IT Technician Jobs in the East of England

IT Technician
England > East of England

The median IT Technician salary in the East of England is £26,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 February 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 76 220
Rank change year-on-year -49 +144 +22
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 58 129 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.57% 2.86% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 3.03% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 44 124 21
10th Percentile £21,250 £20,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £25,000 £24,500 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,750 £27,500 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +1.85% +20.00%
75th Percentile £33,813 £31,053 £31,210
90th Percentile £34,000 £34,500 £40,000
England median annual salary £29,250 £27,000 £26,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +1.89% +6.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 3,296 4,255 4,986
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.32% 94.43% 91.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,413 3,404 2,508
10th Percentile £28,100 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -7.41% +11.69%
75th Percentile £66,295 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,300 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -11.29% +3.33%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the East of England

IT Technician
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in the East of England.

Salary trend for IT Technician in the East of England

IT Technician
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 February 2025. 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
Norfolk -4 32 £28,000 -0.88%
Cambridgeshire -9 16 £29,250 -5.65% 5
Suffolk -12 4 £27,000 -6.90% 2
Hertfordshire -16 4 £25,000 -3.85% 3
Essex +1 1 £21,350 -22.36% 2
Bedfordshire -19 1 £26,000 -55.93% 1
IT Technician
England

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 18 February 2025, 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 East of England region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 40 (68.97%) Windows
2 38 (65.52%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (62.07%) Active Directory
4 33 (56.90%) SharePoint
5 29 (50.00%) Microsoft
6 28 (48.28%) VPN
6 28 (48.28%) DNS
6 28 (48.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 28 (48.28%) Entra ID
6 28 (48.28%) Azure
7 26 (44.83%) Firewall
8 19 (32.76%) Driving Licence
9 17 (29.31%) Windows Server
10 13 (22.41%) Social Skills
11 10 (17.24%) Customer Service
11 10 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (15.52%) DBS Check
13 7 (12.07%) Degree
13 7 (12.07%) Mathematics
13 7 (12.07%) Collaborative Working
13 7 (12.07%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (12.07%) Line Management
14 5 (8.62%) Power Platform
14 5 (8.62%) PowerApps
15 3 (5.17%) Power Automate
15 3 (5.17%) Problem Management
15 3 (5.17%) Apple
16 2 (3.45%) IPv4
16 2 (3.45%) DHCP
16 2 (3.45%) ERP

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 33 (56.90%) SharePoint
2 28 (48.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 38 (65.52%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (48.28%) Azure
2 28 (48.28%) Entra ID
3 5 (8.62%) Power Platform
3 5 (8.62%) PowerApps
4 3 (5.17%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.45%) Mimecast
5 2 (3.45%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.72%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (48.28%) DNS
1 28 (48.28%) VPN
2 26 (44.83%) Firewall
3 2 (3.45%) DHCP
3 2 (3.45%) IPv4
3 2 (3.45%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (22.41%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.07%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) CSS
1 1 (1.72%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (32.76%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 40 (68.97%) Windows
2 17 (29.31%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (17.24%) Customer Service
1 10 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (12.07%) Collaborative Working
2 7 (12.07%) Line Management
2 7 (12.07%) Mathematics
3 3 (5.17%) Problem Management
4 2 (3.45%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (3.45%) ERP
4 2 (3.45%) Service Delivery
5 1 (1.72%) Coaching
5 1 (1.72%) Network Design
5 1 (1.72%) Project Management
5 1 (1.72%) Server Management
5 1 (1.72%) Server Virtualisation
5 1 (1.72%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.45%) SQL
2 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (15.52%) DBS Check
2 7 (12.07%) Degree
3 1 (1.72%) ECDL
3 1 (1.72%) MCP
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 36 (62.07%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.72%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 29 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.17%) Apple
3 1 (1.72%) Cisco