Support Technician Jobs in Manchester

Support Technician
North West > Manchester

The median Support Technician salary in Manchester is £26,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 189 234
Rank change year-on-year +32 +45 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 5 29 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.23% 0.56% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.59% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 5 29 3
10th Percentile - £24,000 £31,300
25th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £28,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% -20.00% +27.27%
75th Percentile £27,250 £32,000 £37,250
90th Percentile £30,400 £34,250 £37,400
North West median annual salary £26,500 £28,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -5.36% -20.00% +33.33%

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 1,983 4,876 4,536
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.51% 91.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,268 3,761 2,660
10th Percentile £32,175 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% -5.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in Manchester

Support Technician
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Support Technician in Manchester

Support Technician
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 8 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
Oldham 0 4 £26,500 -3.64%
Stockport +11 1 £30,000 +27.66%
Support Technician
North West

Support Technician Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 8 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 Manchester region featuring Support Technician in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server
2 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) ITSM
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) Smartphone
3 1 (20.00%) CCTV
3 1 (20.00%) Android
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving

Support 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 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) CCTV
1 1 (20.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (20.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) ITSM
1 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft