IT Technician Contracts in London

IT Technician
England > London

The median IT Technician daily rate in London is £145, 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 383 446 577
Rank change year-on-year +63 +131 -80
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 17 36 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.096% 0.14% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.15% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 32 14
10th Percentile - £115 £117
25th Percentile £123 £131 £137
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £173 £188
Median % change year-on-year -15.94% -8.00% +33.93%
75th Percentile £236 £243 £225
90th Percentile £317 £366 £305
England median daily rate £150 £188 £160
% change year-on-year -20.00% +17.19% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 8
10th Percentile £14.47 - £13.90
25th Percentile £15.37 - £15.20
Median hourly rate £16.86 - £16.50
75th Percentile £19.43 - £19.06
90th Percentile £20.97 - £20.08
England median hourly rate £13.87 £15.90 £17.00
% change year-on-year -12.77% -6.47% +3.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,560 23,906 36,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 95.05% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,921 17,459 27,030
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 281 404
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.98 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.17 £22.63 £23.75
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.12%
75th Percentile £46.59 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in London

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in London

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Technician in London

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in London

IT Technician
Contract Job Locations in 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 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
Central London +36 5 £125 -24.24% 4
IT Technician
England

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 London region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 8 (47.06%) Windows
3 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
4 6 (35.29%) LAN
4 6 (35.29%) WAN
5 5 (29.41%) ServiceNow
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
6 4 (23.53%) Apple
6 4 (23.53%) Apple iOS
6 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
6 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
6 4 (23.53%) Android
6 4 (23.53%) iPhone
7 3 (17.65%) Logistics
7 3 (17.65%) Degree
7 3 (17.65%) Asset Management
7 3 (17.65%) SLA
7 3 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (17.65%) Finance
7 3 (17.65%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
8 2 (11.76%) Two-Factor Authentication
8 2 (11.76%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 2 (11.76%) Virtual Environments
8 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (11.76%) Critical Thinking
8 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
8 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.76%) Google Workspace
3 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) LAN
1 6 (35.29%) WAN
2 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.88%) VoIP
2 1 (5.88%) Wireless
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Arabic Language
3 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) French Language
3 2 (11.76%) German Language
3 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.76%) Spanish Language
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Electronics
4 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.88%) Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) iPhone
2 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Android
2 4 (23.53%) Apple iOS
3 2 (11.76%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Asset Management
1 3 (17.65%) Logistics
1 3 (17.65%) Mobile Device Management
1 3 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (11.76%) Agile
2 2 (11.76%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (11.76%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
2 2 (11.76%) DevOps
2 2 (11.76%) ITIL
2 2 (11.76%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 2 (11.76%) Problem Management
2 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
2 2 (11.76%) Two-Factor Authentication
2 2 (11.76%) Virtual Environments
3 1 (5.88%) Break/Fix
3 1 (5.88%) Business Impact Analysis
3 1 (5.88%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (5.88%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) ServiceNow
2 4 (23.53%) Apple
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.76%) Avaya
3 2 (11.76%) Citrix
3 2 (11.76%) Google
3 2 (11.76%) Ivanti
3 2 (11.76%) Sun
4 1 (5.88%) Dell
4 1 (5.88%) HP
4 1 (5.88%) Meraki
4 1 (5.88%) SAP