ICT technician

What the work can involve

ICT technicians keep workplace technology usable. The work can include installing laptops, desktops, servers, printers and communication equipment, setting up operating systems and applications, repairing devices, checking network connections and helping users when systems fail or behave unpredictably.

Skills and specializations

Core skill areas include ICT system administration, server maintenance, troubleshooting, backups, firewall rules, antivirus tools, network routing, access control and hardware repair. Some roles lean toward user support, while others focus more on servers, networks, email hosting or recovery routines.

Salary context

Salary comparisons should look at the equipment and systems the technician owns, not only the job title. A role covering servers, backups, security controls, network faults or incident response usually carries different expectations from a mainly first-line hardware and user-support role.

Career paths

ICT technician experience can lead toward systems administration, network support, security operations, service desk coordination or specialist work with workplace devices. Progression often comes from taking responsibility for documented fixes, recurring incidents, planned maintenance and reliable handovers between support levels.

Good to know

Read adverts for the support environment: number of users, device types, operating systems, server exposure, ticketing routines and after-hours expectations. Clear adverts name the systems to be maintained and explain when the technician solves issues directly or escalates them.

Editorial note

This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.

Alternative labels

Occupation group

Information and communications technology user support technicians (3512)

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