Support Technician Contracts in the Thames Valley

Support Technician
South East > Thames Valley

The median Support Technician daily rate in the Thames Valley is £173 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 148 158
Rank change year-on-year +23 +10 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician 7 7 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.26% 0.24% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.26% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £137 - -
25th Percentile £143 £185 £116
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £173 £190 £118
Median % change year-on-year -9.21% +61.70% -32.86%
75th Percentile £208 £195 £119
90th Percentile £218 - -
South East median daily rate £200 £205 £160
% change year-on-year -2.44% +28.13% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £7.43 £30.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -75.64% +60.53% +8.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,450 2,720 3,445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 94.44% 96.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,371 1,848 2,371
10th Percentile £213 £300 £205
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 82 99
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.16 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.95 £49.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +182.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £78.97 £58.35
South East median hourly rate £48.20 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -3.60% +150.00% -20.00%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in the Thames Valley

Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Technician in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Support Technician in the Thames Valley

Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Technician in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Support Technician in the Thames Valley

Support Technician
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Berkshire -8 4 - - 4
Oxfordshire +6 2 £145 - 5
Buckinghamshire +31 1 £200 +5.26% 2
Support Technician
South East

Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Support Technician in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (42.86%) SLA
2 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
3 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
4 1 (14.29%) SaaS
4 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (14.29%) VoIP
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (14.29%) SAP
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Video Editing
4 1 (14.29%) JIRA
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (14.29%) Time Management
4 1 (14.29%) Polycom
4 1 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Android
4 1 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (14.29%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
4 1 (14.29%) DBS Check

Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (14.29%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (14.29%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (14.29%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Apple
2 1 (14.29%) Ariba
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Polycom
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Workday