Senior IT Technician Contracts

Senior IT Technician
UK

The median Senior IT Technician daily rate in the UK is £158, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 August 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
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 543 553 661
Rank change year-on-year +10 +108 +187
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Technician 3 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.008% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.008% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £195
25th Percentile £146 - £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 - £280
Median % change year-on-year - - +43.59%
75th Percentile £169 - £327
90th Percentile - - £352
UK excluding London median daily rate £158 - £281
% change year-on-year - - -6.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 30,049 36,010 48,875
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.28% 92.94% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,935 23,186 33,758
10th Percentile £281 £300 £304
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,543 1,988 1,469
10th Percentile £13.56 £14.16 £14.42
25th Percentile £17.28 £20.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +3.61% +61.60%
75th Percentile £53.81 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £44.02 £36.00
% change year-on-year -42.87% +22.28% +69.41%

Senior IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior IT Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Technician in the UK

Senior IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior IT Technician.

Daily rate trend for Senior IT Technician in the UK

Senior IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior IT Technician.

Hourly rate trend for Senior IT Technician in the UK

Senior IT Technician
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 18 August 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
England +26 3 £158 - 12
UK excluding London +15 3 £158 - 11
North West - 3 £158 - 3
North of England - 3 £158 - 3

Senior IT Technician Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 August 2025, Senior IT 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 Senior IT Technician in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) CMDB
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management

Senior IT 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft