Technical Assistant Job Trends in England

Technical Assistant
UK > England

The median Technical Assistant salary in England is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 June 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 668 630 760
Rank change year-on-year -38 +130 +116
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Assistant 26 7 82
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.032% 0.018% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.020% 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 15 7 58
10th Percentile £24,000 £28,950 £25,000
25th Percentile £25,625 £30,750 £25,656
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +14.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £43,750 £32,250 £35,000
90th Percentile £45,000 - £37,900
UK median annual salary £30,000 £31,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +14.55% -1.79%

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 77,479 35,491 87,063
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 89.92% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 53,666 20,523 64,895
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -12.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Assistant in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Assistant 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 8 June 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 West - 11 - - 1
North of England - 11 - - 1
South West -48 6 £24,750 -10.00%
South East -29 4 £45,000 +42.86%
Midlands - 3 £30,000 -
West Midlands - 3 £30,000 -
East of England - 1 £40,000 -
London - 1 £34,000 -
Technical Assistant
UK

Technical Assistant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 8 June 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 11 (42.31%) QA
2 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (15.38%) Windows
3 3 (11.54%) Presales
3 3 (11.54%) Salesforce
4 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (3.85%) AI
5 1 (3.85%) Apache
5 1 (3.85%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.85%) Chatbot
5 1 (3.85%) Conversational UI
5 1 (3.85%) CSS
5 1 (3.85%) Customer Service
5 1 (3.85%) Data Entry
5 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
5 1 (3.85%) Data Reconciliation
5 1 (3.85%) Data Security
5 1 (3.85%) DNS
5 1 (3.85%) HTML
5 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.85%) Linux
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (3.85%) Perl
5 1 (3.85%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (3.85%) Power BI
5 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.85%) SaaS
5 1 (3.85%) Shell Script
5 1 (3.85%) Software Testing
5 1 (3.85%) SSL

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Chatbot
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
1 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) DNS
1 1 (3.85%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
1 1 (3.85%) Tableau
General
1 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Local Government
3 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.85%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) CSS
1 1 (3.85%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Driving Licence
1 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (11.54%) Presales
3 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (3.85%) AI
4 1 (3.85%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (3.85%) Conversational UI
4 1 (3.85%) Customer Service
4 1 (3.85%) Data Entry
4 1 (3.85%) Data Reconciliation
4 1 (3.85%) Data Security
4 1 (3.85%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (3.85%) Software Testing
4 1 (3.85%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.85%) Perl
1 1 (3.85%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (42.31%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Salesforce