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 £145, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 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
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 323 311 329
Rank change year-on-year -12 +18 +86
Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician 30 90 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.42% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.46% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 46 69
10th Percentile - £124 £131
25th Percentile £123 £138 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £178 £190
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -6.58% +10.14%
75th Percentile £190 £200 £205
90th Percentile £211 £224 £216
UK median daily rate £145 £175 £190
% change year-on-year -17.14% -7.89% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 23 13
10th Percentile - £7.43 £15.28
25th Percentile - £9.19 £15.90
Median hourly rate £25.15 £11.50 £18.06
Median % change year-on-year +118.70% -36.32% +3.20%
75th Percentile £29.42 £15.57 £26.00
90th Percentile £37.10 £16.00 £28.75
UK median hourly rate £13.77 £11.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +19.74% -39.47% +8.57%

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 12,414 19,637 21,543
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.41% 92.44% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,770 11,718 14,908
10th Percentile £220 £213 £231
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 960 2,494 1,118
10th Percentile £13.46 £12.60 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.59 £15.97 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% - +100.00%
75th Percentile £57.52 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.48 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £27.13 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -27.67% -12.79% +68.63%

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
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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Technician in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 25 June 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
North of England +13 17 £145 -10.77% 37
Yorkshire +13 12 £145 -3.33% 19
Midlands +9 5 - - 25
East Midlands +7 5 - - 7
North West -3 5 £125 -28.57% 10
South East +19 4 £202 +1.00% 23
South West +45 2 - - 22
Scotland +2 2 - - 4
Support Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Support Technician in the job title.

1 15 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (46.67%) Windows
3 11 (36.67%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
3 11 (36.67%) Customer Service
4 10 (33.33%) Windows 10
5 8 (26.67%) SLA
6 7 (23.33%) Google
6 7 (23.33%) DBS Check
7 6 (20.00%) SmoothWall
7 6 (20.00%) GDPR
7 6 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
7 6 (20.00%) Google Workspace
7 6 (20.00%) Wireless
7 6 (20.00%) Active Directory
7 6 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (16.67%) A+ Certification
8 5 (16.67%) LAN
8 5 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
9 4 (13.33%) HTC Vive
9 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
9 4 (13.33%) Virtual Reality
10 3 (10.00%) ITIL
10 3 (10.00%) CCNA
10 3 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (10.00%) VLAN
10 3 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (10.00%) Mac OS

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:

Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (20.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) Wireless
2 5 (16.67%) LAN
3 3 (10.00%) VLAN
4 2 (6.67%) VPN
4 2 (6.67%) WAN
4 2 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.33%) Remote Desktop
General
1 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) HTC Vive
1 4 (13.33%) Virtual Reality
2 3 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.33%) Fat Client
3 1 (3.33%) Smartphone
3 1 (3.33%) Thin Client
3 1 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (46.67%) Windows
2 10 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 3 (10.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Customer Service
2 6 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 5 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (10.00%) ITIL
4 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.67%) Migration
6 1 (3.33%) Break/Fix
6 1 (3.33%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Maintenance
6 1 (3.33%) Inventory Management
6 1 (3.33%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) DBS Check
2 5 (16.67%) A+ Certification
3 3 (10.00%) CCENT
3 3 (10.00%) CCNA
3 3 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.67%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (26.67%) SLA
2 6 (20.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) SmoothWall
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (6.67%) Malwarebytes
Vendors
1 15 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) Google
3 2 (6.67%) Dell
3 2 (6.67%) Ivanti
4 1 (3.33%) Spiceworks