IT Technician
UK
The median IT Technician salary in the UK is £29,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 564 | 243 | 568 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -321 | +325 | +284 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician | 174 | 1,165 | 352 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.29% | 1.16% | 0.42% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.32% | 1.22% | 0.45% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 138 | 956 | 266 |
| 10th Percentile | £24,500 | £22,000 | £22,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £25,750 | £24,500 | £24,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £29,500 | £27,000 | £28,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.26% | -3.57% | +12.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £33,750 | £30,750 | £33,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £39,575 | £35,000 | £40,080 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £29,000 | £27,000 | £27,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.41% | -1.82% | +10.00% |
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 | 53,874 | 95,222 | 77,637 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.56% | 94.83% | 91.63% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 29,775 | 66,170 | 53,203 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,250 | £29,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,500 | £39,439 | £44,192 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,000 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.66% | +3.67% |
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 17 July 2025.
IT Technician
Top 16 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 17 July 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 | -315 | 163 | £29,500 | +9.26% | 144 |
| UK excluding London | -267 | 152 | £29,000 | +7.41% | 165 |
| South East | -79 | 59 | £32,500 | +20.37% | 35 |
| North of England | -122 | 34 | £29,500 | +7.27% | 40 |
| Work from Home | -97 | 30 | £30,000 | +11.11% | 24 |
| East of England | -107 | 23 | £26,000 | -0.71% | 12 |
| London | +53 | 20 | £38,750 | +37.18% | 20 |
| Yorkshire | -31 | 18 | £30,000 | +11.11% | 10 |
| Midlands | -70 | 15 | £25,000 | -7.41% | 23 |
| South West | -31 | 12 | £27,750 | -7.50% | 23 |
| North East | +10 | 10 | £25,300 | -8.00% | 4 |
| West Midlands | -17 | 10 | £25,000 | -13.04% | 9 |
| Scotland | +69 | 6 | £40,000 | +66.67% | 18 |
| North West | -91 | 6 | £25,150 | -8.55% | 26 |
| East Midlands | -32 | 5 | £27,500 | +5.77% | 14 |
| Wales | -14 | 3 | £29,000 | +11.54% | 15 |
IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 17 July 2025, 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.
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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:
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