IT Support Technician Contracts in London

IT Support Technician
England > London

The median IT Support Technician daily rate in London is £145 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 376 464 608
Rank change year-on-year +88 +144 -121
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 10 23 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.057% 0.088% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.093% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 20 5
10th Percentile £119 £121 £147
25th Percentile £123 £131 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £208 £325
Median % change year-on-year -30.12% -36.15% +57.58%
75th Percentile £227 £252 £338
90th Percentile £325 £415 £420
England median daily rate £200 £200 £165
% change year-on-year - +21.21% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £13.70
25th Percentile - - £14.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% -
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - £19.50
England median hourly rate £11.50 £17.90 £17.50
% change year-on-year -35.75% +2.29% +18.64%

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 16,330 24,760 37,101
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 95.17% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,815 17,998 27,187
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 281 441
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.07 £22.50 £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +13.45%
75th Percentile £46.05 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.32 £82.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.18 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.94% +94.63% +5.80%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Technician in London

IT Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support Technician in London

IT Support Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Technician in London

IT Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Technician in London

IT Support Technician
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 Support Technician within the London 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
Central London +39 5 £125 -44.44% 1
South London +2 1 £165 +20.00% 3
IT Support Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, IT 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 London region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) LAN
1 6 (60.00%) WAN
2 5 (50.00%) Windows
3 4 (40.00%) iPhone
4 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow
4 3 (30.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (30.00%) Asset Management
4 3 (30.00%) Logistics
4 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (20.00%) Agile
5 2 (20.00%) Google
5 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (20.00%) Google Workspace
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (20.00%) DevOps
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Apple
6 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 1 (10.00%) Break/Fix
6 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
6 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
6 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
6 1 (10.00%) Meraki
6 1 (10.00%) Network Optimisation
6 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS

IT Support Technician 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) LAN
1 6 (60.00%) WAN
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Electronics
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) iPhone
2 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (30.00%) Logistics
1 3 (30.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) Break/Fix
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Network Optimisation
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (10.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (20.00%) Apple
2 2 (20.00%) Google
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Dell
3 1 (10.00%) HP
3 1 (10.00%) Meraki
3 1 (10.00%) SAP