IT Technician Jobs in the North of England

IT Technician
England > North of England

The median IT Technician salary in the North of England is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 317 114
Rank change year-on-year +153 -203 +187
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 256 104 529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.45% 0.62% 2.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 0.69% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 239 32 151
10th Percentile £22,400 £21,375 £14,000
25th Percentile £24,125 £22,790 £19,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £27,500 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.58% +2.13%
75th Percentile £31,750 £34,850 £26,250
90th Percentile £38,750 £41,437 £29,250
England median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -

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 16,792 15,127 17,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 89.57% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12,971 8,097 11,000
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the North of England

IT Technician
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in the North of England

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in the North of England

IT 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 Technician within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 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
North West +40 120 £27,500 -6.78% 28
Yorkshire +153 94 £27,000 - 29
North East +33 42 £27,500 -32.71% 11
IT Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 North of England region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 123 (48.05%) Windows
2 108 (42.19%) Microsoft 365
3 87 (33.98%) Microsoft
4 82 (32.03%) Social Skills
5 74 (28.91%) Active Directory
6 66 (25.78%) Windows Server
7 62 (24.22%) Customer Service
8 61 (23.83%) Problem-Solving
9 49 (19.14%) Azure
10 38 (14.84%) Windows 10
11 37 (14.45%) Microsoft Exchange
12 34 (13.28%) Microsoft Intune
13 33 (12.89%) Apple
14 28 (10.94%) Wireless
15 24 (9.38%) DBS Check
16 22 (8.59%) Microsoft Office
17 21 (8.20%) Entra ID
18 19 (7.42%) Educational Technology
18 19 (7.42%) Driving Licence
19 18 (7.03%) DHCP
19 18 (7.03%) DNS
20 17 (6.64%) Cisco
21 16 (6.25%) Finance
21 16 (6.25%) SharePoint
21 16 (6.25%) Google
21 16 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
22 15 (5.86%) Cybersecurity
22 15 (5.86%) SQL Server
22 15 (5.86%) Firewall
23 14 (5.47%) Manufacturing

IT 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 37 (14.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.17%) IIS
4 2 (0.78%) Resin
Applications
1 22 (8.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 108 (42.19%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (19.14%) Azure
3 21 (8.20%) Entra ID
4 14 (5.47%) Google Workspace
5 11 (4.30%) SaaS
6 5 (1.95%) AWS
7 4 (1.56%) IaaS
7 4 (1.56%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.17%) Dropbox
8 3 (1.17%) PaaS
9 1 (0.39%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 28 (10.94%) Wireless
2 18 (7.03%) DHCP
2 18 (7.03%) DNS
3 15 (5.86%) Firewall
4 13 (5.08%) LAN
5 12 (4.69%) VPN
6 8 (3.13%) WAN
7 6 (2.34%) Internet
7 6 (2.34%) VLAN
7 6 (2.34%) VoIP
7 6 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.56%) Network Security
9 3 (1.17%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.78%) IMAP
11 1 (0.39%) Intranet
11 1 (0.39%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.86%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (2.34%) Eclipse
2 2 (0.78%) JIRA
General
1 82 (32.03%) Social Skills
2 16 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (6.25%) Finance
3 14 (5.47%) Manufacturing
4 12 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (3.91%) Local Government
6 9 (3.52%) Retail
6 9 (3.52%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.73%) Legal
9 6 (2.34%) Law
10 5 (1.95%) Automotive
11 4 (1.56%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.17%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.39%) .NET
1 1 (0.39%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.42%) Driving Licence
1 19 (7.42%) Educational Technology
2 8 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.56%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.17%) Housing Association
4 3 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (0.78%) CCTV
5 2 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.78%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.78%) SCADA
6 1 (0.39%) iPhone
6 1 (0.39%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 123 (48.05%) Windows
2 66 (25.78%) Windows Server
3 38 (14.84%) Windows 10
4 12 (4.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (4.30%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (3.91%) Android
7 8 (3.13%) Windows 8
8 7 (2.73%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (2.34%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (1.56%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.78%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (24.22%) Customer Service
2 61 (23.83%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (5.86%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (4.69%) ITIL
5 9 (3.52%) Time Management
6 8 (3.13%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (3.13%) Computer Science
7 7 (2.73%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (2.73%) Logistics
8 6 (2.34%) Case Management
8 6 (2.34%) Speech Recognition
9 5 (1.95%) Project Management
10 4 (1.56%) Business Intelligence
11 3 (1.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (1.17%) Regulatory Compliance
11 3 (1.17%) Service Desk Management
11 3 (1.17%) Software Testing
11 3 (1.17%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (1.17%) Tech Ops
11 3 (1.17%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.69%) PowerShell
2 8 (3.13%) SQL
3 2 (0.78%) Python
4 1 (0.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (9.38%) DBS Check
2 12 (4.69%) Degree
3 10 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (1.95%) MCP
5 4 (1.56%) MCSE
5 4 (1.56%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.56%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.17%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.17%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.17%) MCITP
7 1 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.91%) SLA
2 3 (1.17%) GDPR
2 3 (1.17%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.78%) QA
System Software
1 74 (28.91%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.52%) Hyper-V
2 9 (3.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.34%) Terminal Services
5 3 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (13.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.17%) Autotask
3 2 (0.78%) SmoothWall
4 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.39%) Graylog
Vendors
1 87 (33.98%) Microsoft
2 33 (12.89%) Apple
3 17 (6.64%) Cisco
4 16 (6.25%) Google
5 11 (4.30%) VMware
6 6 (2.34%) Avaya
7 5 (1.95%) Sophos
8 3 (1.17%) ConnectWise
8 3 (1.17%) Datto
8 3 (1.17%) Dell
8 3 (1.17%) Kaseya
8 3 (1.17%) Meraki
9 2 (0.78%) Acronis
9 2 (0.78%) Citrix
9 2 (0.78%) HP
9 2 (0.78%) Sage
9 2 (0.78%) SAP
9 2 (0.78%) Ubiquiti
10 1 (0.39%) Aruba
10 1 (0.39%) Synology