IT Support Technician Job Trends in South Wales

IT Support Technician
Wales > South Wales

The median IT Support Technician salary in South Wales 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 57 - 75
Rank change year-on-year - - +38
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.30% - 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 - £30,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile £26,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £26,000 - £30,000
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 574 991 619
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.97% 90.50% 90.90%
Number of salaries quoted 431 692 495
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,700 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.20%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,125
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £73,750
Wales median annual salary £48,500 £45,000 £45,267
% change year-on-year +7.78% -0.59% -9.47%

IT Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Technician in South Wales

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in South Wales.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Technician job vacancies in South Wales

IT Support Technician
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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
Caerphilly - 1 - -
Cardiff - 1 £26,000 - 3
IT Support Technician
Wales

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 16 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 South Wales region featuring IT Support Technician in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (50.00%) Hardware Maintenance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Hardware Maintenance
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory