IT Technician Job Trends in Surrey

IT Technician
South East > Surrey

The median IT Technician salary in Surrey is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 96 79
Rank change year-on-year +8 -17 +88
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 11 6 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.67% 0.50% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.56% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 11
10th Percentile £26,650 - -
25th Percentile £26,763 £35,050 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £36,130 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.05% +38.96% -5.45%
75th Percentile £40,000 £37,210 £30,750
90th Percentile £41,500 - £31,186
South East median annual salary £30,000 £32,000 £27,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +18.52% +0.93%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 1,454 1,072 1,013
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.77% 88.96% 92.51%
Number of salaries quoted 912 542 713
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,000 £28,821
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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 Surrey.

IT Technician job vacancy trend in Surrey

IT Technician
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in Surrey

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in Surrey over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in Surrey

IT Technician
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Camberley - 3 £27,300 -
Woking - 3 £40,000 -
Warlingham - 2 £41,000 -
Caterham - 2 £41,000 -
Guildford - 1 £32,500 -
IT Technician
South East

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, 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 Surrey region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Windows
3 3 (27.27%) Business Continuity
3 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
3 3 (27.27%) Digital Innovation
3 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
3 3 (27.27%) VMware
3 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
4 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
4 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (18.18%) SCCM
5 1 (9.09%) Apple
5 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
5 1 (9.09%) Firewall
5 1 (9.09%) Internet
5 1 (9.09%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
5 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (9.09%) Progress
5 1 (9.09%) SaaS

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (36.36%) Azure
3 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) Internet
1 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
3 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
3 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
3 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Business Continuity
2 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
2 3 (27.27%) Digital Innovation
3 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
4 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
4 1 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (9.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (18.18%) SCCM
3 1 (9.09%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (9.09%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) VMware
3 1 (9.09%) Apple
3 1 (9.09%) Progress