IT Technician Jobs in Berkshire

IT Technician
South East > Berkshire

The median IT Technician salary in Berkshire 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 124 183 163
Rank change year-on-year +59 -20 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 39 6 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.27% 0.19% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 0.20% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 39 6 13
10th Percentile £23,900 £24,750 £20,750
25th Percentile £25,500 £25,125 £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £28,000 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% -6.90%
75th Percentile £31,750 £33,563 £30,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £42,125 £34,000
South East median annual salary £26,750 £25,500 £27,394
% change year-on-year +4.90% -6.91% +9.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,930 2,947 3,306
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.44% 92.47% 96.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,104 1,674 2,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in Berkshire

IT Technician
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in Berkshire

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

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

Salary histogram for IT Technician in Berkshire

IT Technician
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the Berkshire 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
Reading +30 24 £27,000 - 2
Newbury - 5 £25,000 -
Thatcham - 3 £24,000 -
Windsor -6 2 £50,000 +14.94%
IT Technician
South East

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 28 (71.79%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (64.10%) Customer Service
3 10 (25.64%) Microsoft
4 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
5 8 (20.51%) Windows
6 6 (15.38%) Asset Management
7 3 (7.69%) GDPR
7 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (7.69%) Antivirus Management
7 3 (7.69%) Multimedia
7 3 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (7.69%) Mac OS
7 3 (7.69%) Azure
7 3 (7.69%) Software Asset Management
7 3 (7.69%) IT Asset Management
7 3 (7.69%) Entra ID
7 3 (7.69%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 3 (7.69%) Windows 10
7 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
7 3 (7.69%) ITIL
8 2 (5.13%) Mac OS X
8 2 (5.13%) TCP/IP
8 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
8 2 (5.13%) Home Automation

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 28 (71.79%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.69%) Azure
2 3 (7.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) TCP/IP
General
1 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.69%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (5.13%) Home Automation
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.51%) Windows
2 3 (7.69%) Mac OS
2 3 (7.69%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.13%) Mac OS X
3 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (64.10%) Customer Service
2 6 (15.38%) Asset Management
3 3 (7.69%) Antivirus Management
3 3 (7.69%) IT Asset Management
3 3 (7.69%) ITIL
3 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (7.69%) Software Asset Management
3 3 (7.69%) Vulnerability Scanning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (7.69%) GDPR
1 3 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (25.64%) Microsoft