IT Technician Jobs in the North East

IT Technician
England > North East

The median IT Technician salary in the North East is £34,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 76 104
Rank change year-on-year +16 +28 -48
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 5 41 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.67% 2.21% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 2.31% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 5 39 5
10th Percentile £29,800 £22,500 £38,498
25th Percentile £32,500 £23,500 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £27,500 £40,865
Median % change year-on-year +23.64% -32.71% +138.38%
75th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £41,750
90th Percentile - £39,200 £42,950
England median annual salary £30,000 £27,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -1.82% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 674 1,774 1,021
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.84% 95.53% 80.08%
Number of salaries quoted 390 1,431 600
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £30,575
25th Percentile £28,625 £35,920 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -0.36% +19.18%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,750 £72,625
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the North East

IT Technician
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in the North East

IT Technician
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the North East region over the 6 months to 10 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
Tyne and Wear +8 5 £34,000 +23.64% 3
IT Technician
England

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 North East region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Environments
2 2 (40.00%) Server Management
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) DHCP
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Server Management
1 2 (40.00%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft