Support Technician Job Trends in Cardiff

Support Technician
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Support Technician salary in Cardiff is £26,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 54 -
Rank change year-on-year +21 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 1 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.38% 0.95% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.98% -
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 257 610 390
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.35% 96.83% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 174 460 334
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £33,032
25th Percentile £37,628 £37,500 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,600 £75,000
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.20%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in Cardiff

Support Technician
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for Support Technician job vacancies in Cardiff.

Salary distribution trend for Support Technician job vacancies in Cardiff

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, 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 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

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