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 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 431 185 453
Rank change year-on-year -246 +268 -243
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 155 1,085 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 1.53% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 1.61% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 128 952 216
10th Percentile £25,000 £22,000 £21,000
25th Percentile £25,750 £24,250 £23,000
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 £36,273 £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 35,502 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 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 12 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 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
South East -66 43 £27,500 +2.80% 36
North of England -119 38 £30,000 +9.09% 41
East of England -75 35 £26,500 +0.49% 16
Yorkshire -2 18 £30,000 +11.11% 20
South West +10 17 £27,500 -1.79% 22
North West -96 15 £30,000 +9.09% 19
Midlands -92 12 £28,000 +5.66% 16
Scotland +90 9 £40,000 +66.67% 16
West Midlands -27 7 £28,500 +1.79% 4
North East +10 5 £34,000 +23.64% 2
East Midlands -38 5 £27,500 +5.77% 10
Wales -5 1 £32,500 +25.00% 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 12 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.

1 110 (70.97%) Windows
2 96 (61.94%) Microsoft
3 95 (61.29%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (42.58%) Active Directory
5 50 (32.26%) Windows Server
6 47 (30.32%) Customer Service
7 45 (29.03%) Social Skills
8 42 (27.10%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (19.35%) Azure
9 30 (19.35%) DNS
10 27 (17.42%) Driving Licence
10 27 (17.42%) Windows 10
11 26 (16.77%) SharePoint
12 24 (15.48%) Microsoft Exchange
12 24 (15.48%) Microsoft Office
12 24 (15.48%) Apple
13 22 (14.19%) VPN
13 22 (14.19%) Degree
14 21 (13.55%) DHCP
15 19 (12.26%) VMware
16 18 (11.61%) Firewall
17 17 (10.97%) SLA
18 16 (10.32%) Entra ID
18 16 (10.32%) DBS Check
19 15 (9.68%) Hyper-V
20 14 (9.03%) Workflow
20 14 (9.03%) Microsoft Certification
20 14 (9.03%) Escalation Management
21 13 (8.39%) Organisational Skills
21 13 (8.39%) Collaborative Working

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 26 (16.77%) SharePoint
2 24 (15.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 24 (15.48%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.58%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 95 (61.29%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (19.35%) Azure
3 16 (10.32%) Entra ID
4 9 (5.81%) OneDrive
5 5 (3.23%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.23%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.94%) AWS
6 3 (1.94%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.29%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.29%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 30 (19.35%) DNS
2 22 (14.19%) VPN
3 21 (13.55%) DHCP
4 18 (11.61%) Firewall
5 13 (8.39%) Wireless
6 12 (7.74%) LAN
6 12 (7.74%) VoIP
7 11 (7.10%) TCP/IP
8 8 (5.16%) WAN
9 7 (4.52%) VLAN
10 5 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (2.58%) ADSL
11 4 (2.58%) IPsec
11 4 (2.58%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (2.58%) SSL
12 3 (1.94%) 3G
12 3 (1.94%) 4G
12 3 (1.94%) Internet
13 2 (1.29%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 13 (8.39%) Organisational Skills
3 10 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.16%) Manufacturing
5 7 (4.52%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.58%) Multimedia
7 3 (1.94%) Automotive
7 3 (1.94%) Legal
8 2 (1.29%) Finance
8 2 (1.29%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.65%) Advertising
9 1 (0.65%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.23%) CSS
1 5 (3.23%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (17.42%) Driving Licence
2 6 (3.87%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.58%) Replication
5 3 (1.94%) iPad
6 2 (1.29%) BYOD
6 2 (1.29%) CCTV
6 2 (1.29%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.65%) Apple TV
7 1 (0.65%) EPoS
7 1 (0.65%) FMCG
7 1 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.65%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 110 (70.97%) Windows
2 50 (32.26%) Windows Server
3 27 (17.42%) Windows 10
4 10 (6.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (5.81%) Mac OS X
5 9 (5.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (5.16%) Android
6 8 (5.16%) Linux
6 8 (5.16%) Windows 7
7 5 (3.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.94%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.29%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.65%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.65%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.65%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.65%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (30.32%) Customer Service
2 42 (27.10%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (9.03%) Escalation Management
3 14 (9.03%) Workflow
4 13 (8.39%) Collaborative Working
5 12 (7.74%) ITIL
6 11 (7.10%) Mathematics
7 10 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (5.81%) Mobile Device Management
9 7 (4.52%) Line Management
9 7 (4.52%) Time Management
10 6 (3.87%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (3.87%) Service Delivery
11 5 (3.23%) Kalman Filter
11 5 (3.23%) Proactive Maintenance
11 5 (3.23%) Project Management
11 5 (3.23%) Software Distribution
12 4 (2.58%) Migration
12 4 (2.58%) Server Management
12 4 (2.58%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.87%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.94%) SQL
3 1 (0.65%) Perl
3 1 (0.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (14.19%) Degree
2 16 (10.32%) DBS Check
3 14 (9.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (5.16%) Network+ Certification
5 5 (3.23%) ACSP
5 5 (3.23%) HP AIS
5 5 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (3.23%) MCSA
5 5 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (2.58%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.58%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.94%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.29%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.29%) HND
9 1 (0.65%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.97%) SLA
2 5 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.58%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 66 (42.58%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.68%) Hyper-V
3 11 (7.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (3.23%) AirWatch
1 5 (3.23%) SCCM
2 4 (2.58%) Dell DRAC
2 4 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.65%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 96 (61.94%) Microsoft
2 24 (15.48%) Apple
3 19 (12.26%) VMware
4 6 (3.87%) Veeam
5 5 (3.23%) HP
6 4 (2.58%) Oracle
7 3 (1.94%) Google
8 2 (1.29%) Cisco
9 1 (0.65%) Adobe
9 1 (0.65%) Citrix
9 1 (0.65%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.65%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.65%) Mitel
9 1 (0.65%) Progress