IT Technician
UK

The median IT Technician salary in the UK is £27,000 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 243 598 412
Rank change year-on-year +355 -186 +281
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 1,168 443 1,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.19% 0.43% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 0.47% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,016 283 433
10th Percentile £22,000 £21,000 £17,143
25th Percentile £24,250 £23,500 £21,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £31,000 £33,750 £29,000
90th Percentile £37,125 £40,692 £33,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the UK 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
UK excluding London +264 1,077 £27,000 -1.82% 152
England +335 1,067 £27,000 -0.92% 156
North of England +146 252 £27,500 +4.76% 48
South East +164 235 £26,750 +4.90% 30
Work from Home +230 230 £27,000 -1.82% 20
East of England +134 203 £26,372 -4.10% 19
Midlands +159 189 £26,500 +6.00% 20
North West +55 119 £27,500 +0.98% 22
South West +31 115 £28,000 -0.88% 28
West Midlands +90 96 £28,000 +9.80% 10
Yorkshire +148 92 £27,000 +3.85% 18
East Midlands +63 87 £26,000 +13.04% 10
London +94 71 £27,500 -8.33% 12
Wales +52 47 £26,000 -11.86% 5
North East +30 41 £27,500 -32.71% 9
Scotland -52 30 £24,000 -20.00% 6
Northern Ireland +30 6 £29,500 -

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

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 featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 540 (46.23%) Windows
2 532 (45.55%) Microsoft 365
3 464 (39.73%) Microsoft
4 361 (30.91%) Social Skills
5 357 (30.57%) Active Directory
6 313 (26.80%) Customer Service
7 291 (24.91%) Problem-Solving
8 223 (19.09%) Windows Server
9 170 (14.55%) Windows 10
10 166 (14.21%) Microsoft Office
11 146 (12.50%) Azure
12 106 (9.08%) Driving Licence
13 104 (8.90%) Google
14 94 (8.05%) Microsoft Exchange
15 90 (7.71%) DNS
15 90 (7.71%) ITIL
16 86 (7.36%) Degree
17 83 (7.11%) Firewall
18 78 (6.68%) Wireless
18 78 (6.68%) Entra ID
19 76 (6.51%) Manufacturing
20 73 (6.25%) TCP/IP
21 71 (6.08%) VMware
22 69 (5.91%) DHCP
23 68 (5.82%) SharePoint
24 66 (5.65%) Wi-Fi
25 65 (5.57%) DBS Check
26 63 (5.39%) SLA
27 59 (5.05%) Apple
28 57 (4.88%) Line Management

