Support Technician
UK
The median Support Technician salary in the UK is £30,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 426 | 316 | 575 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -110 | +259 | +294 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician | 300 | 934 | 435 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.54% | 0.90% | 0.45% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.60% | 0.95% | 0.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 165 | 797 | 267 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,450 | £21,250 | £23,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £28,500 | £24,000 | £24,875 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £30,500 | £27,000 | £29,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.96% | -6.90% | +13.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £36,000 | £30,000 | £33,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £42,500 | £34,500 | £37,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £30,250 | £27,000 | £27,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.04% | -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 | 50,066 | 97,923 | 88,829 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.36% | 94.81% | 91.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,124 | 69,761 | 56,179 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,750 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Support Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Support Technician
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Support Technician.
Support Technician
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Technician over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.
Support Technician
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 30 May 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 | -134 | 289 | £30,500 | +12.96% | 281 |
| UK excluding London | -90 | 275 | £30,250 | +12.04% | 293 |
| South East | -35 | 97 | £32,500 | +20.37% | 62 |
| South West | +124 | 69 | £30,000 | +9.09% | 37 |
| Work from Home | -6 | 55 | £30,000 | +11.11% | 171 |
| North of England | -88 | 41 | £30,000 | +9.09% | 86 |
| East of England | -66 | 37 | £35,000 | +32.08% | 35 |
| Yorkshire | -1 | 35 | £30,000 | +13.21% | 35 |
| London | +93 | 23 | £42,500 | +41.67% | 27 |
| Midlands | -43 | 22 | £27,500 | +5.77% | 55 |
| East Midlands | -25 | 16 | £27,500 | +5.77% | 23 |
| Scotland | +90 | 6 | £40,000 | +66.67% | 22 |
| West Midlands | -2 | 6 | £28,500 | +9.62% | 29 |
| North West | -64 | 6 | £26,500 | -5.36% | 45 |
| Wales | +29 | 3 | £30,000 | +22.45% | 8 |
Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Support 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 Support Technician in the job title.
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Support 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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