IT Technician Jobs in Birmingham

IT Technician
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median IT Technician salary in Birmingham is £32,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 136 183
Rank change year-on-year +3 +47 -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 18 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.66% 0.25% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.27% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 15 5 4
10th Percentile £25,500 - £24,325
25th Percentile £28,847 £23,500 £27,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £30,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £32,875 £33,250 £34,250
90th Percentile £33,750 - £36,050
West Midlands median annual salary £28,500 £25,000 £29,928
% change year-on-year +14.00% -16.46% +27.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,566 1,870 3,002
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 93.41% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,092 1,432 2,320
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,914 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in Birmingham

IT Technician
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Birmingham region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 14 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 13 (72.22%) Customer Service
3 12 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 10 (55.56%) Windows
4 10 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
6 5 (27.78%) TCP/IP
6 5 (27.78%) Firewall
6 5 (27.78%) LAN
6 5 (27.78%) WAN
7 4 (22.22%) Google
7 4 (22.22%) VLAN
7 4 (22.22%) Google Workspace
8 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
8 3 (16.67%) WatchGuard
8 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (16.67%) Azure
8 3 (16.67%) OneDrive
8 3 (16.67%) Entra ID
8 3 (16.67%) Driving Licence
8 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
8 3 (16.67%) DNS
8 3 (16.67%) VMware
8 3 (16.67%) DHCP
8 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
8 3 (16.67%) Data Security
8 3 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (11.11%) Cisco

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (22.22%) Google Workspace
3 3 (16.67%) Azure
3 3 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 3 (16.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Firewall
1 5 (27.78%) LAN
1 5 (27.78%) TCP/IP
1 5 (27.78%) WAN
2 4 (22.22%) VLAN
3 3 (16.67%) DHCP
3 3 (16.67%) DNS
3 3 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (5.56%) Wireless
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Local Government
2 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 10 (55.56%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Customer Service
2 9 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (16.67%) Data Security
4 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (11.11%) Customer Experience
4 2 (11.11%) Mathematics
5 1 (5.56%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.56%) IT Asset Management
5 1 (5.56%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (5.56%) Line Management
5 1 (5.56%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) DBS Check
System Software
1 14 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) Google
3 3 (16.67%) VMware
3 3 (16.67%) WatchGuard
4 2 (11.11%) Cisco