IT Technician Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Technician salary in the UK excluding London is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 420 532
Rank change year-on-year +224 +112 -6
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 861 271 379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.32% 0.56% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 0.63% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 696 213 340
10th Percentile £22,000 £21,250 £19,500
25th Percentile £24,500 £24,500 £22,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £28,750
90th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £33,300
UK median annual salary £27,000 £28,000 £25,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +9.80% +2.00%

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 61,941 43,162 74,370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.65% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 41,460 27,696 44,286
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in the UK excluding London

IT 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 Technician within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
South East +149 193 £27,000 -2.70% 33
North of England +105 177 £27,000 +3.85% 35
East of England +70 147 £26,000 -1.89% 16
South West +72 134 £30,000 +1.69% 17
Midlands +64 134 £27,500 +7.84% 24
North West +37 81 £27,500 +5.77% 16
Yorkshire +106 75 £26,500 +1.92% 13
West Midlands +37 69 £28,500 +11.76% 14
East Midlands +19 60 £25,000 +4.17% 10
Wales +67 44 £26,000 -13.33% 3
Scotland -40 26 £24,000 -22.58%
North East +2 21 £27,500 -30.78% 6
Northern Ireland +24 6 £29,500 - 8
IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 365 (42.39%) Windows
2 346 (40.19%) Microsoft 365
3 326 (37.86%) Microsoft
4 249 (28.92%) Active Directory
5 239 (27.76%) Social Skills
6 229 (26.60%) Problem-Solving
7 205 (23.81%) Customer Service
8 137 (15.91%) Windows Server
9 126 (14.63%) Windows 10
10 125 (14.52%) Microsoft Office
11 109 (12.66%) Azure
12 80 (9.29%) Driving Licence
13 71 (8.25%) ITIL
14 70 (8.13%) Microsoft Exchange
15 67 (7.78%) Google
15 67 (7.78%) Degree
16 63 (7.32%) Entra ID
17 60 (6.97%) DNS
18 57 (6.62%) Firewall
19 56 (6.50%) Manufacturing
20 53 (6.16%) Law
21 52 (6.04%) Wireless
21 52 (6.04%) Line Management
22 50 (5.81%) VMware
23 49 (5.69%) TCP/IP
24 48 (5.57%) Apple
24 48 (5.57%) DBS Check
24 48 (5.57%) Housing Association
25 47 (5.46%) DHCP
25 47 (5.46%) SharePoint

