Data Technician
UK
The median Data Technician salary in the UK is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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 14 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 706 | 850 | 961 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +144 | +111 | +221 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Data Technician | 6 | 28 | 12 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.011% | 0.028% | 0.012% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.012% | 0.030% | 0.013% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 22 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £29,100 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £41,250 | £29,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,500 | £42,500 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +30.77% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £43,750 | £45,000 | £35,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £46,900 | - | £38,400 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,500 | £42,500 | £32,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +30.77% | - |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 49,912 | 93,707 | 92,673 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.63% | 91.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,050 | 67,086 | 58,518 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,500 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.62% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £80,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
Data Technician
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Data Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Data Technician
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Technician.
Data Technician
Top 6 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 |
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| England | +132 | 4 | £42,500 | +9.68% | 40 |
| UK excluding London | +180 | 3 | £42,500 | - | 27 |
| Work from Home | +103 | 2 | £42,500 | -1.73% | 8 |
| South West | - | 2 | £45,750 | - | 4 |
| London | +108 | 1 | - | - | 16 |
| South East | +101 | 1 | £42,500 | - | 5 |
Data Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Data 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 featuring Data Technician in the job title.
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Data Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: