ICT security technician
ICT security technicians propose and implement necessary security updates and measures whenever is required. They advise, support, inform and provide training and security awareness.
ICT security technician iCT security technicians propose and implement necessary security updates and measures whenever is required. They advise, support, inform and provide training and security awareness. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include systems development life-cycle, procurement of ICT network equipment, ICT security standards, attack vectors, cyber attack counter-measures.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £35,128 a year for IT user support technicians (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £29,206 to £44,720 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 3132). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Technicians and associate professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only ICT security technician, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 3. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
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Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Computers and Electronics
- Engineering and Technology
- English Language
- Telecommunications
- Customer and Personal Service
- Design
- Mathematics
- Education and Training
What you'd actually do
- Identify security system weaknesses, using penetration tests.
- Coordinate monitoring of networks or systems for security breaches or intrusions.
- Assess the quality of security controls, using performance indicators.
- Train staff on, and oversee the use of, information security standards, policies, and best practices.
- Scan networks, using vulnerability assessment tools to identify vulnerabilities.
- Develop response and recovery strategies for security breaches.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does ICT security technician do?
ICT security technicians propose and implement necessary security updates and measures whenever is required. They advise, support, inform and provide training and security awareness.
What skills does ICT security technician need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include systems development life-cycle, procurement of ICT network equipment, ICT security standards, attack vectors, cyber attack counter-measures, audit techniques. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace ICT security technician?
Our AI-durability model gives ICT security technician a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.