The Datum Report

Occupation 3131 · Associate professional occupations

IT technicians

Half of full-time it technicians in the UK earn more than £35,259 a year, and half earn less.

IT technicians are responsible for the day-to-day running of IT systems and networks including the preparation of back-up systems, and for performing regular checks to ensure the smooth functioning of such systems.

How people enter it

Entry is possible with a variety of academic qualifications and/or relevant experience. Entrants typically possess GCSEs/S grades and A levels/H grades together with an appropriate vocational qualification. Some employers may demand a relevant degree. Training is provided off and on-the-job supplemented by specialised courses. Postgraduate and professional qualifications and apprenticeships in some areas are available.

What the work involves

• administers, monitors and supports internal/external networks, servers, email and security systems
• configures and sets up new server systems
• schedules and performs system maintenance tasks, such as loading user applications, programs and data
• analyses systems and makes recommendations to improve performance
• identifies problems, agrees remedial action and undertakes emergency maintenance if required
• performs server backup and recovery operations and restarts systems following outages
• acts as a liaison between users, outside suppliers, and other technical teams

Also called

Computer games tester · Digital administrator · IT technician · Network administrator · Systems administrator

What it pays

How pay has changed

Median gross annual pay for it technicians, full-time employees, 2023 to 2025. Each point is that year's ASHE April snapshot as published — revisions are not backfilled into earlier years, and a year ONS withheld is a gap rather than a joined line.

ONS, ASHE Table 14 - occupation by four-digit SOC (national). Table

Year-on-year change

The change from each year to the next, in per cent, computed from the figures in the chart above — so the two cannot disagree.

ONS, ASHE Table 14 - occupation by four-digit SOC (national). Table

Pay by region

Median gross annual pay for full-time employees, ranked, against the UK figure. 9 of 11 regions are published: ONS withholds a cell where the survey sample cannot support it, and those are shown as gaps rather than dropped — an absent region is not a region without the work in it.

ONS, ASHE Table 14 - occupation by four-digit SOC (national). Period 2025. Table

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

Common questions

Classified alongside this

Database administrators and web content technicians · IT user support technicians