Senior Support Technician Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Support Technician
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Support Technician salary in the UK excluding London is £36,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 476 555 560
Rank change year-on-year +79 +5 +201
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Support Technician 33 11 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.031% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.033% 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 29 2 11
10th Percentile £31,800 £33,625 -
25th Percentile £33,000 £37,188 £26,999
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £46,250 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.08% +28.47% -10.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 £57,188 £38,750
90th Percentile £46,250 £61,875 -
UK median annual salary £36,500 £46,250 £36,750
% change year-on-year -21.08% +25.85% -8.13%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Senior Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Support Technician' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior Support Technician job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Support Technician
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Support Technician job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Support Technician job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior Support Technician
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Support Technician in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Support Technician in the UK excluding London

Senior Support Technician
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Support Technician within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
North of England +20 18 £35,000 -41.67% 1
Yorkshire - 18 £35,000 - 1
South East +39 8 £42,500 +30.77% 2
East Midlands - 4 £37,500 -
Midlands - 4 £37,500 -
South West - 3 £35,000 -
Senior Support Technician
UK

Senior Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior Support 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Support Technician in the job title.

1 26 (78.79%) Microsoft
2 24 (72.73%) Azure
3 22 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (66.67%) Windows
4 18 (54.55%) Hyper-V
4 18 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (51.52%) Active Directory
6 16 (48.48%) Customer Service
7 15 (45.45%) SharePoint
7 15 (45.45%) Windows Server
8 11 (33.33%) Firewall
8 11 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (33.33%) Service Delivery
8 11 (33.33%) VLAN
9 10 (30.30%) TCP/IP
9 10 (30.30%) VMware
9 10 (30.30%) VMware Infrastructure
10 9 (27.27%) ITIL
10 9 (27.27%) VoIP
10 9 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (24.24%) SonicWALL
12 7 (21.21%) Android
12 7 (21.21%) Entra ID
12 7 (21.21%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (21.21%) Knowledge Transfer
12 7 (21.21%) LAN
12 7 (21.21%) Linux
12 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Intune

Senior Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (45.45%) SharePoint
2 11 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (12.12%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) CATIA
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (72.73%) Azure
2 22 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (21.21%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (33.33%) Firewall
1 11 (33.33%) VLAN
2 10 (30.30%) TCP/IP
3 9 (27.27%) VoIP
3 9 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (21.21%) LAN
4 7 (21.21%) WAN
5 6 (18.18%) DHCP
5 6 (18.18%) DNS
6 4 (12.12%) SAN
7 3 (9.09%) VPN
8 2 (6.06%) Network Security
9 1 (3.03%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) MySQL
1 2 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) JIRA
General
1 7 (21.21%) Aerospace
2 5 (15.15%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.06%) Retail
5 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 13 (39.39%) Driving Licence
2 7 (21.21%) Data Centre
2 7 (21.21%) Replication
3 5 (15.15%) Onboarding
4 4 (12.12%) Clustering
4 4 (12.12%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 22 (66.67%) Windows
2 15 (45.45%) Windows Server
3 7 (21.21%) Android
3 7 (21.21%) Linux
3 7 (21.21%) Windows 10
4 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (48.48%) Customer Service
3 11 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 9 (27.27%) ITIL
5 8 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (21.21%) Knowledge Transfer
7 5 (15.15%) Business Development
7 5 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (12.12%) Project Management
9 2 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (6.06%) Decision-Making
9 2 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (6.06%) Patch Management
9 2 (6.06%) Time Management
10 1 (3.03%) Capacity Management
10 1 (3.03%) Client Onboarding
10 1 (3.03%) Mentoring
10 1 (3.03%) Project Delivery
10 1 (3.03%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (21.21%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (15.15%) SLA
2 2 (6.06%) GDPR
2 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (54.55%) Hyper-V
2 17 (51.52%) Active Directory
3 10 (30.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (12.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (78.79%) Microsoft
2 10 (30.30%) VMware
3 8 (24.24%) SonicWALL
4 7 (21.21%) Veeam
5 4 (12.12%) Cisco
5 4 (12.12%) Dell
5 4 (12.12%) HP
5 4 (12.12%) Supermicro
6 1 (3.03%) Citrix