IT Technician Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Technician salary in the UK excluding London is £29,205 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 July 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 398 175
Rank change year-on-year +297 -223 +243
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 1,156 159 1,067
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.61% 0.47% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.70% 0.53% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 699 133 886
10th Percentile £25,077 £24,500 £22,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,205 £29,000 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £30,250
90th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
UK median annual salary £29,250 £29,250 £27,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 68,088 30,221 67,123
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 89.44% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 47,187 17,297 47,231
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,958 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,806
% change year-on-year - +4.15% -11.99%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Technician' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

IT Technician job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IT Technician
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies 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 18 July 2026.

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 18 July 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
North of England +159 315 £29,000 -1.69% 39
Midlands +118 211 £29,500 +12.38% 17
South East +91 195 £28,500 -12.31% 24
South West +81 188 £30,000 +9.09% 20
North West +129 144 £29,500 +17.30% 24
Yorkshire +71 136 £28,000 -6.67% 10
East Midlands +88 135 £30,000 +9.09% 7
East of England +79 129 £28,000 +7.69% 14
West Midlands +45 76 £29,205 +16.82% 10
Wales +7 67 £30,000 +3.45% 8
Scotland +55 50 £35,000 -12.50% 10
North East -28 35 £24,000 -5.14% 5
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 1
Channel Islands - 1 - -
IT Technician
UK

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 July 2026, IT 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 345 (29.84%) A+ Certification
2 339 (29.33%) Microsoft
3 324 (28.03%) ForeScout
4 288 (24.91%) Windows
5 280 (24.22%) Microsoft 365
6 209 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
7 188 (16.26%) Active Directory
8 163 (14.10%) Customer Service
9 152 (13.15%) Windows Server
10 99 (8.56%) DNS
11 94 (8.13%) Azure
12 91 (7.87%) DHCP
13 86 (7.44%) SharePoint
14 72 (6.23%) Microsoft Exchange
15 69 (5.97%) Firewall
16 68 (5.88%) Entra ID
17 66 (5.71%) DBS Check
18 65 (5.62%) Service Delivery
19 61 (5.28%) Continuous Improvement
20 60 (5.19%) Cybersecurity
21 58 (5.02%) VMware
22 55 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
23 54 (4.67%) ERP
24 53 (4.58%) Windows 10
25 52 (4.50%) ITIL
26 47 (4.07%) ITSM
26 47 (4.07%) TCP/IP
26 47 (4.07%) Wireless
27 43 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
28 42 (3.63%) Project Delivery

