IT Technician Contracts in West Yorkshire

IT Technician
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median IT Technician daily rate in West Yorkshire is £185 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 93 114
Rank change year-on-year +36 +21 -32
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 14 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 1.44% 0.27% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 0.27% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 1
10th Percentile £127 £134 -
25th Percentile £145 £143 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £165 £165
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% - +17.86%
75th Percentile £193 £181 £173
90th Percentile £220 £187 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £185 £178 £165
% change year-on-year +4.23% +7.58% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £10.65
25th Percentile £12.75 - £10.69
Median hourly rate £13.50 - £11.50
75th Percentile £14.25 - £14.95
90th Percentile - - £16.56
Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.50 - £11.50
% change year-on-year - - -8.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 898 1,476 1,802
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 97.94% 97.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 1,027 1,319
10th Percentile £289 £325 £240
25th Percentile £400 £438 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £663
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 18 52
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.00 £10.64
25th Percentile £12.53 £13.81 £12.21
Median hourly rate £15.50 £20.75 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.30% +13.70% -15.12%
75th Percentile £48.75 £50.44 £21.88
90th Percentile £53.75 £65.63 £26.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.50 £21.50 £18.25
% change year-on-year -27.91% +17.81% -3.95%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in West Yorkshire

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in West Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in West Yorkshire

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Technician in West Yorkshire

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in West Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in West Yorkshire

IT Technician
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bradford +9 5 £185 +12.12% 1
Wakefield - 5 £235 -
Leeds +26 2 £150 -7.69%
Castleford - 1 £150 - 1
Huddersfield - 1 £95 -
IT Technician
Yorkshire

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, IT 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 Yorkshire region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
3 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
4 3 (21.43%) DBS Check
5 2 (14.29%) Driving Licence
5 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (14.29%) Network Security
5 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
5 2 (14.29%) Learning Management System
5 2 (14.29%) Smartphone
5 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (7.14%) Finance
6 1 (7.14%) Migration
6 1 (7.14%) 3Com
6 1 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (7.14%) VMware
6 1 (7.14%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (7.14%) Citrix
6 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (7.14%) A+ Certification
6 1 (7.14%) Juniper
6 1 (7.14%) LAN
6 1 (7.14%) WAN
6 1 (7.14%) DHCP
6 1 (7.14%) DNS
6 1 (7.14%) Cisco
6 1 (7.14%) Degree
6 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.14%) QA

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
1 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (7.14%) DHCP
2 1 (7.14%) DNS
2 1 (7.14%) LAN
2 1 (7.14%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (7.14%) WAN
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Banking
2 1 (7.14%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Driving Licence
1 2 (14.29%) Learning Management System
1 2 (14.29%) Smartphone
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Social Media
2 1 (7.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (7.14%) Break/Fix
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.14%) Migration
2 1 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (7.14%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.14%) A+ Certification
2 1 (7.14%) CCNA
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.14%) KVM
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) 3Com
2 1 (7.14%) Aruba
2 1 (7.14%) Brocade
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco
2 1 (7.14%) Citrix
2 1 (7.14%) Juniper
2 1 (7.14%) Meraki
2 1 (7.14%) VMware