IT Technician
UK

The median IT Technician salary in the UK is £27,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 238 581 451
Rank change year-on-year +343 -130 +254
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 1,227 422 1,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.19% 0.43% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 0.48% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,052 257 423
10th Percentile £22,000 £21,250 £16,229
25th Percentile £24,250 £24,000 £21,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £31,000 £33,750 £29,250
90th Percentile £37,125 £40,346 £33,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 97,915 88,821 160,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 91.42% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 69,754 56,171 84,699
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
UK excluding London +285 1,132 £27,000 -1.82% 203
England +325 1,120 £27,000 -1.82% 224
North of England +162 272 £27,500 +1.85% 58
Work from Home +221 240 £27,000 -1.82% 31
South East +172 238 £27,000 +5.88% 44
East of England +115 214 £26,372 -4.10% 15
Midlands +127 196 £26,750 +7.00% 42
North West +48 124 £27,500 +0.98% 27
South West +40 124 £28,000 -1.75% 37
Yorkshire +158 106 £27,000 +3.85% 21
West Midlands +71 97 £28,000 +9.80% 20
East Midlands +54 93 £26,000 +13.04% 22
London +79 74 £27,500 -8.33% 31
Wales +50 50 £26,000 -10.34% 8
North East +32 42 £27,500 -32.71% 10
Scotland -47 32 £24,000 -20.00% 6
Northern Ireland +29 6 £29,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 559 (45.56%) Windows
2 546 (44.50%) Microsoft 365
3 473 (38.55%) Microsoft
4 371 (30.24%) Active Directory
5 368 (29.99%) Social Skills
6 319 (26.00%) Customer Service
7 307 (25.02%) Problem-Solving
8 233 (18.99%) Windows Server
9 172 (14.02%) Windows 10
10 170 (13.85%) Microsoft Office
11 155 (12.63%) Azure
12 109 (8.88%) Driving Licence
13 106 (8.64%) Google
14 97 (7.91%) Microsoft Exchange
15 95 (7.74%) DNS
16 94 (7.66%) ITIL
16 94 (7.66%) Degree
17 87 (7.09%) Firewall
18 83 (6.76%) Entra ID
19 81 (6.60%) Wireless
20 79 (6.44%) Manufacturing
21 78 (6.36%) DBS Check
22 76 (6.19%) VMware
23 74 (6.03%) DHCP
24 73 (5.95%) TCP/IP
25 72 (5.87%) SharePoint
26 69 (5.62%) SLA
27 66 (5.38%) Wi-Fi
28 61 (4.97%) Apple
28 61 (4.97%) Line Management

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 97 (7.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 72 (5.87%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.98%) Confluence
4 8 (0.65%) SAS
5 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.41%) IIS
7 3 (0.24%) Apache
8 2 (0.16%) Resin
9 1 (0.081%) Site Server
Applications
1 170 (13.85%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.081%) Blender
5 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.081%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.081%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 546 (44.50%) Microsoft 365
2 155 (12.63%) Azure
3 83 (6.76%) Entra ID
4 45 (3.67%) Google Workspace
5 32 (2.61%) AWS
6 21 (1.71%) OneDrive
7 14 (1.14%) SaaS
8 10 (0.81%) Power Platform
8 10 (0.81%) WhatsApp
9 5 (0.41%) ChatGPT
10 4 (0.33%) IaaS
11 3 (0.24%) Dropbox
11 3 (0.24%) PaaS
12 2 (0.16%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 1 (0.081%) Asana
13 1 (0.081%) Google Drive
13 1 (0.081%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 95 (7.74%) DNS
2 87 (7.09%) Firewall
3 81 (6.60%) Wireless
4 74 (6.03%) DHCP
5 73 (5.95%) TCP/IP
6 66 (5.38%) Wi-Fi
7 51 (4.16%) LAN
8 43 (3.50%) VLAN
9 38 (3.10%) VoIP
10 36 (2.93%) VPN
11 33 (2.69%) WAN
12 27 (2.20%) Broadband
13 26 (2.12%) Network Security
14 24 (1.96%) Internet
15 12 (0.98%) NAS
15 12 (0.98%) SAN
16 10 (0.81%) FTP
16 10 (0.81%) MPLS
17 8 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
18 6 (0.49%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (1.87%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.81%) Power BI
3 6 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.24%) MySQL
5 1 (0.081%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.081%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (1.47%) JIRA
2 6 (0.49%) Eclipse
3 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 368 (29.99%) Social Skills
2 79 (6.44%) Manufacturing
3 57 (4.65%) Finance
4 56 (4.56%) Law
5 55 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
7 30 (2.44%) Retail
8 29 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (2.28%) Local Government
10 26 (2.12%) Telecoms
11 20 (1.63%) Legal
11 20 (1.63%) Public Sector
12 16 (1.30%) Marketing
13 5 (0.41%) Advertising
13 5 (0.41%) Automotive
13 5 (0.41%) Electronics
14 4 (0.33%) Military
14 4 (0.33%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.24%) Aviation
