Support Technician Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Support Technician
England > Yorkshire

The median Support Technician daily rate in Yorkshire is £145, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 September 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
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 99 116
Rank change year-on-year -4 +17 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician 15 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.97% 0.27% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 0.29% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 2
10th Percentile - - £150
25th Percentile £138 £145 £162
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £163 £183
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% -10.96% +30.36%
75th Percentile £153 £198 £202
90th Percentile £168 £217 £213
England median daily rate £145 £173 £205
% change year-on-year -15.94% -15.85% +17.14%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,441 1,359 1,991
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 90.18% 96.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 939 840 1,309
10th Percentile £250 £300 £229
25th Percentile £370 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £613
90th Percentile £625 £651 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 58 37
10th Percentile £15.89 £13.50 £12.17
25th Percentile £18.10 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.14 £21.00 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile - £48.75 £44.20
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.23 £43.86
% change year-on-year -45.60% +5.40% +66.34%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in Yorkshire

Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Technician job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Technician job vacancies in Yorkshire

Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Technician job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Technician job vacancies in Yorkshire

Support Technician
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 6 September 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
North Yorkshire - 8 £150 - 1
East Yorkshire -2 7 £145 -36.96% 3
Support Technician
England

Support Technician Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 6 September 2025, 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 across the Yorkshire region featuring Support Technician in the job title.

1 7 (46.67%) Windows
1 7 (46.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 6 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 6 (40.00%) DBS Check
2 6 (40.00%) SmoothWall
2 6 (40.00%) HTC Vive
2 6 (40.00%) GDPR
2 6 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 6 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) SLA
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) Google
2 6 (40.00%) Google Workspace
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (40.00%) Virtual Reality
2 6 (40.00%) Wireless
3 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing

Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Google Workspace
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Wireless
General
1 6 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) HTC Vive
1 6 (40.00%) Virtual Reality
2 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 6 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Maintenance
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) GDPR
1 6 (40.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (40.00%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Google
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft