IT Technician Jobs in England

IT Technician
UK > England

The median IT Technician salary in England is £27,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 552 437
Rank change year-on-year +322 -115 +237
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 1,073 400 1,108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.25% 0.45% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 0.49% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 937 249 410
10th Percentile £22,000 £21,000 £17,143
25th Percentile £24,250 £23,000 £21,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £27,500 £25,250
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +8.91% +1.00%
75th Percentile £30,750 £33,750 £29,250
90th Percentile £37,125 £41,000 £33,775
UK median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,017 81,732 129,546
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,430 51,948 75,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Technician in England.

Salary trend for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in England

IT Technician
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
North of England +146 253 £27,500 +1.85% 52
South East +161 235 £27,000 +5.88% 33
East of England +121 209 £26,372 -4.10% 16
Midlands +148 189 £26,500 +6.00% 30
North West +45 120 £27,500 +0.98% 26
South West +24 114 £28,000 -1.75% 33
West Midlands +78 95 £28,000 +9.80% 14
Yorkshire +154 92 £27,000 +2.86% 20
East Midlands +60 88 £26,000 +13.04% 16
London +101 71 £27,500 -8.33% 20
North East +27 41 £27,500 -32.71% 6
IT Technician
UK

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 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 England region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 501 (46.69%) Windows
2 486 (45.29%) Microsoft 365
3 411 (38.30%) Microsoft
4 336 (31.31%) Active Directory
5 329 (30.66%) Social Skills
6 288 (26.84%) Customer Service
7 272 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
8 208 (19.38%) Windows Server
9 158 (14.73%) Windows 10
10 146 (13.61%) Microsoft Office
11 138 (12.86%) Azure
12 104 (9.69%) Google
13 94 (8.76%) Driving Licence
14 80 (7.46%) DNS
15 79 (7.36%) Degree
16 78 (7.27%) Microsoft Exchange
16 78 (7.27%) ITIL
16 78 (7.27%) Wireless
17 77 (7.18%) Firewall
18 74 (6.90%) VMware
19 72 (6.71%) Entra ID
20 64 (5.96%) DBS Check
21 60 (5.59%) DHCP
21 60 (5.59%) TCP/IP
22 59 (5.50%) Manufacturing
23 56 (5.22%) SharePoint
24 55 (5.13%) Law
24 55 (5.13%) Line Management
25 54 (5.03%) Wi-Fi
26 53 (4.94%) ITSM

