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 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 545 468
Rank change year-on-year +320 -77 +235
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 1,158 387 1,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.24% 0.46% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 0.51% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 982 237 415
10th Percentile £22,000 £21,250 £17,143
25th Percentile £24,500 £23,500 £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 £37,054 £40,919 £34,400
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 88,752 75,954 137,584
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 91.23% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 65,003 49,705 75,781
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £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 7 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 7 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 +167 279 £27,500 +1.85% 51
South East +162 247 £27,000 +1.89% 38
East of England +104 216 £26,372 -4.10% 12
Midlands +125 202 £27,000 +8.00% 41
South West +44 137 £28,000 -1.75% 34
North West +50 128 £27,500 +1.97% 22
Yorkshire +151 108 £27,000 +5.88% 17
West Midlands +68 100 £28,000 +9.80% 20
East Midlands +61 96 £26,000 +13.04% 21
London +62 75 £27,500 -8.33% 13
North East +18 43 £27,500 -32.40% 12
IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 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.

1 527 (45.51%) Windows
2 503 (43.44%) Microsoft 365
3 429 (37.05%) Microsoft
4 351 (30.31%) Active Directory
5 349 (30.14%) Social Skills
6 303 (26.17%) Customer Service
7 291 (25.13%) Problem-Solving
8 217 (18.74%) Windows Server
9 168 (14.51%) Windows 10
10 151 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
11 144 (12.44%) Azure
12 107 (9.24%) Google
13 101 (8.72%) Driving Licence
14 89 (7.69%) ITIL
15 88 (7.60%) DNS
16 85 (7.34%) Degree
17 83 (7.17%) Microsoft Exchange
17 83 (7.17%) Wireless
18 80 (6.91%) Firewall
19 77 (6.65%) Entra ID
20 76 (6.56%) DBS Check
20 76 (6.56%) VMware
21 68 (5.87%) DHCP
22 66 (5.70%) TCP/IP
23 63 (5.44%) Manufacturing
24 59 (5.09%) SharePoint
25 57 (4.92%) SLA
25 57 (4.92%) Line Management
26 56 (4.84%) Law
27 55 (4.75%) VMware Infrastructure

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 83 (7.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (5.09%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.69%) SAS
4 6 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (0.43%) Confluence
5 5 (0.43%) IIS
6 3 (0.26%) Apache
7 2 (0.17%) Resin
8 1 (0.086%) Site Server
Applications
1 151 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.086%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.086%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 503 (43.44%) Microsoft 365
2 144 (12.44%) Azure
3 77 (6.65%) Entra ID
4 47 (4.06%) Google Workspace
5 23 (1.99%) AWS
6 18 (1.55%) OneDrive
7 12 (1.04%) SaaS
8 10 (0.86%) Power Platform
8 10 (0.86%) WhatsApp
9 5 (0.43%) ChatGPT
10 4 (0.35%) IaaS
11 3 (0.26%) Dropbox
11 3 (0.26%) PaaS
12 2 (0.17%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 1 (0.086%) Asana
13 1 (0.086%) Google Drive
13 1 (0.086%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 88 (7.60%) DNS
2 83 (7.17%) Wireless
3 80 (6.91%) Firewall
4 68 (5.87%) DHCP
5 66 (5.70%) TCP/IP
6 54 (4.66%) Wi-Fi
7 52 (4.49%) LAN
8 43 (3.71%) VLAN
9 34 (2.94%) WAN
10 33 (2.85%) VoIP
11 31 (2.68%) VPN
12 24 (2.07%) Broadband
13 21 (1.81%) Internet
14 20 (1.73%) Network Security
15 12 (1.04%) NAS
15 12 (1.04%) SAN
16 10 (0.86%) FTP
17 9 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
18 6 (0.52%) MPLS
18 6 (0.52%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (1.99%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.86%) Power BI
3 6 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.26%) MySQL
5 1 (0.086%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.086%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (0.69%) JIRA
2 6 (0.52%) Eclipse
3 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 349 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 63 (5.44%) Manufacturing
3 56 (4.84%) Law
4 53 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (4.06%) Finance
6 31 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (2.25%) Local Government
8 26 (2.25%) Retail
9 21 (1.81%) Telecoms
10 19 (1.64%) Legal
11 18 (1.55%) Public Sector
12 15 (1.30%) Marketing
13 5 (0.43%) Automotive
13 5 (0.43%) Electronics
14 4 (0.35%) Advertising
14 4 (0.35%) Back Office
14 4 (0.35%) Military
14 4 (0.35%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.26%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.60%) .NET
1 7 (0.60%) X-Windows
