Technical Assistant Job Trends in England

Technical Assistant
UK > England

The median Technical Assistant salary in England is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 February 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 652 718
Rank change year-on-year +28 +66 +238
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Assistant 11 5 34
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.018% 0.012% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.013% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 24
10th Percentile £20,000 - £25,538
25th Percentile £21,500 £28,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £29,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +1.72% -35.56%
75th Percentile £31,000 £30,750 £37,000
90th Percentile £33,000 - -
UK median annual salary £28,000 £26,535 £29,000
% change year-on-year +5.52% -8.50% -35.56%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 56,094 38,898 63,092
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.46% 91.19% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 36,213 21,024 50,302
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,750 £28,865
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Technical Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Assistant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Technical Assistant job vacancy trend in England

Technical Assistant
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Technical Assistant job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Assistant job vacancies in England

Technical Assistant
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Assistant within the England region over the 6 months to 25 February 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
North of England - 5 - -
North West - 5 - -
Midlands - 3 £30,000 -
West Midlands - 3 £30,000 -
South East -8 2 £20,000 -32.20% 2
London - 1 £34,000 -
Technical Assistant
UK

Technical Assistant Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 February 2026, Technical Assistant 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 England region featuring Technical Assistant in the job title.

1 5 (45.45%) QA
2 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (18.18%) Presales
2 2 (18.18%) Salesforce
2 2 (18.18%) Windows
3 1 (9.09%) AI
3 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.09%) Chatbot
3 1 (9.09%) Conversational UI
3 1 (9.09%) Data Entry
3 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
3 1 (9.09%) Power BI
3 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) SaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Statistics
3 1 (9.09%) Tableau
3 1 (9.09%) Tech Ops

Technical Assistant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) Tableau
General
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Local Government
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Driving Licence
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (18.18%) Presales
2 1 (9.09%) AI
2 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (9.09%) Conversational UI
2 1 (9.09%) Data Entry
2 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (9.09%) Statistics
2 1 (9.09%) Tech Ops
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Salesforce