IT Technician Jobs in England

IT Technician
UK > England

The median IT Technician salary in England is £29,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 422 279 576
Rank change year-on-year -143 +297 -185
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 294 700 431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.56% 1.03% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 1.09% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 154 644 284
10th Percentile £24,000 £22,500 £20,865
25th Percentile £25,500 £24,000 £22,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,250 £27,000 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +1.89% +6.00%
75th Percentile £34,000 £31,500 £31,283
90th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £36,775
UK median annual salary £30,000 £27,500 £26,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.77% +6.00%

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 48,260 64,164 92,446
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 94.76% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 23,883 49,990 58,768
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,800 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,628 £39,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -11.29% +3.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £59,430 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.05% -8.33% -

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 19 February 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 19 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
South East -51 60 £32,500 +22.64% 16
East of England -52 58 £26,750 -2.73% 13
North of England -80 54 £31,500 +14.55% 29
London +38 53 £35,500 +31.48% 9
South West +49 44 £28,000 +7.69% 18
North West -52 27 £30,000 +7.14% 9
Midlands -73 26 £28,500 +7.55% 26
West Midlands -31 20 £28,500 +1.79% 12
Yorkshire -12 14 £32,500 +20.37% 15
North East +3 13 £34,000 +23.64% 7
East Midlands -20 6 £28,500 +9.62% 14
IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 England region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 172 (58.50%) Windows
2 156 (53.06%) Microsoft 365
3 142 (48.30%) Microsoft
4 132 (44.90%) Active Directory
5 98 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 78 (26.53%) Windows Server
7 73 (24.83%) Customer Service
8 71 (24.15%) SharePoint
9 69 (23.47%) Problem-Solving
10 64 (21.77%) DNS
11 60 (20.41%) Azure
12 54 (18.37%) Firewall
13 51 (17.35%) Microsoft Exchange
14 46 (15.65%) Windows 10
15 43 (14.63%) Microsoft Office
16 42 (14.29%) Apple
17 39 (13.27%) ITIL
17 39 (13.27%) Entra ID
18 38 (12.93%) VPN
19 37 (12.59%) Driving Licence
20 34 (11.56%) DHCP
21 29 (9.86%) DBS Check
21 29 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
22 28 (9.52%) VMware
23 25 (8.50%) Degree
23 25 (8.50%) SLA
24 23 (7.82%) LAN
25 21 (7.14%) Google
26 19 (6.46%) WAN
26 19 (6.46%) Collaborative Working

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 71 (24.15%) SharePoint
2 51 (17.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.68%) Confluence
3 2 (0.68%) nginx
4 1 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 43 (14.63%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.34%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (1.36%) Changepoint
Cloud Services
1 156 (53.06%) Microsoft 365
2 60 (20.41%) Azure
3 39 (13.27%) Entra ID
4 10 (3.40%) AWS
4 10 (3.40%) OneDrive
5 6 (2.04%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.70%) Google Workspace
6 5 (1.70%) PowerApps
7 4 (1.36%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.36%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 2 (0.68%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (0.68%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.68%) CloudFront
8 2 (0.68%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.68%) Route 53
8 2 (0.68%) Serverless
9 1 (0.34%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 64 (21.77%) DNS
2 54 (18.37%) Firewall
3 38 (12.93%) VPN
4 34 (11.56%) DHCP
5 23 (7.82%) LAN
6 19 (6.46%) WAN
7 17 (5.78%) TCP/IP
8 16 (5.44%) VoIP
9 12 (4.08%) VLAN
10 8 (2.72%) Wireless
11 7 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (1.36%) Internet
12 4 (1.36%) Network Security
13 3 (1.02%) NAS
14 2 (0.68%) IPv4
14 2 (0.68%) OpenVPN
14 2 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
15 1 (0.34%) IP Telephony
15 1 (0.34%) SMTP
15 1 (0.34%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.70%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.36%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.68%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.34%) Metadata
5 1 (0.34%) Power BI
5 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (1.70%) JIRA
2 2 (0.68%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.68%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 98 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 29 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (6.46%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (6.12%) Telecoms
5 14 (4.76%) Finance
5 14 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.40%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.72%) Legal
7 8 (2.72%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.38%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.04%) Automotive
10 5 (1.70%) Law
10 5 (1.70%) Retail
11 4 (1.36%) Military
12 3 (1.02%) Advertising
12 3 (1.02%) Aviation
12 3 (1.02%) Back Office
13 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.68%) Wearables
14 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.02%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.68%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.34%) CSS
3 1 (0.34%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.59%) Driving Licence
2 10 (3.40%) Onboarding
2 10 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (2.72%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.02%) Client/Server
4 3 (1.02%) CMDB
4 3 (1.02%) EPoS
4 3 (1.02%) iPad
5 2 (0.68%) Apple TV
5 2 (0.68%) BYOD
5 2 (0.68%) CCTV
5 2 (0.68%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.68%) Operational Technology
5 2 (0.68%) Private Cloud
5 2 (0.68%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.34%) FMCG
6 1 (0.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 172 (58.50%) Windows
2 78 (26.53%) Windows Server
3 46 (15.65%) Windows 10
4 13 (4.42%) Mac OS
5 11 (3.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (3.06%) Android
6 9 (3.06%) Apple iOS
7 7 (2.38%) Linux
7 7 (2.38%) Mac OS X
8 6 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.70%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.34%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Mobile
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.34%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (24.83%) Customer Service
2 69 (23.47%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (13.27%) ITIL
4 19 (6.46%) Collaborative Working
5 16 (5.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (5.44%) Service Delivery
6 14 (4.76%) Mathematics
7 12 (4.08%) Line Management
8 11 (3.74%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (3.06%) Antivirus Management
9 9 (3.06%) Kalman Filter
9 9 (3.06%) Migration
9 9 (3.06%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (2.72%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (2.38%) Asset Management
11 7 (2.38%) Change Management
11 7 (2.38%) Data Protection
11 7 (2.38%) ERP
11 7 (2.38%) Problem Management
11 7 (2.38%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.74%) SQL
2 5 (1.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (9.86%) DBS Check
2 25 (8.50%) Degree
3 13 (4.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (3.74%) MCP
5 8 (2.72%) Network+ Certification
6 6 (2.04%) A+ Certification
7 5 (1.70%) ACSP
7 5 (1.70%) HP AIS
7 5 (1.70%) MCSA
7 5 (1.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.68%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.68%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.68%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.34%) ECDL
9 1 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.34%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.50%) SLA
2 6 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.68%) GDPR
5 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
System Software
1 132 (44.90%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.44%) Hyper-V
3 11 (3.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.04%) vSphere
5 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.34%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (4.42%) SCCM
2 10 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.36%) WSUS
4 2 (0.68%) Ansible
4 2 (0.68%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.34%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 142 (48.30%) Microsoft
2 42 (14.29%) Apple
3 28 (9.52%) VMware
4 21 (7.14%) Google
5 8 (2.72%) HP
5 8 (2.72%) Veeam
6 7 (2.38%) Sophos
7 5 (1.70%) Citrix
8 4 (1.36%) N-able
9 3 (1.02%) Adobe
9 3 (1.02%) Aruba
9 3 (1.02%) Cisco
10 2 (0.68%) Dell
10 2 (0.68%) Juniper
10 2 (0.68%) Meraki
10 2 (0.68%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.68%) Ubiquiti
11 1 (0.34%) Freshdesk
11 1 (0.34%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.34%) Samsung