IT Technician Jobs in the North of England

IT Technician
England > North of England

The median IT Technician salary in the North of England is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 325 120
Rank change year-on-year +164 -205 +188
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 269 104 527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.48% 0.63% 2.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 0.70% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 250 32 150
10th Percentile £22,450 £21,375 £14,000
25th Percentile £24,250 £22,790 £19,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £27,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £31,625 £34,013 £26,000
90th Percentile £38,750 £41,437 £29,250
England median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 17,298 14,787 17,729
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.07% 89.36% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,332 8,028 10,986
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the North of England

IT Technician
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in the North of England

IT Technician
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in the North of England

IT Technician
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 28 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 West +52 123 £27,500 +0.98% 29
Yorkshire +158 104 £27,000 +3.85% 21
North East +28 42 £27,500 -32.71% 10
IT Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 North of England region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 127 (47.21%) Windows
2 111 (41.26%) Microsoft 365
3 88 (32.71%) Microsoft
4 84 (31.23%) Social Skills
5 74 (27.51%) Active Directory
6 67 (24.91%) Windows Server
7 66 (24.54%) Problem-Solving
8 63 (23.42%) Customer Service
9 50 (18.59%) Azure
10 39 (14.50%) Windows 10
11 37 (13.75%) Microsoft Exchange
12 35 (13.01%) Apple
13 34 (12.64%) Microsoft Intune
14 29 (10.78%) Wireless
15 26 (9.67%) DBS Check
16 22 (8.18%) Entra ID
16 22 (8.18%) Microsoft Office
17 20 (7.43%) Educational Technology
18 19 (7.06%) Driving Licence
18 19 (7.06%) DHCP
18 19 (7.06%) DNS
19 17 (6.32%) SharePoint
19 17 (6.32%) Cisco
19 17 (6.32%) Google
20 16 (5.95%) Finance
20 16 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
20 16 (5.95%) Cybersecurity
21 15 (5.58%) Google Workspace
21 15 (5.58%) Manufacturing
21 15 (5.58%) Firewall

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 37 (13.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (6.32%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.12%) IIS
4 2 (0.74%) Resin
Applications
1 22 (8.18%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 111 (41.26%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (18.59%) Azure
3 22 (8.18%) Entra ID
4 15 (5.58%) Google Workspace
5 11 (4.09%) SaaS
6 5 (1.86%) AWS
6 5 (1.86%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.49%) IaaS
8 3 (1.12%) Dropbox
8 3 (1.12%) PaaS
9 1 (0.37%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.37%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 29 (10.78%) Wireless
2 19 (7.06%) DHCP
2 19 (7.06%) DNS
3 15 (5.58%) Firewall
4 13 (4.83%) LAN
5 12 (4.46%) VPN
6 8 (2.97%) WAN
7 6 (2.23%) Internet
7 6 (2.23%) VLAN
7 6 (2.23%) VoIP
7 6 (2.23%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.49%) Network Security
8 4 (1.49%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.74%) IMAP
10 1 (0.37%) Intranet
10 1 (0.37%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.58%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.86%) Power BI
3 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (2.23%) Eclipse
2 2 (0.74%) JIRA
General
1 84 (31.23%) Social Skills
2 16 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (5.95%) Finance
3 15 (5.58%) Manufacturing
4 12 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (3.72%) Local Government
5 10 (3.72%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.35%) Retail
7 8 (2.97%) Legal
7 8 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.60%) Law
9 5 (1.86%) Automotive
10 4 (1.49%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.12%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.37%) .NET
1 1 (0.37%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.43%) Educational Technology
2 19 (7.06%) Driving Licence
3 8 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.49%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.12%) Housing Association
5 3 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (0.74%) CCTV
6 2 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.74%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.74%) SCADA
7 1 (0.37%) iPhone
7 1 (0.37%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 127 (47.21%) Windows
2 67 (24.91%) Windows Server
3 39 (14.50%) Windows 10
4 12 (4.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (4.09%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (3.72%) Android
7 8 (2.97%) Windows 8
8 7 (2.60%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (2.23%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (1.49%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.74%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (24.54%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (23.42%) Customer Service
3 16 (5.95%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (4.46%) ITIL
5 9 (3.35%) Time Management
6 8 (2.97%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (2.97%) Computer Science
7 7 (2.60%) Case Management
7 7 (2.60%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (2.60%) Logistics
8 6 (2.23%) Speech Recognition
9 5 (1.86%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (1.86%) Project Management
10 4 (1.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (1.12%) Regulatory Compliance
11 3 (1.12%) Service Desk Management
11 3 (1.12%) Software Testing
11 3 (1.12%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (1.12%) Tech Ops
11 3 (1.12%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.46%) PowerShell
2 8 (2.97%) SQL
3 2 (0.74%) Python
4 1 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 26 (9.67%) DBS Check
2 13 (4.83%) Degree
3 10 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (1.86%) MCP
5 4 (1.49%) MCSE
5 4 (1.49%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.49%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.12%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.12%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.12%) MCITP
7 1 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.72%) SLA
2 3 (1.12%) GDPR
2 3 (1.12%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.74%) QA
System Software
1 74 (27.51%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.35%) Hyper-V
2 9 (3.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.97%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.23%) Terminal Services
5 3 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (12.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.12%) Autotask
3 2 (0.74%) SmoothWall
4 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.37%) Graylog
Vendors
1 88 (32.71%) Microsoft
2 35 (13.01%) Apple
3 17 (6.32%) Cisco
3 17 (6.32%) Google
4 11 (4.09%) VMware
5 6 (2.23%) Avaya
6 5 (1.86%) Sophos
7 3 (1.12%) ConnectWise
7 3 (1.12%) Datto
7 3 (1.12%) Dell
7 3 (1.12%) Kaseya
7 3 (1.12%) Meraki
8 2 (0.74%) Acronis
8 2 (0.74%) Citrix
8 2 (0.74%) HP
8 2 (0.74%) Sage
8 2 (0.74%) SAP
8 2 (0.74%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (0.37%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (0.37%) Veeam