IT Technician Jobs in the North West

IT Technician
England > North West

The median IT Technician salary in the North West is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 177 232
Rank change year-on-year -87 +55 -98
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 15 119 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.19% 1.21% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 1.28% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 13 115 12
10th Percentile £24,543 £22,000 £20,775
25th Percentile £24,715 £24,000 £23,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,500 £27,234
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +0.98% +8.94%
75th Percentile £38,750 £31,750 £33,750
90th Percentile - £40,000 £34,875
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 7,191 9,301 6,978
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 94.61% 89.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4,106 7,150 4,068
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,620 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £69,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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 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
Manchester +27 8 £37,500 +36.36% 6
Cheshire +6 4 £29,250 +6.36% 5
Merseyside +31 2 £25,000 - 2
Cumbria -93 1 £30,000 -25.00% 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 May 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 9 (60.00%) Windows
2 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (46.67%) Windows 10
3 6 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 6 (40.00%) SLA
3 6 (40.00%) VMware
4 5 (33.33%) vSphere
4 5 (33.33%) Veeam
4 5 (33.33%) SCCM
4 5 (33.33%) HP AIS
4 5 (33.33%) ACSP
4 5 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (33.33%) Mac OS X
4 5 (33.33%) Apple
4 5 (33.33%) HP
4 5 (33.33%) MCSA
4 5 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 5 (33.33%) Proactive Maintenance
4 5 (33.33%) Software Distribution
5 4 (26.67%) Mathematics
6 3 (20.00%) DBS Check
7 2 (13.33%) Kalman Filter

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 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Internet
2 1 (6.67%) DHCP
2 1 (6.67%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 6 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) BYOD
1 2 (13.33%) CCTV
1 2 (13.33%) Driving Licence
1 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Windows
2 7 (46.67%) Windows 10
3 6 (40.00%) Windows Server
4 5 (33.33%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 5 (33.33%) Proactive Maintenance
2 5 (33.33%) Software Distribution
3 4 (26.67%) Mathematics
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (13.33%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) ACSP
1 5 (33.33%) HP AIS
1 5 (33.33%) MCSA
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
1 5 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (20.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) SLA
2 5 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (33.33%) vSphere
3 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
3 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) VMware
3 5 (33.33%) Apple
3 5 (33.33%) HP
3 5 (33.33%) Veeam
4 1 (6.67%) Citrix