IT Technician Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Technician daily rate in the UK excluding London is £150, 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 262 284 375
Rank change year-on-year +22 +91 +14
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 143 147 129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.67% 0.65% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.69% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 91 83
10th Percentile £125 £125 £122
25th Percentile £126 £158 £136
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £188 £160
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +17.19% +12.28%
75th Percentile £200 £205 £175
90th Percentile £206 - £233
UK median daily rate £150 £180 £160
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 18 18
10th Percentile £7.43 £12.19 £10.75
25th Percentile £10.95 £14.13 £12.94
Median hourly rate £13.50 £15.85 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -14.83% -8.12% +23.21%
75th Percentile £16.00 £20.44 £20.07
90th Percentile £18.03 £21.85 £22.75
UK median hourly rate £13.87 £15.85 £17.00
% change year-on-year -12.49% -6.76% +9.96%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 19,709 21,379 29,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.21% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 14,853 20,421
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,090 1,383
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.68 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IT Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Technician in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
North of England +49 48 £145 -17.14% 55
South East +6 40 £200 -2.44% 40
North West +33 22 £127 -27.57% 27
Yorkshire +23 18 £185 +4.23% 18
Midlands +20 17 £150 -11.76% 47
East of England +9 17 £130 -27.78% 12
East Midlands +11 11 £150 +9.09% 26
North East +14 8 - - 11
South West -7 8 £180 +7.46% 33
West Midlands +17 6 £180 +2.86% 21
Scotland +53 5 £245 +6.52% 5
Wales +1 5 £120 -33.33% 5
Northern Ireland -12 3 £185 - 1
IT Technician
UK

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 69 (48.25%) Windows
2 49 (34.27%) Microsoft
3 41 (28.67%) Active Directory
4 37 (25.87%) Social Skills
5 32 (22.38%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (18.88%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (13.99%) Windows 10
8 19 (13.29%) Security Cleared
9 17 (11.89%) Public Sector
10 16 (11.19%) Driving Licence
11 15 (10.49%) SC Cleared
12 14 (9.79%) Smartphone
12 14 (9.79%) Microsoft Office
13 13 (9.09%) Finance
14 12 (8.39%) Break/Fix
14 12 (8.39%) Windows Server
15 11 (7.69%) Mathematics
15 11 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
16 10 (6.99%) SCCM
16 10 (6.99%) Linux
16 10 (6.99%) SLA
17 9 (6.29%) ITIL
17 9 (6.29%) ATM
17 9 (6.29%) Wireless
17 9 (6.29%) EPoS
17 9 (6.29%) Retail
17 9 (6.29%) Windows 7
17 9 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
17 9 (6.29%) Preventative Maintenance
18 8 (5.59%) Network Security

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (9.79%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.70%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (1.40%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 27 (18.88%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.80%) Azure
3 3 (2.10%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.70%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.70%) OneDrive
4 1 (0.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.29%) ATM
1 9 (6.29%) Wireless
2 8 (5.59%) Network Security
3 4 (2.80%) LAN
3 4 (2.80%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.10%) DNS
4 3 (2.10%) Firewall
5 2 (1.40%) HTTP
5 2 (1.40%) HTTPS
5 2 (1.40%) Internet
5 2 (1.40%) IPsec
5 2 (1.40%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.40%) SNMP
5 2 (1.40%) SSH
5 2 (1.40%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.70%) DHCP
6 1 (0.70%) Intranet
6 1 (0.70%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.70%) WAN
6 1 (0.70%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (0.70%) MSI
General
1 37 (25.87%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.89%) Public Sector
3 13 (9.09%) Finance
4 9 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.29%) Retail
5 8 (5.59%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.10%) Aviation
6 3 (2.10%) Electronics
6 3 (2.10%) Legal
7 2 (1.40%) Advertising
7 2 (1.40%) Games
7 2 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.40%) Marketing
7 2 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.40%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.70%) Automotive
8 1 (0.70%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.40%) LDAP
2 1 (0.70%) .NET
2 1 (0.70%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.19%) Driving Licence
2 14 (9.79%) Smartphone
3 9 (6.29%) EPoS
4 7 (4.90%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.80%) iPhone
7 3 (2.10%) NHS
8 2 (1.40%) CCTV
8 2 (1.40%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.70%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.70%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.70%) Life Science
9 1 (0.70%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.70%) Social Media
9 1 (0.70%) Tandem
9 1 (0.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 69 (48.25%) Windows
2 20 (13.99%) Windows 10
3 12 (8.39%) Windows Server
4 10 (6.99%) Linux
5 9 (6.29%) Windows 7
6 8 (5.59%) Windows Vista
7 6 (4.20%) Mac OS
8 5 (3.50%) Android
9 2 (1.40%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (22.38%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (8.39%) Break/Fix
3 11 (7.69%) Mathematics
4 9 (6.29%) ITIL
4 9 (6.29%) Preventative Maintenance
5 8 (5.59%) Service Delivery
6 5 (3.50%) Asset Management
6 5 (3.50%) Customer Service
6 5 (3.50%) Decision-Making
6 5 (3.50%) Office Automation
7 4 (2.80%) Informatics
7 4 (2.80%) Information Security
7 4 (2.80%) Kalman Filter
7 4 (2.80%) PRINCE2
8 3 (2.10%) Information Governance
8 3 (2.10%) Time Management
9 2 (1.40%) Computer Science
9 2 (1.40%) Digital Marketing
9 2 (1.40%) Line Management
9 2 (1.40%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (13.29%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.49%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.59%) Degree
4 6 (4.20%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.70%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.70%) CCNA
7 1 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.70%) HNC
7 1 (0.70%) MCDST
7 1 (0.70%) MCP
7 1 (0.70%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.99%) SLA
2 3 (2.10%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.70%) GDPR
3 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.70%) QA
System Software
1 41 (28.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.40%) NFS
2 2 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.70%) KVM
3 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.70%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 11 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.99%) SCCM
3 2 (1.40%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.70%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 49 (34.27%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.20%) MobileIron
3 5 (3.50%) Citrix
4 3 (2.10%) Cisco
4 3 (2.10%) Dell
4 3 (2.10%) HP
5 2 (1.40%) BT
5 2 (1.40%) Cegedim Rx
5 2 (1.40%) SAP
5 2 (1.40%) VMware
6 1 (0.70%) 3Com
6 1 (0.70%) Adobe
6 1 (0.70%) Aruba
6 1 (0.70%) Brocade
6 1 (0.70%) Google
6 1 (0.70%) Juniper
6 1 (0.70%) Meraki
6 1 (0.70%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.70%) Veeam