IT 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 70 (8.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (5.46%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.39%) Confluence
4 3 (0.35%) IIS
5 2 (0.23%) Resin
5 2 (0.23%) SAS
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.12%) Site Server
Applications
1 125 (14.52%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 346 (40.19%) Microsoft 365
2 109 (12.66%) Azure
3 63 (7.32%) Entra ID
4 38 (4.41%) Google Workspace
5 20 (2.32%) AWS
6 14 (1.63%) OneDrive
7 11 (1.28%) WhatsApp
8 8 (0.93%) Power Platform
9 5 (0.58%) ChatGPT
10 3 (0.35%) SaaS
11 2 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.23%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.12%) Miro
12 1 (0.12%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 60 (6.97%) DNS
2 57 (6.62%) Firewall
3 52 (6.04%) Wireless
4 49 (5.69%) TCP/IP
5 47 (5.46%) DHCP
6 44 (5.11%) Wi-Fi
7 35 (4.07%) VPN
8 34 (3.95%) LAN
9 30 (3.48%) VLAN
10 26 (3.02%) VoIP
11 24 (2.79%) WAN
12 20 (2.32%) Network Security
13 19 (2.21%) Internet
14 12 (1.39%) ADSL
15 9 (1.05%) Broadband
15 9 (1.05%) SAN
16 6 (0.70%) IMAP
16 6 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
17 5 (0.58%) NAS
17 5 (0.58%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.74%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.81%) Power BI
3 1 (0.12%) MySQL
3 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (1.74%) JIRA
2 3 (0.35%) Eclipse
2 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 239 (27.76%) Social Skills
2 56 (6.50%) Manufacturing
3 53 (6.16%) Law
4 36 (4.18%) Finance
5 29 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (1.97%) Retail
9 16 (1.86%) Public Sector
9 16 (1.86%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.39%) Legal
11 11 (1.28%) Back Office
11 11 (1.28%) Local Government
11 11 (1.28%) Marketing
12 9 (1.05%) Advertising
13 3 (0.35%) Aviation
13 3 (0.35%) Electronics
13 3 (0.35%) Social Housing
14 2 (0.23%) Military
14 2 (0.23%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.58%) .NET
2 4 (0.46%) CSS
2 4 (0.46%) HTML
3 3 (0.35%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.35%) jQuery
4 2 (0.23%) EDI
4 2 (0.23%) Web Services
5 1 (0.12%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.12%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 80 (9.29%) Driving Licence
2 48 (5.57%) Housing Association
3 30 (3.48%) Onboarding
4 19 (2.21%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (1.74%) Educational Technology
7 14 (1.63%) CCTV
8 8 (0.93%) EPoS
9 6 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (0.70%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (0.58%) Blackberry
10 5 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.23%) iPad
11 2 (0.23%) iPhone
11 2 (0.23%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.23%) LIMS
11 2 (0.23%) NHS
11 2 (0.23%) PACS
11 2 (0.23%) PKI
12 1 (0.12%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 365 (42.39%) Windows
2 137 (15.91%) Windows Server
3 126 (14.63%) Windows 10
4 32 (3.72%) Mac OS
5 30 (3.48%) Apple iOS
6 29 (3.37%) Linux
7 20 (2.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 19 (2.21%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
10 14 (1.63%) Android
11 10 (1.16%) Windows 7
12 6 (0.70%) Windows 8
13 5 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.35%) Unix
15 2 (0.23%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.23%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.12%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (26.60%) Problem-Solving
2 205 (23.81%) Customer Service
3 71 (8.25%) ITIL
4 52 (6.04%) Line Management
5 46 (5.34%) Cybersecurity
6 41 (4.76%) ITSM
7 39 (4.53%) Service Management
8 32 (3.72%) Project Management
9 28 (3.25%) Mathematics
10 27 (3.14%) Asset Management
11 26 (3.02%) Time Management
12 25 (2.90%) Mobile Device Management
13 24 (2.79%) Collaborative Working
13 24 (2.79%) Service Delivery
14 20 (2.32%) Computer Science
15 17 (1.97%) Change Management
15 17 (1.97%) Disaster Recovery
15 17 (1.97%) Information Security
16 15 (1.74%) Configuration Management
16 15 (1.74%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 28 (3.25%) SQL
2 22 (2.56%) PowerShell
3 16 (1.86%) VB
4 14 (1.63%) C#
5 6 (0.70%) Java
6 5 (0.58%) Python
7 4 (0.46%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.35%) Bash
8 3 (0.35%) C++
8 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.12%) Swift
Qualifications
1 67 (7.78%) Degree
2 48 (5.57%) DBS Check
3 46 (5.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (4.30%) A+ Certification
5 34 (3.95%) SC Cleared
5 34 (3.95%) Security Cleared
6 15 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (1.39%) Network+ Certification
8 11 (1.28%) CCNA
8 11 (1.28%) MCP
8 11 (1.28%) MCSE
9 10 (1.16%) MCITP
10 9 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.93%) HND
12 7 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.70%) MCSA
14 5 (0.58%) Azure Certification
14 5 (0.58%) DV Cleared
15 4 (0.46%) HNC
16 3 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.65%) SLA
2 16 (1.86%) GDPR
3 7 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.70%) QA
5 4 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.35%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.23%) DICOM
System Software
1 249 (28.92%) Active Directory
2 36 (4.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (3.60%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.46%) Terminal Services
4 4 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.35%) vSphere
6 2 (0.23%) Firmware
6 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 43 (4.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (2.21%) SCCM
3 4 (0.46%) AirWatch
4 3 (0.35%) Autotask
4 3 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.35%) NetCrunch
4 3 (0.35%) SmoothWall
5 1 (0.12%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 326 (37.86%) Microsoft
2 67 (7.78%) Google
3 50 (5.81%) VMware
4 48 (5.57%) Apple
5 29 (3.37%) Cisco
6 15 (1.74%) Veeam
7 9 (1.05%) Sophos
8 8 (0.93%) Sage
9 7 (0.81%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.70%) ESET
10 6 (0.70%) Mitel
10 6 (0.70%) Ubiquiti
11 5 (0.58%) Citrix
11 5 (0.58%) Datto
11 5 (0.58%) McAfee
11 5 (0.58%) Meraki
11 5 (0.58%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.46%) Aruba
12 4 (0.46%) Oracle
13 3 (0.35%) Splunk