IT Technician Jobs in the Midlands

IT Technician
England > Midlands

The median IT Technician salary in the Midlands is £28,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 March 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 224 157 304
Rank change year-on-year -67 +147 -157
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 17 142 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 1.41% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 1.50% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7 114 32
10th Percentile £26,050 £23,000 £20,663
25th Percentile £27,750 £24,000 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £26,500 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.55% - +1.92%
75th Percentile £31,500 £31,875 £29,500
90th Percentile £33,300 £34,775 £29,950
England median annual salary £29,750 £27,500 £27,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% +1.85% +8.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 5,962 9,444 9,382
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 93.90% 91.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,759 7,370 5,150
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,000 £73,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +5.45% -9.69% +1.50%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the Midlands

IT Technician
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in the Midlands

IT Technician
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 March 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
West Midlands -44 13 £28,500 - 8
East Midlands -22 4 £28,750 +15.00% 14
IT Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 March 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 Midlands region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 14 (82.35%) Windows
1 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
1 14 (82.35%) Social Skills
2 13 (76.47%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (76.47%) Active Directory
3 11 (64.71%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (64.71%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (58.82%) Driving Licence
4 10 (58.82%) Windows 10
5 7 (41.18%) Windows 7
5 7 (41.18%) VMware
5 7 (41.18%) Linux
5 7 (41.18%) Windows Server
6 4 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (17.65%) Apple
7 3 (17.65%) DHCP
7 3 (17.65%) DNS
7 3 (17.65%) SLA
7 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (11.76%) Mathematics
8 2 (11.76%) Network Monitoring
8 2 (11.76%) OneDrive
8 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
8 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
8 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
8 2 (11.76%) ITSM
9 1 (5.88%) Data Security
9 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
9 1 (5.88%) Wireless
9 1 (5.88%) Law

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (76.47%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.76%) OneDrive
3 1 (5.88%) Azure
3 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.88%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) DHCP
1 3 (17.65%) DNS
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) IP Telephony
2 1 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (5.88%) Wireless
General
1 14 (82.35%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Law
3 1 (5.88%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 10 (58.82%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (82.35%) Windows
2 10 (58.82%) Windows 10
3 7 (41.18%) Linux
3 7 (41.18%) Windows 7
3 7 (41.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
3 2 (11.76%) ITSM
3 2 (11.76%) Mathematics
3 2 (11.76%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (5.88%) Data Security
4 1 (5.88%) Incident Management
4 1 (5.88%) Information Management
4 1 (5.88%) Innovative Thinking
4 1 (5.88%) IT Strategy
4 1 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (5.88%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.88%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) A+ Certification
1 1 (5.88%) MCP
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) SLA
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 13 (76.47%) Active Directory
2 4 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 7 (41.18%) VMware
3 3 (17.65%) Apple
4 1 (5.88%) Google