Operations Technician Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Operations Technician
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Operations Technician salary in Tyne and Wear is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Technician 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.22% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - -
North East median annual salary £30,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 2,563 618 1,035
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 92.38% 96.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,932 417 618
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,087 £25,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £73,750 £80,000
North East median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% - -10.00%

Operations Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Operations Technician job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Operations Technician
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Technician within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 25 September 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 6 £30,000 - 1
Operations Technician
North East

Operations Technician Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 25 September 2026, Operations 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Operations Technician in the job title.

1 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (33.33%) Break/Fix
1 2 (33.33%) Change Control
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre Operations
1 2 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 2 (33.33%) Fibre Channel
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 9001
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (33.33%) SAN
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
1 2 (33.33%) SSH
1 2 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (33.33%) Terminal Services

Operations Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 2 (33.33%) Fibre Channel
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (33.33%) SAN
1 2 (33.33%) SSH
1 2 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 2 (33.33%) Private Cloud
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Break/Fix
1 2 (33.33%) Change Control
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre Operations
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
1 2 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 9001
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft