IT Technician Contracts in England

IT Technician
UK > England

The median IT Technician daily rate in England is £158 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 391 494 618
Rank change year-on-year +103 +124 -43
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 140 152 159
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.31% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.33% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 111 98
10th Percentile £125 £120 £121
25th Percentile £127 £133 £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £180 £160
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £200 £205 £192
90th Percentile £245 £243 £234
UK median daily rate £165 £180 £160
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 16 29
10th Percentile £7.43 £11.85 £10.75
25th Percentile £10.95 £13.65 £15.00
Median hourly rate £13.87 £16.05 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% -5.57% +20.48%
75th Percentile £16.72 £20.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £18.75 £21.29 £22.75
UK median hourly rate £13.87 £15.80 £17.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% -7.06% +17.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,767 45,838 67,777
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.60% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,422 32,556 48,342
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,441 1,340 1,860
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.18 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% +94.63% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.05 £64.78
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Technician in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
North of England +62 48 £148 -15.71% 65
South East +15 41 £200 -2.44% 37
North West +33 22 £127 -27.57% 27
Yorkshire +29 18 £185 +12.12% 29
London +79 17 £165 -2.94% 22
Midlands +19 17 £150 -6.25% 38
East Midlands +18 10 £150 +9.09% 22
East of England +4 9 £200 +11.11% 19
South West +1 9 £143 -14.93% 34
North East +18 8 - - 11
West Midlands +20 6 £199 +13.57% 16
IT Technician
UK

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 job ads across the England region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 75 (53.57%) Windows
2 59 (42.14%) Microsoft
3 49 (35.00%) Active Directory
4 43 (30.71%) Social Skills
5 35 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (20.71%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (15.71%) Windows 10
8 17 (12.14%) Driving Licence
8 17 (12.14%) SC Cleared
8 17 (12.14%) Security Cleared
9 14 (10.00%) Smartphone
9 14 (10.00%) Finance
9 14 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
10 12 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
10 12 (8.57%) Break/Fix
10 12 (8.57%) SLA
11 11 (7.86%) Linux
11 11 (7.86%) Service Delivery
11 11 (7.86%) SCCM
12 10 (7.14%) Windows 7
12 10 (7.14%) Public Sector
13 9 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
13 9 (6.43%) Preventative Maintenance
13 9 (6.43%) Citrix
13 9 (6.43%) EPoS
13 9 (6.43%) ATM
13 9 (6.43%) Retail
13 9 (6.43%) Video Conferencing
13 9 (6.43%) Mathematics
14 8 (5.71%) Windows Vista

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.71%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 14 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.71%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 29 (20.71%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (4.29%) Azure
3 4 (2.86%) Google Workspace
4 2 (1.43%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.71%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.71%) Mimecast
5 1 (0.71%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.71%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.43%) ATM
2 8 (5.71%) Network Security
3 7 (5.00%) LAN
3 7 (5.00%) WAN
3 7 (5.00%) Wireless
4 5 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.86%) DNS
6 3 (2.14%) DHCP
6 3 (2.14%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.43%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (1.43%) SNMP
8 1 (0.71%) HTTP
8 1 (0.71%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.71%) Internet
8 1 (0.71%) Intranet
8 1 (0.71%) IPsec
8 1 (0.71%) SSL
8 1 (0.71%) VoIP
8 1 (0.71%) VPN
8 1 (0.71%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (0.71%) MSI
General
1 43 (30.71%) Social Skills
2 14 (10.00%) Finance
3 10 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.43%) Retail
5 6 (4.29%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.86%) Banking
6 4 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.14%) Aviation
7 3 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.43%) Advertising
8 2 (1.43%) Arabic Language
8 2 (1.43%) Electronics
8 2 (1.43%) French Language
8 2 (1.43%) Games
8 2 (1.43%) German Language
8 2 (1.43%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.71%) Automotive
9 1 (0.71%) Marketing
9 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.71%) LDAP
1 1 (0.71%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.14%) Driving Licence
2 14 (10.00%) Smartphone
3 9 (6.43%) EPoS
3 9 (6.43%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (5.71%) iPhone
5 6 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.14%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.43%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.43%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.43%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.71%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.71%) Life Science
8 1 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.71%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 75 (53.57%) Windows
2 22 (15.71%) Windows 10
3 11 (7.86%) Linux
4 10 (7.14%) Windows 7
5 8 (5.71%) Android
5 8 (5.71%) Windows Server
5 8 (5.71%) Windows Vista
6 5 (3.57%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.86%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.71%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (8.57%) Break/Fix
3 11 (7.86%) Service Delivery
4 9 (6.43%) Mathematics
4 9 (6.43%) Preventative Maintenance
5 7 (5.00%) ITIL
6 6 (4.29%) Asset Management
6 6 (4.29%) Customer Service
7 5 (3.57%) Mobile Device Management
7 5 (3.57%) Office Automation
8 4 (2.86%) Information Security
8 4 (2.86%) Time Management
9 3 (2.14%) Agile
9 3 (2.14%) Computer Science
9 3 (2.14%) Decision-Making
9 3 (2.14%) Logistics
9 3 (2.14%) Root Cause Analysis
10 2 (1.43%) Critical Thinking
10 2 (1.43%) Customer-Centricity
10 2 (1.43%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (12.14%) SC Cleared
1 17 (12.14%) Security Cleared
2 7 (5.00%) DBS Check
3 6 (4.29%) Degree
4 2 (1.43%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.43%) CCNA
4 2 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (1.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.71%) HNC
5 1 (0.71%) MCDST
5 1 (0.71%) MCP
5 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.57%) SLA
2 3 (2.14%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (1.43%) QA
4 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.71%) GDPR
4 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 49 (35.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.14%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.43%) KVM
3 2 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.43%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.71%) NFS
4 1 (0.71%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 12 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (7.86%) SCCM
3 2 (1.43%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.71%) WSUS
Vendors
1 59 (42.14%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.43%) Citrix
3 6 (4.29%) MobileIron
3 6 (4.29%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.86%) Apple
4 4 (2.86%) Cisco
4 4 (2.86%) Google
4 4 (2.86%) SAP
4 4 (2.86%) VMware
5 3 (2.14%) Ariba
6 2 (1.43%) Avaya
6 2 (1.43%) BT
6 2 (1.43%) Ivanti
6 2 (1.43%) Meraki
6 2 (1.43%) Sun
6 2 (1.43%) Veeam
7 1 (0.71%) 3Com
7 1 (0.71%) Aruba
7 1 (0.71%) NETGEAR
7 1 (0.71%) SolarWinds