IT Technician
UK

The median IT Technician salary in the UK is £27,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 251 584 442
Rank change year-on-year +333 -142 +247
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 1,179 435 1,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.18% 0.44% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 0.48% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,025 272 423
10th Percentile £22,000 £21,250 £16,229
25th Percentile £24,250 £23,500 £21,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £31,000 £33,750 £29,125
90th Percentile £37,125 £40,779 £33,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Technician over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
UK excluding London +249 1,088 £27,000 -1.82% 184
England +327 1,077 £27,000 -1.82% 200
North of England +167 256 £27,500 - 56
Work from Home +228 237 £27,000 -1.82% 29
South East +163 234 £27,000 +5.88% 37
East of England +115 210 £26,372 -4.10% 20
Midlands +131 189 £26,500 +6.00% 35
North West +48 120 £27,500 -6.78% 24
South West +19 115 £28,000 -0.88% 30
West Midlands +84 95 £28,000 +9.80% 16
Yorkshire +154 94 £27,000 - 23
East Midlands +65 88 £26,000 +13.04% 19
London +84 71 £27,500 -8.33% 17
Wales +47 47 £26,000 -10.34% 5
North East +27 42 £27,500 -32.71% 11
Scotland -49 31 £24,000 -20.00% 5
Northern Ireland +25 6 £29,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 539 (45.72%) Windows
2 535 (45.38%) Microsoft 365
3 465 (39.44%) Microsoft
4 364 (30.87%) Active Directory
5 358 (30.36%) Social Skills
6 313 (26.55%) Customer Service
7 296 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
8 224 (19.00%) Windows Server
9 167 (14.16%) Windows 10
9 167 (14.16%) Microsoft Office
10 150 (12.72%) Azure
11 106 (8.99%) Driving Licence
12 104 (8.82%) Google
13 95 (8.06%) Microsoft Exchange
14 92 (7.80%) DNS
15 89 (7.55%) ITIL
15 89 (7.55%) Degree
16 85 (7.21%) Firewall
17 80 (6.79%) Entra ID
18 78 (6.62%) Wireless
19 77 (6.53%) Manufacturing
20 74 (6.28%) VMware
21 71 (6.02%) DHCP
22 70 (5.94%) TCP/IP
23 69 (5.85%) SharePoint
24 67 (5.68%) DBS Check
25 66 (5.60%) Wi-Fi
26 65 (5.51%) SLA
27 60 (5.09%) Line Management
27 60 (5.09%) Microsoft Intune

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 95 (8.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 69 (5.85%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.02%) Confluence
4 8 (0.68%) SAS
5 6 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.42%) IIS
7 3 (0.25%) Apache
8 2 (0.17%) Resin
9 1 (0.085%) Site Server
Applications
1 167 (14.16%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.085%) Blender
5 1 (0.085%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.085%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.085%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 535 (45.38%) Microsoft 365
2 150 (12.72%) Azure
3 80 (6.79%) Entra ID
4 43 (3.65%) Google Workspace
5 32 (2.71%) AWS
6 21 (1.78%) OneDrive
7 14 (1.19%) SaaS
8 10 (0.85%) WhatsApp
9 9 (0.76%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.42%) ChatGPT
11 4 (0.34%) IaaS
12 3 (0.25%) Dropbox
12 3 (0.25%) PaaS
13 2 (0.17%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
14 1 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 1 (0.085%) Asana
14 1 (0.085%) Google Drive
14 1 (0.085%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 92 (7.80%) DNS
2 85 (7.21%) Firewall
3 78 (6.62%) Wireless
4 71 (6.02%) DHCP
5 70 (5.94%) TCP/IP
6 66 (5.60%) Wi-Fi
7 50 (4.24%) LAN
8 42 (3.56%) VLAN
9 37 (3.14%) VoIP
10 35 (2.97%) VPN
11 32 (2.71%) WAN
12 28 (2.37%) Broadband
13 26 (2.21%) Network Security
14 22 (1.87%) Internet
15 12 (1.02%) NAS
15 12 (1.02%) SAN
16 11 (0.93%) FTP
17 10 (0.85%) MPLS
18 8 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
19 6 (0.51%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (1.95%) SQL Server
2 9 (0.76%) Power BI
3 6 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.17%) MySQL
5 1 (0.085%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 18 (1.53%) JIRA
2 6 (0.51%) Eclipse
3 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 358 (30.36%) Social Skills
2 77 (6.53%) Manufacturing
3 55 (4.66%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (4.66%) Finance
3 55 (4.66%) Law
4 37 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (2.37%) Local Government
5 28 (2.37%) Retail
6 27 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (1.95%) Telecoms
8 20 (1.70%) Public Sector
9 19 (1.61%) Legal
10 16 (1.36%) Marketing
11 5 (0.42%) Automotive
11 5 (0.42%) Electronics
12 4 (0.34%) Military
13 3 (0.25%) Advertising
13 3 (0.25%) Aviation
13 3 (0.25%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.25%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.59%) .NET
1 7 (0.59%) X-Windows
2 6 (0.51%) CSS
2 6 (0.51%) HTML
3 3 (0.25%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.25%) EDI
3 3 (0.25%) jQuery
4 2 (0.17%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (0.17%) Web Services
5 1 (0.085%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 106 (8.99%) Driving Licence
2 48 (4.07%) Housing Association
3 42 (3.56%) Onboarding
4 37 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (2.37%) CCTV
5 28 (2.37%) Management Information System
6 26 (2.21%) Educational Technology
7 12 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (0.76%) NHS
9 8 (0.68%) Data Centre
9 8 (0.68%) iPad
9 8 (0.68%) LIMS
10 7 (0.59%) EPoS
10 7 (0.59%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.34%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.25%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.25%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.25%) Renewable Energy
14 2 (0.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 539 (45.72%) Windows
2 224 (19.00%) Windows Server
3 167 (14.16%) Windows 10
4 44 (3.73%) Mac OS
5 42 (3.56%) Apple iOS
6 41 (3.48%) Linux
7 35 (2.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 33 (2.80%) Windows Server 2012
9 24 (2.04%) Windows 7
10 23 (1.95%) Android
10 23 (1.95%) Windows Server 2019
11 18 (1.53%) Windows 8
11 18 (1.53%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (0.76%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.42%) Unix
14 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.085%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (26.55%) Customer Service
2 296 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (7.55%) ITIL
4 60 (5.09%) Line Management
5 56 (4.75%) ITSM
6 51 (4.33%) Cybersecurity
7 40 (3.39%) Time Management
8 37 (3.14%) Service Management
9 36 (3.05%) Project Management
10 34 (2.88%) Migration
11 33 (2.80%) Mathematics
12 30 (2.54%) Service Delivery
13 28 (2.37%) Collaborative Working
14 27 (2.29%) Disaster Recovery
15 25 (2.12%) Mobile Device Management
16 24 (2.04%) Asset Management
16 24 (2.04%) Coaching
17 19 (1.61%) Preventative Maintenance
18 18 (1.53%) Computer Science
18 18 (1.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 46 (3.90%) SQL
2 29 (2.46%) PowerShell
3 13 (1.10%) VB
4 11 (0.93%) C#
5 6 (0.51%) Java
5 6 (0.51%) Python
6 3 (0.25%) C++
6 3 (0.25%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.25%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.085%) Swift
Qualifications
1 89 (7.55%) Degree
2 67 (5.68%) DBS Check
3 50 (4.24%) A+ Certification
4 47 (3.99%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (2.21%) Security Cleared
7 24 (2.04%) SC Cleared
8 22 (1.87%) CCNA
9 17 (1.44%) MCSE
9 17 (1.44%) Network+ Certification
10 11 (0.93%) MCITP
11 10 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (0.85%) MCP
12 7 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (0.51%) MCSA
14 4 (0.34%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.34%) HNC
15 3 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.25%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (5.51%) SLA
2 18 (1.53%) GDPR
3 14 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (1.10%) QA
5 12 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.34%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.17%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.17%) DICOM
9 1 (0.085%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 364 (30.87%) Active Directory
2 51 (4.33%) Hyper-V
2 51 (4.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.68%) Terminal Services
5 5 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.42%) vSphere
6 3 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.17%) Firmware
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 60 (5.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (2.12%) SCCM
3 6 (0.51%) PaperCut
4 4 (0.34%) AirWatch
5 3 (0.25%) Autotask
5 3 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 3 (0.25%) NetCrunch
5 3 (0.25%) SCDPM
6 2 (0.17%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.17%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.085%) Graylog
7 1 (0.085%) WSUS
Vendors
1 465 (39.44%) Microsoft
2 104 (8.82%) Google
3 74 (6.28%) VMware
4 59 (5.00%) Apple
5 53 (4.50%) Cisco
6 14 (1.19%) Veeam
7 13 (1.10%) Meraki
8 11 (0.93%) Citrix
8 11 (0.93%) Sage
9 9 (0.76%) Dell
10 8 (0.68%) Sophos
10 8 (0.68%) Ubiquiti
11 7 (0.59%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.51%) Avaya
12 6 (0.51%) ESET
12 6 (0.51%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.42%) Datto
13 5 (0.42%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.34%) Adobe
14 4 (0.34%) WatchGuard