ICT Technician Job Trends

ICT Technician
UK

The median ICT Technician salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 628 694 704
Rank change year-on-year +66 +10 +284
Permanent jobs requiring an ICT Technician 25 5 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.042% 0.009% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.010% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 18 2 16
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £14,303
25th Percentile £31,563 £35,375 £25,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +54.55% +12.09%
75th Percentile £37,500 £49,375 £29,136
90th Percentile £40,000 £53,350 £33,018
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £29,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +20.69% +5.45% +12.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

ICT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ICT Technician job vacancy trend in the UK

ICT Technician
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for ICT Technician job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for ICT Technician job vacancies in the UK

ICT Technician
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ICT Technician over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ICT Technician in the UK

ICT 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 ICT Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 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
England +82 25 £35,000 -17.65% 13
UK excluding London +81 25 £35,000 +20.69% 12
South West - 21 £35,000 -
East of England - 3 - -
East Midlands - 1 £27,000 - 2
Midlands - 1 £27,000 - 2

ICT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, ICT 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 featuring ICT Technician in the job title.

1 15 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 15 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (44.00%) Windows
3 10 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (24.00%) Customer Service
6 5 (20.00%) Android
6 5 (20.00%) Apple iOS
6 5 (20.00%) Asset Management
6 5 (20.00%) Azure
6 5 (20.00%) Cloud Security
6 5 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (20.00%) DNS
6 5 (20.00%) Entra ID
6 5 (20.00%) Hyper-V
6 5 (20.00%) Mac OS
6 5 (20.00%) MCP
6 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (20.00%) OneDrive
6 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
6 5 (20.00%) SharePoint
6 5 (20.00%) VMware
6 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (20.00%) VoIP
6 5 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (20.00%) Windows 10
7 1 (4.00%) Change Management
7 1 (4.00%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement

ICT Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (20.00%) Azure
2 5 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 5 (20.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) DNS
1 5 (20.00%) VoIP
1 5 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.00%) IP Telephony
General
1 5 (20.00%) Advertising
1 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Local Government
2 1 (4.00%) Military
2 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (44.00%) Windows
2 5 (20.00%) Android
2 5 (20.00%) Apple iOS
2 5 (20.00%) Mac OS
2 5 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (24.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 5 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 5 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (4.00%) Change Management
4 1 (4.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (4.00%) Information Management
4 1 (4.00%) Information Security
4 1 (4.00%) Information Security Management
4 1 (4.00%) ISMS
4 1 (4.00%) ITIL
4 1 (4.00%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (4.00%) Security Management
4 1 (4.00%) Server Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) MCP
System Software
1 10 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) VMware