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 £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 180 454
Rank change year-on-year -300 +274 -227
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 112 1,208 288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.28% 1.49% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 1.57% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 93 1,014 206
10th Percentile £25,050 £22,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,750 £24,000 £23,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £27,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £33,750 £30,750 £33,000
90th Percentile £38,750 £35,990 £36,438
UK median annual salary £30,000 £27,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -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 35,643 77,014 48,474
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.56% 94.90% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 18,352 53,723 29,010
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £80,627
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 17 June 2025.

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 17 June 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
South East -85 42 £27,500 +3.77% 112
North of England -149 24 £30,000 +9.09% 106
East of England -109 19 £26,000 -1.41% 32
Yorkshire -15 16 £30,000 +11.11% 37
Midlands -87 12 £27,500 +3.77% 66
South West -24 10 £27,750 -4.31% 70
West Midlands -18 7 £25,000 -10.71% 29
Scotland +80 5 £40,000 +66.67% 21
East Midlands -39 5 £27,500 +5.77% 35
North West -99 5 £27,000 -1.82% 49
North East +5 3 £25,300 -8.00% 20
IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 June 2025, 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 90 (80.36%) Windows
2 73 (65.18%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (61.61%) Microsoft
4 40 (35.71%) Social Skills
5 39 (34.82%) Active Directory
6 36 (32.14%) Customer Service
7 34 (30.36%) Windows Server
8 32 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (26.79%) Windows 10
10 27 (24.11%) Driving Licence
11 23 (20.54%) Azure
12 19 (16.96%) Apple
13 18 (16.07%) SharePoint
14 17 (15.18%) Microsoft Office
14 17 (15.18%) Cybersecurity
15 15 (13.39%) Degree
15 15 (13.39%) VoIP
16 14 (12.50%) Workflow
16 14 (12.50%) Escalation Management
17 13 (11.61%) Wireless
17 13 (11.61%) DNS
17 13 (11.61%) LAN
18 12 (10.71%) Microsoft Exchange
18 12 (10.71%) TCP/IP
18 12 (10.71%) VPN
19 11 (9.82%) Entra ID
20 10 (8.93%) SLA
21 9 (8.04%) ITIL
21 9 (8.04%) VMware
21 9 (8.04%) Analytical Skills

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 18 (16.07%) SharePoint
2 12 (10.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (15.18%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.57%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 73 (65.18%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (20.54%) Azure
3 11 (9.82%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.14%) OneDrive
5 5 (4.46%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.46%) PowerApps
6 3 (2.68%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.79%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.79%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (13.39%) VoIP
2 13 (11.61%) DNS
2 13 (11.61%) LAN
2 13 (11.61%) Wireless
3 12 (10.71%) TCP/IP
3 12 (10.71%) VPN
4 9 (8.04%) VLAN
5 8 (7.14%) DHCP
6 6 (5.36%) Firewall
6 6 (5.36%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (4.46%) WAN
8 4 (3.57%) 3G
8 4 (3.57%) 4G
8 4 (3.57%) ADSL
8 4 (3.57%) IPsec
8 4 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (3.57%) SSL
9 2 (1.79%) IPv4
10 1 (0.89%) Internet
10 1 (0.89%) SAN
Development Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (3.57%) Multimedia
5 3 (2.68%) Legal
5 3 (2.68%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.79%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.89%) Finance
7 1 (0.89%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.46%) CSS
1 5 (4.46%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (24.11%) Driving Licence
2 5 (4.46%) iPad
2 5 (4.46%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.57%) Replication
4 2 (1.79%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.89%) Apple TV
5 1 (0.89%) AS400
5 1 (0.89%) Clustering
5 1 (0.89%) FMCG
5 1 (0.89%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.89%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 90 (80.36%) Windows
2 34 (30.36%) Windows Server
3 30 (26.79%) Windows 10
4 7 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (5.36%) Linux
5 6 (5.36%) Windows 7
5 6 (5.36%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (4.46%) Android
6 5 (4.46%) Mac OS X
6 5 (4.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (32.14%) Customer Service
2 32 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (15.18%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (12.50%) Escalation Management
4 14 (12.50%) Workflow
5 9 (8.04%) ITIL
5 9 (8.04%) Mobile Device Management
6 7 (6.25%) Time Management
7 6 (5.36%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (4.46%) Project Management
9 4 (3.57%) Asset Management
9 4 (3.57%) Migration
10 3 (2.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (2.68%) Inventory Management
10 3 (2.68%) Kalman Filter
10 3 (2.68%) Server Management
10 3 (2.68%) Service Delivery
11 2 (1.79%) Analytical Thinking
11 2 (1.79%) Collaborative Culture
11 2 (1.79%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.46%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (13.39%) Degree
2 8 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (5.36%) DBS Check
4 5 (4.46%) A+ Certification
4 5 (4.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 5 (4.46%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.79%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.79%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.89%) ACSP
6 1 (0.89%) HND
6 1 (0.89%) HP AIS
6 1 (0.89%) MCSA
6 1 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.93%) SLA
2 6 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.57%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 39 (34.82%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.46%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.89%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.46%) AirWatch
3 4 (3.57%) Dell DRAC
4 3 (2.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 69 (61.61%) Microsoft
2 19 (16.96%) Apple
3 9 (8.04%) VMware
4 7 (6.25%) Progress
5 4 (3.57%) Oracle
6 3 (2.68%) Veeam
7 2 (1.79%) Google
7 2 (1.79%) HP
8 1 (0.89%) Adobe
8 1 (0.89%) Cisco
8 1 (0.89%) Dell
8 1 (0.89%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.89%) Mitel
8 1 (0.89%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.89%) Supermicro