IT Technician Jobs in the North West

IT Technician
England > North West

The median IT Technician salary in the North West is £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 283 171 219
Rank change year-on-year -112 +48 -75
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 7 127 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.090% 1.14% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 1.20% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 5 122 11
10th Percentile - £22,000 £21,000
25th Percentile £24,500 £24,000 £23,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £27,500 £26,968
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% +1.97% +7.87%
75th Percentile £38,750 £31,563 £33,000
90th Percentile - £40,000 £33,750
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 West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,171 10,626 6,545
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 95.00% 89.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,842 7,937 4,007
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £41,042
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,781 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,331
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.98% +0.55%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the North West

IT Technician
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in the North West

IT Technician
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 IT Technician within the North West region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Manchester +15 3 £37,500 +36.36% 8
Merseyside +23 2 £25,000 - 4
Cheshire -15 2 - - 3
IT Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 West region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) Driving Licence
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Software Distribution
2 2 (28.57%) DBS Check
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Proactive Maintenance
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) HP
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Mac OS X
2 2 (28.57%) Apple
2 2 (28.57%) SLA
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) MCSA
2 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) SCCM
2 2 (28.57%) HP AIS
2 2 (28.57%) ACSP
2 2 (28.57%) Veeam

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DHCP
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) VLAN
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
1 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Driving Licence
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
2 2 (28.57%) Mac OS X
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
1 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
1 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
1 2 (28.57%) Proactive Maintenance
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (28.57%) Software Distribution
1 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ACSP
1 2 (28.57%) DBS Check
1 2 (28.57%) HP AIS
1 2 (28.57%) MCSA
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (28.57%) Network+ Certification
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Apple
2 2 (28.57%) HP
2 2 (28.57%) Veeam
2 2 (28.57%) VMware