.59%) Dell
3 4 (5.48%) HP
4 2 (2.74%) Apple
4 2 (2.74%) Ivanti
5 1 (1.37%) Adobe
5 1 (1.37%) Computacenter
5 1 (1.37%) Intel
5 1 (1.37%) SAP
5 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow