IT Support Technician Jobs in the North of England

IT Support Technician
England > North of England

The median IT Support Technician salary in the North of England is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 248 345 399
Rank change year-on-year +97 +54 -72
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 140 80 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.78% 0.48% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 0.53% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 126 10 58
10th Percentile £23,125 £21,200 £19,350
25th Percentile £25,500 £23,000 £20,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £26,250 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £31,750 £28,000 £26,500
90th Percentile £38,375 £32,400 £29,250
England median annual salary £27,000 £27,250 £25,000
% change year-on-year -0.92% +9.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,989 15,062 17,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.04% 89.50% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 13,134 8,047 10,963
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,446 £80,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Technician in the North of England

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Technician in the North of England.

Salary trend for IT Support Technician in the North of England

IT Support Technician
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Technician in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support Technician in the North of England

IT Support Technician
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the North of England region over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire +142 72 £26,750 -0.93% 13
North West -9 58 £28,000 +10.89% 10
North East +1 10 £36,250 - 5
IT Support Technician
England

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, IT Support 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 North of England region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 78 (55.71%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (55.00%) Windows
3 51 (36.43%) Microsoft
4 47 (33.57%) Customer Service
5 42 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (27.14%) Social Skills
7 35 (25.00%) Windows Server
8 33 (23.57%) Active Directory
9 28 (20.00%) Wireless
10 24 (17.14%) Apple
11 23 (16.43%) Azure
12 21 (15.00%) DBS Check
13 19 (13.57%) Microsoft Intune
14 14 (10.00%) Driving Licence
14 14 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
14 14 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
15 13 (9.29%) Manufacturing
15 13 (9.29%) Google
16 12 (8.57%) Windows 10
16 12 (8.57%) Google Workspace
17 11 (7.86%) LAN
18 10 (7.14%) Firewall
18 10 (7.14%) Android
18 10 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
19 9 (6.43%) Finance
19 9 (6.43%) DHCP
19 9 (6.43%) DNS
20 7 (5.00%) VPN
20 7 (5.00%) SQL Server
20 7 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 14 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.29%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.14%) IIS
4 2 (1.43%) Resin
Applications
1 14 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 78 (55.71%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (16.43%) Azure
3 12 (8.57%) Google Workspace
4 7 (5.00%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.57%) AWS
6 2 (1.43%) Dropbox
7 1 (0.71%) IaaS
7 1 (0.71%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 28 (20.00%) Wireless
2 11 (7.86%) LAN
3 10 (7.14%) Firewall
4 9 (6.43%) DHCP
4 9 (6.43%) DNS
5 7 (5.00%) VPN
6 6 (4.29%) WAN
7 4 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (2.14%) Internet
8 3 (2.14%) Network Security
9 2 (1.43%) IMAP
9 2 (1.43%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.71%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.71%) Power BI
2 1 (0.71%) Tableau
General
1 38 (27.14%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.29%) Manufacturing
3 9 (6.43%) Finance
4 5 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.57%) Automotive
5 4 (2.86%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.43%) Legal
6 2 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.71%) Law
7 1 (0.71%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (1.43%) CCTV
2 2 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (1.43%) SCADA
3 1 (0.71%) iPhone
3 1 (0.71%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 77 (55.00%) Windows
2 35 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 12 (8.57%) Windows 10
4 10 (7.14%) Android
5 4 (2.86%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (2.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (33.57%) Customer Service
2 42 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (5.00%) Logistics
5 5 (3.57%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (3.57%) ITIL
6 4 (2.86%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (2.86%) Project Management
7 3 (2.14%) Computer Science
7 3 (2.14%) Software Testing
7 3 (2.14%) Time Management
8 2 (1.43%) Coaching
8 2 (1.43%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (1.43%) Information Governance
8 2 (1.43%) IT Audit
8 2 (1.43%) Requirements Gathering
9 1 (0.71%) Critical Thinking
9 1 (0.71%) Customer Experience
9 1 (0.71%) Desktop Virtualisation
9 1 (0.71%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (15.00%) DBS Check
2 7 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (3.57%) Degree
3 5 (3.57%) MCP
4 4 (2.86%) MCSE
5 1 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.71%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.71%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.29%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (23.57%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.29%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (13.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.14%) Autotask
3 2 (1.43%) SmoothWall
4 1 (0.71%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.71%) Graylog
Vendors
1 51 (36.43%) Microsoft
2 24 (17.14%) Apple
3 13 (9.29%) Google
4 4 (2.86%) VMware
5 3 (2.14%) ConnectWise
5 3 (2.14%) Datto
5 3 (2.14%) Dell
5 3 (2.14%) Kaseya
6 2 (1.43%) Acronis
6 2 (1.43%) Cisco
6 2 (1.43%) Citrix
6 2 (1.43%) Sophos
6 2 (1.43%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (0.71%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (0.71%) Draytek
7 1 (0.71%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.71%) HP
7 1 (0.71%) Sage
7 1 (0.71%) Veeam
7 1 (0.71%) WatchGuard