IT Technician Jobs in the South East

IT Technician
England > South East

The median IT Technician salary in the South East is £26,750 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 189 353 336
Rank change year-on-year +164 -17 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 235 55 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.41% 0.37% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 0.41% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 206 39 64
10th Percentile £20,000 £20,250 £19,025
25th Percentile £23,000 £21,500 £23,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,750 £25,500 £27,394
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -6.91% +9.58%
75th Percentile £31,313 £31,813 £30,313
90th Percentile £36,957 £37,300 £33,750
England median annual salary £27,000 £27,250 £25,000
% change year-on-year -0.92% +9.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 15,671 13,511 19,163
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.53% 96.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11,327 8,466 12,622
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the South East

IT Technician
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in the South East.

Salary trend for IT Technician in the South East

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for IT Technician in the South East

IT Technician
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the South East 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
Thames Valley +111 108 £26,500 -3.64% 10
Hampshire +30 70 £25,000 +17.45% 9
Oxfordshire +47 45 £25,000 +7.28% 2
Berkshire +59 39 £27,000 -3.57% 3
Buckinghamshire +6 24 £26,500 -3.64% 5
Surrey +24 22 £29,500 +25.53% 3
Kent +6 17 £38,000 +5.56% 4
West Sussex +46 8 £25,375 +23.78% 3
Sussex - 4 £22,000 -
East Sussex - 4 £24,000 -
IT Technician
England

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 123 (52.34%) Microsoft 365
2 103 (43.83%) Customer Service
3 99 (42.13%) Windows
4 83 (35.32%) Microsoft
5 70 (29.79%) Social Skills
6 69 (29.36%) Active Directory
7 57 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (19.15%) Windows Server
9 40 (17.02%) Microsoft Office
10 30 (12.77%) TCP/IP
11 29 (12.34%) Google
12 25 (10.64%) Mac OS
12 25 (10.64%) Windows 10
13 24 (10.21%) Azure
14 22 (9.36%) Wireless
14 22 (9.36%) Onboarding
15 20 (8.51%) ITIL
16 19 (8.09%) SLA
16 19 (8.09%) Mathematics
17 18 (7.66%) Degree
18 17 (7.23%) Wi-Fi
18 17 (7.23%) VoIP
19 16 (6.81%) Apple iOS
19 16 (6.81%) Entra ID
20 15 (6.38%) Hyper-V
20 15 (6.38%) Asset Management
20 15 (6.38%) Cisco
21 14 (5.96%) Time Management
22 13 (5.53%) SCCM
22 13 (5.53%) Cisco Certification

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.28%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.85%) SAS
4 1 (0.43%) Site Server
Applications
1 40 (17.02%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 123 (52.34%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (10.21%) Azure
3 16 (6.81%) Entra ID
4 9 (3.83%) Google Workspace
5 8 (3.40%) WhatsApp
6 5 (2.13%) AWS
7 2 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.85%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 30 (12.77%) TCP/IP
2 22 (9.36%) Wireless
3 17 (7.23%) VoIP
3 17 (7.23%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (4.68%) DNS
4 11 (4.68%) FTP
4 11 (4.68%) LAN
5 7 (2.98%) Broadband
6 5 (2.13%) SAN
6 5 (2.13%) VLAN
7 4 (1.70%) Firewall
7 4 (1.70%) WAN
8 3 (1.28%) NAS
8 3 (1.28%) VPN
9 2 (0.85%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.43%) 4G
10 1 (0.43%) DHCP
10 1 (0.43%) Internet
10 1 (0.43%) Intranet
10 1 (0.43%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.28%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 70 (29.79%) Social Skills
2 9 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 9 (3.83%) Manufacturing
2 9 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (3.40%) Finance
4 5 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (1.70%) Local Government
5 4 (1.70%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.28%) Aviation
6 3 (1.28%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.43%) Law
7 1 (0.43%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.28%) .NET
1 3 (1.28%) ASP.NET
1 3 (1.28%) CSS
1 3 (1.28%) HTML
1 3 (1.28%) jQuery
2 2 (0.85%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.36%) Onboarding
2 11 (4.68%) CCTV
3 6 (2.55%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.13%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (0.85%) Grid Computing
7 2 (0.85%) Home Automation
7 2 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.43%) BYOD
8 1 (0.43%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.43%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.43%) FMCG
8 1 (0.43%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 99 (42.13%) Windows
2 45 (19.15%) Windows Server
3 25 (10.64%) Mac OS
3 25 (10.64%) Windows 10
4 16 (6.81%) Apple iOS
5 11 (4.68%) Linux
6 5 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.85%) Android
7 2 (0.85%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.85%) Unix
8 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (43.83%) Customer Service
2 57 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (8.51%) ITIL
4 19 (8.09%) Mathematics
5 15 (6.38%) Asset Management
6 14 (5.96%) Time Management
7 12 (5.11%) ITSM
8 11 (4.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 10 (4.26%) Migration
10 9 (3.83%) Mobile Device Management
10 9 (3.83%) Service Delivery
11 8 (3.40%) Change Control
11 8 (3.40%) Service Management
12 7 (2.98%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (2.98%) Inventory Management
12 7 (2.98%) Logistics
12 7 (2.98%) Project Delivery
12 7 (2.98%) Project Management
13 6 (2.55%) ERP
13 6 (2.55%) Scorecard
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.53%) SQL
2 12 (5.11%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.28%) C#
3 3 (1.28%) C++
3 3 (1.28%) Java
3 3 (1.28%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.28%) Python
3 3 (1.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 18 (7.66%) Degree
2 13 (5.53%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (5.53%) DBS Check
3 9 (3.83%) CCNA
4 7 (2.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (2.13%) A+ Certification
5 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (1.70%) MCSA
6 4 (1.70%) MCSE
7 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.85%) GNVQ
7 2 (0.85%) HNC
8 1 (0.43%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.43%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.09%) SLA
2 5 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.13%) QA
3 4 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.70%) GDPR
4 1 (0.43%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 69 (29.36%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.38%) Hyper-V
3 7 (2.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.53%) SCCM
2 4 (1.70%) PaperCut
3 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.85%) NetCrunch
Vendors
1 83 (35.32%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.34%) Google
3 15 (6.38%) Cisco
4 11 (4.68%) VMware
5 6 (2.55%) Veeam
6 5 (2.13%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.70%) Apple
8 3 (1.28%) Oracle
9 2 (0.85%) Dell
9 2 (0.85%) Splunk
9 2 (0.85%) Sun
10 1 (0.43%) Meraki
10 1 (0.43%) Sage