IT Support Technician Jobs in Essex

IT Support Technician
East of England > Essex

The median IT Support Technician salary in Essex is £27,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 79 86
Rank change year-on-year +33 +7 -19
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 31 8 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 3.51% 0.93% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.72% 1.17% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 27 8 11
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £25,759 £26,125 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £27,000 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.68%
75th Percentile £28,750 £28,750 £27,500
90th Percentile - £33,250 -
East of England median annual salary £27,000 £29,500 £25,500
% change year-on-year -8.47% +15.69% +2.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 834 683 847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 79.33% 92.37%
Number of salaries quoted 681 377 429
10th Percentile £25,759 £26,400 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £48,350
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.76% +1.79%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Technician in Essex

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for IT Support Technician in Essex

IT Support Technician
Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 16 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
Basildon +2 20 £26,686 -2.96% 3
Grays - 6 £27,500 -
Brentwood - 4 £26,000 -
Chelmsford - 1 £32,500 -
IT Support Technician
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 Essex region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 31 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (87.10%) Microsoft
3 21 (67.74%) Social Skills
4 13 (41.94%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (38.71%) Windows 10
5 12 (38.71%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (38.71%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (35.48%) Windows Server
7 8 (25.81%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (25.81%) Coaching
7 8 (25.81%) Information Governance
7 8 (25.81%) Degree
7 8 (25.81%) NHS
7 8 (25.81%) LIMS
7 8 (25.81%) Emotional Intelligence
7 8 (25.81%) Collaborative Culture
8 6 (19.35%) VMware
8 6 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
9 5 (16.13%) Active Directory
10 4 (12.90%) Google
10 4 (12.90%) Manufacturing
10 4 (12.90%) Mobile Device Management
10 4 (12.90%) Apple iOS
10 4 (12.90%) Google Workspace
10 4 (12.90%) Marketing
10 4 (12.90%) Educational Technology
10 4 (12.90%) IT Strategy
10 4 (12.90%) Decision-Making
11 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
11 1 (3.23%) Azure

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Applications
1 12 (38.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (41.94%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.90%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.23%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
1 1 (3.23%) VLAN
1 1 (3.23%) VPN
General
1 21 (67.74%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Manufacturing
2 4 (12.90%) Marketing
3 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) LIMS
1 8 (25.81%) NHS
2 4 (12.90%) Educational Technology
3 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 31 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (38.71%) Windows 10
3 11 (35.48%) Windows Server
4 4 (12.90%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (25.81%) Coaching
2 8 (25.81%) Collaborative Culture
2 8 (25.81%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (25.81%) Emotional Intelligence
2 8 (25.81%) Information Governance
3 4 (12.90%) Decision-Making
3 4 (12.90%) IT Strategy
3 4 (12.90%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 8 (25.81%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (16.13%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 27 (87.10%) Microsoft
2 6 (19.35%) VMware
3 4 (12.90%) Google