Support Technician Job Trends in Merseyside

Support Technician
North West > Merseyside

The median Support Technician salary in Merseyside is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - 48
Rank change year-on-year - - +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 6 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.98% - 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% - 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile £28,750 - £26,875
25th Percentile £31,250 - £27,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £28,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.79%
75th Percentile £33,750 - £29,250
90th Percentile - - £30,125
North West median annual salary £27,750 £27,500 £28,000
% change year-on-year +0.91% -1.79% -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 528 404 550
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.13% 79.22% 94.50%
Number of salaries quoted 308 229 405
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,400 £27,300
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,125 £75,000 £75,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.87%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Support Technician job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Support Technician
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for Support Technician job vacancies in Merseyside.

Salary distribution trend for Support Technician job vacancies in Merseyside

Support Technician
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Liverpool - 6 £32,500 - 2
Support Technician
North West

Support Technician Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Support 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 Merseyside region featuring Support Technician in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 6 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (83.33%) Facebook
3 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) Windows

Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) BYOD
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 6 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) ITSM
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Facebook
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft