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 during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 266 302 378
Rank change year-on-year +36 +76 +6
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 132 147 130
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.63% 0.64% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.68% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 91 82
10th Percentile £122 £125 £121
25th Percentile £126 £156 £136
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £180 £160
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% +10.34%
75th Percentile £200 £205 £175
90th Percentile £207 - £233
UK median daily rate £150 £180 £160
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% +10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 19
10th Percentile £7.43 £12.02 £10.75
25th Percentile £10.95 £13.75 £13.63
Median hourly rate £13.50 £15.80 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.56% -9.71% +25.00%
75th Percentile £16.15 £18.75 £20.51
90th Percentile £18.24 £21.28 £22.75
UK median hourly rate £13.87 £15.80 £17.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% -7.06% +9.96%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,265 21,604 29,212
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.27% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,031 20,565
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,432 1,082 1,393
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.01 £14.88
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.19
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +60 47 £136 -22.14% 51
South East +2 39 £200 -2.44% 30
North West +33 21 £126 -28.00% 24
Yorkshire +30 18 £185 +4.23% 19
Midlands +26 15 £150 -9.09% 37
East of England +8 14 £165 -10.20% 10
East Midlands +13 11 £150 +2.56% 21
North East +17 8 - - 8
South West +2 8 £161 -3.73% 28
Scotland +45 5 £245 +6.52% 5
Wales -2 5 £120 -33.33% 8
West Midlands +13 4 £180 +2.86% 16
IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 64 (48.48%) Windows
2 49 (37.12%) Microsoft
3 40 (30.30%) Active Directory
4 36 (27.27%) Social Skills
5 31 (23.48%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (17.42%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (12.88%) Windows 10
8 16 (12.12%) Driving Licence
8 16 (12.12%) Security Cleared
9 15 (11.36%) Public Sector
10 14 (10.61%) Smartphone
11 12 (9.09%) SC Cleared
11 12 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
12 11 (8.33%) Break/Fix
13 10 (7.58%) Windows Server
13 10 (7.58%) Linux
13 10 (7.58%) Finance
13 10 (7.58%) Microsoft Intune
13 10 (7.58%) SCCM
14 9 (6.82%) Mathematics
14 9 (6.82%) Retail
14 9 (6.82%) Windows 7
14 9 (6.82%) ITIL
14 9 (6.82%) ATM
14 9 (6.82%) SLA
14 9 (6.82%) EPoS
14 9 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
14 9 (6.82%) Preventative Maintenance
15 8 (6.06%) Service Delivery
15 8 (6.06%) 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 7 (5.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.52%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.76%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (1.52%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 23 (17.42%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (2.27%) Azure
3 1 (0.76%) Entra ID
3 1 (0.76%) Google Workspace
3 1 (0.76%) OneDrive
3 1 (0.76%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.82%) ATM
2 8 (6.06%) Network Security
3 6 (4.55%) Wireless
4 4 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.52%) DNS
5 2 (1.52%) Internet
6 1 (0.76%) DHCP
6 1 (0.76%) HTTP
6 1 (0.76%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.76%) Intranet
6 1 (0.76%) IPsec
6 1 (0.76%) LAN
6 1 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.76%) SNMP
6 1 (0.76%) SSH
6 1 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.76%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.76%) WAN
6 1 (0.76%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (0.76%) MSI
General
1 36 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 15 (11.36%) Public Sector
3 10 (7.58%) Finance
4 9 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.82%) Retail
5 6 (4.55%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.27%) Aviation
6 3 (2.27%) Legal
7 2 (1.52%) Advertising
7 2 (1.52%) Games
7 2 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.76%) Automotive
8 1 (0.76%) Banking
8 1 (0.76%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.76%) LDAP
1 1 (0.76%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.12%) Driving Licence
2 14 (10.61%) Smartphone
3 9 (6.82%) EPoS
4 7 (5.30%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (3.03%) iPhone
5 4 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.27%) NHS
7 2 (1.52%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.76%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.76%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.76%) Life Science
8 1 (0.76%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.76%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.76%) Social Media
8 1 (0.76%) Tandem
8 1 (0.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 64 (48.48%) Windows
2 17 (12.88%) Windows 10
3 10 (7.58%) Linux
3 10 (7.58%) Windows Server
4 9 (6.82%) Windows 7
5 8 (6.06%) Windows Vista
6 5 (3.79%) Android
6 5 (3.79%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.76%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (23.48%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (8.33%) Break/Fix
3 9 (6.82%) ITIL
3 9 (6.82%) Mathematics
3 9 (6.82%) Preventative Maintenance
4 8 (6.06%) Service Delivery
5 5 (3.79%) Asset Management
5 5 (3.79%) Customer Service
5 5 (3.79%) Decision-Making
5 5 (3.79%) Office Automation
6 4 (3.03%) Informatics
6 4 (3.03%) Information Security
6 4 (3.03%) PRINCE2
7 3 (2.27%) Information Governance
7 3 (2.27%) Time Management
8 2 (1.52%) Computer Science
8 2 (1.52%) Line Management
8 2 (1.52%) Migration
8 2 (1.52%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (1.52%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.30%) Degree
4 6 (4.55%) DBS Check
5 4 (3.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.76%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.76%) CCNA
6 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.76%) HNC
6 1 (0.76%) MCDST
6 1 (0.76%) MCP
6 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.82%) SLA
2 3 (2.27%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.76%) GDPR
3 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.76%) QA
System Software
1 40 (30.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.76%) KVM
2 1 (0.76%) NFS
2 1 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.76%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 10 (7.58%) Microsoft Intune
1 10 (7.58%) SCCM
2 1 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.76%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 49 (37.12%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.55%) MobileIron
3 5 (3.79%) Citrix
4 2 (1.52%) BT
4 2 (1.52%) Cegedim Rx
4 2 (1.52%) Cisco
4 2 (1.52%) HP
5 1 (0.76%) 3Com
5 1 (0.76%) Adobe
5 1 (0.76%) Ariba
5 1 (0.76%) Aruba
5 1 (0.76%) Brocade
5 1 (0.76%) Google
5 1 (0.76%) Juniper
5 1 (0.76%) Meraki
5 1 (0.76%) SAP
5 1 (0.76%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.76%) VMware