Field Support Technician Contracts

Field Support Technician
UK

The median Field Support Technician daily rate in the UK is £180 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 - 864
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Field Support Technician 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £164 - -
25th Percentile £170 - £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - £230
75th Percentile £187 - £240
90th Percentile £191 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £170 - £230

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

Field Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Support Technician in the UK

Field Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Field Support Technician in the UK

Field Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Field Support Technician in the UK

Field Support Technician
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Field Support Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England - 3 £180 - 1
UK excluding London - 2 £170 - 3
London - 1 £188 -
East Midlands - 1 £160 -
Midlands - 1 £160 -
South West - 1 £180 -

Field Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Field 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 featuring Field Support Technician in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) Dell
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Network Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
3 1 (33.33%) iPad
3 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (33.33%) Meraki
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (33.33%) BYOD
3 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (33.33%) Intel
3 1 (33.33%) Peregrine
3 1 (33.33%) Apple
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Remedy
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP

Field Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) PBX
1 1 (33.33%) PSTN
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) BYOD
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) iPad
1 1 (33.33%) iPhone
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) PDA
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (33.33%) Smartphone
1 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) Network Optimisation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Dell
1 2 (66.67%) HP
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) BT
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Intel
2 1 (33.33%) Meraki
2 1 (33.33%) Peregrine
2 1 (33.33%) Remedy