Support Technician
UK
The median Support Technician daily rate in the UK is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 May 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 24 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 477 | 525 | 694 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +48 | +169 | -29 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician | 92 | 170 | 138 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.22% | 0.30% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.23% | 0.32% | 0.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 49 | 108 | 85 |
| 10th Percentile | £123 | £131 | £140 |
| 25th Percentile | £133 | £158 | £158 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £200 | £198 | £175 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.27% | +12.86% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £223 | £221 | £200 |
| 90th Percentile | £252 | £250 | £250 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £200 | £188 | £175 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.52% | +7.29% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 14 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £7.43 | £15.30 | £13.65 |
| 25th Percentile | £8.31 | £15.60 | £15.94 |
| Median hourly rate | £11.50 | £19.00 | £19.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -39.47% | -2.56% | +26.13% |
| 75th Percentile | £15.91 | £20.98 | £21.32 |
| 90th Percentile | £16.00 | £24.61 | £33.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £11.50 | £19.03 | £18.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -39.57% | +4.27% | +23.73% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 39,539 | 53,460 | 83,539 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.80% | 94.63% | 95.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,741 | 37,320 | 58,759 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +8.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +11.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,737 | 1,489 | 2,014 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £24.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +87.50% | +6.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.99 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Support Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Technician.
Support Technician
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Technician over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.
Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Technician.
Support Technician
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Support Technician over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.
Support Technician
Top 15 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 24 May 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 |
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| England | +71 | 90 | £200 | - | 184 |
| UK excluding London | -1 | 75 | £200 | +6.52% | 181 |
| South East | +9 | 34 | £200 | -2.44% | 49 |
| North of England | +51 | 22 | £150 | -14.29% | 41 |
| London | +63 | 16 | £165 | -26.26% | 26 |
| North West | +38 | 10 | £151 | -6.92% | 16 |
| Midlands | +33 | 9 | £180 | +9.09% | 34 |
| Work from Home | +111 | 8 | £200 | - | 45 |
| Yorkshire | +19 | 6 | £150 | -33.33% | 19 |
| North East | +17 | 6 | - | - | 6 |
| East of England | +10 | 6 | £200 | +10.34% | 19 |
| South West | +5 | 5 | £221 | +60.91% | 22 |
| East Midlands | +20 | 4 | £135 | -18.18% | 21 |
| West Midlands | +19 | 4 | £200 | - | 11 |
| Scotland | +24 | 1 | - | - | 13 |
Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 24 May 2024, 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 featuring Support Technician in the job title.
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Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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