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 94 (8.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 68 (5.82%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.03%) Confluence
4 8 (0.68%) SAS
5 6 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.43%) IIS
7 3 (0.26%) Apache
8 2 (0.17%) Resin
9 1 (0.086%) Site Server
Applications
1 166 (14.21%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.086%) Blender
5 1 (0.086%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.086%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.086%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 532 (45.55%) Microsoft 365
2 146 (12.50%) Azure
3 78 (6.68%) Entra ID
4 43 (3.68%) Google Workspace
5 32 (2.74%) AWS
6 20 (1.71%) OneDrive
7 14 (1.20%) SaaS
8 11 (0.94%) WhatsApp
9 7 (0.60%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.43%) ChatGPT
11 4 (0.34%) IaaS
12 3 (0.26%) Dropbox
12 3 (0.26%) PaaS
13 2 (0.17%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
14 1 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 1 (0.086%) Asana
14 1 (0.086%) Google Drive
14 1 (0.086%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 90 (7.71%) DNS
2 83 (7.11%) Firewall
3 78 (6.68%) Wireless
4 73 (6.25%) TCP/IP
5 69 (5.91%) DHCP
6 66 (5.65%) Wi-Fi
7 51 (4.37%) LAN
8 42 (3.60%) VLAN
9 37 (3.17%) VoIP
10 35 (3.00%) VPN
11 33 (2.83%) WAN
12 29 (2.48%) Broadband
13 27 (2.31%) Network Security
14 21 (1.80%) Internet
15 12 (1.03%) NAS
15 12 (1.03%) SAN
16 11 (0.94%) FTP
17 10 (0.86%) MPLS
18 8 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
19 6 (0.51%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (1.97%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.60%) Power BI
3 6 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.17%) MySQL
5 1 (0.086%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 18 (1.54%) JIRA
2 6 (0.51%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 361 (30.91%) Social Skills
2 76 (6.51%) Manufacturing
3 56 (4.79%) Finance
4 55 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (4.45%) Law
6 36 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (2.40%) Local Government
8 27 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (2.31%) Retail
9 22 (1.88%) Telecoms
10 20 (1.71%) Legal
10 20 (1.71%) Public Sector
11 16 (1.37%) Marketing
12 5 (0.43%) Automotive
12 5 (0.43%) Electronics
13 4 (0.34%) Military
14 3 (0.26%) Advertising
14 3 (0.26%) Aviation
14 3 (0.26%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.26%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.60%) HTML
1 7 (0.60%) X-Windows
2 6 (0.51%) .NET
2 6 (0.51%) CSS
3 3 (0.26%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.26%) EDI
3 3 (0.26%) jQuery
4 2 (0.17%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (0.17%) Web Services
5 1 (0.086%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 106 (9.08%) Driving Licence
2 45 (3.85%) Housing Association
3 42 (3.60%) Onboarding
4 36 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (2.40%) CCTV
5 28 (2.40%) Management Information System
6 25 (2.14%) Educational Technology
7 12 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (0.77%) NHS
9 8 (0.68%) Data Centre
9 8 (0.68%) iPad
9 8 (0.68%) LIMS
10 7 (0.60%) EPoS
10 7 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.34%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.26%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.26%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.26%) Renewable Energy
14 2 (0.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 540 (46.23%) Windows
2 223 (19.09%) Windows Server
3 170 (14.55%) Windows 10
4 43 (3.68%) Mac OS
5 41 (3.51%) Apple iOS
6 40 (3.42%) Linux
7 34 (2.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 33 (2.83%) Windows Server 2012
9 24 (2.05%) Windows 7
10 22 (1.88%) Android
10 22 (1.88%) Windows Server 2019
11 18 (1.54%) Windows 8
11 18 (1.54%) Windows Server 2008
12 11 (0.94%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.43%) Unix
14 1 (0.086%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.086%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (26.80%) Customer Service
2 291 (24.91%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (7.71%) ITIL
4 57 (4.88%) Line Management
5 56 (4.79%) ITSM
6 51 (4.37%) Cybersecurity
7 40 (3.42%) Time Management
8 36 (3.08%) Project Management
8 36 (3.08%) Service Management
9 34 (2.91%) Migration
10 33 (2.83%) Mathematics
11 30 (2.57%) Service Delivery
12 28 (2.40%) Collaborative Working
13 26 (2.23%) Disaster Recovery
14 25 (2.14%) Asset Management
14 25 (2.14%) Mobile Device Management
15 22 (1.88%) Coaching
16 19 (1.63%) Preventative Maintenance
17 18 (1.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 17 (1.46%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 46 (3.94%) SQL
2 29 (2.48%) PowerShell
3 14 (1.20%) VB
4 11 (0.94%) C#
5 6 (0.51%) Java
5 6 (0.51%) Python
6 4 (0.34%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.26%) C++
7 3 (0.26%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.086%) Swift
Qualifications
1 86 (7.36%) Degree
2 65 (5.57%) DBS Check
3 50 (4.28%) A+ Certification
4 47 (4.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (2.23%) Security Cleared
7 24 (2.05%) SC Cleared
8 22 (1.88%) CCNA
9 17 (1.46%) MCSE
9 17 (1.46%) Network+ Certification
10 10 (0.86%) MCITP
10 10 (0.86%) MCP
11 9 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (0.51%) MCSA
14 4 (0.34%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.34%) HNC
15 3 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.26%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (5.39%) SLA
2 18 (1.54%) GDPR
3 14 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (1.11%) QA
5 12 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.34%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.17%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.17%) DICOM
9 1 (0.086%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.086%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 357 (30.57%) Active Directory
2 50 (4.28%) Hyper-V
3 49 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.68%) Terminal Services
6 5 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.34%) vSphere
8 3 (0.26%) Firmware
8 3 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 57 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (2.14%) SCCM
3 6 (0.51%) PaperCut
4 4 (0.34%) AirWatch
5 3 (0.26%) Autotask
5 3 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 3 (0.26%) SCDPM
6 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.17%) NetCrunch
6 2 (0.17%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.086%) Graylog
7 1 (0.086%) Nessus
7 1 (0.086%) WSUS
Vendors
1 464 (39.73%) Microsoft
2 104 (8.90%) Google
3 71 (6.08%) VMware
4 59 (5.05%) Apple
5 52 (4.45%) Cisco
6 13 (1.11%) Meraki
6 13 (1.11%) Veeam
7 11 (0.94%) Citrix
7 11 (0.94%) Sage
8 9 (0.77%) Dell
9 8 (0.68%) Ubiquiti
10 7 (0.60%) Atlassian
10 7 (0.60%) Sophos
11 6 (0.51%) Avaya
11 6 (0.51%) ESET
11 6 (0.51%) Fortinet
12 5 (0.43%) Datto
12 5 (0.43%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.34%) Adobe
14 3 (0.26%) Oracle