Junior Support Technician Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Junior Support Technician
UK > UK excluding London

The median Junior Support Technician salary in the UK excluding London is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 March 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 522 516 693
Rank change year-on-year -6 +177 +70
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Support Technician 20 1 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.037% 0.004% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.004% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 15 1 8
10th Percentile - - £18,800
25th Percentile £24,500 £20,500 £20,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £22,000 £21,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% +2.33% +4.88%
75th Percentile £28,500 £23,500 £23,750
90th Percentile - - £23,900
UK median annual salary £27,000 £22,000 £21,500
% change year-on-year +22.73% +2.33% +4.88%

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 49,264 24,844 56,087
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.04% 90.08% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 31,253 14,379 42,541
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,861 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -5.23%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £64,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Junior Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Junior Support Technician job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Junior Support Technician
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary distribution trend for Junior Support Technician job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Junior Support 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 Junior Support Technician within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 March 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 - 9 £24,500 -
West Midlands - 7 £28,000 -
Midlands - 7 £28,000 -
Yorkshire - 6 £24,500 -
North West - 2 £27,000 -
South West - 2 £24,750 -
East of England -12 1 £27,000 +22.73%
Wales - 1 - -
North East - 1 £27,000 -
Junior Support Technician
UK

Junior Support Technician Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 March 2026, Junior Support 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 Junior Support Technician in the job title.

1 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (55.00%) Customer Service
3 9 (45.00%) Windows
4 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (35.00%) A+ Certification
6 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
6 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (30.00%) Time Management
7 5 (25.00%) Android
7 5 (25.00%) Apple
7 5 (25.00%) Cost Control
7 5 (25.00%) ITIL
7 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (20.00%) Degree
8 4 (20.00%) Firmware
8 4 (20.00%) Linux
9 3 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (10.00%) Mathematics
10 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (5.00%) Benchmarking
11 1 (5.00%) DHCP
11 1 (5.00%) Disaster Recovery
11 1 (5.00%) DNS
11 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 1 (5.00%) LAN
11 1 (5.00%) Server Monitoring
11 1 (5.00%) VLAN
11 1 (5.00%) VPN

Junior Support 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 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.00%) DHCP
2 1 (5.00%) DNS
2 1 (5.00%) LAN
2 1 (5.00%) VLAN
2 1 (5.00%) VPN
General
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.00%) Anti-Spyware
2 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (45.00%) Windows
2 5 (25.00%) Android
3 4 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Customer Service
2 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (30.00%) Time Management
4 5 (25.00%) Cost Control
4 5 (25.00%) ITIL
5 2 (10.00%) Mathematics
6 1 (5.00%) Benchmarking
6 1 (5.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (5.00%) Server Monitoring
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) A+ Certification
2 4 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (20.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (25.00%) Apple