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 leading to 26 July 2024.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Jul 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 268 | 569 | 843 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +301 | +274 | -72 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician | 929 | 344 | 449 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.03% | 0.43% | 0.26% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.08% | 0.46% | 0.27% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 737 | 269 | 406 |
| 10th Percentile | £22,000 | £22,700 | £19,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £24,500 | £24,750 | £22,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £27,000 | £28,000 | £25,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.57% | +9.80% | +2.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £30,000 | £33,750 | £30,757 |
| 90th Percentile | £35,000 | £39,977 | £35,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £27,000 | £27,500 | £25,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | +10.00% | +4.17% |
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 | 85,709 | 74,085 | 167,386 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.83% | 91.81% | 95.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 58,134 | 51,472 | 87,435 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £43,800 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £52,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +1.92% | +9.47% |
IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Technician
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Technician.
IT Technician
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.
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 26 July 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 | +224 | 861 | £27,000 | -1.82% | 129 |
| England | +282 | 837 | £27,000 | -1.82% | 125 |
| South East | +149 | 193 | £27,000 | -2.70% | 33 |
| Work from Home | +161 | 183 | £27,000 | -5.26% | 19 |
| North of England | +105 | 177 | £27,000 | +3.85% | 35 |
| East of England | +70 | 147 | £26,000 | -1.89% | 16 |
| South West | +72 | 134 | £30,000 | +1.69% | 17 |
| Midlands | +64 | 134 | £27,500 | +7.84% | 24 |
| North West | +37 | 81 | £27,500 | +5.77% | 16 |
| Yorkshire | +106 | 75 | £26,500 | +1.92% | 13 |
| West Midlands | +37 | 69 | £28,500 | +11.76% | 14 |
| East Midlands | +19 | 60 | £25,000 | +4.17% | 10 |
| London | +62 | 50 | £28,497 | -5.01% | 8 |
| Wales | +67 | 44 | £26,000 | -13.33% | 3 |
| Scotland | -40 | 26 | £24,000 | -22.58% | |
| North East | +2 | 21 | £27,500 | -30.78% | 6 |
| Northern Ireland | +24 | 6 | £29,500 | - | 8 |
IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 26 July 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.
|
|
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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||