Operations Technician Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Operations Technician
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Operations Technician salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
25 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Technician 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.28% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £30,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 2,037 470 774
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.22% 95.33% 97.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,586 322 428
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,212 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £30,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,946 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.99% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £68,113
90th Percentile £96,250 £75,000 £85,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% - -14.29%

Operations Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Operations Technician job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Operations Technician Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 25 September 2026, Operations 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Operations Technician in the job title.

1 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (33.33%) Break/Fix
1 2 (33.33%) Change Control
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre Operations
1 2 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 2 (33.33%) Fibre Channel
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 9001
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (33.33%) SAN
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
1 2 (33.33%) SSH
1 2 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (33.33%) Terminal Services

Operations Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 2 (33.33%) Fibre Channel
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (33.33%) SAN
1 2 (33.33%) SSH
1 2 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 2 (33.33%) Private Cloud
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Break/Fix
1 2 (33.33%) Change Control
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre Operations
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
1 2 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 9001
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
29 Operations Technician jobs in England