IT Technician Job Trends, Salaries & Skill Sets in Wigan

IT Technician
Manchester > Wigan

The median IT Technician salary in Wigan is £25,150 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 December 2025.

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

	6 months to 15 Dec 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	9	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician	5	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wigan	13.89%	-	-
As % of the Job Titles category	17.24%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	5	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£24,930	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£25,150	-	-
75^th Percentile	£25,370	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Manchester median annual salary	£25,150	£31,500	£27,125
% change year-on-year	-20.16%	+16.13%	-9.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wigan

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wigan. 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 Wigan with a recognized job title	29	56	14
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	80.56%	96.55%	87.50%
Number of salaries quoted	16	29	13
10^th Percentile	-	£24,325	£23,400
25^th Percentile	£24,930	£26,750	£29,515
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£29,000	£33,000	£33,883
Median % change year-on-year	-12.12%	-2.60%	-20.28%
75^th Percentile	£36,185	£43,750	£47,500
90^th Percentile	£38,125	£54,500	£50,500
Manchester median annual salary	£55,000	£55,000	£57,500
% change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	+0.88%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Wigan

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