The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Technician role in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Technician
Rank 169 167 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 5 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.138% 0.126% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.145% 0.129% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 0
Average salary £26,500 £19,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+39.47% -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £21,500 £21,926
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -1.94%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3457 3099 2895
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 95.08% 97.24% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2758 2585 2426
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Technician
Yorkshire

IT Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IT Technician across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Yorkshire IT Technician Jobs Demand Trend

IT Technician
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IT Technician across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire IT Technician Salary Trend

IT Technician
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leeds -14 3 £26,500 +39.47%
Wakefield - 2 £27,500 -
IT Technician
Yorkshire

IT Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited IT Technician in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with IT Technician in their job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (33.33%) Citrix
3 3 (33.33%) SAN
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (33.33%) DNS
3 3 (33.33%) Linux
3 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 3 (33.33%) DHCP
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (33.33%) UNIX
3 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) .NET
3 3 (33.33%) MySQL
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
4 2 (22.22%) VB
4 2 (22.22%) C++
4 2 (22.22%) PHP
4 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
4 2 (22.22%) VPN
5 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
5 1 (11.11%) Legal
5 1 (11.11%) MIIS
5 1 (11.11%) BMC
5 1 (11.11%) Document Management
5 1 (11.11%) Degree

IT Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited IT Technician in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with IT Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) SAN
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
1 3 (33.33%) DHCP
2 2 (22.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) MySQL
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (11.11%) Legal
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (33.33%) Linux
2 3 (33.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
2 1 (11.11%) Document Management
2 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) VB
2 2 (22.22%) C++
2 2 (22.22%) PHP
3 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) MIIS
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Citrix
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) BMC
Leeds, Yorkshire
1st line support, 2nd line support, 3rd line support, Citrix, Linux, VMware, SAN support, Windows, SQL, MySQL, hardware, software, systems, help desk, technical support, operating systems, installationsA fantastic...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
1st line support, 2nd line support, Citrix, Linux, VMware, SAN support, Windows, SQL, MySQL, hardware, software, systems, help desk, technical support, operating systems, installationsA fantastic opportunity has arisen...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Wakefield, Yorkshire
The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of Windows Servers,Networks, Exchange, SQL Server and VPN's... Any exposure to development technologies such as Visual basic/C++/ASP/...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £25000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + Negotiable+Company Benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013