Support Technician Contracts in the West Midlands

Support Technician
England > West Midlands

The median Support Technician daily rate in the West Midlands is £206 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 128 169
Rank change year-on-year +27 +41 -39
Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician 5 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.26% 0.044% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.047% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £159 - £168
25th Percentile £173 - £179
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £206 - £200
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.52%
75th Percentile £248 - £233
90th Percentile £255 - -
England median daily rate £200 £200 £171
% change year-on-year - +16.79% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £17.10
25th Percentile - - £18.38
Median hourly rate £15.65 - £20.51
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £11.50 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -39.47% -5.00% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,733 2,135 3,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.69% 94.59% 96.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,176 1,459 2,490
10th Percentile £255 £250 £225
25th Percentile £360 £386 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +14.46%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £713 £700 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 64 75
10th Percentile £12.08 £12.50 £12.43
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.47 £14.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +9.68%
75th Percentile £40.81 £28.50 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.63 £56.38 £23.15
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +6.38%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in the West Midlands

Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Technician in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Support Technician in the West Midlands

Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Technician in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Support Technician in the West Midlands

Support Technician
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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
Birmingham - 2 £175 - 2
Shropshire - 2 £236 -
Support Technician
England

Support Technician Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 West Midlands region featuring Support Technician in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) EPoS
4 1 (20.00%) Acrobat
4 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) MCDST
4 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (20.00%) SCCM
4 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (20.00%) IBM Domino
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (20.00%) MCP
4 1 (20.00%) Adobe
4 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Lotus

Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (20.00%) IBM Domino
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Acrobat
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (20.00%) MCDST
1 1 (20.00%) MCP
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) Lotus