IT Technician Jobs in the North of England

IT Technician
England > North of England

The median IT Technician salary in the North of England is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 165 328
Rank change year-on-year -159 +163 -210
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 22 267 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.19% 1.47% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 1.55% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 19 248 32
10th Percentile £26,500 £22,350 £21,375
25th Percentile £28,125 £24,188 £22,790
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,500 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% +12.50%
75th Percentile £32,250 £31,375 £34,013
90th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £41,437
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 of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 10,559 17,213 14,859
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 95.07% 89.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,449 13,282 8,075
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the North of England

IT Technician
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in the North of England

IT Technician
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
Yorkshire -25 14 £30,000 +11.11% 28
North West -110 8 £33,250 +20.91% 23
IT Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 of England region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 17 (77.27%) Windows
2 16 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (68.18%) Microsoft
4 12 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (54.55%) Apple
5 11 (50.00%) Windows Server
6 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
7 9 (40.91%) Customer Service
7 9 (40.91%) Mobile Device Management
7 9 (40.91%) Wireless
7 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
7 9 (40.91%) SLA
8 7 (31.82%) Mac OS X
9 6 (27.27%) ITIL
9 6 (27.27%) Management Information System
9 6 (27.27%) Windows 10
10 5 (22.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (22.73%) AirWatch
10 5 (22.73%) Time Management
10 5 (22.73%) Android
10 5 (22.73%) Degree
10 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
10 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (22.73%) LAN
11 4 (18.18%) Oracle
11 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (18.18%) Multimedia
11 4 (18.18%) NetSuite
11 4 (18.18%) Driving Licence
11 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (40.91%) Wireless
2 5 (22.73%) LAN
3 3 (13.64%) DHCP
3 3 (13.64%) DNS
3 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.55%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (4.55%) VLAN
4 1 (4.55%) VPN
4 1 (4.55%) WAN
4 1 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Multimedia
3 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
4 2 (9.09%) Finance
4 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 4 (18.18%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 17 (77.27%) Windows
2 11 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 7 (31.82%) Mac OS X
4 6 (27.27%) Windows 10
5 5 (22.73%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (40.91%) Customer Service
2 9 (40.91%) Mobile Device Management
3 6 (27.27%) ITIL
4 5 (22.73%) Time Management
5 3 (13.64%) Proactive Maintenance
5 3 (13.64%) Software Distribution
6 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 2 (9.09%) Mathematics
6 2 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (4.55%) Customer Experience
7 1 (4.55%) Desktop Virtualisation
7 1 (4.55%) Practice Management
7 1 (4.55%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
1 5 (22.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (13.64%) ACSP
3 3 (13.64%) HP AIS
3 3 (13.64%) MCSA
3 3 (13.64%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (13.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (9.09%) DBS Check
5 1 (4.55%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (40.91%) SLA
2 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) AirWatch
2 3 (13.64%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (68.18%) Microsoft
2 12 (54.55%) Apple
3 4 (18.18%) Oracle
4 3 (13.64%) HP
4 3 (13.64%) Veeam
4 3 (13.64%) VMware