IT Technician Jobs in the West Midlands

IT Technician
England > West Midlands

The median IT Technician salary in the West Midlands is £28,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 237 147
Rank change year-on-year +75 -90 +64
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 95 20 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.29% 0.31% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 0.35% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 78 20 63
10th Percentile £24,000 £20,500 £22,600
25th Percentile £25,750 £22,688 £23,721
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £25,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% -12.07% +23.40%
75th Percentile £32,102 £29,063 £33,875
90th Percentile £37,250 £33,250 £37,450
England median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -0.99%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,944 5,756 6,885
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 90.22% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 5,216 3,269 4,738
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,563 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the West Midlands

IT Technician
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in the West Midlands

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in the West Midlands

IT Technician
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Worcestershire +3 24 £27,750 -11.90% 1
Birmingham +5 18 £32,000 +6.67% 2
Staffordshire -12 15 £29,000 +14.85% 3
Warwickshire +54 11 £31,425 +14.27% 2
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Herefordshire - 4 £27,500 - 1
Solihull +2 3 £27,000 +27.06%
Dudley - 3 - - 1
Wolverhampton - 3 £24,500 -
Walsall +13 1 £31,512 +50.06%
West Bromwich - 1 £23,000 -
Shropshire - 1 £30,000 - 1
Coventry - 1 £27,000 -
IT Technician
England

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 across the West Midlands region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 42 (44.21%) Microsoft
2 40 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 31 (32.63%) Active Directory
5 30 (31.58%) Windows
6 28 (29.47%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (26.32%) Customer Service
8 22 (23.16%) Azure
9 17 (17.89%) Entra ID
10 16 (16.84%) Windows Server
11 15 (15.79%) LAN
12 14 (14.74%) SQL
12 14 (14.74%) Firewall
13 13 (13.68%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (13.68%) Finance
14 11 (11.58%) VMware
14 11 (11.58%) Local Government
14 11 (11.58%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (11.58%) A+ Certification
14 11 (11.58%) TCP/IP
15 10 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
15 10 (10.53%) VLAN
15 10 (10.53%) ITSM
16 9 (9.47%) WAN
17 8 (8.42%) VPN
17 8 (8.42%) Wireless
17 8 (8.42%) Data Centre
18 7 (7.37%) Windows 10
18 7 (7.37%) VMware Infrastructure
18 7 (7.37%) Data Security

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 7 (7.37%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 40 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (23.16%) Azure
3 17 (17.89%) Entra ID
4 6 (6.32%) Google Workspace
5 5 (5.26%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.05%) Miro
7 1 (1.05%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (15.79%) LAN
2 14 (14.74%) Firewall
3 13 (13.68%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (11.58%) TCP/IP
5 10 (10.53%) VLAN
6 9 (9.47%) WAN
7 8 (8.42%) VPN
7 8 (8.42%) Wireless
8 6 (6.32%) MPLS
8 6 (6.32%) SD-WAN
9 5 (5.26%) DHCP
9 5 (5.26%) DNS
10 4 (4.21%) VoIP
11 2 (2.11%) Ethernet
11 2 (2.11%) SMTP
12 1 (1.05%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.32%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.05%) Power BI
General
1 38 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.68%) Finance
3 11 (11.58%) Local Government
4 5 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.26%) Legal
4 5 (5.26%) Retail
5 4 (4.21%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.21%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.16%) Electronics
6 3 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.05%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.42%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.32%) CCTV
3 5 (5.26%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.05%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 30 (31.58%) Windows
2 16 (16.84%) Windows Server
3 7 (7.37%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.05%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.05%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (29.47%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (26.32%) Customer Service
3 10 (10.53%) ITSM
4 7 (7.37%) Data Security
4 7 (7.37%) ITIL
5 6 (6.32%) Service Delivery
6 5 (5.26%) Asset Management
6 5 (5.26%) IT Strategy
6 5 (5.26%) Roadmaps
6 5 (5.26%) User Experience
7 4 (4.21%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (4.21%) Mobile Device Management
7 4 (4.21%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 4 (4.21%) Service Management
7 4 (4.21%) Time Management
8 3 (3.16%) Business Continuity
8 3 (3.16%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (3.16%) Mathematics
8 3 (3.16%) Project Management
8 3 (3.16%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.74%) SQL
2 1 (1.05%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (11.58%) A+ Certification
1 11 (11.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (5.26%) Degree
2 5 (5.26%) MCITP
3 4 (4.21%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (2.11%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.11%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.32%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (6.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.05%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (32.63%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.32%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.11%) BitLocker
5 1 (1.05%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.21%) AirWatch
3 3 (3.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (44.21%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.58%) VMware
3 4 (4.21%) Google
4 3 (3.16%) Cisco
4 3 (3.16%) Veeam
4 3 (3.16%) WatchGuard
5 2 (2.11%) Datto
5 2 (2.11%) Draytek
5 2 (2.11%) Sage
5 2 (2.11%) Sophos
5 2 (2.11%) Webroot
6 1 (1.05%) Citrix