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 78 (7.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (5.22%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.75%) SAS
4 6 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (0.47%) Confluence
5 5 (0.47%) IIS
6 3 (0.28%) Apache
7 2 (0.19%) Resin
8 1 (0.093%) Site Server
Applications
1 146 (13.61%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.093%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.093%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.093%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 486 (45.29%) Microsoft 365
2 138 (12.86%) Azure
3 72 (6.71%) Entra ID
4 43 (4.01%) Google Workspace
5 23 (2.14%) AWS
6 17 (1.58%) OneDrive
7 12 (1.12%) SaaS
8 10 (0.93%) WhatsApp
9 9 (0.84%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.47%) ChatGPT
11 4 (0.37%) IaaS
12 3 (0.28%) Dropbox
12 3 (0.28%) PaaS
13 2 (0.19%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
14 1 (0.093%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 1 (0.093%) Asana
14 1 (0.093%) Google Drive
14 1 (0.093%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 80 (7.46%) DNS
2 78 (7.27%) Wireless
3 77 (7.18%) Firewall
4 60 (5.59%) DHCP
4 60 (5.59%) TCP/IP
5 54 (5.03%) Wi-Fi
6 50 (4.66%) LAN
7 42 (3.91%) VLAN
8 32 (2.98%) WAN
9 31 (2.89%) VoIP
10 30 (2.80%) VPN
11 26 (2.42%) Broadband
12 20 (1.86%) Network Security
13 19 (1.77%) Internet
14 12 (1.12%) NAS
14 12 (1.12%) SAN
15 11 (1.03%) FTP
16 8 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
17 6 (0.56%) MPLS
17 6 (0.56%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.14%) SQL Server
2 9 (0.84%) Power BI
3 6 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.19%) MySQL
5 1 (0.093%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 8 (0.75%) JIRA
2 6 (0.56%) Eclipse
3 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 329 (30.66%) Social Skills
2 59 (5.50%) Manufacturing
3 55 (5.13%) Law
4 53 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (4.01%) Finance
6 27 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (2.42%) Local Government
8 23 (2.14%) Retail
9 18 (1.68%) Legal
9 18 (1.68%) Public Sector
9 18 (1.68%) Telecoms
10 15 (1.40%) Marketing
11 5 (0.47%) Automotive
11 5 (0.47%) Electronics
12 4 (0.37%) Military
13 3 (0.28%) Aviation
13 3 (0.28%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.28%) Social Housing
14 2 (0.19%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.65%) .NET
1 7 (0.65%) X-Windows
2 6 (0.56%) CSS
2 6 (0.56%) HTML
3 3 (0.28%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.28%) EDI
3 3 (0.28%) jQuery
4 2 (0.19%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (0.093%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 94 (8.76%) Driving Licence
2 48 (4.47%) Housing Association
3 37 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (3.17%) Onboarding
5 24 (2.24%) Management Information System
6 23 (2.14%) CCTV
6 23 (2.14%) Educational Technology
7 10 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (0.75%) Data Centre
8 8 (0.75%) iPad
8 8 (0.75%) LIMS
8 8 (0.75%) NHS
9 7 (0.65%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.37%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.28%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.28%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.28%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (0.19%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 501 (46.69%) Windows
2 208 (19.38%) Windows Server
3 158 (14.73%) Windows 10
4 37 (3.45%) Apple iOS
5 36 (3.36%) Linux
5 36 (3.36%) Mac OS
6 33 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 23 (2.14%) Windows 7
9 19 (1.77%) Android
9 19 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
10 18 (1.68%) Windows 8
10 18 (1.68%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (0.84%) Mac OS X
12 5 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (0.37%) Unix
14 2 (0.19%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.093%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (26.84%) Customer Service
2 272 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (7.27%) ITIL
4 55 (5.13%) Line Management
5 53 (4.94%) ITSM
6 39 (3.63%) Cybersecurity
7 34 (3.17%) Migration
7 34 (3.17%) Service Management
8 33 (3.08%) Project Management
9 32 (2.98%) Time Management
10 30 (2.80%) Mathematics
11 24 (2.24%) Service Delivery
12 23 (2.14%) Coaching
13 22 (2.05%) Asset Management
13 22 (2.05%) Mobile Device Management
14 20 (1.86%) Collaborative Working
15 18 (1.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 18 (1.68%) Preventative Maintenance
16 17 (1.58%) ERP
16 17 (1.58%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 46 (4.29%) SQL
2 29 (2.70%) PowerShell
3 13 (1.21%) VB
4 11 (1.03%) C#
5 6 (0.56%) Java
5 6 (0.56%) Python
6 3 (0.28%) C++
6 3 (0.28%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 79 (7.36%) Degree
2 64 (5.96%) DBS Check
3 44 (4.10%) A+ Certification
4 39 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (2.24%) Security Cleared
7 22 (2.05%) SC Cleared
8 20 (1.86%) CCNA
9 16 (1.49%) MCSE
10 12 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
11 9 (0.84%) MCP
12 8 (0.75%) MCITP
13 7 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.47%) MCSA
15 4 (0.37%) Azure Certification
15 4 (0.37%) HNC
16 3 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.28%) CCNP
16 3 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (4.66%) SLA
2 11 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (0.84%) GDPR
5 8 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.75%) QA
6 4 (0.37%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.19%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.093%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 336 (31.31%) Active Directory
2 51 (4.75%) Hyper-V
2 51 (4.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.75%) Terminal Services
5 5 (0.47%) vSphere
6 4 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.19%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.19%) Firmware
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 53 (4.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (2.33%) SCCM
3 6 (0.56%) PaperCut
4 4 (0.37%) AirWatch
5 3 (0.28%) Autotask
5 3 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 3 (0.28%) NetCrunch
5 3 (0.28%) SCDPM
6 2 (0.19%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.19%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.093%) Graylog
7 1 (0.093%) WSUS
Vendors
1 411 (38.30%) Microsoft
2 104 (9.69%) Google
3 74 (6.90%) VMware
4 50 (4.66%) Cisco
5 49 (4.57%) Apple
6 13 (1.21%) Meraki
6 13 (1.21%) Veeam
7 11 (1.03%) Citrix
7 11 (1.03%) Sage
8 8 (0.75%) Ubiquiti
9 7 (0.65%) Sophos
10 6 (0.56%) Avaya
10 6 (0.56%) ESET
11 5 (0.47%) Datto
11 5 (0.47%) Dell
11 5 (0.47%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.37%) Adobe
13 3 (0.28%) Kaseya
13 3 (0.28%) Oracle
13 3 (0.28%) SAP