Senior Technician Job Trends in South Wales

Senior Technician
Wales > South Wales

The median Senior Technician salary in South Wales is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 March 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Technician 14 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 1.59% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% - -
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £29,750 - -
25th Percentile £30,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
75th Percentile £40,000 - -
90th Percentile £40,250 - -
Wales median annual salary £35,000 - £32,500

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 815 353 981
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 95.66% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 531 210 768
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £26,925
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,250 £46,425
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% +12.55% -0.16%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,790 £74,251 £70,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £50,124 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.22% +11.39% -

Senior Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Technician' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Senior Technician job vacancy trend in South Wales

Senior Technician
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for Senior Technician job vacancies in South Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Technician job vacancies in South Wales

Senior 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 Senior Technician within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 19 March 2026. 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
Bridgend - 12 £36,750 - 1
Cardiff - 2 £30,000 -
Senior Technician
Wales

Senior Technician Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 19 March 2026, Senior 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 South Wales region featuring Senior Technician in the job title.

1 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 4 (28.57%) DHCP
2 4 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (28.57%) DNS
2 4 (28.57%) Firewall
2 4 (28.57%) Hyper-V
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 4 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (28.57%) Server Migrations
2 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
2 4 (28.57%) VLAN
2 4 (28.57%) VMware
2 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2019

Senior Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) DHCP
1 4 (28.57%) DNS
1 4 (28.57%) Firewall
1 4 (28.57%) VLAN
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
1 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
1 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
1 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
1 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 4 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (28.57%) Server Migrations
2 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 4 (28.57%) Hyper-V
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 4 (28.57%) VMware