IT Technician Jobs in the South East

IT Technician
England > South East

The median IT Technician salary in the South East is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 183 344 349
Rank change year-on-year +161 +5 0
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 253 33 161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.36% 0.25% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 0.28% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 214 17 63
10th Percentile £20,000 £22,933 £18,850
25th Percentile £23,000 £24,750 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £26,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -3.64% +12.24%
75th Percentile £30,750 £33,750 £30,750
90th Percentile £37,250 £35,400 £33,750
England median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 East with a recognized job title 17,582 11,899 20,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 89.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,383 7,812 12,372
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the South East

IT Technician
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in the South East.

Salary trend for IT Technician in the South East

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in the South East

IT Technician
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Thames Valley +91 111 £26,500 +3.92% 16
Hampshire +20 77 £24,000 -16.52% 11
Oxfordshire +33 49 £25,000 -1.96% 3
Berkshire +39 35 £27,000 +5.88% 7
Buckinghamshire - 27 £26,500 - 6
Surrey +7 24 £29,500 +2.61% 3
Kent -2 17 £38,000 +5.56% 4
West Sussex - 10 £27,500 - 4
Sussex - 7 £22,000 -
East Sussex - 4 £24,000 - 1
IT Technician
England

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 12 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 South East region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 128 (50.59%) Microsoft 365
2 105 (41.50%) Customer Service
3 99 (39.13%) Windows
4 87 (34.39%) Microsoft
5 74 (29.25%) Active Directory
6 71 (28.06%) Social Skills
7 63 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (16.60%) Windows Server
8 42 (16.60%) Microsoft Office
9 29 (11.46%) Google
10 28 (11.07%) TCP/IP
11 27 (10.67%) Azure
12 26 (10.28%) Mac OS
12 26 (10.28%) Wireless
12 26 (10.28%) Windows 10
13 22 (8.70%) Mathematics
14 21 (8.30%) Degree
14 21 (8.30%) Onboarding
15 20 (7.91%) ITIL
16 18 (7.11%) SLA
17 17 (6.72%) VoIP
17 17 (6.72%) Wi-Fi
18 16 (6.32%) Apple iOS
18 16 (6.32%) Entra ID
19 15 (5.93%) Hyper-V
19 15 (5.93%) Asset Management
19 15 (5.93%) Cisco
20 14 (5.53%) SQL
20 14 (5.53%) Time Management
21 13 (5.14%) DBS Check

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.58%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.79%) SAS
4 1 (0.40%) Site Server
Applications
1 42 (16.60%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 128 (50.59%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (10.67%) Azure
3 16 (6.32%) Entra ID
4 9 (3.56%) Google Workspace
5 8 (3.16%) WhatsApp
6 5 (1.98%) AWS
7 3 (1.19%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.19%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 28 (11.07%) TCP/IP
2 26 (10.28%) Wireless
3 17 (6.72%) VoIP
3 17 (6.72%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (4.74%) DNS
5 11 (4.35%) LAN
6 10 (3.95%) FTP
7 7 (2.77%) Broadband
8 6 (2.37%) Firewall
8 6 (2.37%) VLAN
9 5 (1.98%) SAN
10 4 (1.58%) VPN
10 4 (1.58%) WAN
11 3 (1.19%) Internet
11 3 (1.19%) NAS
12 2 (0.79%) DHCP
12 2 (0.79%) IP Telephony
12 2 (0.79%) iSCSI
13 1 (0.40%) Intranet
13 1 (0.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.19%) Power BI
1 3 (1.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (28.06%) Social Skills
2 11 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (3.95%) Finance
3 10 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (3.56%) Manufacturing
5 5 (1.98%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (1.98%) Public Sector
6 4 (1.58%) Local Government
7 3 (1.19%) Advertising
7 3 (1.19%) Aviation
7 3 (1.19%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.40%) Law
8 1 (0.40%) Marketing
8 1 (0.40%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.58%) .NET
2 3 (1.19%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.19%) CSS
2 3 (1.19%) HTML
2 3 (1.19%) jQuery
3 2 (0.79%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.30%) Onboarding
2 11 (4.35%) CCTV
3 9 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.37%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.98%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (0.79%) Grid Computing
7 2 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.40%) BYOD
8 1 (0.40%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.40%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.40%) FMCG
8 1 (0.40%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 99 (39.13%) Windows
2 42 (16.60%) Windows Server
3 26 (10.28%) Mac OS
3 26 (10.28%) Windows 10
4 16 (6.32%) Apple iOS
5 12 (4.74%) Linux
6 5 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.79%) Android
7 2 (0.79%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.79%) Unix
7 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (41.50%) Customer Service
2 63 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (8.70%) Mathematics
4 20 (7.91%) ITIL
5 15 (5.93%) Asset Management
6 14 (5.53%) Time Management
7 13 (5.14%) Service Delivery
8 12 (4.74%) ITSM
9 11 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 10 (3.95%) Migration
11 9 (3.56%) Mobile Device Management
12 8 (3.16%) Change Control
12 8 (3.16%) Service Management
13 7 (2.77%) Cybersecurity
13 7 (2.77%) Inventory Management
13 7 (2.77%) Logistics
13 7 (2.77%) Project Delivery
13 7 (2.77%) Project Management
14 6 (2.37%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (2.37%) Scorecard
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.53%) SQL
2 12 (4.74%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.58%) C#
4 3 (1.19%) C++
4 3 (1.19%) Java
4 3 (1.19%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.19%) Python
4 3 (1.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 21 (8.30%) Degree
2 13 (5.14%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (5.14%) DBS Check
3 9 (3.56%) CCNA
4 7 (2.77%) A+ Certification
4 7 (2.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 7 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.98%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (1.58%) MCSA
6 4 (1.58%) MCSE
7 2 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.79%) GNVQ
7 2 (0.79%) HNC
7 2 (0.79%) MCITP
8 1 (0.40%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.40%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.40%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.11%) SLA
2 5 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (1.98%) QA
3 4 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.58%) GDPR
4 1 (0.40%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 74 (29.25%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.93%) Hyper-V
3 8 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.14%) SCCM
2 4 (1.58%) PaperCut
3 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.19%) NetCrunch
Vendors
1 87 (34.39%) Microsoft
2 29 (11.46%) Google
3 15 (5.93%) Cisco
4 13 (5.14%) VMware
5 6 (2.37%) Veeam
6 5 (1.98%) Apple
6 5 (1.98%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.19%) Oracle
7 3 (1.19%) Splunk
8 2 (0.79%) Dell
8 2 (0.79%) Sun
9 1 (0.40%) Meraki
9 1 (0.40%) Progress
9 1 (0.40%) Sage