IT Technician Jobs in Cambridgeshire

IT Technician
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median IT Technician salary in Cambridgeshire is £30,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 106 164
Rank change year-on-year +45 +58 -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 37 14 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 2.36% 0.97% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.52% 1.12% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 36 9 3
10th Percentile - £28,200 £22,700
25th Percentile £20,000 £28,250 £23,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £30,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £37,500 £30,750 £27,000
90th Percentile £42,500 £31,210 £27,900
East of England median annual salary £26,372 £27,500 £24,500
% change year-on-year -4.10% +12.24% -14.87%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 1,468 1,251 2,317
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 86.57% 93.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,135 583 957
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £69,325 £70,600 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,001 £86,250 £79,250
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in Cambridgeshire

IT Technician
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in Cambridgeshire

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in Cambridgeshire

IT Technician
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Cambridge +13 15 £32,466 +8.22% 2
Huntingdon - 12 £20,000 -
Peterborough - 5 £35,000 - 1
Ely - 1 £25,500 -
IT Technician
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 24 (64.86%) Microsoft
2 17 (45.95%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (43.24%) Customer Service
4 14 (37.84%) VMware
4 14 (37.84%) Windows
5 13 (35.14%) Google
6 12 (32.43%) Preventative Maintenance
6 12 (32.43%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (32.43%) Coaching
6 12 (32.43%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (27.03%) Firewall
7 10 (27.03%) CCNA
7 10 (27.03%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (24.32%) Azure
8 9 (24.32%) AWS
8 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
9 7 (18.92%) VMware Infrastructure
9 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (18.92%) SAN
9 7 (18.92%) Linux
9 7 (18.92%) MCSE
9 7 (18.92%) DHCP
9 7 (18.92%) TCP/IP
9 7 (18.92%) DNS
9 7 (18.92%) VLAN
9 7 (18.92%) Hyper-V
9 7 (18.92%) NAS
10 5 (13.51%) Active Directory
11 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
11 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) AWS
1 9 (24.32%) Azure
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.70%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 10 (27.03%) Firewall
2 7 (18.92%) DHCP
2 7 (18.92%) DNS
2 7 (18.92%) NAS
2 7 (18.92%) SAN
2 7 (18.92%) TCP/IP
2 7 (18.92%) VLAN
3 1 (2.70%) Internet
3 1 (2.70%) Network Security
3 1 (2.70%) Wireless
General
1 12 (32.43%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 12 (32.43%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.81%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (8.11%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 14 (37.84%) Windows
2 7 (18.92%) Linux
3 2 (5.41%) Apple iOS
3 2 (5.41%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.70%) Mac OS X
4 1 (2.70%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (43.24%) Customer Service
3 12 (32.43%) Coaching
3 12 (32.43%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (8.11%) Mentoring
5 2 (5.41%) Network Management
6 1 (2.70%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (2.70%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 10 (27.03%) CCNA
1 10 (27.03%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (18.92%) MCSE
2 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 7 (18.92%) Hyper-V
1 7 (18.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (13.51%) Active Directory
3 3 (8.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
1 3 (8.11%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 24 (64.86%) Microsoft
2 14 (37.84%) VMware
3 13 (35.14%) Google
4 3 (8.11%) Cisco
4 3 (8.11%) Citrix
4 3 (8.11%) Veeam