IT Technician Jobs in the South West

IT Technician
England > South West

The median IT Technician salary in the South West is £28,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 211 245
Rank change year-on-year +33 +34 +19
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 116 61 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.27% 0.87% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 0.97% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 95 46 24
10th Percentile £20,900 £21,490 £9,364
25th Percentile £24,250 £24,500 £20,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £28,500 £23,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +21.28% -2.08%
75th Percentile £31,000 £36,000 £26,219
90th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £28,750
England median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +7.84% +2.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 8,793 6,284 7,625
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 89.31% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,444 3,903 5,084
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the South West

IT Technician
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in the South West

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in the South West

IT 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 IT Technician within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Gloucestershire +20 48 £30,000 -16.67% 9
Wiltshire +19 28 £26,000 -3.70% 5
Somerset - 14 £21,000 - 6
Bristol -5 10 £29,000 +28.99% 6
Devon -17 8 £28,000 +3.70% 2
Dorset -11 5 £31,350 -3.54%
Cornwall -14 3 £27,500 -19.12%
IT Technician
England

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 South West region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 66 (56.90%) Windows
2 55 (47.41%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (43.97%) Microsoft
4 44 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (34.48%) Active Directory
6 37 (31.90%) Social Skills
6 37 (31.90%) Windows 10
7 28 (24.14%) Driving Licence
8 24 (20.69%) ITIL
9 18 (15.52%) SC Cleared
9 18 (15.52%) Security Cleared
10 17 (14.66%) Management Information System
10 17 (14.66%) Customer Service
11 15 (12.93%) ITSM
11 15 (12.93%) Information Security
11 15 (12.93%) Configuration Management
11 15 (12.93%) Service Management
11 15 (12.93%) Change Management
11 15 (12.93%) A+ Certification
12 14 (12.07%) Project Management
13 13 (11.21%) Microsoft Office
14 12 (10.34%) VB
14 12 (10.34%) Google
15 11 (9.48%) Mentoring
16 10 (8.62%) Firewall
17 9 (7.76%) Degree
17 9 (7.76%) SQL
18 8 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
18 8 (6.90%) Windows Server
18 8 (6.90%) Project Delivery

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (11.21%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 55 (47.41%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (3.45%) OneDrive
3 2 (1.72%) Azure
4 1 (0.86%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.86%) SaaS
4 1 (0.86%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.62%) Firewall
2 6 (5.17%) DHCP
2 6 (5.17%) DNS
3 5 (4.31%) Network Security
4 4 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.59%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.59%) VPN
6 2 (1.72%) LAN
6 2 (1.72%) WAN
6 2 (1.72%) WLAN
7 1 (0.86%) ADSL
7 1 (0.86%) Broadband
7 1 (0.86%) Internet
7 1 (0.86%) Intranet
7 1 (0.86%) NAS
General
1 37 (31.90%) Social Skills
2 8 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (4.31%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.45%) Manufacturing
4 4 (3.45%) Military
4 4 (3.45%) Retail
5 3 (2.59%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.72%) Finance
7 1 (0.86%) Games
7 1 (0.86%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 28 (24.14%) Driving Licence
2 17 (14.66%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.72%) iPad
4 1 (0.86%) BBC
4 1 (0.86%) CCTV
4 1 (0.86%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 66 (56.90%) Windows
2 37 (31.90%) Windows 10
3 8 (6.90%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.31%) Windows 7
4 5 (4.31%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (4.31%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (3.45%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (20.69%) ITIL
3 17 (14.66%) Customer Service
4 15 (12.93%) Change Management
4 15 (12.93%) Configuration Management
4 15 (12.93%) Information Security
4 15 (12.93%) ITSM
4 15 (12.93%) Service Management
5 14 (12.07%) Project Management
6 11 (9.48%) Mentoring
7 8 (6.90%) Project Delivery
8 7 (6.03%) Antivirus Management
9 6 (5.17%) Service Delivery
10 5 (4.31%) Creative Thinking
10 5 (4.31%) Malware Detection/Protection
10 5 (4.31%) Office Automation
11 4 (3.45%) ERP
12 3 (2.59%) Proactive Monitoring
12 3 (2.59%) Security Operations
12 3 (2.59%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.34%) VB
2 9 (7.76%) SQL
3 7 (6.03%) C#
Qualifications
1 18 (15.52%) SC Cleared
1 18 (15.52%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.93%) A+ Certification
3 9 (7.76%) Degree
4 2 (1.72%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.90%) SLA
2 1 (0.86%) GDPR
2 1 (0.86%) QA
System Software
1 40 (34.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.72%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (5.17%) SCCM
2 2 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (1.72%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 51 (43.97%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.34%) Google
3 4 (3.45%) Cisco
4 3 (2.59%) Apple
5 2 (1.72%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.72%) VMware
6 1 (0.86%) Fujitsu