15 3 (0.24%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.57%) .NET
1 7 (0.57%) X-Windows
2 6 (0.49%) CSS
2 6 (0.49%) HTML
3 3 (0.24%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.24%) EDI
3 3 (0.24%) jQuery
4 2 (0.16%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (0.16%) Web Services
5 1 (0.081%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 109 (8.88%) Driving Licence
2 48 (3.91%) Housing Association
3 41 (3.34%) Onboarding
4 40 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (2.36%) Management Information System
6 28 (2.28%) CCTV
7 27 (2.20%) Educational Technology
8 12 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (0.73%) NHS
10 8 (0.65%) Data Centre
10 8 (0.65%) iPad
10 8 (0.65%) LIMS
11 7 (0.57%) EPoS
11 7 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.33%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.24%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (0.24%) Hybrid Cloud
14 3 (0.24%) Renewable Energy
15 2 (0.16%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 559 (45.56%) Windows
2 233 (18.99%) Windows Server
3 172 (14.02%) Windows 10
4 45 (3.67%) Mac OS
5 44 (3.59%) Apple iOS
6 43 (3.50%) Linux
7 35 (2.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 33 (2.69%) Windows Server 2012
9 25 (2.04%) Windows 7
10 24 (1.96%) Android
11 23 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
12 18 (1.47%) Windows 8
12 18 (1.47%) Windows Server 2008
13 9 (0.73%) Mac OS X
14 5 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 5 (0.41%) Unix
15 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.081%) Windows Phone
16 1 (0.081%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (26.00%) Customer Service
2 307 (25.02%) Problem-Solving
3 94 (7.66%) ITIL
4 61 (4.97%) Line Management
5 56 (4.56%) ITSM
6 53 (4.32%) Cybersecurity
7 40 (3.26%) Time Management
8 38 (3.10%) Service Management
9 37 (3.02%) Project Management
10 35 (2.85%) Mathematics
11 34 (2.77%) Migration
12 31 (2.53%) Collaborative Working
13 30 (2.44%) Service Delivery
14 28 (2.28%) Disaster Recovery
15 27 (2.20%) Asset Management
15 27 (2.20%) Coaching
16 25 (2.04%) Mobile Device Management
17 20 (1.63%) Computer Science
18 19 (1.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 19 (1.55%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 47 (3.83%) SQL
2 30 (2.44%) PowerShell
3 13 (1.06%) VB
4 11 (0.90%) C#
5 7 (0.57%) Java
6 6 (0.49%) Python
7 3 (0.24%) C++
7 3 (0.24%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.24%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.081%) Bash
8 1 (0.081%) Swift
Qualifications
1 94 (7.66%) Degree
2 78 (6.36%) DBS Check
3 51 (4.16%) A+ Certification
4 48 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (2.20%) Security Cleared
7 25 (2.04%) SC Cleared
8 22 (1.79%) CCNA
9 17 (1.39%) MCSE
9 17 (1.39%) Network+ Certification
10 12 (0.98%) MCITP
10 12 (0.98%) MCP
11 10 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.49%) MCSA
15 5 (0.41%) HNC
16 4 (0.33%) Azure Certification
17 3 (0.24%) CCNP
17 3 (0.24%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (5.62%) SLA
2 18 (1.47%) GDPR
3 14 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (1.06%) QA
5 12 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.33%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.16%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.16%) DICOM
9 1 (0.081%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 371 (30.24%) Active Directory
2 54 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (4.32%) Hyper-V
4 16 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.65%) Terminal Services
6 5 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (0.41%) vSphere
7 3 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.16%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.16%) Firmware
8 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 61 (4.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (2.04%) SCCM
3 6 (0.49%) PaperCut
4 4 (0.33%) AirWatch
4 4 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.24%) Autotask
5 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 3 (0.24%) NetCrunch
5 3 (0.24%) SCDPM
5 3 (0.24%) SmoothWall
6 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.081%) Graylog
7 1 (0.081%) WSUS
Vendors
1 473 (38.55%) Microsoft
2 106 (8.64%) Google
3 76 (6.19%) VMware
4 61 (4.97%) Apple
5 53 (4.32%) Cisco
6 14 (1.14%) Veeam
7 13 (1.06%) Meraki
8 11 (0.90%) Citrix
8 11 (0.90%) Sage
9 9 (0.73%) Dell
10 8 (0.65%) Sophos
10 8 (0.65%) Ubiquiti
11 7 (0.57%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.49%) Avaya
12 6 (0.49%) ESET
12 6 (0.49%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.41%) Datto
13 5 (0.41%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.33%) Adobe
14 4 (0.33%) Oracle