IT Technician Jobs in the North West

IT Technician
England > North West

The median IT Technician salary in the North West is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 233 287
Rank change year-on-year +37 +54 -32
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 81 36 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.87% 0.56% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 0.62% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 76 14 53
10th Percentile £22,000 £23,050 £14,000
25th Percentile £24,500 £24,125 £20,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £26,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +8.33% +2.13%
75th Percentile £30,000 £29,125 £27,500
90th Percentile £39,000 £33,750 £32,800
England median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,578
% change year-on-year -1.82% +7.52% +2.31%

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 8,848 5,805 9,684
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.54% 89.71% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 6,232 3,732 5,883
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in the North West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram 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 26 July 2024. 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
Cheshire -29 20 £27,250 +4.81% 3
Manchester +18 19 £27,500 +5.77% 4
Cumbria - 19 £27,500 - 3
Merseyside +28 14 £25,000 -9.86% 1
Lancashire - 9 £28,000 - 5
IT Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 35 (43.21%) Windows
2 26 (32.10%) Social Skills
3 25 (30.86%) Microsoft
4 23 (28.40%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (27.16%) Active Directory
5 22 (27.16%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (25.93%) Windows Server
7 14 (17.28%) Azure
7 14 (17.28%) Apple
8 11 (13.58%) Educational Technology
9 10 (12.35%) Wireless
9 10 (12.35%) SLA
9 10 (12.35%) Microsoft Office
9 10 (12.35%) Windows 10
10 9 (11.11%) Driving Licence
11 8 (9.88%) LAN
11 8 (9.88%) Finance
12 7 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
12 7 (8.64%) Entra ID
12 7 (8.64%) Customer Service
13 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
13 6 (7.41%) Firewall
13 6 (7.41%) Logistics
13 6 (7.41%) WAN
13 6 (7.41%) SharePoint
13 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
14 5 (6.17%) Legal
15 4 (4.94%) Law
15 4 (4.94%) DNS
15 4 (4.94%) Internet

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.70%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (12.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 23 (28.40%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (17.28%) Azure
3 7 (8.64%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.23%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.35%) Wireless
2 8 (9.88%) LAN
3 6 (7.41%) Firewall
3 6 (7.41%) WAN
4 4 (4.94%) DHCP
4 4 (4.94%) DNS
4 4 (4.94%) Internet
4 4 (4.94%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.47%) VPN
7 1 (1.23%) Intranet
7 1 (1.23%) Network Security
7 1 (1.23%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.23%) Power BI
2 1 (1.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Eclipse
General
1 26 (32.10%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.88%) Finance
3 7 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.17%) Legal
5 4 (4.94%) Law
6 3 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.70%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.70%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.47%) Retail
8 1 (1.23%) Local Government
8 1 (1.23%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.23%) .NET
1 1 (1.23%) AngularJS
1 1 (1.23%) Classic ASP
1 1 (1.23%) CSS
1 1 (1.23%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.58%) Educational Technology
2 9 (11.11%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (43.21%) Windows
2 21 (25.93%) Windows Server
3 10 (12.35%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (3.70%) Android
5 3 (3.70%) Windows 8
5 3 (3.70%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (2.47%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.23%) Linux
7 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.16%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (8.64%) Customer Service
3 6 (7.41%) Logistics
4 4 (4.94%) Case Management
4 4 (4.94%) Project Management
4 4 (4.94%) Time Management
5 3 (3.70%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (3.70%) Software Testing
5 3 (3.70%) Speech Recognition
6 2 (2.47%) Coaching
6 2 (2.47%) Information Governance
7 1 (1.23%) Break/Fix
7 1 (1.23%) Decision-Making
7 1 (1.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (1.23%) IT Strategy
7 1 (1.23%) Performance Metrics
7 1 (1.23%) Proactive Monitoring
7 1 (1.23%) Security Patching
7 1 (1.23%) Server Virtualisation
7 1 (1.23%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.23%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (3.70%) DBS Check
1 3 (3.70%) Degree
1 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (2.47%) MCP
3 1 (1.23%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.35%) SLA
2 1 (1.23%) GDPR
2 1 (1.23%) QA
System Software
1 22 (27.16%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.94%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.70%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (30.86%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.28%) Apple
3 4 (4.94%) VMware
4 3 (3.70%) Avaya
5 1 (1.23%) Aruba
5 1 (1.23%) Cisco
5 1 (1.23%) Citrix
5 1 (1.23%) Google
5 1 (1.23%) HP
5 1 (1.23%) Meraki