IT Support Technician Contracts in the Midlands

IT Support Technician
England > Midlands

The median IT Support Technician daily rate in the Midlands is £110, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 153 200
Rank change year-on-year +16 +47 -35
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 4 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.14% 0.16% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.16% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £135 -
25th Percentile £105 £142 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £110 £156 £215
Median % change year-on-year -29.60% -27.33% +30.30%
75th Percentile £115 £169 £285
90th Percentile - £174 £317
England median daily rate £200 £200 £165
% change year-on-year - +21.21% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £19.73 £16.68
25th Percentile - £20.81 £17.32
Median hourly rate £15.65 £23.75 £19.01
Median % change year-on-year -34.11% +24.97% -
75th Percentile - £26.81 £20.07
90th Percentile - £27.98 £20.33
England median hourly rate £11.50 £15.90 £17.50
% change year-on-year -27.67% -9.14% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,719 3,042 4,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.50% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,809 2,147 3,499
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +1.05% +15.85%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £569
90th Percentile £675 £692 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 113 146
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £14.09 £15.00 £14.67
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.71 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +13.45% +21.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Technician in the Midlands

IT Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support Technician in the Midlands

IT Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Technician in the Midlands

IT Support Technician
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
East Midlands +6 3 £110 -29.60% 12
West Midlands +18 1 - - 9
IT Support Technician
England

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 Midlands region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (25.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) MCDST
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) SCCM
3 1 (25.00%) MCP
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Acrobat
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Acrobat
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (25.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
1 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (25.00%) MCDST
1 1 (25.00%) MCP
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe