IT Support Technician Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Support Technician
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Support Technician salary in the UK excluding London is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 532 311 539
Rank change year-on-year -221 +228 +124
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 54 587 218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.83% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.87% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 46 506 112
10th Percentile £26,000 £21,250 £21,750
25th Percentile £27,188 £24,000 £24,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £33,938 £30,000 £31,283
90th Percentile £42,500 £33,750 £36,000
UK median annual salary £30,250 £27,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +12.04% -1.82% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,502 67,301 53,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.58% 94.80% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,783 47,644 30,431
10th Percentile £27,377 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IT Support Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Technician in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Support Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Support Technician
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Technician in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Support Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Support Technician
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Yorkshire +16 13 £30,000 +11.11% 12
North of England -58 13 £30,000 +9.09% 19
Midlands -29 11 £27,500 +5.77% 6
East of England -54 11 £29,000 +7.41% 7
South West +79 8 £30,000 +9.09% 8
West Midlands +24 6 £28,500 +3.64% 1
South East -53 6 £32,500 +20.37% 18
Scotland +104 5 £40,000 +66.67% 5
East Midlands -14 5 £27,500 +10.00% 4
IT Support Technician
UK

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, IT Support 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 45 (83.33%) Windows
2 30 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (50.00%) Windows Server
4 26 (48.15%) Microsoft
5 25 (46.30%) Active Directory
6 22 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (37.04%) Social Skills
7 20 (37.04%) Driving Licence
8 15 (27.78%) Customer Service
8 15 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
9 13 (24.07%) Wireless
10 12 (22.22%) SharePoint
10 12 (22.22%) DNS
10 12 (22.22%) Azure
11 11 (20.37%) VPN
11 11 (20.37%) Microsoft Exchange
12 10 (18.52%) SLA
12 10 (18.52%) Windows 10
13 9 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
13 9 (16.67%) Apple
13 9 (16.67%) TCP/IP
14 8 (14.81%) Degree
14 8 (14.81%) Windows 7
15 7 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
15 7 (12.96%) Entra ID
15 7 (12.96%) Time Management
15 7 (12.96%) DHCP
15 7 (12.96%) ITIL
15 7 (12.96%) LAN
16 6 (11.11%) Linux

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 11 (20.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (7.41%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 30 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (22.22%) Azure
3 7 (12.96%) Entra ID
4 5 (9.26%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.70%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 13 (24.07%) Wireless
2 12 (22.22%) DNS
3 11 (20.37%) VPN
4 9 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 7 (12.96%) DHCP
5 7 (12.96%) LAN
6 5 (9.26%) Firewall
7 4 (7.41%) ADSL
7 4 (7.41%) IPsec
7 4 (7.41%) SSL
7 4 (7.41%) VLAN
8 3 (5.56%) 3G
8 3 (5.56%) 4G
8 3 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (3.70%) WAN
9 2 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (1.85%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.41%) Multimedia
4 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.85%) Back Office
5 1 (1.85%) Legal
5 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.26%) CSS
1 5 (9.26%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (37.04%) Driving Licence
2 4 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.41%) Replication
3 2 (3.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.85%) EPoS
4 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 45 (83.33%) Windows
2 27 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 10 (18.52%) Windows 10
4 8 (14.81%) Windows 7
5 6 (11.11%) Android
5 6 (11.11%) Linux
6 5 (9.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (7.41%) Mac OS X
7 4 (7.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.85%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.85%) OpenBSD
8 1 (1.85%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (1.85%) Windows Vista
8 1 (1.85%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (27.78%) Customer Service
3 9 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
4 7 (12.96%) ITIL
4 7 (12.96%) Time Management
5 6 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (9.26%) Project Management
7 4 (7.41%) Migration
8 2 (3.70%) Analytical Thinking
8 2 (3.70%) Digital Strategy
8 2 (3.70%) Inventory Management
9 1 (1.85%) Asset Management
9 1 (1.85%) Cybersecurity
9 1 (1.85%) DevOps
9 1 (1.85%) Incident Management
9 1 (1.85%) Logistics
9 1 (1.85%) Proactive Monitoring
9 1 (1.85%) Requirements Gathering
9 1 (1.85%) Service Delivery
9 1 (1.85%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.26%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (14.81%) Degree
2 5 (9.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.85%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.85%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.52%) SLA
2 4 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (7.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (46.30%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.26%) Hyper-V
3 4 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) AirWatch
2 4 (7.41%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 26 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (16.67%) Apple
3 6 (11.11%) VMware
4 4 (7.41%) Oracle
5 2 (3.70%) Google
6 1 (1.85%) Cisco
6 1 (1.85%) Freshdesk
6 1 (1.85%) Progress