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 86 (7.44%) SharePoint
2 72 (6.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 28 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 9 (0.78%) SAP Business One
2 4 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.35%) Line 50
3 3 (0.26%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.087%) Magento
4 1 (0.087%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 280 (24.22%) Microsoft 365
2 94 (8.13%) Azure
3 68 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 37 (3.20%) OneDrive
5 21 (1.82%) SaaS
6 19 (1.64%) Power Platform
7 15 (1.30%) IaaS
8 12 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (1.04%) PaaS
9 8 (0.69%) AWS
10 7 (0.61%) Google Workspace
10 7 (0.61%) Viva Engage
11 6 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (0.35%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Purview
14 1 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 1 (0.087%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 99 (8.56%) DNS
2 91 (7.87%) DHCP
3 69 (5.97%) Firewall
4 47 (4.07%) TCP/IP
4 47 (4.07%) Wireless
5 43 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
6 41 (3.55%) VLAN
7 40 (3.46%) VoIP
8 38 (3.29%) LAN
9 30 (2.60%) WAN
10 27 (2.34%) VPN
11 22 (1.90%) Network Security
12 12 (1.04%) WLAN
13 11 (0.95%) Structured Cabling
14 10 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
15 9 (0.78%) Broadband
16 7 (0.61%) Cisco IOS
17 4 (0.35%) SD-WAN
18 3 (0.26%) Internet
18 3 (0.26%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.30%) Power BI
2 9 (0.78%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.35%) FileMaker
5 3 (0.26%) Tableau
6 2 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (0.43%) VersionOne
2 1 (0.087%) Carbide.c++
2 1 (0.087%) Git
General
1 557 (48.18%) Social Skills
2 41 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
3 36 (3.11%) Retail
4 30 (2.60%) Manufacturing
5 20 (1.73%) Telecoms
6 16 (1.38%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (1.21%) Advertising
8 13 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (0.87%) Finance
9 10 (0.87%) Law
10 8 (0.69%) Legal
10 8 (0.69%) Public Sector
11 6 (0.52%) Local Government
12 5 (0.43%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.26%) Aviation
14 2 (0.17%) Games
15 1 (0.087%) Back Office
15 1 (0.087%) Esports
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.43%) CSS
1 5 (0.43%) HTML
2 1 (0.087%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 146 (12.63%) Driving Licence
2 44 (3.81%) Onboarding
3 27 (2.34%) Data Centre
4 25 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (0.78%) CCTV
5 9 (0.78%) EPoS
5 9 (0.78%) Management Information System
6 7 (0.61%) iPad
6 7 (0.61%) iPhone
7 5 (0.43%) NHS
8 4 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.35%) Digital Signage
8 4 (0.35%) Educational Technology
8 4 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.26%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.17%) IoT
10 2 (0.17%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.087%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 288 (24.91%) Windows
2 152 (13.15%) Windows Server
3 53 (4.58%) Windows 10
4 31 (2.68%) Mac OS
5 23 (1.99%) Linux
6 20 (1.73%) Android
7 16 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (0.95%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.52%) Windows 7
9 6 (0.52%) Windows 8
9 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.35%) Unix
11 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
2 163 (14.10%) Customer Service
3 65 (5.62%) Service Delivery
4 61 (5.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 60 (5.19%) Cybersecurity
6 54 (4.67%) ERP
7 52 (4.50%) ITIL
8 47 (4.07%) ITSM
9 42 (3.63%) Project Delivery
10 41 (3.55%) Logistics
10 41 (3.55%) Service Management
11 37 (3.20%) Asset Management
12 29 (2.51%) Disaster Recovery
13 27 (2.34%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 23 (1.99%) Collaborative Working
14 23 (1.99%) Project Management
14 23 (1.99%) Time Management
15 21 (1.82%) CRM
16 19 (1.64%) Business Continuity
16 19 (1.64%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 18 (1.56%) SQL
2 12 (1.04%) VBA
3 5 (0.43%) PowerShell
4 4 (0.35%) PHP
4 4 (0.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 345 (29.84%) A+ Certification
2 66 (5.71%) DBS Check
3 35 (3.03%) Degree
4 31 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (1.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 10 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 10 (0.87%) Network+ Certification
7 7 (0.61%) Security Cleared
8 6 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.43%) Postgraduate
10 3 (0.26%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.26%) CCNA
10 3 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.26%) MCSA
11 2 (0.17%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.087%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.03%) SLA
2 16 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (0.95%) GDPR
4 10 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (0.52%) NIST
6 5 (0.43%) QA
7 4 (0.35%) ISO 14001
7 4 (0.35%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 188 (16.26%) Active Directory
2 55 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (2.34%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.43%) vSphere
5 4 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.95%) Autotask
3 9 (0.78%) FortiGate
4 5 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.35%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.17%) Proxmox
6 2 (0.17%) SCCM
7 1 (0.087%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.087%) WSUS
Vendors
1 339 (29.33%) Microsoft
2 324 (28.03%) ForeScout
3 58 (5.02%) VMware
4 37 (3.20%) Apple
5 20 (1.73%) Cisco
6 13 (1.12%) Freshdesk
7 12 (1.04%) Adobe
8 11 (0.95%) SAP
9 10 (0.87%) Sage
10 9 (0.78%) Google
10 9 (0.78%) HP
10 9 (0.78%) SonicWALL
10 9 (0.78%) Sophos
11 8 (0.69%) ESET
11 8 (0.69%) Veeam
12 7 (0.61%) Meraki
12 7 (0.61%) ProCurve
13 6 (0.52%) OpenText
14 4 (0.35%) Ubiquiti
14 4 (0.35%) Zoho