Support Technician Contracts in the UK excluding London

Support Technician
UK > UK excluding London

The median Support Technician daily rate in the UK excluding London is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 308 322 404
Rank change year-on-year +14 +82 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician 83 135 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.56% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.60% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 87 78
10th Percentile £127 £131 £128
25th Percentile £149 £154 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £180 £165
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +9.09% +36.08%
75th Percentile £223 £205 £195
90th Percentile £255 £223 £248
UK median daily rate £200 £188 £175
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 11
10th Percentile - £15.10 £14.22
25th Percentile £7.43 £15.61 £15.63
Median hourly rate £11.50 £19.03 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.57% +8.74% +18.64%
75th Percentile £15.65 £21.27 £20.26
90th Percentile £16.00 £26.68 £20.51
UK median hourly rate £11.50 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -39.47% -5.00% +31.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,029 22,515 29,590
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.22% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,794 20,727
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,162 1,474
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.81 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in the UK excluding London

Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Support Technician in the UK excluding London

Support Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Technician in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Support Technician in the UK excluding London

Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Technician in the UK excluding London

Support 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 Support Technician within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
South East +19 39 £200 -2.44% 41
North of England +42 22 £150 -14.29% 39
Midlands +30 12 £200 +45.45% 19
North West +25 9 £128 -21.54% 21
West Midlands +31 7 £213 - 8
North East +25 7 £150 +28.21% 6
Yorkshire +25 6 £155 -31.11% 13
South West +8 5 £221 +60.91% 18
East of England +7 5 £200 +10.34% 20
East Midlands +17 4 £148 +7.27% 11
Scotland +32 1 - - 7
Wales -8 1 £213 +18.06% 5
Support Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Support Technician in the job title.

1 44 (53.01%) Windows
2 42 (50.60%) Microsoft
3 29 (34.94%) Active Directory
4 27 (32.53%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (31.33%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (24.10%) Social Skills
7 17 (20.48%) Microsoft Office
8 15 (18.07%) Windows 10
9 13 (15.66%) SCCM
10 12 (14.46%) Security Cleared
10 12 (14.46%) Microsoft Intune
11 11 (13.25%) Customer Service
12 9 (10.84%) Wireless
13 8 (9.64%) Linux
13 8 (9.64%) SC Cleared
13 8 (9.64%) Android
13 8 (9.64%) MobileIron
13 8 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
14 7 (8.43%) Mathematics
14 7 (8.43%) Windows Server
15 6 (7.23%) Network Security
15 6 (7.23%) Time Management
15 6 (7.23%) Video Conferencing
15 6 (7.23%) DBS Check
15 6 (7.23%) Driving Licence
15 6 (7.23%) SLA
16 5 (6.02%) Manufacturing
16 5 (6.02%) Smartphone
16 5 (6.02%) Office Automation
16 5 (6.02%) Azure

Support 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 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.41%) IBM Domino
2 2 (2.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (20.48%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.20%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 27 (32.53%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.02%) Azure
3 2 (2.41%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.20%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.20%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.20%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.84%) Wireless
2 6 (7.23%) Network Security
3 3 (3.61%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (3.61%) VoIP
4 1 (1.20%) DHCP
4 1 (1.20%) PBX
4 1 (1.20%) PSTN
4 1 (1.20%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (1.20%) JIRA
1 1 (1.20%) MSI
General
1 20 (24.10%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.02%) Manufacturing
4 3 (3.61%) Aviation
4 3 (3.61%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.41%) Automotive
5 2 (2.41%) Electronics
5 2 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.20%) Finance
6 1 (1.20%) Marketing
6 1 (1.20%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.20%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.23%) Driving Licence
1 6 (7.23%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (6.02%) iPhone
2 5 (6.02%) Smartphone
3 4 (4.82%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.61%) Video Editing
5 2 (2.41%) EPoS
6 1 (1.20%) BYOD
6 1 (1.20%) iPad
6 1 (1.20%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.20%) PDA
6 1 (1.20%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 44 (53.01%) Windows
2 15 (18.07%) Windows 10
3 8 (9.64%) Android
3 8 (9.64%) Linux
4 7 (8.43%) Windows Server
5 4 (4.82%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.41%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.41%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.20%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.20%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (31.33%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (13.25%) Customer Service
3 7 (8.43%) Mathematics
4 6 (7.23%) Time Management
5 5 (6.02%) Office Automation
6 4 (4.82%) Information Security
6 4 (4.82%) ITIL
6 4 (4.82%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (4.82%) Service Delivery
7 3 (3.61%) Decision-Making
8 2 (2.41%) Asset Management
8 2 (2.41%) Computer Science
8 2 (2.41%) Service Management
8 2 (2.41%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 1 (1.20%) Agile
9 1 (1.20%) Business Development
9 1 (1.20%) Digital Marketing
9 1 (1.20%) Programme Management
9 1 (1.20%) Project Planning
9 1 (1.20%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (14.46%) Security Cleared
2 8 (9.64%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.23%) DBS Check
4 4 (4.82%) Degree
5 2 (2.41%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.20%) HNC
6 1 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.20%) MCDST
6 1 (1.20%) MCP
6 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.23%) SLA
2 3 (3.61%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 29 (34.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (15.66%) SCCM
2 12 (14.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 42 (50.60%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.64%) MobileIron
3 4 (4.82%) Citrix
3 4 (4.82%) SAP
4 3 (3.61%) Apple
4 3 (3.61%) Ariba
4 3 (3.61%) Cisco
4 3 (3.61%) Polycom
5 2 (2.41%) Lotus
6 1 (1.20%) Adobe
6 1 (1.20%) BT
6 1 (1.20%) Dell
6 1 (1.20%) Google
6 1 (1.20%) HP
6 1 (1.20%) Intel
6 1 (1.20%) McAfee
6 1 (1.20%) Peregrine
6 1 (1.20%) Remedy
6 1 (1.20%) VMware
6 1 (1.20%) Workday