Senior Technical Engineer Job Trends in Birmingham

Senior Technical Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Senior Technical Engineer salary in Birmingham is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 - 130
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Technical Engineer 2 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.062% - 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% - 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £45,000
75th Percentile £57,500 - £52,188
90th Percentile - - £53,750
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 - £45,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,993 1,170 2,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 94.97% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,377 835 1,993
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%

Senior Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Technical Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Senior Technical Engineer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Senior Technical Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Senior Technical Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Technical Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

Senior Technical Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 22 July 2026, Senior Technical Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Senior Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) IIS
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) nginx
2 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Presales

Senior Technical Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (50.00%) IIS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) BYOD
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) SonicWALL
2 1 (50.00%) VMware