IT Technician Jobs in the Thames Valley

IT Technician
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Technician salary in the Thames Valley is £26,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 236 212
Rank change year-on-year +95 -24 -11
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 109 22 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.62% 0.36% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 0.40% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 97 22 22
10th Percentile £23,000 £21,750 £19,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £22,076 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £27,500 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +14.58% -17.24%
75th Percentile £31,500 £32,125 £28,344
90th Percentile £41,000 £33,750 £32,925
South East median annual salary £26,500 £27,000 £26,000
% change year-on-year -1.85% +3.85% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,373 5,528 6,493
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 89.94% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,571 3,223 4,190
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,725
25th Percentile £36,500 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the Thames Valley

IT Technician
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for IT Technician in the Thames Valley

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in the Thames Valley

IT Technician
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 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
Berkshire +60 44 £27,000 -1.82% 4
Oxfordshire +26 41 £25,000 -9.09% 5
Buckinghamshire +10 24 £26,500 -3.64% 4
IT Technician
South East

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 19 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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 60 (55.05%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (49.54%) Customer Service
3 50 (45.87%) Windows
4 38 (34.86%) Microsoft
5 32 (29.36%) Social Skills
6 29 (26.61%) Windows Server
6 29 (26.61%) Active Directory
7 22 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (12.84%) Google
9 13 (11.93%) Mac OS
9 13 (11.93%) ITIL
10 11 (10.09%) VoIP
10 11 (10.09%) ITSM
10 11 (10.09%) Degree
10 11 (10.09%) SCCM
11 10 (9.17%) Apple iOS
11 10 (9.17%) Azure
12 9 (8.26%) Service Delivery
12 9 (8.26%) TCP/IP
12 9 (8.26%) DNS
12 9 (8.26%) SQL
12 9 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (7.34%) Service Management
13 8 (7.34%) Wireless
13 8 (7.34%) Asset Management
13 8 (7.34%) Time Management
13 8 (7.34%) Google Workspace
13 8 (7.34%) Mobile Device Management
13 8 (7.34%) Hyper-V
14 7 (6.42%) Finance

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 60 (55.05%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (9.17%) Azure
3 8 (7.34%) Google Workspace
4 7 (6.42%) Entra ID
4 7 (6.42%) WhatsApp
5 2 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.09%) VoIP
2 9 (8.26%) DNS
2 9 (8.26%) TCP/IP
3 8 (7.34%) Wireless
4 3 (2.75%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.83%) VLAN
General
1 32 (29.36%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (6.42%) Finance
4 3 (2.75%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.83%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.59%) Driving Licence
2 4 (3.67%) Home Automation
3 3 (2.75%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.75%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.83%) Grid Computing
4 2 (1.83%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.92%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 50 (45.87%) Windows
2 29 (26.61%) Windows Server
3 13 (11.93%) Mac OS
4 10 (9.17%) Apple iOS
5 7 (6.42%) Windows 10
6 5 (4.59%) Linux
7 4 (3.67%) Mac OS X
8 2 (1.83%) Android
8 2 (1.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (49.54%) Customer Service
2 22 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (11.93%) ITIL
4 11 (10.09%) ITSM
5 9 (8.26%) Service Delivery
6 8 (7.34%) Asset Management
6 8 (7.34%) Mobile Device Management
6 8 (7.34%) Service Management
6 8 (7.34%) Time Management
7 6 (5.50%) Change Control
7 6 (5.50%) Scorecard
8 4 (3.67%) ERP
8 4 (3.67%) Migration
9 3 (2.75%) Antivirus Management
9 3 (2.75%) Computer Science
9 3 (2.75%) IT Asset Management
9 3 (2.75%) Scenario Testing
9 3 (2.75%) Software Asset Management
9 3 (2.75%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 2 (1.83%) Data Acquisition
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.26%) SQL
2 2 (1.83%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (10.09%) Degree
2 7 (6.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (3.67%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.83%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.83%) HNC
5 1 (0.92%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.92%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (0.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.50%) SLA
2 3 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (2.75%) GDPR
2 3 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 29 (26.61%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (10.09%) SCCM
2 4 (3.67%) PaperCut
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 38 (34.86%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.84%) Google
3 7 (6.42%) Cisco
4 2 (1.83%) Dell
4 2 (1.83%) Sun
4 2 (1.83%) VMware
5 1 (0.92%) Meraki