IT Technician Contracts with Work from Home Options

IT Technician
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Technician daily rate in Work from Home is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 333 448 607
Rank change year-on-year +115 +159 -133
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 13 24 16
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.085% 0.093% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.097% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 9
10th Percentile £198 £156 £143
25th Percentile - £169 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £190
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £244 - £220
90th Percentile £362 - £234
UK median daily rate £178 £175 £160
% change year-on-year +1.43% +9.38% +13.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile - - £13.04
25th Percentile - £15.25 £14.22
Median hourly rate £14.53 £18.06 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.55% +3.20% +32.08%
75th Percentile - £21.00 £18.75
90th Percentile - £22.20 £21.75
UK median hourly rate £14.14 £15.90 £16.50
% change year-on-year -11.08% -3.62% +17.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,287 24,650 42,700
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 95.33% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,551 17,415 30,835
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% +2.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £748 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 564 611
10th Percentile £14.27 £18.50 £13.12
25th Percentile £22.84 £26.19 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%

IT Technician
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured IT Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Technician trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Technician
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IT Technician.

IT Technician daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IT Technician over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

IT Technician daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Technician
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IT Technician.

IT Technician hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (46.15%) Windows
3 5 (38.46%) Office Automation
4 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
5 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
5 3 (23.08%) Windows 10
5 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
6 2 (15.38%) Azure
6 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (15.38%) Degree
6 2 (15.38%) Banking
6 2 (15.38%) Android
6 2 (15.38%) Citrix
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (15.38%) DHCP
6 2 (15.38%) DNS
6 2 (15.38%) VMware
6 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
6 2 (15.38%) Finance
6 2 (15.38%) Migration
7 1 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (7.69%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (7.69%) Tandem
7 1 (7.69%) SSL
7 1 (7.69%) SLA
7 1 (7.69%) Cisco

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DHCP
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) Internet
2 1 (7.69%) MPLS
2 1 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (7.69%) SNMP
2 1 (7.69%) SSL
2 1 (7.69%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.69%) VPN
2 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Banking
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Arabic Language
4 1 (7.69%) French Language
4 1 (7.69%) German Language
4 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.69%) Tandem
2 1 (7.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Windows 10
3 2 (15.38%) Android
3 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
4 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
4 1 (7.69%) Windows 7
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (38.46%) Office Automation
3 2 (15.38%) Migration
4 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.69%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) ITIL
4 1 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (7.69%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (7.69%) Network Management
4 1 (7.69%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (7.69%) Problem Management
4 1 (7.69%) Runbook
4 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.69%) Service Management
4 1 (7.69%) Technology Enablement
4 1 (7.69%) Ticket Management
4 1 (7.69%) Two-Factor Authentication
4 1 (7.69%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) A+ Certification
2 1 (7.69%) CCNA
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.69%) KVM
2 1 (7.69%) Terminal Server
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.69%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Citrix
2 2 (15.38%) VMware
3 1 (7.69%) Ariba
3 1 (7.69%) Avaya
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Ivanti
3 1 (7.69%) NETGEAR
3 1 (7.69%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.69%) SolarWinds
3 1 (7.69%) Sophos
3 1 (7.69%) Sun
3 1 (7.69%) Veeam