Support Technician Jobs in the North West

Support Technician
England > North West

The median Support Technician salary in the North West is £28,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 222 281
Rank change year-on-year +11 +59 -60
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 78 82 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.81% 1.01% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 1.13% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 74 18 31
10th Percentile £24,000 £22,850 £20,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £30,188 £22,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £35,000 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +34.62% +13.04%
75th Percentile £31,938 - £30,500
90th Percentile £37,850 - £35,000
England median annual salary £27,000 £29,000 £25,500
% change year-on-year -6.90% +13.73% +2.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 9,086 7,244 9,089
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 89.30% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7,011 4,162 5,539
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,996
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in the North West

Support Technician
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Support Technician in the North West

Support Technician
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Technician in the North West over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Technician in the North West

Support 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 Support Technician within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Manchester +59 30 £28,000 -20.00% 4
Cheshire -40 21 £27,500 - 3
Cumbria -5 11 £27,500 -21.43% 2
Merseyside +12 9 £27,500 +7.84% 2
Lancashire +2 7 £30,000 +39.53% 1
Support Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 West region featuring Support Technician in the job title.

1 41 (52.56%) Windows
2 40 (51.28%) Social Skills
3 29 (37.18%) Microsoft
4 26 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (32.05%) Active Directory
6 23 (29.49%) Windows Server
7 21 (26.92%) Customer Service
8 18 (23.08%) Driving Licence
9 17 (21.79%) Wireless
10 16 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (19.23%) Microsoft Exchange
12 14 (17.95%) LAN
13 12 (15.38%) Apple
14 11 (14.10%) Microsoft Office
14 11 (14.10%) Microsoft Intune
14 11 (14.10%) Android
15 10 (12.82%) DBS Check
16 9 (11.54%) SLA
16 9 (11.54%) WAN
16 9 (11.54%) Internet
16 9 (11.54%) VMware
17 8 (10.26%) Finance
17 8 (10.26%) SharePoint
17 8 (10.26%) Windows 10
17 8 (10.26%) Azure
18 7 (8.97%) Hyper-V
18 7 (8.97%) VMware Infrastructure
18 7 (8.97%) DHCP
18 7 (8.97%) DNS
18 7 (8.97%) Firewall

Support 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 15 (19.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (10.26%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.85%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (14.10%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (10.26%) Azure
3 4 (5.13%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.85%) AWS
5 2 (2.56%) Dropbox
5 2 (2.56%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.28%) GCP
6 1 (1.28%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (21.79%) Wireless
2 14 (17.95%) LAN
3 9 (11.54%) Internet
3 9 (11.54%) WAN
4 7 (8.97%) DHCP
4 7 (8.97%) DNS
4 7 (8.97%) Firewall
5 3 (3.85%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (3.85%) VoIP
5 3 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.56%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.28%) Intranet
7 1 (1.28%) Network Security
7 1 (1.28%) VLAN
7 1 (1.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.85%) SQL Server
General
1 40 (51.28%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.26%) Finance
3 5 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.85%) Retail
6 2 (2.56%) Legal
6 2 (2.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.28%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 18 (23.08%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.56%) CCTV
2 2 (2.56%) EPoS
2 2 (2.56%) SCADA
3 1 (1.28%) Educational Technology
3 1 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 41 (52.56%) Windows
2 23 (29.49%) Windows Server
3 11 (14.10%) Android
4 8 (10.26%) Windows 10
5 6 (7.69%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.28%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (26.92%) Customer Service
2 16 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (7.69%) Kalman Filter
3 6 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
4 5 (6.41%) ITIL
5 4 (5.13%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (5.13%) Logistics
5 4 (5.13%) Project Management
6 3 (3.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (3.85%) Service Delivery
6 3 (3.85%) Software Testing
7 2 (2.56%) Asset Management
7 2 (2.56%) Break/Fix
7 2 (2.56%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (2.56%) ERP
7 2 (2.56%) Information Governance
7 2 (2.56%) IT Strategy
7 2 (2.56%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (1.28%) Customer Experience
8 1 (1.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (12.82%) DBS Check
2 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.56%) Degree
3 2 (2.56%) MCP
3 2 (2.56%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.28%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.28%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.28%) CCNA
4 1 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.28%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.54%) SLA
2 1 (1.28%) GDPR
System Software
1 25 (32.05%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.97%) Hyper-V
2 7 (8.97%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (14.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.28%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.28%) Graylog
2 1 (1.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (37.18%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.38%) Apple
3 9 (11.54%) VMware
4 4 (5.13%) Sun
5 3 (3.85%) Dell
6 2 (2.56%) Acronis
6 2 (2.56%) Cisco
6 2 (2.56%) Citrix
6 2 (2.56%) Ubiquiti
6 2 (2.56%) Veeam
7 1 (1.28%) Aruba
7 1 (1.28%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (1.28%) Draytek
7 1 (1.28%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.28%) Google
7 1 (1.28%) HP
7 1 (1.28%) Sage