IT Support Technician Jobs in Cheshire

IT Support Technician
North West > Cheshire

The median IT Support Technician salary in Cheshire is £28,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 37 100
Rank change year-on-year -54 +63 -27
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 15 59 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.98% 6.30% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 7.06% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 2
10th Percentile - - £22,525
25th Percentile £26,250 - £22,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 - £24,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.78%
75th Percentile £31,750 - £26,688
90th Percentile - - £27,175
North West median annual salary £28,000 £25,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% - +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,488 836 979
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.00% 89.32% 93.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,119 477 528
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,250 £24,588
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £88,750 £72,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Technician in Cheshire

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for IT Support Technician in Cheshire

IT Support Technician
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Technician in Cheshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support Technician in Cheshire

IT Support Technician
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Congleton - 4 £27,500 -
Alderley Edge - 4 £30,500 -
Warrington - 2 £33,500 -
Northwich - 1 £28,000 - 1
IT Support Technician
North West

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, IT Support 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 Cheshire region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
1 9 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (53.33%) Windows
3 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
4 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
5 4 (26.67%) Windows 10
5 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (26.67%) Project Management
5 4 (26.67%) PowerShell
5 4 (26.67%) Azure
5 4 (26.67%) ITIL
5 4 (26.67%) LAN
5 4 (26.67%) WAN
6 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (20.00%) Firewall
7 2 (13.33%) MCP
7 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
7 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
8 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (6.67%) DHCP
8 1 (6.67%) DNS
8 1 (6.67%) VoIP
8 1 (6.67%) Retail
8 1 (6.67%) VLAN
8 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
8 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
8 1 (6.67%) Citrix

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) LAN
1 4 (26.67%) WAN
2 3 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (6.67%) DHCP
3 1 (6.67%) DNS
3 1 (6.67%) VLAN
3 1 (6.67%) VoIP
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Windows 10
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) ITIL
2 4 (26.67%) Project Management
3 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) MCP
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Citrix