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 £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 179 465
Rank change year-on-year -290 +286 -250
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 108 1,132 314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 1.52% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 1.60% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 84 980 198
10th Percentile £25,250 £22,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £24,250 £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £33,750 £30,750 £33,250
90th Percentile £38,750 £36,486 £37,000
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 35,540 70,800 51,694
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 94.95% 89.10%
Number of salaries quoted 17,956 49,914 29,611
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
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 30 May 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 30 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
South East -88 38 £27,500 +1.85% 42
North of England -161 22 £30,000 +9.09% 44
East of England -100 21 £26,000 -1.41% 12
Yorkshire -28 14 £30,000 +11.11% 21
South West -4 11 £28,000 - 28
Midlands -79 11 £27,500 +2.80% 27
North West -107 8 £33,250 +20.91% 20
West Midlands -31 6 £29,750 +6.25% 18
Scotland +91 5 £40,000 +66.67% 18
East Midlands -39 5 £27,500 +5.77% 7
IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 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 85 (78.70%) Windows
2 69 (63.89%) Microsoft
3 65 (60.19%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (38.89%) Active Directory
5 35 (32.41%) Windows Server
5 35 (32.41%) Social Skills
6 33 (30.56%) Customer Service
7 32 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (24.07%) Windows 10
9 24 (22.22%) Driving Licence
10 20 (18.52%) Azure
11 19 (17.59%) Apple
12 18 (16.67%) SharePoint
13 16 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
14 15 (13.89%) Degree
15 14 (12.96%) VoIP
15 14 (12.96%) DNS
15 14 (12.96%) Workflow
15 14 (12.96%) Escalation Management
16 13 (12.04%) Wireless
17 12 (11.11%) DBS Check
17 12 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
17 12 (11.11%) VPN
17 12 (11.11%) SLA
18 11 (10.19%) Microsoft Exchange
18 11 (10.19%) Entra ID
18 11 (10.19%) Collaborative Working
19 9 (8.33%) OneDrive
19 9 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
19 9 (8.33%) ITIL

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 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 11 (10.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.70%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 65 (60.19%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (18.52%) Azure
3 11 (10.19%) Entra ID
4 9 (8.33%) OneDrive
5 5 (4.63%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.63%) PowerApps
6 3 (2.78%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.85%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.85%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (12.96%) DNS
1 14 (12.96%) VoIP
2 13 (12.04%) Wireless
3 12 (11.11%) VPN
4 9 (8.33%) DHCP
4 9 (8.33%) LAN
4 9 (8.33%) TCP/IP
5 7 (6.48%) VLAN
6 6 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (4.63%) Firewall
8 4 (3.70%) 3G
8 4 (3.70%) 4G
8 4 (3.70%) ADSL
8 4 (3.70%) IPsec
8 4 (3.70%) SSL
9 3 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (2.78%) WAN
10 2 (1.85%) IPv4
11 1 (0.93%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (32.41%) Social Skills
2 7 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (4.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.70%) Multimedia
6 3 (2.78%) Legal
6 3 (2.78%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.85%) Finance
7 2 (1.85%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.85%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.63%) CSS
1 5 (4.63%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (22.22%) Driving Licence
2 6 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.70%) Replication
4 3 (2.78%) iPad
5 2 (1.85%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.93%) Apple TV
6 1 (0.93%) FMCG
6 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.93%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 85 (78.70%) Windows
2 35 (32.41%) Windows Server
3 26 (24.07%) Windows 10
4 7 (6.48%) Mac OS X
5 6 (5.56%) Windows 7
5 6 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (4.63%) Android
6 5 (4.63%) Linux
6 5 (4.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (30.56%) Customer Service
2 32 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (12.96%) Escalation Management
3 14 (12.96%) Workflow
4 12 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (10.19%) Collaborative Working
6 9 (8.33%) ITIL
6 9 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
7 7 (6.48%) Mathematics
7 7 (6.48%) Time Management
8 5 (4.63%) Line Management
8 5 (4.63%) Project Management
9 4 (3.70%) Asset Management
9 4 (3.70%) Migration
10 3 (2.78%) Inventory Management
10 3 (2.78%) Kalman Filter
10 3 (2.78%) Proactive Maintenance
10 3 (2.78%) Service Delivery
10 3 (2.78%) Software Distribution
11 2 (1.85%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.63%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (13.89%) Degree
2 12 (11.11%) DBS Check
3 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 5 (4.63%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (2.78%) ACSP
5 3 (2.78%) HP AIS
5 3 (2.78%) MCSA
5 3 (2.78%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.78%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (1.85%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.93%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.11%) SLA
2 6 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.70%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 42 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.70%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.63%) AirWatch
3 4 (3.70%) Dell DRAC
4 3 (2.78%) SCCM
Vendors
1 69 (63.89%) Microsoft
2 19 (17.59%) Apple
3 9 (8.33%) VMware
4 4 (3.70%) Oracle
4 4 (3.70%) Progress
4 4 (3.70%) Veeam
5 3 (2.78%) HP
6 2 (1.85%) Google
7 1 (0.93%) Adobe
7 1 (0.93%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.93%) Mitel