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 £29,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 221 333
Rank change year-on-year -71 +112 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 33 183 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.29% 1.05% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 1.11% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 32 169 29
10th Percentile £25,925 £21,500 £22,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £25,000 £25,196
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £27,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -15.38% +30.00%
75th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £35,000
90th Percentile £32,250 £38,750 £35,400
England median annual salary £30,500 £27,000 £28,750
% change year-on-year +12.96% -6.09% +12.75%

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 10,310 16,534 15,580
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 94.96% 89.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5,794 12,788 8,257
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +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 8 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 +1 28 £30,000 +13.21% 13
North West -68 5 £26,500 -5.36% 14
Support Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 21 (63.64%) Windows
2 20 (60.61%) Customer Service
3 17 (51.52%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (51.52%) SLA
4 16 (48.48%) ITIL
4 16 (48.48%) Windows Server
5 14 (42.42%) Active Directory
5 14 (42.42%) Apple
6 13 (39.39%) Microsoft
7 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
8 11 (33.33%) Android
8 11 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (30.30%) Microsoft Exchange
10 9 (27.27%) Wireless
10 9 (27.27%) Mobile Device Management
10 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (15.15%) AirWatch
11 5 (15.15%) Inventory Management
11 5 (15.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (15.15%) User Experience
11 5 (15.15%) Time Management
11 5 (15.15%) Degree
12 4 (12.12%) NetSuite
12 4 (12.12%) Mac OS X
12 4 (12.12%) Multimedia
12 4 (12.12%) Penetration Testing
12 4 (12.12%) LAN
12 4 (12.12%) Linux
12 4 (12.12%) Oracle
12 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Office

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 (30.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (27.27%) Wireless
2 4 (12.12%) LAN
3 2 (6.06%) DHCP
3 2 (6.06%) DNS
3 2 (6.06%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.03%) VPN
General
1 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Multimedia
4 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.03%) CCTV
2 1 (3.03%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 21 (63.64%) Windows
2 16 (48.48%) Windows Server
3 11 (33.33%) Android
4 4 (12.12%) Linux
4 4 (12.12%) Mac OS X
5 2 (6.06%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (60.61%) Customer Service
2 17 (51.52%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (48.48%) ITIL
4 9 (27.27%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (15.15%) Inventory Management
5 5 (15.15%) Time Management
5 5 (15.15%) User Experience
6 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (12.12%) ITSM
6 4 (12.12%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (12.12%) Service Management
7 1 (3.03%) ERP
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) Degree
1 5 (15.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (51.52%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (42.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (15.15%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 14 (42.42%) Apple
2 13 (39.39%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.12%) Oracle