IT Technician Jobs in Manchester

IT Technician
North West > Manchester

The median IT Technician salary in Manchester is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 April 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 168 238
Rank change year-on-year +26 +70 -89
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 9 46 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.43% 0.92% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.96% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9 45 5
10th Percentile £24,715 £22,750 £23,100
25th Percentile £28,166 £23,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £27,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -15.38% +25.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 £30,250 £35,000
90th Percentile - £30,990 £35,750
North West median annual salary £30,750 £27,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +11.82% - +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,910 4,769 4,717
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.69% 95.00% 91.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,269 3,723 2,742
10th Percentile £32,450 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £56,875
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -3.30% +3.41%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,822 £81,250 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in Manchester

IT Technician
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in Manchester.

Salary trend for IT Technician in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 Manchester region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
1 8 (88.89%) Windows 10
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (55.56%) Software Distribution
3 5 (55.56%) vSphere
3 5 (55.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (55.56%) SCCM
3 5 (55.56%) HP AIS
3 5 (55.56%) ACSP
3 5 (55.56%) Veeam
3 5 (55.56%) MCSA
3 5 (55.56%) SLA
3 5 (55.56%) Telecoms
3 5 (55.56%) Network+ Certification
3 5 (55.56%) VMware
3 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
3 5 (55.56%) HP
3 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (55.56%) Mac OS X
3 5 (55.56%) Apple
3 5 (55.56%) Proactive Maintenance
4 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Internet
5 2 (22.22%) Mathematics
5 2 (22.22%) CCTV

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) VoIP
2 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (55.56%) Telecoms
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) BYOD
1 2 (22.22%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
1 8 (88.89%) Windows 10
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 5 (55.56%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Proactive Maintenance
2 5 (55.56%) Software Distribution
3 2 (22.22%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (22.22%) Mathematics
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) ACSP
1 5 (55.56%) HP AIS
1 5 (55.56%) MCSA
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (55.56%) Network+ Certification
1 5 (55.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (11.11%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (55.56%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
1 5 (55.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Apple
2 5 (55.56%) HP
2 5 (55.56%) Veeam
2 5 (55.56%) VMware