Support Technician Jobs in Cheshire

Support Technician
North West > Cheshire

The median Support Technician salary in Cheshire is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 41 104
Rank change year-on-year -40 +63 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 21 59 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.39% 6.17% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 6.91% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 17 0 2
10th Percentile £24,500 - £22,525
25th Percentile £26,250 - £22,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 - £24,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.78%
75th Percentile £31,750 - £26,688
90th Percentile - - £27,175
North West median annual salary £28,000 £35,000 £26,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +34.62% +13.04%

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 1,471 854 980
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 89.24% 93.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,107 479 531
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,230 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £74,163 £88,750 £72,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in Cheshire

Support Technician
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Support Technician in Cheshire

Support Technician
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Technician in Cheshire over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Technician in Cheshire

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 Support Technician within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Alderley Edge - 8 £27,750 - 1
Congleton - 4 £27,500 -
Chester -1 2 - - 1
Warrington - 2 £33,500 - 1
Northwich - 1 £28,000 -
Support Technician
North West

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 Support Technician in the job title.

1 13 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 12 (57.14%) Windows
3 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
4 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
4 9 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (38.10%) Windows 10
5 8 (38.10%) LAN
5 8 (38.10%) WAN
6 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
8 4 (19.05%) Azure
8 4 (19.05%) Entra ID
8 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (19.05%) Mobile Device Management
8 4 (19.05%) ITIL
8 4 (19.05%) Project Management
9 3 (14.29%) Firewall
9 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (14.29%) Retail
9 3 (14.29%) Customer Service
10 2 (9.52%) Driving Licence
10 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
10 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (9.52%) EPoS
10 2 (9.52%) MCP
11 1 (4.76%) DHCP
11 1 (4.76%) DNS
11 1 (4.76%) VoIP
11 1 (4.76%) Citrix

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 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (19.05%) Azure
2 4 (19.05%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) LAN
1 8 (38.10%) WAN
2 3 (14.29%) Firewall
3 1 (4.76%) DHCP
3 1 (4.76%) DNS
3 1 (4.76%) VLAN
3 1 (4.76%) VoIP
General
1 13 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Driving Licence
1 2 (9.52%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 12 (57.14%) Windows
2 8 (38.10%) Windows 10
3 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (19.05%) ITIL
2 4 (19.05%) Mobile Device Management
2 4 (19.05%) Project Management
3 3 (14.29%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) MCP
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Citrix