IT Assistant Contracts in London

IT Assistant
England > London

The median IT Assistant daily rate in London is £160 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 - 587
Rank change year-on-year - - -106
Contract jobs requiring an IT Assistant 5 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.029% - 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% - 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £155 - £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 - £145
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.62%
75th Percentile £165 - £158
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £160 - £145
% change year-on-year - - +11.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.75 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 - -
75th Percentile £17.50 - -
90th Percentile £19.45 - -
England median hourly rate £13.00 - £15.24
% change year-on-year - - -37.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,359 24,202 36,895
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.56% 95.18% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,819 17,639 27,124
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £678 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 276 418
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.74 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £22.60 £22.91
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +8.63%
75th Percentile £46.77 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.75 £82.38 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%

IT Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Assistant in London

IT Assistant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Assistant in London.

Daily rate trend for IT Assistant in London

IT Assistant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Assistant in London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Assistant in London

IT Assistant
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Assistant within the London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Central London - 2 - -
IT Assistant
England

IT Assistant Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, IT Assistant 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 London region featuring IT Assistant in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) Wireless
1 2 (40.00%) Video Conferencing
1 2 (40.00%) Acronis
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Legal

IT Assistant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
1 2 (40.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Law
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Video Conferencing
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Acronis
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft