IT Technician Jobs in Birmingham

IT Technician
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median IT Technician salary in Birmingham is £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 126 184
Rank change year-on-year -4 +58 -32
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Technician 20 4 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.64% 0.22% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.24% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 8
10th Percentile £26,458 £25,375 -
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,188 £22,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £30,750 £23,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.07% +33.70% -15.60%
75th Percentile £33,313 £33,250 £33,250
90th Percentile £33,750 - £34,450
West Midlands median annual salary £28,000 £25,500 £27,895
% change year-on-year +9.80% -8.58% +2.37%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,969 1,669 3,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.58% 92.88% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,354 1,299 2,256
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,875
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +0.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in Birmingham

IT Technician
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for IT Technician in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 Birmingham region featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 14 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 13 (65.00%) Customer Service
3 12 (60.00%) Microsoft
4 10 (50.00%) Windows
4 10 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
6 5 (25.00%) Firewall
6 5 (25.00%) LAN
6 5 (25.00%) WAN
6 5 (25.00%) TCP/IP
7 4 (20.00%) Google
7 4 (20.00%) VLAN
7 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (20.00%) Google Workspace
8 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (15.00%) OneDrive
8 3 (15.00%) Entra ID
8 3 (15.00%) Driving Licence
8 3 (15.00%) Windows 10
8 3 (15.00%) DBS Check
8 3 (15.00%) Windows Server
8 3 (15.00%) VMware
8 3 (15.00%) WatchGuard
8 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (15.00%) Azure
8 3 (15.00%) DNS
8 3 (15.00%) DHCP
8 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
8 3 (15.00%) Data Security

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (20.00%) Google Workspace
3 3 (15.00%) Azure
3 3 (15.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (15.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) Firewall
1 5 (25.00%) LAN
1 5 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (25.00%) WAN
2 4 (20.00%) VLAN
3 3 (15.00%) DHCP
3 3 (15.00%) DNS
3 3 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (10.00%) Retail
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Local Government
3 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 10 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (15.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Customer Service
2 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (15.00%) Data Security
5 2 (10.00%) Customer Experience
5 2 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (10.00%) ITIL
5 2 (10.00%) Mathematics
6 1 (5.00%) Asset Management
6 1 (5.00%) IT Asset Management
6 1 (5.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) Google
3 3 (15.00%) VMware
3 3 (15.00%) WatchGuard
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco