IT Technician Jobs in Manchester

IT Technician
North West > Manchester

The median IT Technician salary in Manchester is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 237 146
Rank change year-on-year +60 -91 +44
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 46 8 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.88% 0.16% 2.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 0.18% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 45 5 54
10th Percentile £22,750 £23,100 £15,200
25th Percentile £23,000 £26,250 £21,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £32,500 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +25.00% +13.04%
75th Percentile £30,250 £35,000 £28,750
90th Percentile £30,990 £35,750 £33,250
North West median annual salary £27,500 £27,234 £25,000
% change year-on-year +0.98% +8.94% +8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,909 4,475 5,428
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 91.78% 96.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,788 2,631 3,605
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in Manchester

IT Technician
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in Manchester

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in Manchester

IT Technician
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 11 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
Wigan - 4 £24,000 - 1
Oldham +27 3 £27,500 - 1
Stockport - 1 £23,500 -
Bolton - 1 £30,150 -
Bury - 1 - -
IT Technician
North West

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 Manchester region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 30 (65.22%) Social Skills
2 27 (58.70%) Windows
3 21 (45.65%) Windows Server
4 17 (36.96%) Microsoft
5 14 (30.43%) Wireless
5 14 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (28.26%) Active Directory
7 12 (26.09%) Customer Service
8 11 (23.91%) Apple
9 10 (21.74%) Driving Licence
10 9 (19.57%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Office
10 9 (19.57%) Educational Technology
11 8 (17.39%) Retail
11 8 (17.39%) Local Government
12 7 (15.22%) Microsoft Intune
12 7 (15.22%) Legal
12 7 (15.22%) SLA
12 7 (15.22%) Microsoft Exchange
13 6 (13.04%) Eclipse
13 6 (13.04%) DHCP
13 6 (13.04%) DNS
13 6 (13.04%) SQL
13 6 (13.04%) Terminal Services
13 6 (13.04%) Telecoms
13 6 (13.04%) Finance
13 6 (13.04%) Law
13 6 (13.04%) Windows 8
13 6 (13.04%) Windows Server 2012
13 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (15.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (10.87%) SharePoint
3 3 (6.52%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (10.87%) Azure
3 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (30.43%) Wireless
2 6 (13.04%) DHCP
2 6 (13.04%) DNS
3 5 (10.87%) LAN
4 3 (6.52%) Internet
4 3 (6.52%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (4.35%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Eclipse
General
1 30 (65.22%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.39%) Local Government
2 8 (17.39%) Retail
3 7 (15.22%) Legal
4 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (13.04%) Finance
4 6 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (13.04%) Law
4 6 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (13.04%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.74%) Driving Licence
2 9 (19.57%) Educational Technology
3 6 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 27 (58.70%) Windows
2 21 (45.65%) Windows Server
3 6 (13.04%) Windows 10
3 6 (13.04%) Windows 8
3 6 (13.04%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (13.04%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (13.04%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (10.87%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (26.09%) Customer Service
3 6 (13.04%) Case Management
3 6 (13.04%) Speech Recognition
3 6 (13.04%) Time Management
4 3 (6.52%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (6.52%) Software Testing
5 1 (2.17%) Agile
5 1 (2.17%) Asset Management
5 1 (2.17%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (2.17%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (10.87%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.17%) A+ Certification
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.22%) SLA
2 1 (2.17%) QA
System Software
1 13 (28.26%) Active Directory
2 6 (13.04%) Terminal Services
3 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (15.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (36.96%) Microsoft
2 11 (23.91%) Apple
3 6 (13.04%) Avaya
4 1 (2.17%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.17%) Google
4 1 (2.17%) VMware