IT Technician
UK

The median IT Technician salary in the UK is £27,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 248 606 408
Rank change year-on-year +358 -198 +274
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 1,155 431 1,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.19% 0.40% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 0.44% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,011 273 437
10th Percentile £22,000 £21,000 £17,143
25th Percentile £24,250 £23,054 £21,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £31,000 £33,750 £29,000
90th Percentile £36,415 £40,692 £33,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 91,989 97,583 147,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.61% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,379 61,119 85,881
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured IT Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Technician.

Salary trend for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
UK excluding London +271 1,063 £27,000 -1.82% 138
England +351 1,054 £27,000 -1.82% 145
North of England +158 249 £27,500 +5.34% 32
South East +152 231 £26,500 -1.85% 26
Work from Home +245 225 £27,000 -6.90% 22
East of England +143 197 £26,186 -8.92% 24
Midlands +163 189 £26,500 +6.00% 27
North West +59 119 £27,500 - 12
South West +45 115 £28,000 -1.75% 26
West Midlands +110 95 £28,000 +10.89% 16
Yorkshire +149 89 £27,000 +3.85% 12
East Midlands +65 88 £25,000 +2.04% 11
London +131 71 £27,500 -8.33% 14
Wales +46 47 £26,000 -13.33% 5
North East +28 41 £27,500 -32.71% 8
Scotland -45 29 £24,000 -20.00% 6
Northern Ireland - 6 £29,500 -

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 539 (46.67%) Windows
2 530 (45.89%) Microsoft 365
3 464 (40.17%) Microsoft
4 364 (31.52%) Social Skills
5 353 (30.56%) Active Directory
6 313 (27.10%) Customer Service
7 287 (24.85%) Problem-Solving
8 225 (19.48%) Windows Server
9 170 (14.72%) Windows 10
10 163 (14.11%) Microsoft Office
11 143 (12.38%) Azure
12 105 (9.09%) Driving Licence
13 102 (8.83%) Google
14 93 (8.05%) Microsoft Exchange
15 92 (7.97%) ITIL
16 89 (7.71%) DNS
17 86 (7.45%) Degree
18 85 (7.36%) Firewall
19 77 (6.67%) Wireless
20 76 (6.58%) Entra ID
21 75 (6.49%) TCP/IP
22 73 (6.32%) Manufacturing
23 69 (5.97%) VMware
23 69 (5.97%) DHCP
24 65 (5.63%) SharePoint
24 65 (5.63%) Wi-Fi
25 63 (5.45%) SLA
25 63 (5.45%) DBS Check
26 58 (5.02%) Apple
27 56 (4.85%) Finance

