IT Support Technician Job Trends in Salford

IT Support Technician
Manchester > Salford

The median IT Support Technician salary in Salford is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Salford 0.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 - -
75th Percentile £27,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £29,000 £25,150 £27,500
% change year-on-year +15.31% -8.55% +7.84%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Salford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Salford. 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 Salford with a recognized job title 269 54 139
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 83.08% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 181 39 91
10th Percentile £36,250 £29,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -5.26% -11.63%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,125 £62,200
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £79,225
Manchester median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.60%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Salford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Support Technician' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Salford.

IT Support Technician job vacancy trend in Salford

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend in Salford

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in Salford.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in Salford

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salford

For the 6 months to 1 August 2026, IT Support Technician job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Salford region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salford 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft