IT Technician Jobs in England

IT Technician
UK > England

The median IT Technician salary in England is £27,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 550 465
Rank change year-on-year +319 -85 +226
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 1,134 382 1,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.25% 0.45% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 0.50% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 977 232 407
10th Percentile £22,000 £21,300 £17,143
25th Percentile £24,500 £23,688 £21,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £30,750 £33,750 £29,250
90th Percentile £37,125 £40,987 £34,350
UK median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North of England +169 275 £27,500 +1.85% 50
South East +170 242 £27,000 +5.88% 30
East of England +111 215 £26,372 -4.10% 10
Midlands +124 198 £26,750 +7.00% 34
North West +48 127 £27,500 +0.98% 23
South West +39 127 £28,000 -3.45% 28
Yorkshire +144 106 £27,000 +3.85% 19
West Midlands +58 97 £28,000 +9.80% 15
East Midlands +63 95 £26,000 +13.04% 19
London +89 75 £27,500 -8.33% 14
North East +24 42 £27,500 -32.71% 8
IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 across the England region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 519 (45.77%) Windows
2 497 (43.83%) Microsoft 365
3 422 (37.21%) Microsoft
4 344 (30.34%) Active Directory
5 341 (30.07%) Social Skills
6 296 (26.10%) Customer Service
7 284 (25.04%) Problem-Solving
8 216 (19.05%) Windows Server
9 165 (14.55%) Windows 10
10 149 (13.14%) Microsoft Office
11 142 (12.52%) Azure
12 106 (9.35%) Google
13 99 (8.73%) Driving Licence
14 85 (7.50%) Degree
15 84 (7.41%) ITIL
15 84 (7.41%) DNS
16 80 (7.05%) Microsoft Exchange
16 80 (7.05%) Firewall
16 80 (7.05%) Wireless
17 76 (6.70%) VMware
18 75 (6.61%) Entra ID
19 74 (6.53%) DBS Check
20 64 (5.64%) DHCP
21 63 (5.56%) TCP/IP
22 61 (5.38%) Manufacturing
23 59 (5.20%) SharePoint
24 56 (4.94%) Law
24 56 (4.94%) Line Management
25 54 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
25 54 (4.76%) SLA

