ICT Support Technician Contract Job Trends

ICT Support Technician
UK

The median ICT Support Technician daily rate in the UK is £160, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 529 -
Rank change year-on-year -100 - -
Contract jobs requiring an ICT Support Technician 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.004% 0.003% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.004% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £149 - -
25th Percentile £152 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 - -
75th Percentile £165 - -
90th Percentile £166 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £160 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £15.00 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 41,784 27,118 40,940
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 92.78% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,031 17,841 26,815
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.31%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.63% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,612 956 2,534
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.99 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.91 £20.26 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.00 £33.78
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -5.26% -24.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.06 £31.29 £34.61
% change year-on-year +31.21% -9.58% -18.32%

ICT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'ICT Support Technician' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ICT Support Technician job vacancy trend in the UK

ICT Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ICT Support Technician job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ICT Support Technician job vacancies in the UK

ICT Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ICT Support Technician job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ICT Support Technician job vacancies in the UK

ICT Support Technician
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ICT Support Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 5 April 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
UK excluding London -93 2 £160 - 3
Scotland - 2 £160 - 1

ICT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 April 2026, ICT Support Technician 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 featuring ICT Support Technician in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CTC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) assyst
2 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery

ICT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (100.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CTC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft