Support Technician Job Trends in the East Midlands

Support Technician
England > East Midlands

The median Support Technician salary in the East Midlands is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 121 119
Rank change year-on-year +60 -2 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 124 20 88
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.39% 0.90% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.51% 0.96% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 105 20 72
10th Percentile £16,000 £26,225 £23,000
25th Percentile £24,000 £26,250 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £27,500 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +5.77% +13.04%
75th Percentile £31,500 £33,750 £28,979
90th Percentile £37,800 - £30,000
England median annual salary £28,500 £30,500 £27,000
% change year-on-year -6.56% +12.96% -6.90%

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 4,937 2,080 4,733
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.33% 94.08% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,141 1,175 3,268
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,100 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £44,362
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -4.20% -15.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Support Technician job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Support Technician
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Support Technician
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Technician in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Technician in the East Midlands

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 Support Technician within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
Derbyshire +31 39 £25,500 -7.27% 4
Northamptonshire +33 35 £30,000 -7.69% 3
Nottinghamshire +9 32 £28,000 +7.69% 3
Lincolnshire -11 15 £30,000 +9.09% 3
Leicestershire -32 3 £34,010 +116.57% 1
Support Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 July 2026, 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 Support Technician in the job title.

1 48 (38.71%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (37.90%) Microsoft
3 42 (33.87%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (31.45%) Windows
5 30 (24.19%) Active Directory
6 25 (20.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (16.94%) Service Delivery
8 20 (16.13%) Customer Service
9 19 (15.32%) Mentoring
10 18 (14.52%) Microsoft Office
11 17 (13.71%) DHCP
11 17 (13.71%) DNS
11 17 (13.71%) Windows Server
12 16 (12.90%) TCP/IP
13 15 (12.10%) Project Delivery
14 14 (11.29%) Azure
14 14 (11.29%) Firewall
14 14 (11.29%) VLAN
15 12 (9.68%) Collaborative Working
15 12 (9.68%) SLA
16 11 (8.87%) ERP
16 11 (8.87%) Hyper-V
16 11 (8.87%) Microsoft Excel
16 11 (8.87%) SQL
16 11 (8.87%) VBA
17 9 (7.26%) Degree
18 8 (6.45%) Entra ID
18 8 (6.45%) ESET
18 8 (6.45%) Risk Management
18 8 (6.45%) Server Patching

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 7 (5.65%) CMS
2 2 (1.61%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (14.52%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (8.87%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (5.65%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 42 (33.87%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (11.29%) Azure
3 8 (6.45%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.71%) DHCP
1 17 (13.71%) DNS
2 16 (12.90%) TCP/IP
3 14 (11.29%) Firewall
3 14 (11.29%) VLAN
4 5 (4.03%) IP Telephony
4 5 (4.03%) VoIP
4 5 (4.03%) VPN
5 4 (3.23%) SD-WAN
5 4 (3.23%) WAN
5 4 (3.23%) Wireless
6 3 (2.42%) Internet
6 3 (2.42%) Network Security
7 1 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 5 (4.03%) VersionOne
General
1 47 (37.90%) Social Skills
2 11 (8.87%) Advertising
3 10 (8.06%) Electronics
4 8 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (4.84%) Automotive
6 5 (4.03%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.03%) Local Government
6 5 (4.03%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.23%) Finance
8 3 (2.42%) Aviation
Miscellaneous
1 27 (21.77%) Driving Licence
2 14 (11.29%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.65%) Mobile Computing
4 3 (2.42%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 39 (31.45%) Windows
2 17 (13.71%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.42%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.81%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (38.71%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (20.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (16.94%) Service Delivery
4 20 (16.13%) Customer Service
5 19 (15.32%) Mentoring
6 15 (12.10%) Project Delivery
7 12 (9.68%) Collaborative Working
8 11 (8.87%) ERP
9 8 (6.45%) Risk Management
9 8 (6.45%) Server Patching
10 7 (5.65%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (5.65%) ITIL
10 7 (5.65%) ITSM
10 7 (5.65%) Logistics
10 7 (5.65%) User Experience
11 5 (4.03%) Agile
11 5 (4.03%) Document Management
11 5 (4.03%) Line Management
11 5 (4.03%) Regression Testing
11 5 (4.03%) Server Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.87%) SQL
1 11 (8.87%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (7.26%) Degree
2 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.42%) A+ Certification
3 3 (2.42%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.68%) SLA
2 2 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (1.61%) NIST
System Software
1 30 (24.19%) Active Directory
2 11 (8.87%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 47 (37.90%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.45%) ESET
3 7 (5.65%) SAP
4 6 (4.84%) Apple
4 6 (4.84%) OpenText
4 6 (4.84%) Sage
5 3 (2.42%) Ubiquiti