Support Technician Jobs in the North of England

Support Technician
England > North of England

The median Support Technician salary in the North of England is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 216 330
Rank change year-on-year -85 +114 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 38 187 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.32% 1.06% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 1.11% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 37 172 29
10th Percentile £26,500 £21,500 £24,300
25th Percentile £28,500 £25,000 £25,196
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,500 £32,535
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.48% +30.14%
75th Percentile £31,250 £31,813 £35,000
90th Percentile £33,000 £38,750 £35,400
England median annual salary £30,500 £27,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year +12.96% -6.90% +13.73%

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 10,805 16,797 15,139
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.98% 89.58%
Number of salaries quoted 5,774 12,987 8,121
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in the North of England

Support Technician
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Support Technician in the North of England

Support 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 Support Technician within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 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 +11 33 £30,000 +13.21% 16
North West -81 5 £26,500 -5.36% 15
Support Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Support 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 Support Technician in the job title.

1 24 (63.16%) Windows
2 22 (57.89%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (52.63%) Customer Service
4 18 (47.37%) ITIL
5 17 (44.74%) SLA
5 17 (44.74%) Social Skills
6 16 (42.11%) Windows Server
6 16 (42.11%) Microsoft
7 15 (39.47%) Active Directory
8 14 (36.84%) Apple
8 14 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (34.21%) Android
10 10 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
11 9 (23.68%) Wireless
11 9 (23.68%) Mobile Device Management
11 9 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
12 7 (18.42%) Degree
13 5 (13.16%) AirWatch
13 5 (13.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (13.16%) User Experience
13 5 (13.16%) Time Management
13 5 (13.16%) Inventory Management
14 4 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
14 4 (10.53%) NetSuite
14 4 (10.53%) Multimedia
14 4 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
14 4 (10.53%) Service Management
14 4 (10.53%) ITSM
14 4 (10.53%) Management Information System
14 4 (10.53%) Mac OS X

Support 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 10 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (10.53%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 14 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.68%) Wireless
2 4 (10.53%) LAN
3 2 (5.26%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (5.26%) DHCP
3 2 (5.26%) DNS
3 2 (5.26%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.63%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (2.63%) VPN
General
1 17 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Multimedia
4 3 (7.89%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.63%) CCTV
2 1 (2.63%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.63%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 24 (63.16%) Windows
2 16 (42.11%) Windows Server
3 13 (34.21%) Android
4 4 (10.53%) Linux
4 4 (10.53%) Mac OS X
5 2 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (57.89%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (52.63%) Customer Service
3 18 (47.37%) ITIL
4 9 (23.68%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (13.16%) Inventory Management
5 5 (13.16%) Time Management
5 5 (13.16%) User Experience
6 4 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (10.53%) ITSM
6 4 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (10.53%) Service Management
7 2 (5.26%) Preventative Maintenance
7 2 (5.26%) Vulnerability Management
8 1 (2.63%) ERP
Qualifications
1 7 (18.42%) Degree
2 5 (13.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.63%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (44.74%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (39.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) AirWatch
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 14 (36.84%) Apple
3 4 (10.53%) Oracle
4 2 (5.26%) Cisco