IT Technician Job Trends in Somerset

IT Technician
South West > Somerset

The median IT Technician salary in Somerset is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 October 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 49 51
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +29
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 1 10 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.24% 1.39% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 1.60% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £25,324 -
25th Percentile £27,000 £25,604 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £26,569 £25,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.39% +4.19% +8.51%
75th Percentile £29,000 £28,035 £26,250
90th Percentile - £28,614 -
South West median annual salary £28,000 £30,000 £27,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% +14.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 373 626 405
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.88% 87.31% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 182 376 306
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £36,887 £36,505
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,355 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.29% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £62,813 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,079 £75,000 £70,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +10.00%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

IT Technician job vacancy trend in Somerset

IT Technician
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in Somerset.

Salary distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in Somerset

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 7 October 2025, IT 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 Somerset region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft