IT Technician Job Trends in Leicestershire

IT Technician
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median IT Technician salary in Leicestershire is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 October 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 - 78
Rank change year-on-year - - -23
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 10 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.59% - 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% - 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £21,067
25th Percentile £42,500 - £23,292
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £27,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.82%
75th Percentile £47,500 - £30,000
90th Percentile - - £31,800
East Midlands median annual salary £30,000 £27,500 £26,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.77% +4.95%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 1,563 387 695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 91.92% 91.93%
Number of salaries quoted 949 230 321
10th Percentile £34,900 £25,975 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,438 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £70,000
East Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% -9.52%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

IT Technician job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

IT Technician
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in Leicestershire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in Leicestershire

IT Technician
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 9 October 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
Leicester - 5 £45,000 - 1
Loughborough - 3 - - 1
IT Technician
East Midlands

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 9 October 2026, IT Technician 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 Leicestershire region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) A+ Certification
1 6 (60.00%) ForeScout
2 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) ERP
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (20.00%) Azure
3 2 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) CRM
3 2 (20.00%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (20.00%) DHCP
3 2 (20.00%) DNS
3 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (20.00%) Firewall
3 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
3 2 (20.00%) ITSM
3 2 (20.00%) LAN
3 2 (20.00%) Linux
3 2 (20.00%) Logistics
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (20.00%) OneDrive
3 2 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) SAP
3 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (20.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) DHCP
1 2 (20.00%) DNS
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) LAN
1 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (20.00%) VLAN
1 2 (20.00%) VoIP
1 2 (20.00%) VPN
1 2 (20.00%) WAN
1 2 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (20.00%) Crystal Reports
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) CRM
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
2 2 (20.00%) ITSM
2 2 (20.00%) Logistics
2 2 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) ForeScout
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) SAP