IT Technician Jobs in the Thames Valley

IT Technician
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Technician salary in the Thames Valley is £26,500 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 143 234 228
Rank change year-on-year +91 -6 -4
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 111 13 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.50% 0.23% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% 0.26% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 93 12 22
10th Percentile £23,000 £23,205 £20,688
25th Percentile £23,500 £24,703 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £25,500 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.92% -5.56% +3.85%
75th Percentile £29,761 £30,000 £30,000
90th Percentile £35,000 £34,875 £34,825
South East median annual salary £27,000 £26,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +1.89% -3.64% +12.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 7,014 4,983 7,202
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 89.46% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4,713 3,046 4,156
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £41,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the Thames Valley

IT Technician
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for IT Technician in the Thames Valley

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for IT Technician in the Thames Valley

IT Technician
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the Thames Valley 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
Oxfordshire +33 49 £25,000 -1.96% 3
Berkshire +39 35 £27,000 +5.88% 8
Buckinghamshire - 27 £26,500 - 6
IT Technician
South East

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 62 (55.86%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (50.45%) Customer Service
3 49 (44.14%) Windows
4 34 (30.63%) Microsoft
5 32 (28.83%) Active Directory
6 28 (25.23%) Social Skills
7 25 (22.52%) Windows Server
8 24 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (13.51%) Mac OS
10 14 (12.61%) Google
11 13 (11.71%) Degree
11 13 (11.71%) Wireless
11 13 (11.71%) Service Delivery
11 13 (11.71%) ITIL
12 12 (10.81%) VoIP
12 12 (10.81%) ITSM
12 12 (10.81%) DNS
12 12 (10.81%) Azure
12 12 (10.81%) SCCM
13 11 (9.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (9.01%) Apple iOS
14 10 (9.01%) SQL
15 9 (8.11%) Finance
16 8 (7.21%) Service Management
16 8 (7.21%) Asset Management
16 8 (7.21%) Google Workspace
16 8 (7.21%) Hyper-V
16 8 (7.21%) Time Management
16 8 (7.21%) WhatsApp
16 8 (7.21%) Mobile Device Management

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (3.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 62 (55.86%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (10.81%) Azure
3 8 (7.21%) Google Workspace
3 8 (7.21%) WhatsApp
4 7 (6.31%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.80%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.71%) Wireless
2 12 (10.81%) DNS
2 12 (10.81%) VoIP
3 6 (5.41%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.60%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.80%) DHCP
5 2 (1.80%) VLAN
5 2 (1.80%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.80%) Power BI
General
1 28 (25.23%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (8.11%) Finance
4 3 (2.70%) Advertising
4 3 (2.70%) Multimedia
5 1 (0.90%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.90%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.80%) EDI
2 1 (0.90%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (4.50%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.70%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.80%) Grid Computing
4 2 (1.80%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.90%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 49 (44.14%) Windows
2 25 (22.52%) Windows Server
3 15 (13.51%) Mac OS
4 10 (9.01%) Apple iOS
5 7 (6.31%) Linux
5 7 (6.31%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.80%) Android
6 2 (1.80%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.80%) Unix
6 2 (1.80%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.80%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (50.45%) Customer Service
2 24 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (11.71%) ITIL
3 13 (11.71%) Service Delivery
4 12 (10.81%) ITSM
5 8 (7.21%) Asset Management
5 8 (7.21%) Mobile Device Management
5 8 (7.21%) Service Management
5 8 (7.21%) Time Management
6 6 (5.41%) Change Control
6 6 (5.41%) Scorecard
7 4 (3.60%) ERP
7 4 (3.60%) Migration
8 3 (2.70%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (2.70%) Computer Science
8 3 (2.70%) IT Asset Management
8 3 (2.70%) Mathematics
8 3 (2.70%) Scenario Testing
8 3 (2.70%) Software Asset Management
8 3 (2.70%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.01%) SQL
2 2 (1.80%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.90%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (11.71%) Degree
2 7 (6.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (3.60%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.80%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.80%) HNC
5 1 (0.90%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.90%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (0.90%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.41%) SLA
2 3 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (2.70%) GDPR
2 3 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 32 (28.83%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.21%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (10.81%) SCCM
2 4 (3.60%) PaperCut
3 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 34 (30.63%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.61%) Google
3 7 (6.31%) Cisco
4 4 (3.60%) VMware
5 2 (1.80%) Dell
5 2 (1.80%) Sun
6 1 (0.90%) Apple
6 1 (0.90%) Meraki
6 1 (0.90%) Progress