Support Technician Jobs in the Highlands

Support Technician
Scotland > Highlands

The median Support Technician salary in the Highlands is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Highlands 50.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 50.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £24,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +66.67% -20.00% +15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Highlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Highlands. 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 the Highlands with a recognized job title 8 39 13
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 86.67% 81.25%
Number of salaries quoted 6 15 1
10th Percentile - £30,000 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +66.67% -16.92%
75th Percentile £42,500 £62,500 -
90th Percentile - £126,440 -
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -7.89% +8.57%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in the Highlands

Support Technician
Salary Trend in the Highlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Technician in the Highlands.

Salary trend for Support Technician in the Highlands

Support Technician
Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 16 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
Inverness - 4 £40,000 -
Support Technician
Scotland

Support Technician Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Highlands

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Support 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 Highlands region featuring Support Technician in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) SSL
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
1 4 (100.00%) IPsec
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Replication
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
1 4 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
1 4 (100.00%) Dell DRAC
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service

Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Highlands 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 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) IPsec
1 4 (100.00%) SSL
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (100.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft