IT Technician Jobs

IT Technician
UK

The median IT Technician salary in the UK is £27,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 238 572 457
Rank change year-on-year +334 -115 +272
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 1,274 412 1,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.17% 0.44% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 0.49% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,071 260 425
10th Percentile £22,000 £21,925 £16,457
25th Percentile £24,250 £24,400 £21,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £30,975 £33,750 £29,250
90th Percentile £36,550 £40,312 £34,150
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Technician.

Salary trend for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +255 1,176 £27,000 -1.82% 163
England +322 1,163 £27,000 -1.82% 168
North of England +169 279 £27,500 +1.85% 47
South East +174 248 £27,000 +1.89% 33
Work from Home +226 246 £27,000 -1.82% 26
East of England +99 216 £26,372 -4.10% 11
Midlands +112 204 £26,750 +7.00% 37
South West +46 138 £28,000 -1.75% 29
North West +50 127 £27,500 +1.97% 20
Yorkshire +147 109 £27,000 +5.88% 16
West Midlands +62 101 £28,000 +9.80% 17
East Midlands +47 97 £26,000 +13.04% 20
London +45 76 £27,500 -8.33% 12
Wales +56 51 £26,000 -10.34% 6
North East +20 43 £27,500 -32.40% 11
Scotland -47 34 £24,000 -20.00% 5
Northern Ireland +22 6 £29,500 - 1

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, IT Technician 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 permanent job ads featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 571 (44.82%) Windows
2 556 (43.64%) Microsoft 365
3 486 (38.15%) Microsoft
4 383 (30.06%) Active Directory
5 378 (29.67%) Social Skills
6 327 (25.67%) Customer Service
7 317 (24.88%) Problem-Solving
8 237 (18.60%) Windows Server
9 177 (13.89%) Windows 10
10 174 (13.66%) Microsoft Office
11 160 (12.56%) Azure
12 112 (8.79%) Driving Licence
13 108 (8.48%) Google
14 100 (7.85%) ITIL
14 100 (7.85%) DNS
14 100 (7.85%) Microsoft Exchange
15 95 (7.46%) Degree
16 88 (6.91%) Firewall
17 87 (6.83%) Entra ID
18 85 (6.67%) Wireless
19 81 (6.36%) Manufacturing
20 80 (6.28%) DBS Check
21 79 (6.20%) VMware
21 79 (6.20%) DHCP
22 76 (5.97%) TCP/IP
23 74 (5.81%) SharePoint
24 72 (5.65%) SLA
25 66 (5.18%) Wi-Fi
26 63 (4.95%) Apple
27 62 (4.87%) Line Management

