IT Technician Jobs in Scotland

IT Technician
UK > Scotland

The median IT Technician salary in Scotland is £24,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 253 201 121
Rank change year-on-year -52 -80 +55
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 30 18 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.45% 0.38% 2.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.42% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 28 15 14
10th Percentile £21,478 £27,000 £16,000
25th Percentile £22,563 £29,250 £20,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,000 £30,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £29,250 £35,375 £26,125
90th Percentile £46,250 £38,750 £27,000
UK median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,525 4,242 5,553
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 90.10% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,619 2,305 2,995
10th Percentile £27,950 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +7.62% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in Scotland

IT Technician
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in Scotland

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in Scotland

IT Technician
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 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
Glasgow - 9 £24,000 - 2
Banffshire - 9 £24,000 -
Edinburgh +42 6 £28,500 -6.56%
East Ayrshire - 2 £24,000 -
Stirling - 2 £27,825 - 2
Fife - 1 £50,000 - 2
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £23,000 -
IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 Scotland region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (43.33%) Windows
3 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 8 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (26.67%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (23.33%) Driving Licence
6 6 (20.00%) Windows Server
6 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (16.67%) VPN
7 5 (16.67%) DNS
7 5 (16.67%) Software Deployment
8 4 (13.33%) QA
8 4 (13.33%) Network Security
8 4 (13.33%) Time Management
8 4 (13.33%) IT Audit
8 4 (13.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 4 (13.33%) SLA
8 4 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (13.33%) IMAP
8 4 (13.33%) DHCP
8 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
8 4 (13.33%) Active Directory
8 4 (13.33%) Dell
8 4 (13.33%) ITIL
8 4 (13.33%) Customer Service
9 3 (10.00%) Linux
9 3 (10.00%) Mathematics

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.33%) Blender
Cloud Services
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.33%) Azure
2 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) DNS
1 5 (16.67%) VPN
2 4 (13.33%) DHCP
2 4 (13.33%) IMAP
2 4 (13.33%) Network Security
2 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.33%) Asterisk PBX
3 1 (3.33%) Broadband
3 1 (3.33%) Firewall
3 1 (3.33%) VoIP
3 1 (3.33%) Wireless
General
1 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (26.67%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Finance
3 2 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (6.67%) Retail
4 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.67%) PACS
3 1 (3.33%) 3D Printing
3 1 (3.33%) CCTV
3 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (43.33%) Windows
2 6 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (10.00%) Linux
4 2 (6.67%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.33%) Unix
5 1 (3.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (16.67%) Software Deployment
4 4 (13.33%) Customer Service
4 4 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (13.33%) IT Audit
4 4 (13.33%) ITIL
4 4 (13.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 4 (13.33%) Time Management
5 3 (10.00%) Mathematics
6 2 (6.67%) Product Roadmap
6 2 (6.67%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 2 (6.67%) Roadmaps
7 1 (3.33%) 3D Modelling
7 1 (3.33%) IT Strategy
7 1 (3.33%) ITSM
7 1 (3.33%) Preventative Maintenance
7 1 (3.33%) Project Management
7 1 (3.33%) Web Development
7 1 (3.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (3.33%) MCP
1 1 (3.33%) MCSA
1 1 (3.33%) MCSE
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) QA
1 4 (13.33%) SLA
2 2 (6.67%) DICOM
3 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 4 (13.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) Dell