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IT User Support Technicians

IT user support technicians are responsible for providing technical support, advice and guidance for internal/external users of IT systems and applications, either directly or by telephone, e-mail or other network interaction.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 20,652
£ 31,332
£ 48,975

New workers start around £20,652. Normal pay is £31,332 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £48,975.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 127,626 vacancies for this type of job

4.95%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Reports on commonly occurring queries to detect underlying problems.

  • Maintains a log of work in progress, calls received, actions taken and problems detected.

  • Researches possible solutions in user guides, technical manuals and other documents.

  • Refers more complex or intractable problems to appropriate IT professionals.

  • Facilitates user access to systems.

  • Installs and upgrades hardware, cables, operating systems and/or appropriate software.

  • Advises users on how to resolve hardware and software problems.

  • Provides technical support to IT users.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Technical Support

  • Help Desk Support

  • Active Directory

  • Microsoft Office 365

  • Microsoft Azure

  • Windows Servers

  • Information Technology Infrastructure Library

  • Operating Systems

  • Microsoft Windows 10

  • Desktop Support

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Customer Service

  • Troubleshooting (Problem Solving)

  • Management

  • Problem Solving

  • Detail Oriented

  • Operations

  • English Language

  • Microsoft Office

  • Self-Motivation

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Computer Networking

University of the West of Scotland

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Paisley · 2023-2024

Tariff points: 114/114

3D Game Art

Buckinghamshire New University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · High Wycombe · 2024-2025

Tariff points: 88/112

Software Engineering

University of Salford

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Salford · 2024-2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Computer Science

University of Huddersfield

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Huddersfield · 2024-2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Software Engineering

University of Winchester

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Winchester · 2024-2025

Tariff points: 104/120

Software Engineering

University Centre Truro and Penwith

FdEng · 4 Years · Part-time · Truro · 2024-2025

Tariff points: 48/48

Software Engineering

University of Northampton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Northampton · 2024-2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Computer Science

University Centre Peterborough

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Peterborough · 2024-2025

Tariff points: 64/64

Computing with Technology

Northumbria University, Newcastle

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 2023-2024

Tariff points: N/A

Cyber Security & Cloud Networking

BMet (Birmingham Metropolitan College)

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Birmingham · 2023-2024

Tariff points: 32/32

Artificial Intelligence

University of Southampton

BEng (Hon) · 3 Years · Full-time · Southampton · 2024-2025

Tariff points: 152/152

Computer Games Design

Dudley College

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Dudley · 2023-2024

Tariff points: 64/64

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