Technical Specialist Contracts in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £225 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 428 474
Rank change year-on-year +67 +46 -90
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 34 37 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 26 39
10th Percentile £148 £313 £309
25th Percentile £158 £389 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £515 £450
Median % change year-on-year -56.33% +14.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £350 £544 £525
90th Percentile £656 £581 £601
UK median daily rate £253 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -51.90% +5.00% +2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £41.81 -
UK median hourly rate - £41.81 -

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 19,271 22,924 30,056
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 94.05% 95.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,866 16,072 21,068
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £390 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £599 £594 £573
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 2,189 1,202 1,498
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.01
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.10 £14.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £41.94
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Specialist in the UK excluding London

Technical Specialist
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 Technical Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 April 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 +21 13 £150 -73.91% 16
South West - 7 £165 - 5
North of England - 6 £350 - 8
Scotland +25 4 £238 -54.15% 2
North West - 4 £350 - 5
Midlands +31 2 £775 +112.33% 13
West Midlands +24 2 £775 +112.33% 10
East of England +13 2 £325 -35.00% 8
North East - 1 £575 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
Technical Specialist
UK

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Technical Specialist 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 Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 16 (47.06%) SLA
2 13 (38.24%) Security Cleared
3 11 (32.35%) Microsoft
4 10 (29.41%) Active Directory
4 10 (29.41%) Telecoms
5 9 (26.47%) TCP/IP
5 9 (26.47%) ITIL
5 9 (26.47%) Windows
5 9 (26.47%) ServiceNow
5 9 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
7 7 (20.59%) Customer Service
7 7 (20.59%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (20.59%) DV Cleared
7 7 (20.59%) Azure
7 7 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (20.59%) Degree
8 6 (17.65%) SCCM
8 6 (17.65%) Knowledge Management
8 6 (17.65%) SC Cleared
8 6 (17.65%) Coaching
8 6 (17.65%) Windows 10
8 6 (17.65%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (17.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (17.65%) Line Management
8 6 (17.65%) MS Visio
8 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
8 6 (17.65%) LAN
8 6 (17.65%) WAN
8 6 (17.65%) HP

Technical Specialist 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 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (8.82%) Apache
2 3 (8.82%) IIS
2 3 (8.82%) Tomcat
3 2 (5.88%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.94%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (17.65%) MS Visio
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.94%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (2.94%) Photoshop
3 1 (2.94%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Aareon QL
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) Azure
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.94%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) TCP/IP
2 6 (17.65%) LAN
2 6 (17.65%) Remote Desktop
2 6 (17.65%) WAN
3 3 (8.82%) H.323
3 3 (8.82%) HTTP
4 1 (2.94%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Metadata
1 1 (2.94%) MS Access
1 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.94%) SQLPlus
General
1 10 (29.41%) Telecoms
2 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.65%) Police
4 4 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Finance
6 2 (5.88%) Retail
7 1 (2.94%) Automotive
7 1 (2.94%) Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Electronics
7 1 (2.94%) Legal
7 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.94%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) AngularJS
1 3 (8.82%) CSS
1 3 (8.82%) HTML
1 3 (8.82%) Node.js
2 1 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) IVR
2 1 (2.94%) CCTV
2 1 (2.94%) FMCG
2 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.94%) LIMS
2 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.94%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.94%) NHS
2 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.94%) SCADA
2 1 (2.94%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 9 (26.47%) Windows
2 6 (17.65%) Windows 10
3 3 (8.82%) Linux
3 3 (8.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (26.47%) ITIL
1 9 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (20.59%) Customer Service
3 6 (17.65%) Coaching
3 6 (17.65%) Knowledge Management
3 6 (17.65%) Line Management
4 5 (14.71%) Problem Management
5 4 (11.76%) Change Control
5 4 (11.76%) Mentoring
6 3 (8.82%) Asset Management
6 3 (8.82%) Change Management
6 3 (8.82%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (8.82%) Data Architecture
6 3 (8.82%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (8.82%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (8.82%) Proactive Maintenance
6 3 (8.82%) Service Delivery
7 2 (5.88%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) JavaScript
1 3 (8.82%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.88%) SQL
3 1 (2.94%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (38.24%) Security Cleared
2 7 (20.59%) Degree
2 7 (20.59%) DV Cleared
3 6 (17.65%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (17.65%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (47.06%) SLA
2 2 (5.88%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.94%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (29.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (17.65%) SCCM
2 3 (8.82%) Terraform
3 1 (2.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (32.35%) Microsoft
2 9 (26.47%) ServiceNow
3 6 (17.65%) BT
3 6 (17.65%) HP
4 3 (8.82%) Avaya
4 3 (8.82%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.94%) Aareon
5 1 (2.94%) Informatica
5 1 (2.94%) SAP
5 1 (2.94%) Verint