IT Support Technician Job Trends in the East Midlands

IT Support Technician
England > East Midlands

The median IT Support Technician salary in the East Midlands is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 141 146
Rank change year-on-year +35 +5 -19
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 67 9 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.12% 0.39% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 0.41% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60 9 29
10th Percentile £24,675 - £22,400
25th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £33,750 £28,750 £27,000
90th Percentile £38,000 £30,000 £28,128
England median annual salary £29,000 £28,700 £27,000
% change year-on-year +1.05% +6.30% -1.82%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 5,598 2,169 3,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 93.53% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,574 1,258 2,430
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.06% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Support Technician' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

IT Support Technician job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in the East Midlands

IT Support Technician
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Technician in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Support Technician in the East Midlands

IT Support Technician
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 August 2026. 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
Northamptonshire - 23 £26,000 - 4
Nottinghamshire +6 22 £31,000 +14.81% 1
Derbyshire +10 15 £29,500 +7.27% 2
Lincolnshire - 7 £35,000 - 2
IT Support Technician
England

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 August 2026, IT Support Technician job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East Midlands region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 49 (73.13%) Microsoft
2 43 (64.18%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (58.21%) Windows
4 32 (47.76%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (46.27%) Active Directory
6 18 (26.87%) Azure
6 18 (26.87%) DHCP
6 18 (26.87%) DNS
6 18 (26.87%) TCP/IP
7 17 (25.37%) Windows Server
8 16 (23.88%) Customer Service
8 16 (23.88%) Service Delivery
9 15 (22.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (22.39%) Firewall
9 15 (22.39%) Microsoft Office
9 15 (22.39%) VLAN
10 12 (17.91%) Entra ID
10 12 (17.91%) Hyper-V
10 12 (17.91%) Mentoring
10 12 (17.91%) Microsoft Excel
10 12 (17.91%) SLA
10 12 (17.91%) SQL
10 12 (17.91%) VBA
11 11 (16.42%) Project Delivery
12 10 (14.93%) Collaborative Working
13 9 (13.43%) Risk Management
13 9 (13.43%) Server Patching
14 8 (11.94%) ERP
14 8 (11.94%) ESET
14 8 (11.94%) Microsoft Intune

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (22.39%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (17.91%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (10.45%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 43 (64.18%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (26.87%) Azure
3 12 (17.91%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.99%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (26.87%) DHCP
1 18 (26.87%) DNS
1 18 (26.87%) TCP/IP
2 15 (22.39%) Firewall
2 15 (22.39%) VLAN
3 5 (7.46%) VoIP
4 4 (5.97%) VPN
5 3 (4.48%) Internet
5 3 (4.48%) Network Security
5 3 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.49%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.49%) WAN
6 1 (1.49%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (7.46%) VersionOne
General
1 37 (55.22%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.96%) Advertising
3 3 (4.48%) Aviation
4 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.49%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.49%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 21 (31.34%) Driving Licence
2 11 (16.42%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 39 (58.21%) Windows
2 17 (25.37%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.48%) Mac OS
3 3 (4.48%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (47.76%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (23.88%) Customer Service
2 16 (23.88%) Service Delivery
3 15 (22.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (17.91%) Mentoring
5 11 (16.42%) Project Delivery
6 10 (14.93%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (13.43%) Risk Management
7 9 (13.43%) Server Patching
8 8 (11.94%) ERP
9 7 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (8.96%) ITSM
11 5 (7.46%) Document Management
12 3 (4.48%) Asset Management
12 3 (4.48%) Logistics
12 3 (4.48%) Mathematics
12 3 (4.48%) Migration
12 3 (4.48%) Patch Management
12 3 (4.48%) Service Management
13 2 (2.99%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.91%) SQL
1 12 (17.91%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (2.99%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.91%) SLA
2 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (2.99%) NIST
System Software
1 31 (46.27%) Active Directory
2 12 (17.91%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (11.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.48%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 49 (73.13%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.94%) ESET
3 7 (10.45%) SAP
4 6 (8.96%) Apple
4 6 (8.96%) OpenText
4 6 (8.96%) Sage
5 3 (4.48%) Ubiquiti