IT Technician Jobs in England

IT Technician
UK > England

The median IT Technician salary in England is £27,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 229 582 429
Rank change year-on-year +353 -153 +240
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 1,070 402 1,110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.25% 0.44% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 0.48% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 936 253 411
10th Percentile £22,000 £21,000 £17,143
25th Percentile £24,438 £23,000 £21,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £30,806 £33,750 £29,250
90th Percentile £37,125 £41,000 £33,750
UK median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,754 84,293 127,933
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.52% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,385 53,462 75,679
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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
North of England +162 253 £27,500 +3.35% 49
South East +168 235 £26,750 +5.94% 30
East of England +128 205 £26,372 -4.10% 17
Midlands +157 189 £26,500 +6.00% 22
North West +61 120 £27,500 +0.98% 23
South West +17 115 £28,000 -0.88% 28
West Midlands +99 96 £28,000 +9.80% 10
Yorkshire +154 92 £27,000 +3.85% 18
East Midlands +62 87 £26,000 +13.04% 12
London +101 71 £27,500 -8.33% 13
North East +26 41 £27,500 -32.71% 9
IT Technician
UK

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

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

1 502 (46.92%) Windows
2 484 (45.23%) Microsoft 365
3 412 (38.50%) Microsoft
4 333 (31.12%) Social Skills
5 330 (30.84%) Active Directory
6 289 (27.01%) Customer Service
7 270 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
8 207 (19.35%) Windows Server
9 161 (15.05%) Windows 10
10 146 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
11 135 (12.62%) Azure
12 104 (9.72%) Google
13 95 (8.88%) Driving Licence
14 79 (7.38%) Degree
14 79 (7.38%) ITIL
14 79 (7.38%) DNS
15 77 (7.20%) Microsoft Exchange
15 77 (7.20%) Firewall
15 77 (7.20%) Wireless
16 71 (6.64%) VMware
17 70 (6.54%) Entra ID
18 63 (5.89%) TCP/IP
19 62 (5.79%) DBS Check
20 59 (5.51%) DHCP
20 59 (5.51%) Manufacturing
21 55 (5.14%) SharePoint
22 54 (5.05%) Wi-Fi
22 54 (5.05%) Law
22 54 (5.05%) Line Management
23 53 (4.95%) Analytical Skills

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 77 (7.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (5.14%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.75%) SAS
4 6 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (0.47%) Confluence
5 5 (0.47%) IIS
6 3 (0.28%) Apache
7 2 (0.19%) Resin
8 1 (0.093%) Site Server
Applications
1 146 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.093%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.093%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.093%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 484 (45.23%) Microsoft 365
2 135 (12.62%) Azure
3 70 (6.54%) Entra ID
4 43 (4.02%) Google Workspace
5 23 (2.15%) AWS
6 16 (1.50%) OneDrive
7 12 (1.12%) SaaS
8 11 (1.03%) WhatsApp
9 7 (0.65%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.47%) ChatGPT
11 4 (0.37%) IaaS
12 3 (0.28%) Dropbox
12 3 (0.28%) PaaS
13 2 (0.19%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
14 1 (0.093%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 1 (0.093%) Asana
14 1 (0.093%) Google Drive
14 1 (0.093%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 79 (7.38%) DNS
2 77 (7.20%) Firewall
2 77 (7.20%) Wireless
3 63 (5.89%) TCP/IP
4 59 (5.51%) DHCP
5 54 (5.05%) Wi-Fi
6 51 (4.77%) LAN
7 42 (3.93%) VLAN
8 33 (3.08%) WAN
9 31 (2.90%) VoIP
10 30 (2.80%) VPN
11 26 (2.43%) Broadband
12 21 (1.96%) Network Security
13 19 (1.78%) Internet
14 12 (1.12%) NAS
14 12 (1.12%) SAN
15 11 (1.03%) FTP
16 8 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
17 6 (0.56%) MPLS
17 6 (0.56%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.15%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.65%) Power BI
3 6 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.19%) MySQL
5 1 (0.093%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 8 (0.75%) JIRA
2 6 (0.56%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 333 (31.12%) Social Skills
2 59 (5.51%) Manufacturing
3 54 (5.05%) Law
4 53 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (4.11%) Finance
6 27 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (2.43%) Local Government
8 22 (2.06%) Retail
9 20 (1.87%) Legal
10 18 (1.68%) Public Sector
11 17 (1.59%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.40%) Marketing
13 5 (0.47%) Automotive
13 5 (0.47%) Electronics
14 4 (0.37%) Military
15 3 (0.28%) Aviation
15 3 (0.28%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.28%) Social Housing
16 2 (0.19%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.65%) HTML
1 7 (0.65%) X-Windows
2 6 (0.56%) .NET
2 6 (0.56%) CSS
3 3 (0.28%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.28%) EDI
3 3 (0.28%) jQuery
4 2 (0.19%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (0.093%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 95 (8.88%) Driving Licence
2 47 (4.39%) Housing Association
3 36 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (3.18%) Onboarding
5 24 (2.24%) Management Information System
6 23 (2.15%) CCTV
7 22 (2.06%) Educational Technology
8 10 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (0.75%) Data Centre
9 8 (0.75%) iPad
9 8 (0.75%) LIMS
9 8 (0.75%) NHS
10 7 (0.65%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.37%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.28%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.28%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.28%) Renewable Energy
14 2 (0.19%) Grid Computing
14 2 (0.19%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 502 (46.92%) Windows
2 207 (19.35%) Windows Server
3 161 (15.05%) Windows 10
4 36 (3.36%) Apple iOS
5 35 (3.27%) Linux
5 35 (3.27%) Mac OS
6 32 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (2.34%) Windows Server 2012
8 23 (2.15%) Windows 7
9 18 (1.68%) Android
9 18 (1.68%) Windows 8
9 18 (1.68%) Windows Server 2008
9 18 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (1.03%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.37%) Unix
13 1 (0.093%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.093%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (27.01%) Customer Service
2 270 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (7.38%) ITIL
4 54 (5.05%) Line Management
5 53 (4.95%) ITSM
6 39 (3.64%) Cybersecurity
7 34 (3.18%) Migration
7 34 (3.18%) Service Management
8 33 (3.08%) Project Management
9 32 (2.99%) Time Management
10 30 (2.80%) Mathematics
11 24 (2.24%) Service Delivery
12 23 (2.15%) Asset Management
13 22 (2.06%) Coaching
13 22 (2.06%) Mobile Device Management
14 21 (1.96%) Collaborative Working
15 18 (1.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 18 (1.68%) Preventative Maintenance
16 17 (1.59%) ERP
16 17 (1.59%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 46 (4.30%) SQL
2 29 (2.71%) PowerShell
3 14 (1.31%) VB
4 11 (1.03%) C#
5 6 (0.56%) Java
5 6 (0.56%) Python
6 4 (0.37%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.28%) C++
7 3 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 79 (7.38%) Degree
2 62 (5.79%) DBS Check
3 45 (4.21%) A+ Certification
4 40 (3.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (2.34%) Security Cleared
7 23 (2.15%) SC Cleared
8 20 (1.87%) CCNA
9 16 (1.50%) MCSE
10 12 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
11 9 (0.84%) MCP
12 8 (0.75%) MCITP
13 7 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.47%) MCSA
15 4 (0.37%) Azure Certification
15 4 (0.37%) HNC
16 3 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.28%) CCNP
16 3 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (4.49%) SLA
2 11 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (0.84%) GDPR
5 8 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.75%) QA
6 4 (0.37%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.19%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.093%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.093%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 330 (30.84%) Active Directory
2 50 (4.67%) Hyper-V
3 49 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.75%) Terminal Services
6 4 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.37%) vSphere
7 3 (0.28%) Firmware
7 3 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.19%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 51 (4.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (2.34%) SCCM
3 6 (0.56%) PaperCut
4 4 (0.37%) AirWatch
5 3 (0.28%) Autotask
5 3 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 3 (0.28%) SCDPM
6 2 (0.19%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.19%) NetCrunch
6 2 (0.19%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.093%) Graylog
7 1 (0.093%) Nessus
7 1 (0.093%) WSUS
Vendors
1 412 (38.50%) Microsoft
2 104 (9.72%) Google
3 71 (6.64%) VMware
4 50 (4.67%) Cisco
5 49 (4.58%) Apple
6 13 (1.21%) Meraki
6 13 (1.21%) Veeam
7 11 (1.03%) Citrix
7 11 (1.03%) Sage
8 8 (0.75%) Ubiquiti
9 7 (0.65%) Sophos
10 6 (0.56%) Avaya
10 6 (0.56%) ESET
11 5 (0.47%) Datto
11 5 (0.47%) Dell
11 5 (0.47%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.37%) Adobe
13 3 (0.28%) Kaseya
13 3 (0.28%) Oracle
13 3 (0.28%) SAP