2 6 (0.52%) CSS
2 6 (0.52%) HTML
3 3 (0.26%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.26%) EDI
3 3 (0.26%) jQuery
4 2 (0.17%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (0.086%) Classic ASP
5 1 (0.086%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 101 (8.72%) Driving Licence
2 48 (4.15%) Housing Association
3 42 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (2.85%) Onboarding
5 25 (2.16%) Management Information System
6 24 (2.07%) CCTV
6 24 (2.07%) Educational Technology
7 10 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (0.69%) Data Centre
8 8 (0.69%) iPad
8 8 (0.69%) LIMS
8 8 (0.69%) NHS
9 7 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.35%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.26%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.26%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.26%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (0.17%) Grid Computing
13 2 (0.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 527 (45.51%) Windows
2 217 (18.74%) Windows Server
3 168 (14.51%) Windows 10
4 40 (3.45%) Apple iOS
5 39 (3.37%) Linux
6 36 (3.11%) Mac OS
7 33 (2.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 25 (2.16%) Windows Server 2012
9 24 (2.07%) Windows 7
10 21 (1.81%) Android
11 19 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
12 18 (1.55%) Windows 8
12 18 (1.55%) Windows Server 2008
13 9 (0.78%) Mac OS X
14 5 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.35%) Unix
16 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
17 1 (0.086%) Windows Phone
17 1 (0.086%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (26.17%) Customer Service
2 291 (25.13%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (7.69%) ITIL
4 57 (4.92%) Line Management
5 53 (4.58%) ITSM
6 42 (3.63%) Cybersecurity
7 38 (3.28%) Service Management
8 35 (3.02%) Project Management
9 34 (2.94%) Migration
9 34 (2.94%) Time Management
10 33 (2.85%) Mathematics
11 28 (2.42%) Coaching
12 26 (2.25%) Asset Management
12 26 (2.25%) Service Delivery
13 25 (2.16%) Collaborative Working
14 22 (1.90%) Mobile Device Management
15 19 (1.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 18 (1.55%) Mentoring
16 18 (1.55%) Preventative Maintenance
16 18 (1.55%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 48 (4.15%) SQL
2 31 (2.68%) PowerShell
3 14 (1.21%) VB
4 12 (1.04%) C#
5 7 (0.60%) Java
6 6 (0.52%) Python
7 3 (0.26%) C++
7 3 (0.26%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.26%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.17%) Bash
Qualifications
1 85 (7.34%) Degree
2 76 (6.56%) DBS Check
3 46 (3.97%) A+ Certification
4 41 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (2.42%) Security Cleared
6 27 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (2.25%) SC Cleared
8 20 (1.73%) CCNA
9 16 (1.38%) MCSE
10 12 (1.04%) MCP
10 12 (1.04%) Network+ Certification
11 10 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (0.86%) MCITP
12 7 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.43%) HNC
13 5 (0.43%) MCSA
14 4 (0.35%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
15 3 (0.26%) CCNP
15 3 (0.26%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (4.92%) SLA
2 11 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (0.78%) GDPR
5 8 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.69%) QA
6 4 (0.35%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.17%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.086%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 351 (30.31%) Active Directory
2 55 (4.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (4.66%) Hyper-V
4 14 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.69%) Terminal Services
6 5 (0.43%) vSphere
7 4 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.17%) Firmware
9 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 53 (4.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (2.16%) SCCM
3 6 (0.52%) PaperCut
4 5 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.35%) AirWatch
6 3 (0.26%) Autotask
6 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 3 (0.26%) NetCrunch
6 3 (0.26%) SCDPM
7 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.17%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.086%) Graylog
8 1 (0.086%) WSUS
Vendors
1 429 (37.05%) Microsoft
2 107 (9.24%) Google
3 76 (6.56%) VMware
4 52 (4.49%) Apple
5 50 (4.32%) Cisco
6 14 (1.21%) Veeam
7 13 (1.12%) Meraki
8 11 (0.95%) Sage
9 10 (0.86%) Citrix
10 8 (0.69%) Sophos
10 8 (0.69%) Ubiquiti
11 6 (0.52%) Avaya
11 6 (0.52%) ESET
12 5 (0.43%) Datto
12 5 (0.43%) Dell
12 5 (0.43%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.35%) Adobe
13 4 (0.35%) Oracle
13 4 (0.35%) WatchGuard
14 3 (0.26%) Draytek