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 93 (8.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 65 (5.63%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.04%) Confluence
4 6 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2013
4 6 (0.52%) SAS
5 5 (0.43%) IIS
6 3 (0.26%) Apache
7 2 (0.17%) Resin
8 1 (0.087%) Site Server
Applications
1 163 (14.11%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.087%) Blender
5 1 (0.087%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.087%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.087%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 530 (45.89%) Microsoft 365
2 143 (12.38%) Azure
3 76 (6.58%) Entra ID
4 40 (3.46%) Google Workspace
5 32 (2.77%) AWS
6 19 (1.65%) OneDrive
7 14 (1.21%) SaaS
8 10 (0.87%) WhatsApp
9 6 (0.52%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.43%) ChatGPT
11 4 (0.35%) IaaS
12 3 (0.26%) Dropbox
12 3 (0.26%) PaaS
13 2 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
14 1 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 1 (0.087%) Asana
14 1 (0.087%) Azure Sentinel
14 1 (0.087%) Google Drive
14 1 (0.087%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 89 (7.71%) DNS
2 85 (7.36%) Firewall
3 77 (6.67%) Wireless
4 75 (6.49%) TCP/IP
5 69 (5.97%) DHCP
6 65 (5.63%) Wi-Fi
7 52 (4.50%) LAN
8 42 (3.64%) VLAN
9 36 (3.12%) VoIP
10 34 (2.94%) VPN
10 34 (2.94%) WAN
11 31 (2.68%) Broadband
12 28 (2.42%) Network Security
13 21 (1.82%) Internet
14 12 (1.04%) NAS
15 11 (0.95%) FTP
16 10 (0.87%) MPLS
16 10 (0.87%) SAN
17 8 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
18 6 (0.52%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (1.90%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (0.52%) Power BI
3 2 (0.17%) MySQL
4 1 (0.087%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 17 (1.47%) JIRA
2 6 (0.52%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 364 (31.52%) Social Skills
2 73 (6.32%) Manufacturing
3 56 (4.85%) Finance
4 55 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (3.98%) Law
6 38 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
7 29 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 28 (2.42%) Local Government
9 27 (2.34%) Retail
10 22 (1.90%) Telecoms
11 20 (1.73%) Legal
11 20 (1.73%) Public Sector
12 16 (1.39%) Marketing
13 5 (0.43%) Automotive
13 5 (0.43%) Electronics
14 4 (0.35%) Military
15 3 (0.26%) Advertising
15 3 (0.26%) Aviation
15 3 (0.26%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.26%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.61%) HTML
1 7 (0.61%) X-Windows
2 6 (0.52%) .NET
2 6 (0.52%) CSS
3 5 (0.43%) EDI
4 3 (0.26%) ASP.NET
4 3 (0.26%) jQuery
5 2 (0.17%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (0.17%) Web Services
6 1 (0.087%) Classic ASP
6 1 (0.087%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 105 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 42 (3.64%) Onboarding
3 39 (3.38%) Housing Association
4 36 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (2.51%) Management Information System
6 28 (2.42%) CCTV
7 25 (2.16%) Educational Technology
8 12 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (0.78%) NHS
10 8 (0.69%) Data Centre
10 8 (0.69%) iPad
10 8 (0.69%) LIMS
11 7 (0.61%) EPoS
11 7 (0.61%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.35%) Home Automation
13 4 (0.35%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.26%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (0.26%) Hybrid Cloud
14 3 (0.26%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 539 (46.67%) Windows
2 225 (19.48%) Windows Server
3 170 (14.72%) Windows 10
4 42 (3.64%) Mac OS
5 40 (3.46%) Apple iOS
6 39 (3.38%) Linux
7 33 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
8 32 (2.77%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (2.08%) Windows 7
10 21 (1.82%) Android
10 21 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
11 18 (1.56%) Windows 8
11 18 (1.56%) Windows Server 2008
12 13 (1.13%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.43%) Unix
14 1 (0.087%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (27.10%) Customer Service
2 287 (24.85%) Problem-Solving
3 92 (7.97%) ITIL
4 54 (4.68%) ITSM
5 51 (4.42%) Cybersecurity
5 51 (4.42%) Line Management
6 40 (3.46%) Time Management
7 35 (3.03%) Service Management
8 34 (2.94%) Migration
8 34 (2.94%) Project Management
9 33 (2.86%) Mathematics
10 31 (2.68%) Service Delivery
11 28 (2.42%) Collaborative Working
12 26 (2.25%) Asset Management
13 25 (2.16%) Disaster Recovery
14 24 (2.08%) Mobile Device Management
15 22 (1.90%) Coaching
16 19 (1.65%) Preventative Maintenance
17 18 (1.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 17 (1.47%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 46 (3.98%) SQL
2 29 (2.51%) PowerShell
3 14 (1.21%) VB
4 11 (0.95%) C#
5 6 (0.52%) Java
5 6 (0.52%) Python
6 4 (0.35%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.26%) C++
7 3 (0.26%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.087%) Swift
Qualifications
1 86 (7.45%) Degree
2 63 (5.45%) DBS Check
3 49 (4.24%) A+ Certification
4 48 (4.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (2.25%) Security Cleared
7 23 (1.99%) CCNA
7 23 (1.99%) SC Cleared
8 17 (1.47%) MCSE
8 17 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (0.95%) MCP
10 10 (0.87%) MCITP
11 9 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 7 (0.61%) MCSA
13 4 (0.35%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.35%) HNC
14 3 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.26%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (5.45%) SLA
2 18 (1.56%) GDPR
3 14 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (1.13%) QA
5 12 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.35%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.17%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.17%) DICOM
8 2 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.087%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 353 (30.56%) Active Directory
2 47 (4.07%) Hyper-V
2 47 (4.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.69%) Terminal Services
5 5 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.35%) Firmware
6 4 (0.35%) vSphere
7 3 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 55 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (2.08%) SCCM
3 6 (0.52%) PaperCut
4 4 (0.35%) AirWatch
5 3 (0.26%) Autotask
5 3 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 3 (0.26%) SCDPM
6 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.17%) Nessus
6 2 (0.17%) NetCrunch
6 2 (0.17%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.087%) Graylog
7 1 (0.087%) WSUS
Vendors
1 464 (40.17%) Microsoft
2 102 (8.83%) Google
3 69 (5.97%) VMware
4 58 (5.02%) Apple
5 53 (4.59%) Cisco
6 13 (1.13%) Meraki
7 11 (0.95%) Citrix
7 11 (0.95%) Veeam
8 10 (0.87%) Sage
9 9 (0.78%) Dell
9 9 (0.78%) Ubiquiti
10 7 (0.61%) Atlassian
11 6 (0.52%) Avaya
11 6 (0.52%) ESET
11 6 (0.52%) Fortinet
11 6 (0.52%) Sophos
12 5 (0.43%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.35%) Adobe
13 4 (0.35%) Datto
14 3 (0.26%) iManage