Data Technician Jobs in the South West

Data Technician
England > South West

The median Data Technician salary in the South West is £45,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 - 264
Rank change year-on-year - - +56
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Technician 2 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.057% - 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% - 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £42,025 - -
25th Percentile £43,188 - £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,750 - £30,000
75th Percentile £47,688 - £32,375
90th Percentile £48,475 - £33,200
England median annual salary £42,500 £38,750 £32,500
% change year-on-year +9.68% +19.23% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 3,288 8,902 6,153
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 96.22% 89.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,999 6,496 3,824
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,813 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £79,925
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Data Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Technician in the South West

Data Technician
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Technician in the South West.

Salary trend for Data Technician in the South West

Data Technician
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Technician within the South West region over the 6 months to 8 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
Somerset - 1 £49,000 -
Wiltshire - 1 £42,500 - 2
Data Technician
England

Data Technician Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Data 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 South West region featuring Data Technician in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (50.00%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (50.00%) Private Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared

Data Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) Fibre Channel
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (50.00%) Private Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft