Educational Technology Job Trends in the North West

Educational Technology (Edtech)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Educational Technology in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Educational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 201 200
Rank change year-on-year +18 -1 -
Permanent jobs citing Educational Technology 3 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.047% 0.079% 0.067%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.26% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £29,650 - £28,825
25th Percentile £31,375 £65,000 £31,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £75,000 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -54.00% +93.55% -
75th Percentile £37,375 £97,500 £46,438
90th Percentile £38,950 £120,000 £50,075
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +11.11%

All Generic Skills
North West

Educational Technology falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,808 1,560 1,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 44.07% 30.87% 33.63%
Number of salaries quoted 942 787 1,124
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Educational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Educational Technology relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Educational Technology job vacancy trend in the North West

Educational Technology
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Educational Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Educational Technology

Educational Technology
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Educational Technology in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Educational Technology in the North West

Educational Technology
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Educational Technology within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Manchester +24 2 £40,000 -60.98% 7
Cumbria - 1 £29,000 -
Educational Technology
England

Educational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Field Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Professional Services Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) Hyper-V
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Aruba
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) HP