Data Technician Job Trends in the North East

Data Technician
England > North East

The median Data Technician salary in the North East is £25,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 November 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent Data Technician jobs 8 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.21% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,900 - -
75th Percentile £25,975 - -
90th Percentile £26,000 - -
England median annual salary £20,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -60.00% - +33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the North East matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
2 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the North East matching a recognised job title 3,417 937 1,232
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 89.22% 88.40% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,484 602 666
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,087 £24,960
25th Percentile £42,500 £28,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £46,324
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -2.86% -7.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £91,375 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,250 £53,168 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.44% -7.53% -4.17%

Data Technician Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Data Technician job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Data Technician job vacancy trend in the North East

Data Technician Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for Data Technician job vacancies in the North East.

Salary distribution trend for Data Technician job vacancies in the North East

Data Technician Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Data Technician jobs within the North East region over the 6 months to 2 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tyne and Wear - 8 £25,900 - 2
Data Technician
England

Data Technician Skill Set Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, Data Technician job ads cited 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 Data Technician job ads across the North East region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Data Centre Operations50.0%4
1Data Management50.0%4
3BPSS Clearance25.0%2
3Break/Fix25.0%2
3Change Control25.0%2
3Continuous Improvement25.0%2
3Ethernet25.0%2
3Fibre Channel25.0%2
3Firewall25.0%2
3ISO 900125.0%2
3ISO/IEC 2000025.0%2
3ISO/IEC 2700125.0%2
3ITIL25.0%2
3LAN25.0%2
3Load Balancing25.0%2
3Microsoft25.0%2
3Microsoft Office25.0%2
3Proactive Monitoring25.0%2
3Remote Desktop25.0%2
3SAN25.0%2
3SLA25.0%2
3SSH25.0%2
3Structured Cabling25.0%2
3Terminal Services25.0%2

Data Technician Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Data Centre Operations Technician25.0%2