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IT user support technicians

Associate professional occupations, SOC 2020 code 3132. Back to the map

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.

Employees (UK)
152k
Median annual pay
£34,314
Exposure score ?
-
Wage exposure
- -
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What a model can do unaided. A model plus workflow tools, closer to how work runs in 2026.
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Where the work usually starts.

Every role has three or four places like these. Finding them takes an hour. Turning them into a workflow your team actually uses takes a few days.

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Every O*NET task for this occupation, split by what AI can do unaided and what still needs a person. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central each task is.

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This role's score comes from Eloundou et al's 2023 task labels, weighted by O*NET importance within each O*NET-SOC code, then bridged to UK SOC 2020 through ISCO-08 (the ONS coding index) and US SOC 2010 (the BLS crosswalk). Employment and median pay come from ONS ASHE Table 14.7a, 2025 provisional, which covers employees only.

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