IT Support Technician Job Trends in Cardiff

IT Support Technician
South Wales > Cardiff

The median IT Support Technician salary in Cardiff is £26,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.36% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 - -
75th Percentile £26,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £26,000 - £30,000
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 271 596 400
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.48% 97.55% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 180 435 340
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,800 £33,370
25th Percentile £37,170 £37,300 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,969 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.94% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,571 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% -0.86% -3.85%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Technician in Cardiff

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in Cardiff.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in Cardiff

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 28 September 2025, IT Support 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 across the Cardiff region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory