Help Desk Technician Job Trends in Bridgend

Help Desk Technician
South Wales > Bridgend

The median Help Desk Technician salary in Bridgend is £33,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 February 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Technician 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bridgend 4.08% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.08% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £30,275 - -
25th Percentile £31,063 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 - -
75th Percentile £34,563 - -
90th Percentile £34,825 - -
South Wales median annual salary £33,250 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bridgend

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bridgend. 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 Bridgend with a recognized job title 49 23 145
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 99.32%
Number of salaries quoted 38 5 82
10th Percentile £29,925 - £29,131
25th Percentile £33,500 £30,000 £35,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £35,000 £40,553
Median % change year-on-year +32.14% -13.69% +23.40%
75th Percentile £56,223 £40,000 £45,538
90th Percentile £58,250 £42,250 £53,625
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,604
% change year-on-year - +7.29% +1.31%

Help Desk Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Help Desk Technician' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bridgend.

Help Desk Technician job vacancy trend in Bridgend

Help Desk Technician
Salary Trend in Bridgend

Salary distribution trend for Help Desk Technician job vacancies in Bridgend.

Salary distribution trend for Help Desk Technician job vacancies in Bridgend

Help Desk Technician Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend

For the 6 months to 20 February 2026, Help Desk Technician 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 Bridgend region featuring Help Desk Technician in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Server Migrations
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019

Help Desk Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Server Migrations
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) VMware