IT Technician Jobs in England

IT Technician
UK > England

The median IT Technician salary in England is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2025.

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

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 230 570
Rank change year-on-year -276 +340 -143
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 178 1,072 403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.37% 1.25% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 1.32% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 130 936 254
10th Percentile £25,000 £22,000 £21,000
25th Percentile £25,750 £24,250 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £33,750 £30,750 £33,750
90th Percentile £38,750 £36,770 £41,000
UK median annual salary £30,000 £27,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -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 43,739 81,048 82,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.49% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 24,774 60,528 52,373
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,531 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -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 10 May 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 10 May 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 -61 43 £27,500 +2.80% 35
North of England -121 38 £30,000 +9.09% 44
East of England -79 35 £26,500 +0.49% 15
London +69 33 £37,000 +34.55% 33
Yorkshire -12 18 £30,000 +11.11% 20
South West +16 17 £27,500 -1.79% 22
North West -87 15 £30,000 +9.09% 20
Midlands -93 12 £28,000 +5.66% 17
West Midlands -29 7 £28,500 +1.79% 4
North East +16 5 £34,000 +23.64% 5
East Midlands -36 5 £27,500 +5.77% 11
IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 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.

1 119 (66.85%) Windows
2 106 (59.55%) Microsoft 365
3 101 (56.74%) Microsoft
4 72 (40.45%) Active Directory
5 63 (35.39%) Social Skills
6 54 (30.34%) Windows Server
7 50 (28.09%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (28.09%) Customer Service
8 37 (20.79%) Azure
9 35 (19.66%) SharePoint
10 33 (18.54%) DNS
10 33 (18.54%) Windows 10
11 31 (17.42%) Apple
12 29 (16.29%) Microsoft Exchange
13 27 (15.17%) Driving Licence
14 25 (14.04%) Microsoft Office
15 23 (12.92%) SLA
15 23 (12.92%) DHCP
15 23 (12.92%) VMware
15 23 (12.92%) Degree
15 23 (12.92%) DBS Check
16 21 (11.80%) ITIL
17 19 (10.67%) Firewall
17 19 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
18 18 (10.11%) Entra ID
19 16 (8.99%) TCP/IP
19 16 (8.99%) VPN
20 14 (7.87%) Workflow
20 14 (7.87%) Escalation Management
21 13 (7.30%) Cybersecurity

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 35 (19.66%) SharePoint
2 29 (16.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 25 (14.04%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.25%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 106 (59.55%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (20.79%) Azure
3 18 (10.11%) Entra ID
4 8 (4.49%) OneDrive
5 5 (2.81%) AWS
5 5 (2.81%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.81%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.69%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.12%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.12%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 33 (18.54%) DNS
2 23 (12.92%) DHCP
3 19 (10.67%) Firewall
4 16 (8.99%) TCP/IP
4 16 (8.99%) VPN
5 13 (7.30%) VoIP
6 11 (6.18%) LAN
7 10 (5.62%) Wireless
8 6 (3.37%) WAN
8 6 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (2.25%) ADSL
9 4 (2.25%) Internet
9 4 (2.25%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (1.69%) 3G
10 3 (1.69%) 4G
11 2 (1.12%) IPv4
11 2 (1.12%) VLAN
12 1 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
12 1 (0.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.56%) JIRA
1 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 63 (35.39%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (7.30%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (3.93%) Finance
4 7 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (3.93%) Manufacturing
4 7 (3.93%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.25%) Legal
5 4 (2.25%) Multimedia
5 4 (2.25%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.12%) Automotive
6 2 (1.12%) Law
7 1 (0.56%) Advertising
7 1 (0.56%) Back Office
7 1 (0.56%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.81%) CSS
1 5 (2.81%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (15.17%) Driving Licence
2 6 (3.37%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.81%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.69%) iPad
4 3 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.12%) BYOD
5 2 (1.12%) CCTV
5 2 (1.12%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.56%) Apple TV
6 1 (0.56%) EPoS
6 1 (0.56%) FMCG
6 1 (0.56%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 119 (66.85%) Windows
2 54 (30.34%) Windows Server
3 33 (18.54%) Windows 10
4 12 (6.74%) Android
5 10 (5.62%) Mac OS X
6 8 (4.49%) Linux
7 7 (3.93%) Mac OS
7 7 (3.93%) Windows 7
8 6 (3.37%) Apple iOS
9 5 (2.81%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (2.81%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.56%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.56%) Windows Mobile
11 1 (0.56%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.56%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (28.09%) Customer Service
1 50 (28.09%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (11.80%) ITIL
3 14 (7.87%) Escalation Management
3 14 (7.87%) Workflow
4 13 (7.30%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (6.18%) Mathematics
6 10 (5.62%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (5.62%) Mobile Device Management
7 7 (3.93%) Line Management
7 7 (3.93%) Time Management
8 6 (3.37%) Service Delivery
9 5 (2.81%) Asset Management
9 5 (2.81%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (2.81%) Kalman Filter
9 5 (2.81%) Proactive Maintenance
9 5 (2.81%) Project Management
9 5 (2.81%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (2.81%) Software Distribution
10 4 (2.25%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.69%) SQL
2 2 (1.12%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (12.92%) DBS Check
1 23 (12.92%) Degree
2 11 (6.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (4.49%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (3.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (2.81%) ACSP
5 5 (2.81%) HP AIS
5 5 (2.81%) MCSA
5 5 (2.81%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (2.25%) NVQ Level 3
6 4 (2.25%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.69%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.69%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.56%) HND
8 1 (0.56%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.92%) SLA
2 5 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 72 (40.45%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.62%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.81%) vSphere
5 2 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (3.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.37%) SCCM
3 5 (2.81%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.56%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 101 (56.74%) Microsoft
2 31 (17.42%) Apple
3 23 (12.92%) VMware
4 6 (3.37%) HP
4 6 (3.37%) Veeam
5 5 (2.81%) Google
6 4 (2.25%) Citrix
6 4 (2.25%) N-able
6 4 (2.25%) Oracle
6 4 (2.25%) Sophos
7 3 (1.69%) Cisco
8 2 (1.12%) Meraki
9 1 (0.56%) Aruba
9 1 (0.56%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.56%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.56%) Mitel
9 1 (0.56%) Progress
9 1 (0.56%) Ruckus Wireless
9 1 (0.56%) Samsung
9 1 (0.56%) ServiceNow