Support Technician Jobs in the South West

Support Technician
England > South West

The median Support Technician salary in the South West 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 243 220 287
Rank change year-on-year -23 +67 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 47 55 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.49% 0.82% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.92% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 28 43 26
10th Percentile £20,825 £22,550 £20,250
25th Percentile £23,750 £24,000 £20,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £27,500 £23,500
Median % change year-on-year - +17.02% -4.08%
75th Percentile £30,063 £36,000 £25,531
90th Percentile £32,025 - £28,875
England median annual salary £27,000 £29,000 £25,750
% change year-on-year -6.90% +12.62% +3.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 9,161 5,999 7,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.18% 89.10% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,723 3,680 5,125
10th Percentile £27,789 £29,725 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,275
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in the South West

Support Technician
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Technician in the South West.

Salary trend for Support Technician in the South West

Support Technician
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Technician in the South West over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Technician in the South West

Support Technician
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the South West 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
Wiltshire - 17 £30,000 - 5
Gloucestershire -22 11 £27,500 -23.61% 3
Dorset -19 7 £31,350 +36.30% 3
Bristol -1 5 £28,500 +11.76% 1
Somerset - 4 £24,500 - 5
Devon -27 3 £23,310 -14.46% 3
Support Technician
England

Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, 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 South West region featuring Support Technician in the job title.

1 33 (70.21%) Microsoft
2 31 (65.96%) Active Directory
3 30 (63.83%) Windows
4 22 (46.81%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (44.68%) Windows 10
6 18 (38.30%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (36.17%) ITIL
7 17 (36.17%) Service Management
8 16 (34.04%) Management Information System
8 16 (34.04%) Driving Licence
8 16 (34.04%) SC Cleared
8 16 (34.04%) Security Cleared
9 15 (31.91%) ITSM
9 15 (31.91%) Information Security
9 15 (31.91%) Change Management
9 15 (31.91%) Configuration Management
9 15 (31.91%) A+ Certification
10 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
11 10 (21.28%) Customer Service
12 6 (12.77%) Antivirus Management
12 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
13 5 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
14 4 (8.51%) Google
14 4 (8.51%) Firewall
14 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Exchange
14 4 (8.51%) DHCP
14 4 (8.51%) DNS
15 3 (6.38%) SLA
15 3 (6.38%) TCP/IP
15 3 (6.38%) Project Management

Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 18 (38.30%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.38%) Azure
3 2 (4.26%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.26%) WhatsApp
4 1 (2.13%) IaaS
4 1 (2.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.51%) DHCP
1 4 (8.51%) DNS
1 4 (8.51%) Firewall
2 3 (6.38%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.13%) ADSL
4 1 (2.13%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (2.13%) SAN
4 1 (2.13%) Wireless
General
1 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.13%) Back Office
4 1 (2.13%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (2.13%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 16 (34.04%) Driving Licence
1 16 (34.04%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.26%) iPad
3 1 (2.13%) Clustering
3 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.13%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.13%) Replication
3 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (63.83%) Windows
2 21 (44.68%) Windows 10
3 3 (6.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (46.81%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (36.17%) ITIL
2 17 (36.17%) Service Management
3 15 (31.91%) Change Management
3 15 (31.91%) Configuration Management
3 15 (31.91%) Information Security
3 15 (31.91%) ITSM
4 10 (21.28%) Customer Service
5 6 (12.77%) Antivirus Management
6 3 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (6.38%) Proactive Monitoring
6 3 (6.38%) Project Delivery
6 3 (6.38%) Project Management
6 3 (6.38%) Security Operations
7 2 (4.26%) Kalman Filter
7 2 (4.26%) Logistics
7 2 (4.26%) Mathematics
7 2 (4.26%) Web Filtering
8 1 (2.13%) Critical Thinking
8 1 (2.13%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (34.04%) SC Cleared
1 16 (34.04%) Security Cleared
2 15 (31.91%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.13%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) SLA
2 2 (4.26%) QA
System Software
1 31 (65.96%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (4.26%) PaperCut
1 2 (4.26%) SCCM
2 1 (2.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (2.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 33 (70.21%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.51%) Google
3 2 (4.26%) Apple
3 2 (4.26%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.13%) Sophos