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 80 (7.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (5.20%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.71%) SAS
4 6 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (0.44%) Confluence
5 5 (0.44%) IIS
6 3 (0.26%) Apache
7 2 (0.18%) Resin
8 1 (0.088%) Site Server
Applications
1 149 (13.14%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.088%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.088%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 497 (43.83%) Microsoft 365
2 142 (12.52%) Azure
3 75 (6.61%) Entra ID
4 45 (3.97%) Google Workspace
5 23 (2.03%) AWS
6 18 (1.59%) OneDrive
7 12 (1.06%) SaaS
8 10 (0.88%) Power Platform
8 10 (0.88%) WhatsApp
9 5 (0.44%) ChatGPT
10 4 (0.35%) IaaS
11 3 (0.26%) Dropbox
11 3 (0.26%) PaaS
12 2 (0.18%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.088%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 1 (0.088%) Asana
13 1 (0.088%) Google Drive
13 1 (0.088%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 84 (7.41%) DNS
2 80 (7.05%) Firewall
2 80 (7.05%) Wireless
3 64 (5.64%) DHCP
4 63 (5.56%) TCP/IP
5 54 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
6 51 (4.50%) LAN
7 43 (3.79%) VLAN
8 33 (2.91%) WAN
9 32 (2.82%) VoIP
10 31 (2.73%) VPN
11 24 (2.12%) Broadband
12 21 (1.85%) Internet
13 20 (1.76%) Network Security
14 12 (1.06%) NAS
14 12 (1.06%) SAN
15 10 (0.88%) FTP
16 8 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
17 6 (0.53%) MPLS
17 6 (0.53%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.03%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.88%) Power BI
3 6 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.26%) MySQL
5 1 (0.088%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.088%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (0.71%) JIRA
2 6 (0.53%) Eclipse
3 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 341 (30.07%) Social Skills
2 61 (5.38%) Manufacturing
3 56 (4.94%) Law
4 53 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (4.06%) Finance
6 29 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (2.29%) Local Government
9 25 (2.20%) Retail
10 21 (1.85%) Telecoms
11 19 (1.68%) Legal
12 18 (1.59%) Public Sector
13 15 (1.32%) Marketing
14 5 (0.44%) Automotive
14 5 (0.44%) Electronics
15 4 (0.35%) Military
15 4 (0.35%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.26%) Aviation
16 3 (0.26%) Back Office
16 3 (0.26%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.62%) .NET
1 7 (0.62%) X-Windows
2 6 (0.53%) CSS
2 6 (0.53%) HTML
3 3 (0.26%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.26%) EDI
3 3 (0.26%) jQuery
4 2 (0.18%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (0.088%) Classic ASP
5 1 (0.088%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 99 (8.73%) Driving Licence
2 48 (4.23%) Housing Association
3 41 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (2.91%) Onboarding
5 25 (2.20%) Management Information System
6 24 (2.12%) Educational Technology
7 23 (2.03%) CCTV
8 10 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (0.71%) Data Centre
9 8 (0.71%) iPad
9 8 (0.71%) LIMS
9 8 (0.71%) NHS
10 7 (0.62%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.35%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.26%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.26%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.26%) Renewable Energy
14 2 (0.18%) Grid Computing
14 2 (0.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 519 (45.77%) Windows
2 216 (19.05%) Windows Server
3 165 (14.55%) Windows 10
4 39 (3.44%) Apple iOS
5 38 (3.35%) Linux
6 36 (3.17%) Mac OS
7 33 (2.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 25 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
9 24 (2.12%) Windows 7
10 20 (1.76%) Android
11 19 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
12 18 (1.59%) Windows 8
12 18 (1.59%) Windows Server 2008
13 9 (0.79%) Mac OS X
14 5 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.35%) Unix
16 2 (0.18%) Ubuntu
17 1 (0.088%) Windows Phone
17 1 (0.088%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (26.10%) Customer Service
2 284 (25.04%) Problem-Solving
3 84 (7.41%) ITIL
4 56 (4.94%) Line Management
5 53 (4.67%) ITSM
6 41 (3.62%) Cybersecurity
7 37 (3.26%) Service Management
8 34 (3.00%) Migration
9 33 (2.91%) Project Management
10 32 (2.82%) Mathematics
10 32 (2.82%) Time Management
11 26 (2.29%) Coaching
12 25 (2.20%) Asset Management
12 25 (2.20%) Service Delivery
13 23 (2.03%) Collaborative Working
14 22 (1.94%) Mobile Device Management
15 19 (1.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 18 (1.59%) Computer Science
16 18 (1.59%) Preventative Maintenance
17 17 (1.50%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 47 (4.14%) SQL
2 30 (2.65%) PowerShell
3 13 (1.15%) VB
4 11 (0.97%) C#
5 7 (0.62%) Java
6 6 (0.53%) Python
7 3 (0.26%) C++
7 3 (0.26%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.26%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.088%) Bash
Qualifications
1 85 (7.50%) Degree
2 74 (6.53%) DBS Check
3 46 (4.06%) A+ Certification
4 41 (3.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
5 27 (2.38%) Security Cleared
6 25 (2.20%) SC Cleared
7 20 (1.76%) CCNA
8 16 (1.41%) MCSE
9 12 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
10 11 (0.97%) MCP
11 10 (0.88%) MCITP
12 9 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.44%) HNC
14 5 (0.44%) MCSA
15 4 (0.35%) Azure Certification
15 4 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
16 3 (0.26%) CCNP
16 3 (0.26%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (4.76%) SLA
2 11 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (0.79%) GDPR
5 8 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.71%) QA
6 4 (0.35%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.18%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.088%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 344 (30.34%) Active Directory
2 54 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (4.67%) Hyper-V
4 14 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.71%) Terminal Services
6 5 (0.44%) vSphere
7 4 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.18%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.18%) Firmware
9 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 53 (4.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (2.20%) SCCM
3 6 (0.53%) PaperCut
4 4 (0.35%) AirWatch
4 4 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.26%) Autotask
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 3 (0.26%) NetCrunch
5 3 (0.26%) SCDPM
6 2 (0.18%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.18%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.088%) Graylog
7 1 (0.088%) WSUS
Vendors
1 422 (37.21%) Microsoft
2 106 (9.35%) Google
3 76 (6.70%) VMware
4 51 (4.50%) Apple
4 51 (4.50%) Cisco
5 14 (1.23%) Veeam
6 13 (1.15%) Meraki
7 11 (0.97%) Citrix
7 11 (0.97%) Sage
8 8 (0.71%) Sophos
8 8 (0.71%) Ubiquiti
9 6 (0.53%) Avaya
9 6 (0.53%) ESET
10 5 (0.44%) Datto
10 5 (0.44%) Dell
10 5 (0.44%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.35%) Adobe
11 4 (0.35%) Oracle
11 4 (0.35%) WatchGuard
12 3 (0.26%) Draytek