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 100 (7.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 74 (5.81%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.94%) Confluence
4 8 (0.63%) SAS
5 6 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.39%) IIS
7 3 (0.24%) Apache
8 2 (0.16%) Resin
9 1 (0.078%) Site Server
Applications
1 174 (13.66%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.078%) Blender
5 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.078%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.078%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 556 (43.64%) Microsoft 365
2 160 (12.56%) Azure
3 87 (6.83%) Entra ID
4 48 (3.77%) Google Workspace
5 32 (2.51%) AWS
6 22 (1.73%) OneDrive
7 14 (1.10%) SaaS
8 10 (0.78%) Power Platform
8 10 (0.78%) WhatsApp
9 5 (0.39%) ChatGPT
10 4 (0.31%) IaaS
11 3 (0.24%) Dropbox
11 3 (0.24%) PaaS
12 2 (0.16%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 1 (0.078%) Asana
13 1 (0.078%) Google Drive
13 1 (0.078%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 100 (7.85%) DNS
2 88 (6.91%) Firewall
3 85 (6.67%) Wireless
4 79 (6.20%) DHCP
5 76 (5.97%) TCP/IP
6 66 (5.18%) Wi-Fi
7 52 (4.08%) LAN
8 43 (3.38%) VLAN
9 39 (3.06%) VoIP
10 36 (2.83%) VPN
11 34 (2.67%) WAN
12 27 (2.12%) Broadband
13 26 (2.04%) Network Security
14 24 (1.88%) Internet
15 12 (0.94%) NAS
15 12 (0.94%) SAN
16 10 (0.78%) FTP
16 10 (0.78%) MPLS
17 9 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
18 6 (0.47%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (1.81%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.78%) Power BI
3 6 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.24%) MySQL
5 1 (0.078%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.078%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (1.41%) JIRA
2 6 (0.47%) Eclipse
3 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 378 (29.67%) Social Skills
2 81 (6.36%) Manufacturing
3 58 (4.55%) Finance
4 56 (4.40%) Law
5 55 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
7 32 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 31 (2.43%) Retail
9 28 (2.20%) Local Government
10 26 (2.04%) Telecoms
11 20 (1.57%) Public Sector
12 19 (1.49%) Legal
13 16 (1.26%) Marketing
14 7 (0.55%) Advertising
15 5 (0.39%) Automotive
15 5 (0.39%) Electronics
16 4 (0.31%) Back Office
16 4 (0.31%) Military
16 4 (0.31%) Multimedia
17 3 (0.24%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.55%) .NET
1 7 (0.55%) X-Windows
2 6 (0.47%) CSS
2 6 (0.47%) HTML
3 3 (0.24%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.24%) EDI
3 3 (0.24%) jQuery
4 2 (0.16%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (0.16%) Web Services
5 1 (0.078%) Classic ASP
5 1 (0.078%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.79%) Driving Licence
2 48 (3.77%) Housing Association
3 42 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (3.22%) Onboarding
5 29 (2.28%) CCTV
5 29 (2.28%) Management Information System
6 27 (2.12%) Educational Technology
7 12 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (0.71%) iPad
8 9 (0.71%) NHS
9 8 (0.63%) Data Centre
9 8 (0.63%) LIMS
10 7 (0.55%) EPoS
10 7 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.31%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.24%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.24%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.24%) iPhone
13 3 (0.24%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 571 (44.82%) Windows
2 237 (18.60%) Windows Server
3 177 (13.89%) Windows 10
4 47 (3.69%) Apple iOS
4 47 (3.69%) Mac OS
5 44 (3.45%) Linux
6 35 (2.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 34 (2.67%) Windows Server 2012
8 27 (2.12%) Android
9 25 (1.96%) Windows 7
10 23 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
11 18 (1.41%) Windows 8
11 18 (1.41%) Windows Server 2008
12 10 (0.78%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.39%) Unix
14 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.078%) Windows Phone
15 1 (0.078%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (25.67%) Customer Service
2 317 (24.88%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (7.85%) ITIL
4 62 (4.87%) Line Management
5 56 (4.40%) ITSM
6 55 (4.32%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (3.30%) Time Management
8 40 (3.14%) Service Management
9 39 (3.06%) Project Management
10 36 (2.83%) Mathematics
11 35 (2.75%) Collaborative Working
12 34 (2.67%) Migration
13 32 (2.51%) Service Delivery
14 29 (2.28%) Coaching
15 28 (2.20%) Asset Management
15 28 (2.20%) Disaster Recovery
16 25 (1.96%) Mobile Device Management
17 20 (1.57%) Computer Science
18 19 (1.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 19 (1.49%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 48 (3.77%) SQL
2 31 (2.43%) PowerShell
3 14 (1.10%) VB
4 12 (0.94%) C#
5 7 (0.55%) Java
6 6 (0.47%) Python
7 3 (0.24%) C++
7 3 (0.24%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.24%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.16%) Bash
9 1 (0.078%) Swift
Qualifications
1 95 (7.46%) Degree
2 80 (6.28%) DBS Check
3 51 (4.00%) A+ Certification
4 48 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (2.28%) Security Cleared
6 27 (2.12%) SC Cleared
7 22 (1.73%) CCNA
8 18 (1.41%) Network+ Certification
9 17 (1.33%) MCSE
10 13 (1.02%) MCP
11 12 (0.94%) MCITP
12 10 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.47%) MCSA
15 5 (0.39%) HNC
16 4 (0.31%) Azure Certification
17 3 (0.24%) CCNP
17 3 (0.24%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (5.65%) SLA
2 18 (1.41%) GDPR
3 14 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (1.02%) QA
5 12 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.31%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.16%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.16%) DICOM
9 1 (0.078%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 383 (30.06%) Active Directory
2 58 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (4.32%) Hyper-V
4 16 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.63%) Terminal Services
6 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (0.39%) vSphere
7 4 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.16%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.16%) Firmware
8 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 62 (4.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (1.96%) SCCM
3 6 (0.47%) PaperCut
4 5 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.31%) AirWatch
5 4 (0.31%) SmoothWall
6 3 (0.24%) Autotask
6 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 3 (0.24%) NetCrunch
6 3 (0.24%) SCDPM
7 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.078%) Graylog
8 1 (0.078%) WSUS
Vendors
1 486 (38.15%) Microsoft
2 108 (8.48%) Google
3 79 (6.20%) VMware
4 63 (4.95%) Apple
5 52 (4.08%) Cisco
6 14 (1.10%) Veeam
7 13 (1.02%) Meraki
8 11 (0.86%) Sage
9 10 (0.78%) Citrix
10 9 (0.71%) Dell
11 8 (0.63%) Sophos
11 8 (0.63%) Ubiquiti
12 7 (0.55%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.47%) Avaya
13 6 (0.47%) ESET
13 6 (0.47%) Fortinet
14 5 (0.39%) Datto
14 5 (0.39%) Red Hat
15 4 (0.31%) Adobe
15 4 (0.31%) Oracle