IT Support Technician
UK
The median IT Support Technician daily rate in the UK is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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 26 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 507 | 581 | 768 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +74 | +187 | -123 |
| Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Technician | 72 | 119 | 92 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.17% | 0.20% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.18% | 0.21% | 0.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 42 | 81 | 60 |
| 10th Percentile | £125 | £130 | £131 |
| 25th Percentile | £135 | £153 | £144 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £200 | £188 | £160 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | +17.19% | +21.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £217 | £205 | £175 |
| 90th Percentile | £244 | £243 | £234 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £200 | £180 | £160 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | +12.50% | +28.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 21 | 5 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £15.46 | £13.83 |
| 25th Percentile | £7.43 | £18.03 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £11.50 | £20.00 | £17.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -42.50% | +14.29% | +14.19% |
| 75th Percentile | £15.65 | £21.00 | £20.51 |
| 90th Percentile | £16.00 | £21.22 | £21.16 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £11.50 | £19.03 | £17.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -39.57% | +8.74% | +16.67% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 40,413 | 56,730 | 84,732 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.61% | 95.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,320 | 39,605 | 59,435 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £726 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,653 | 1,602 | 2,109 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.28 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.96 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.09% | +95.65% | +0.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.25 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.50 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.00 | £42.37 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.30% | +117.26% | +2.47% |
IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Support Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Technician.
IT Support Technician
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Technician over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
IT Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Technician.
IT Support Technician
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support Technician over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
IT Support Technician
Top 16 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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 |
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| England | +102 | 69 | £200 | - | 75 |
| UK excluding London | +38 | 64 | £200 | +11.11% | 71 |
| South East | +22 | 29 | £200 | -2.44% | 13 |
| North of England | +46 | 21 | £150 | +2.74% | 19 |
| North West | +28 | 9 | £128 | -27.14% | 8 |
| Work from Home | +114 | 8 | £200 | - | 11 |
| Midlands | +27 | 8 | £236 | +73.39% | 9 |
| North East | +27 | 7 | £150 | +28.21% | 4 |
| London | +95 | 6 | £125 | -41.86% | 8 |
| West Midlands | +35 | 5 | £260 | - | 8 |
| Yorkshire | - | 5 | £153 | - | 8 |
| South West | +17 | 3 | £180 | +9.77% | 11 |
| East of England | +10 | 3 | £200 | +14.29% | 15 |
| East Midlands | +16 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Scotland | +33 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Wales | -3 | 1 | £213 | +28.79% | 2 |
IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, IT 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 featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.
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IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: