Support Technician Jobs in Dorset

Support Technician
South West > Dorset

The median Support Technician salary in Dorset is £31,350 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 76 89
Rank change year-on-year -13 +13 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 6 6 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 0.54% 0.84% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 1.00% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 4
10th Percentile £22,678 £22,250 -
25th Percentile £27,819 £22,500 £21,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,350 £25,250 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.16% -23.48% -
75th Percentile £32,025 £28,750 £45,000
90th Percentile - £33,750 -
South West median annual salary £27,500 £27,500 £23,625
% change year-on-year - +16.40% -3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 1,066 603 736
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.09% 84.57% 97.74%
Number of salaries quoted 652 383 584
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £29,125
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £49,400
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% +9.78%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,500 £73,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in Dorset

Support Technician
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for Support Technician in Dorset

Support Technician
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Bournemouth -37 3 £20,500 -36.92%
Weymouth - 3 £31,350 -
Support Technician
South West

Support Technician Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Support 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 Dorset region featuring Support Technician in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Google
2 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (33.33%) Apple
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) iPad
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (33.33%) PaperCut
3 2 (33.33%) Web Filtering
4 1 (16.67%) Case Management
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service

Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Web Filtering
3 1 (16.67%) Case Management
3 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (33.33%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Google
2 2 (33.33%) Apple
2 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft