Senior IT Technician
UK

The median Senior IT Technician salary in the UK is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 758 944 1195
Rank change year-on-year +186 +251 -287
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Technician 119 34 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.033% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.036% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 113 34 28
10th Percentile £27,200 £28,584 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,625 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £32,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +14.50% +3.97%
75th Percentile £37,250 £41,375 £34,500
90th Percentile £39,500 £42,000 £35,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £34,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -4.41% +3.03% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,240 95,005 150,022
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66,901 59,761 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.21% +5.50% +5.26%

Senior IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior IT Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Technician in the UK

Senior IT Technician
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior IT Technician.

Salary trend for Senior IT Technician in the UK

Senior IT Technician
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Technician over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Technician in the UK

Senior IT Technician
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +82 112 £32,500 -4.41% 12
England +154 97 £32,500 -4.41% 9
Midlands - 32 £32,500 - 1
West Midlands - 31 £32,500 -
South West -7 26 £31,500 -7.35% 5
North of England +54 20 £30,650 -14.21%
Wales - 18 £32,500 - 2
Work from Home +98 15 £36,239 +6.59%
South East +30 10 £38,000 +27.73% 2
North West +11 9 £30,650 -5.69%
North East -3 9 £37,500 -8.23%
London +123 5 £33,750 -19.64%
East of England +13 4 £34,000 +13.33%
Yorkshire +92 2 £28,750 +4.11%
Scotland -58 2 £41,075 +9.53% 2
East Midlands - 1 £35,000 - 1

Senior IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Senior IT Technician job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior IT Technician in the job title.

1 45 (37.82%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (31.93%) Windows
3 32 (26.89%) Social Skills
4 31 (26.05%) Active Directory
5 28 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (22.69%) Microsoft
7 22 (18.49%) Manufacturing
8 21 (17.65%) Azure
9 17 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
9 17 (14.29%) SharePoint
9 17 (14.29%) Windows Server
10 16 (13.45%) Project Management
11 14 (11.76%) VMware
11 14 (11.76%) Google
11 14 (11.76%) Degree
12 13 (10.92%) VLAN
12 13 (10.92%) Entra ID
12 13 (10.92%) SQL
13 12 (10.08%) VB
13 12 (10.08%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (10.08%) Mentoring
13 12 (10.08%) VMware Infrastructure
14 11 (9.24%) Local Government
14 11 (9.24%) Cybersecurity
15 10 (8.40%) Google Workspace
15 10 (8.40%) Driving Licence
15 10 (8.40%) Windows 10
15 10 (8.40%) Disaster Recovery
15 10 (8.40%) C#
15 10 (8.40%) Customer Service

Senior IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 45 (37.82%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (17.65%) Azure
3 13 (10.92%) Entra ID
4 10 (8.40%) Google Workspace
5 7 (5.88%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.84%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.92%) VLAN
2 12 (10.08%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (6.72%) Firewall
4 7 (5.88%) DHCP
4 7 (5.88%) DNS
5 5 (4.20%) LAN
5 5 (4.20%) TCP/IP
5 5 (4.20%) WAN
6 4 (3.36%) VoIP
6 4 (3.36%) VPN
7 3 (2.52%) NAS
7 3 (2.52%) SAN
8 2 (1.68%) Ethernet
8 2 (1.68%) Internet
8 2 (1.68%) SMTP
8 2 (1.68%) Wireless
8 2 (1.68%) WLAN
9 1 (0.84%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.68%) JIRA
General
1 32 (26.89%) Social Skills
2 22 (18.49%) Manufacturing
3 11 (9.24%) Local Government
4 9 (7.56%) Retail
5 6 (5.04%) Finance
6 3 (2.52%) Electronics
6 3 (2.52%) Social Housing
7 1 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.84%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.52%) .NET
1 3 (2.52%) ASP.NET
1 3 (2.52%) CSS
1 3 (2.52%) HTML
1 3 (2.52%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.40%) Driving Licence
2 7 (5.88%) Educational Technology
3 3 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.52%) Housing Association
3 3 (2.52%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.68%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.84%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 38 (31.93%) Windows
2 17 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 10 (8.40%) Windows 10
4 6 (5.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (4.20%) Apple iOS
6 4 (3.36%) Android
7 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.84%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.84%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (13.45%) Project Management
3 12 (10.08%) Mentoring
4 11 (9.24%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (8.40%) Customer Service
5 10 (8.40%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (7.56%) ITIL
7 6 (5.04%) Asset Management
8 5 (4.20%) Computer Science
8 5 (4.20%) Creative Thinking
8 5 (4.20%) Server Management
9 4 (3.36%) IT Strategy
10 3 (2.52%) Break/Fix
10 3 (2.52%) Data Analysis
10 3 (2.52%) Mobile Device Management
10 3 (2.52%) Regulatory Compliance
10 3 (2.52%) Roadmaps
10 3 (2.52%) Service Desk Management
10 3 (2.52%) Tech Ops
10 3 (2.52%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.92%) SQL
2 12 (10.08%) VB
3 10 (8.40%) C#
4 3 (2.52%) C++
4 3 (2.52%) Java
4 3 (2.52%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.52%) Python
4 3 (2.52%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 14 (11.76%) Degree
2 7 (5.88%) DBS Check
3 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.20%) A+ Certification
4 5 (4.20%) MCITP
5 3 (2.52%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.52%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.68%) CCNA
6 2 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.20%) GDPR
1 5 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.52%) ISO 9001
2 3 (2.52%) QA
3 2 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.68%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (26.05%) Active Directory
2 12 (10.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (6.72%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.88%) SCCM
3 2 (1.68%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.84%) Graylog
4 1 (0.84%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 27 (22.69%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.76%) Google
2 14 (11.76%) VMware
3 7 (5.88%) Cisco
4 6 (5.04%) Meraki
4 6 (5.04%) Sophos
5 5 (4.20%) Veeam
6 3 (2.52%) Citrix
6 3 (2.52%) Draytek
6 3 (2.52%) Oracle
6 3 (2.52%) Sage
6 3 (2.52%) WatchGuard
7 2 (1.68%) Datto
7 2 (1.68%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.68%) Webroot
8 1 (0.84%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (0.84%) Dell
8 1 (0.84%) HP