IT Technician Jobs in England

IT Technician
UK > England

The median IT Technician salary in England is £29,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 July 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 543 227 549
Rank change year-on-year -316 +322 +220
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 161 1,104 323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.31% 1.23% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 1.30% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 126 917 238
10th Percentile £24,500 £22,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,750 £24,500 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £27,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £33,750 £30,250 £33,750
90th Percentile £38,750 £35,250 £40,906
UK median annual salary £29,500 £27,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +9.26% -1.82% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 47,373 85,234 69,473
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.28% 94.65% 91.58%
Number of salaries quoted 26,433 61,352 48,383
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in England over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
South East -75 58 £32,500 +20.37% 41
North of England -144 33 £29,750 +8.18% 46
London +44 22 £38,750 +37.18% 20
East of England -105 22 £26,000 -1.41% 10
Yorkshire -41 17 £30,000 +11.11% 13
Midlands -72 15 £25,000 -6.54% 22
South West -20 11 £27,500 -5.17% 22
North East +7 10 £25,300 -8.00% 8
West Midlands -5 10 £25,000 -12.28% 7
North West -97 6 £25,150 -8.55% 25
East Midlands -43 5 £27,500 +5.77% 15
IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 July 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 England region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 123 (76.40%) Windows
2 104 (64.60%) Microsoft 365
3 91 (56.52%) Microsoft
4 81 (50.31%) Social Skills
5 63 (39.13%) Active Directory
6 56 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (31.06%) Windows 10
8 44 (27.33%) Customer Service
9 40 (24.84%) Windows Server
10 35 (21.74%) Azure
11 32 (19.88%) Driving Licence
12 30 (18.63%) Cybersecurity
13 27 (16.77%) Apple
14 25 (15.53%) Microsoft Office
15 24 (14.91%) SharePoint
15 24 (14.91%) TCP/IP
16 23 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
17 21 (13.04%) LAN
18 19 (11.80%) VoIP
18 19 (11.80%) ITIL
19 17 (10.56%) DNS
19 17 (10.56%) VMware
19 17 (10.56%) Degree
19 17 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
19 17 (10.56%) Microsoft Intune
20 15 (9.32%) VMware Infrastructure
20 15 (9.32%) Entra ID
20 15 (9.32%) Organisational Skills
21 14 (8.70%) Escalation Management
21 14 (8.70%) Workflow

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 24 (14.91%) SharePoint
2 23 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (15.53%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.48%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 104 (64.60%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (21.74%) Azure
3 15 (9.32%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.73%) OneDrive
5 4 (2.48%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.48%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.24%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.24%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.24%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (14.91%) TCP/IP
2 21 (13.04%) LAN
3 19 (11.80%) VoIP
4 17 (10.56%) DNS
5 12 (7.45%) DHCP
6 11 (6.83%) WAN
7 10 (6.21%) Firewall
7 10 (6.21%) Wireless
8 9 (5.59%) VLAN
8 9 (5.59%) VPN
9 7 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (2.48%) 3G
10 4 (2.48%) 4G
10 4 (2.48%) ADSL
10 4 (2.48%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (1.86%) Internet
11 3 (1.86%) SAN
12 2 (1.24%) IPv4
13 1 (0.62%) Structured Cabling
13 1 (0.62%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (0.62%) JIRA
General
1 81 (50.31%) Social Skills
2 17 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (9.32%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 4 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (2.48%) Multimedia
5 4 (2.48%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.86%) Finance
6 3 (1.86%) Legal
7 2 (1.24%) Advertising
7 2 (1.24%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.62%) Law
8 1 (0.62%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.11%) CSS
1 5 (3.11%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (19.88%) Driving Licence
2 9 (5.59%) iPad
3 4 (2.48%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.48%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.86%) AS400
4 3 (1.86%) Clustering
5 2 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.62%) Apple TV
6 1 (0.62%) FMCG
6 1 (0.62%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.62%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 123 (76.40%) Windows
2 50 (31.06%) Windows 10
3 40 (24.84%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.35%) Linux
4 7 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (3.73%) Android
6 5 (3.11%) Mac OS X
6 5 (3.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.48%) Windows 7
8 3 (1.86%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.62%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (27.33%) Customer Service
3 30 (18.63%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (11.80%) ITIL
5 14 (8.70%) Escalation Management
5 14 (8.70%) Workflow
6 10 (6.21%) Mobile Device Management
7 7 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (4.35%) Time Management
8 6 (3.73%) Collaborative Culture
8 6 (3.73%) Data Protection
8 6 (3.73%) Server Management
9 5 (3.11%) Project Management
10 4 (2.48%) Inventory Management
10 4 (2.48%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (2.48%) Service Delivery
11 3 (1.86%) Collaborative Working
11 3 (1.86%) Decision-Making
11 3 (1.86%) Kalman Filter
11 3 (1.86%) Software Licensing
Qualifications
1 17 (10.56%) Degree
2 9 (5.59%) DBS Check
3 8 (4.97%) A+ Certification
3 8 (4.97%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
5 6 (3.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (2.48%) NVQ Level 3
7 3 (1.86%) Security Cleared
8 2 (1.24%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.62%) ACSP
9 1 (0.62%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.62%) HND
9 1 (0.62%) HP AIS
9 1 (0.62%) MCSA
9 1 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.07%) SLA
2 2 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 63 (39.13%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.86%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.62%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (10.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (6.83%) SCCM
3 5 (3.11%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 91 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 27 (16.77%) Apple
3 17 (10.56%) VMware
4 12 (7.45%) Progress
5 7 (4.35%) Veeam
6 6 (3.73%) Cisco
7 5 (3.11%) HP
8 4 (2.48%) Oracle
9 3 (1.86%) Citrix
9 3 (1.86%) Dell
9 3 (1.86%) SonicWALL
9 3 (1.86%) Supermicro
10 2 (1.24%) Google
10 2 (1.24%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.62%) Aruba
11 1 (0.62%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.62%) Juniper
11 1 (0.62%) Meraki
11 1 (0.62%) Mitel
11 1 (0.62%) Ruckus Wireless