IT Support Technician Jobs in the South West

IT Support Technician
England > South West

The median IT Support Technician salary in the South West is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 261 235 296
Rank change year-on-year -26 +61 -22
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 36 40 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.38% 0.59% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.67% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 19 29 17
10th Percentile £22,724 £22,950 £19,998
25th Percentile £24,875 £24,500 £21,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £28,000 £23,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +19.15% -6.00%
75th Percentile £30,000 £36,000 £25,625
90th Percentile £32,025 £36,550 £28,100
England median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 9,033 5,990 7,948
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 89.10% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 6,627 3,709 5,149
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,440 £29,200
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Technician in the South West

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support Technician in the South West.

Salary trend for IT Support Technician in the South West

IT Support Technician
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the South West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Wiltshire - 17 £30,000 - 1
Gloucestershire -25 9 £27,500 -23.61% 5
Dorset - 5 £31,350 - 2
Somerset - 3 £24,500 - 2
Devon -18 2 £22,620 -14.64% 3
IT Support Technician
England

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, IT Support 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 South West region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 27 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 27 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 26 (72.22%) Windows
3 21 (58.33%) Windows 10
4 18 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (44.44%) Driving Licence
5 16 (44.44%) ITIL
5 16 (44.44%) SC Cleared
5 16 (44.44%) Security Cleared
5 16 (44.44%) Service Management
6 15 (41.67%) Change Management
6 15 (41.67%) ITSM
6 15 (41.67%) Management Information System
6 15 (41.67%) Information Security
6 15 (41.67%) A+ Certification
6 15 (41.67%) Configuration Management
7 12 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
9 6 (16.67%) Customer Service
9 6 (16.67%) Antivirus Management
9 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
10 4 (11.11%) Google
11 3 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
11 3 (8.33%) Firewall
11 3 (8.33%) DHCP
11 3 (8.33%) DNS
11 3 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
11 3 (8.33%) Security Operations
11 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
12 2 (5.56%) Jamf Pro

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.56%) Azure
3 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.78%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.78%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) DHCP
1 3 (8.33%) DNS
1 3 (8.33%) Firewall
2 2 (5.56%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.78%) ADSL
General
1 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.78%) Back Office
4 1 (2.78%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 16 (44.44%) Driving Licence
2 15 (41.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.56%) iPad
4 1 (2.78%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 26 (72.22%) Windows
2 21 (58.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (44.44%) ITIL
2 16 (44.44%) Service Management
3 15 (41.67%) Change Management
3 15 (41.67%) Configuration Management
3 15 (41.67%) Information Security
3 15 (41.67%) ITSM
4 6 (16.67%) Antivirus Management
4 6 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 3 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (8.33%) Security Operations
6 2 (5.56%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (5.56%) Project Delivery
6 2 (5.56%) Project Management
6 2 (5.56%) Web Filtering
7 1 (2.78%) Software Licensing
Qualifications
1 16 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 16 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 15 (41.67%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (5.56%) PaperCut
2 1 (2.78%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.11%) Google
3 2 (5.56%) Apple
3 2 (5.56%) Fortinet