IT Technician Jobs in the North East

IT Technician
England > North East

The median IT Technician salary in the North East is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 106 53
Rank change year-on-year +33 -53 +38
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 41 8 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 2.25% 0.63% 4.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.35% 0.79% 4.87%
Number of salaries quoted 39 5 16
10th Percentile £22,500 £38,498 £13,500
25th Percentile £23,500 £39,250 £15,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £40,865 £17,143
Median % change year-on-year -32.71% +138.38% -9.77%
75th Percentile £38,750 £41,750 £26,563
90th Percentile £39,200 £42,950 £27,875
England median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +7.84% +2.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,747 1,017 1,395
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.67% 79.83% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,412 607 995
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £22,500
25th Percentile £35,815 £37,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,672 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% +19.18% -8.83%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,563 £74,325 £71,250
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

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
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in the North East over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram 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 26 April 2024. 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 +30 39 £27,500 -32.71% 4
Durham - 2 - - 2
IT Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 25 (60.98%) Windows
2 24 (58.54%) Active Directory
3 19 (46.34%) Azure
4 18 (43.90%) Social Skills
5 16 (39.02%) Windows 10
6 15 (36.59%) Cisco
7 14 (34.15%) Microsoft Exchange
8 13 (31.71%) Microsoft
8 13 (31.71%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (31.71%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (26.83%) Entra ID
9 11 (26.83%) Windows Server
10 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (14.63%) VPN
11 6 (14.63%) VMware
12 5 (12.20%) Degree
12 5 (12.20%) Computer Science
12 5 (12.20%) Automotive
12 5 (12.20%) Manufacturing
13 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (9.76%) DNS
13 4 (9.76%) DHCP
13 4 (9.76%) ITIL
13 4 (9.76%) SharePoint
13 4 (9.76%) VMware Infrastructure
13 4 (9.76%) VLAN
13 4 (9.76%) Finance
14 3 (7.32%) Collaborative Working
14 3 (7.32%) Regulatory Compliance
14 3 (7.32%) GDPR

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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (34.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (9.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 19 (46.34%) Azure
2 13 (31.71%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (26.83%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.44%) Dropbox
5 1 (2.44%) Google Drive
5 1 (2.44%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) VPN
2 4 (9.76%) DHCP
2 4 (9.76%) DNS
2 4 (9.76%) VLAN
3 2 (4.88%) Firewall
3 2 (4.88%) VoIP
4 1 (2.44%) NAS
4 1 (2.44%) Network Security
4 1 (2.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) JIRA
General
1 18 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Automotive
2 5 (12.20%) Manufacturing
3 4 (9.76%) Finance
4 3 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.32%) Social Housing
5 2 (4.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Housing Association
2 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (60.98%) Windows
2 16 (39.02%) Windows 10
3 11 (26.83%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (12.20%) Computer Science
3 4 (9.76%) ITIL
4 3 (7.32%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (7.32%) Customer Service
4 3 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (7.32%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (7.32%) Service Desk Management
4 3 (7.32%) Tech Ops
4 3 (7.32%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (4.88%) Analytics
5 2 (4.88%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (4.88%) Client Onboarding
5 2 (4.88%) Data Analytics
5 2 (4.88%) E-Commerce
5 2 (4.88%) Issue Tracking
5 2 (4.88%) Roadmaps
6 1 (2.44%) CRM
6 1 (2.44%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) Degree
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (7.32%) A+ Certification
3 3 (7.32%) Azure Certification
3 3 (7.32%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (7.32%) MCITP
4 1 (2.44%) MCSE
4 1 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) GDPR
1 3 (7.32%) ISO 9001
1 3 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (58.54%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.88%) vSphere
4 1 (2.44%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (36.59%) Cisco
2 13 (31.71%) Microsoft
3 6 (14.63%) VMware
4 3 (7.32%) Meraki
4 3 (7.32%) Sophos
5 1 (2.44%) Google
5 1 (2.44%) Sage
5 1 (2.44%) Synology