IT Technician Job Trends

IT Technician
UK

The median IT Technician salary in the UK is £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 387 473
Rank change year-on-year +93 +86 +195
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 433 363 249
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 0.66% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.70% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 376 197 223
10th Percentile £24,930 £24,300 £22,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £28,500 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +1.79% +7.25%
75th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £33,234
90th Percentile £36,500 £37,500 £42,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,250 £28,166 £28,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +0.59% +7.69%

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 53,639 51,608 49,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.39% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,031 27,303 37,879
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,173 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,671 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

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

IT Technician job vacancy trend in the UK

IT Technician
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for IT Technician job vacancies in the UK

IT Technician
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 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
England +94 393 £29,250 +3.24% 160
UK excluding London +75 371 £29,250 +3.85% 157
South East +64 100 £30,000 -4.76% 47
South West +47 96 £30,000 +7.14% 29
Work from Home +70 75 £28,000 - 17
North of England +23 67 £28,250 -5.83% 38
London +60 52 £28,750 -15.44% 27
East of England +1 41 £31,250 +16.82% 10
Midlands +37 37 £27,750 -2.63% 16
North West +31 35 £27,500 -8.33% 27
East Midlands +17 35 £28,000 -1.75% 7
Yorkshire +14 29 £30,000 - 8
Scotland +5 14 £31,000 - 5
Wales +7 13 £29,000 -10.77% 10
North East -8 3 £25,300 -25.59% 3
Channel Islands - 3 - - 1
West Midlands +6 2 £25,000 -12.28% 9

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

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, IT 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 IT Technician in the job title.

1 201 (46.42%) Windows
2 195 (45.03%) Microsoft
3 184 (42.49%) Microsoft 365
4 147 (33.95%) Active Directory
5 140 (32.33%) Problem-Solving
6 128 (29.56%) Customer Service
7 89 (20.55%) Azure
8 72 (16.63%) Windows 10
9 65 (15.01%) DNS
10 64 (14.78%) DHCP
11 55 (12.70%) ITIL
11 55 (12.70%) Windows Server
12 50 (11.55%) Microsoft Certification
13 47 (10.85%) Entra ID
14 46 (10.62%) Microsoft Intune
15 44 (10.16%) SharePoint
16 42 (9.70%) TCP/IP
17 39 (9.01%) Apple iOS
18 37 (8.55%) Apple
18 37 (8.55%) VMware
18 37 (8.55%) VMware Infrastructure
19 36 (8.31%) Microsoft Exchange
19 36 (8.31%) Microsoft Office
20 32 (7.39%) Cybersecurity
21 27 (6.24%) Hyper-V
21 27 (6.24%) Service Delivery
22 25 (5.77%) User Experience
22 25 (5.77%) VPN
23 24 (5.54%) A+ Certification
24 23 (5.31%) Degree

IT 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 44 (10.16%) SharePoint
2 36 (8.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.46%) CMS
3 2 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (8.31%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 184 (42.49%) Microsoft 365
2 89 (20.55%) Azure
3 47 (10.85%) Entra ID
4 23 (5.31%) OneDrive
5 6 (1.39%) Google Workspace
6 4 (0.92%) SaaS
7 2 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.46%) Viva Engage
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 65 (15.01%) DNS
2 64 (14.78%) DHCP
3 42 (9.70%) TCP/IP
4 25 (5.77%) VPN
5 22 (5.08%) VLAN
6 18 (4.16%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (3.70%) Firewall
8 13 (3.00%) LAN
9 12 (2.77%) WAN
10 9 (2.08%) VoIP
11 8 (1.85%) Internet
12 7 (1.62%) Ethernet
13 6 (1.39%) 3G
13 6 (1.39%) 4G
13 6 (1.39%) ADSL
14 5 (1.15%) SAN
14 5 (1.15%) Wireless
15 4 (0.92%) Network Security
15 4 (0.92%) Unified Communications
16 2 (0.46%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (0.69%) JIRA
2 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 158 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 20 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
3 19 (4.39%) Manufacturing
4 16 (3.70%) Retail
4 16 (3.70%) Telecoms
5 13 (3.00%) Advertising
5 13 (3.00%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.00%) Law
6 10 (2.31%) Finance
7 7 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.15%) Local Government
8 5 (1.15%) Public Sector
9 4 (0.92%) Legal
10 3 (0.69%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.69%) Automotive
10 3 (0.69%) Back Office
10 3 (0.69%) German Language
10 3 (0.69%) Marketing
10 3 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.46%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.46%) CSS
1 2 (0.46%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (15.70%) Driving Licence
2 62 (14.32%) Onboarding
3 44 (10.16%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.54%) Data Centre
5 7 (1.62%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.62%) NHS
5 7 (1.62%) Replication
6 5 (1.15%) e-Learning
7 4 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (0.92%) iPad
7 4 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (0.69%) Client/Server
8 3 (0.69%) Clustering
8 3 (0.69%) EPoS
8 3 (0.69%) iPhone
8 3 (0.69%) LIMS
8 3 (0.69%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.46%) AS400
10 1 (0.23%) CMDB
10 1 (0.23%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 201 (46.42%) Windows
2 72 (16.63%) Windows 10
3 55 (12.70%) Windows Server
4 39 (9.01%) Apple iOS
5 15 (3.46%) Mac OS
6 12 (2.77%) Android
7 7 (1.62%) Linux
8 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.23%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.23%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (32.33%) Problem-Solving
2 128 (29.56%) Customer Service
3 55 (12.70%) ITIL
4 32 (7.39%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (6.24%) Service Delivery
6 25 (5.77%) User Experience
7 17 (3.93%) Mentoring
8 16 (3.70%) Collaborative Working
8 16 (3.70%) Mobile Device Management
9 15 (3.46%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (3.00%) Incident Management
11 12 (2.77%) Project Delivery
12 10 (2.31%) Data Protection
12 10 (2.31%) ITSM
12 10 (2.31%) Service Management
13 9 (2.08%) Collaborative Culture
13 9 (2.08%) Disaster Recovery
13 9 (2.08%) Knowledge Transfer
13 9 (2.08%) Process Improvement
14 8 (1.85%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.31%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.39%) VBScript
3 2 (0.46%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (11.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (5.54%) A+ Certification
3 23 (5.31%) Degree
4 17 (3.93%) DBS Check
5 11 (2.54%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (2.31%) MCSA
7 8 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (1.39%) MCP
9 4 (0.92%) MCDST
10 3 (0.69%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.69%) ECDL
11 1 (0.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.23%) MCITP
11 1 (0.23%) MCSE
11 1 (0.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (1.62%) SLA
3 4 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 147 (33.95%) Active Directory
2 37 (8.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (6.24%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 46 (10.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.31%) SCCM
Vendors
1 195 (45.03%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.55%) Apple
2 37 (8.55%) VMware
3 11 (2.54%) Veeam
4 8 (1.85%) Freshdesk
5 7 (1.62%) Google
6 6 (1.39%) Facebook
6 6 (1.39%) HP
7 5 (1.15%) Adobe
7 5 (1.15%) Citrix
7 5 (1.15%) OpenText
7 5 (1.15%) Sage
8 4 (0.92%) Progress
8 4 (0.92%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.69%) Dell
9 3 (0.69%) SonicWALL
9 3 (0.69%) Supermicro
10 2 (0.46%) Cisco
10 2 (0.46%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.46%) Ubiquiti