Senior IT Technician Job Trends

Senior IT Technician
UK

The median Senior IT Technician salary in the UK is £35,000 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 611 652 680
Rank change year-on-year +41 +28 +307
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Technician 42 47 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.070% 0.088% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.095% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 34 22 38
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £27,350
25th Percentile £29,875 £31,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £39,000 £38,750 £38,750
90th Percentile £41,500 - £41,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

Senior IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior IT Technician job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior IT Technician
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior IT Technician job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior IT Technician job vacancies in the UK

Senior IT Technician
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Technician over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Technician in the UK

Senior IT Technician
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Technician within the UK 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
UK excluding London +59 37 £35,000 - 9
England +54 37 £35,000 +3.70% 10
North of England +10 14 £34,500 -8.00% 4
Yorkshire +1 14 £34,500 -8.00% 1
East of England +26 8 £26,000 -20.00% 1
South West +11 8 £35,000 +20.69% 1
Work from Home +63 5 £35,000 -3.45% 3
London +46 4 £39,000 - 1
Wales - 4 - -
South East +37 3 £41,000 +19.48% 2

Senior IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior IT 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 featuring Senior IT Technician in the job title.

1 21 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 21 (50.00%) Windows
2 19 (45.24%) Active Directory
2 19 (45.24%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (40.48%) Azure
3 17 (40.48%) Windows Server
4 15 (35.71%) VMware
4 15 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (33.33%) ITIL
5 14 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (30.95%) Hyper-V
7 12 (28.57%) Customer Service
7 12 (28.57%) SharePoint
8 11 (26.19%) Service Delivery
9 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (21.43%) TCP/IP
10 9 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (16.67%) Android
11 7 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
11 7 (16.67%) LAN
11 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
11 7 (16.67%) Veeam
11 7 (16.67%) WAN
12 5 (11.90%) DHCP
12 5 (11.90%) DNS
13 4 (9.52%) Computer Science
13 4 (9.52%) Degree
13 4 (9.52%) Inventory Management

Senior IT Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 12 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (45.24%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (40.48%) Azure
3 3 (7.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.43%) TCP/IP
1 9 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (16.67%) LAN
2 7 (16.67%) WAN
3 5 (11.90%) DHCP
3 5 (11.90%) DNS
4 2 (4.76%) Firewall
4 2 (4.76%) Network Security
4 2 (4.76%) VLAN
4 2 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) MySQL
1 2 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 7 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
2 2 (4.76%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.43%) Driving Licence
2 7 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 7 (16.67%) Replication
3 4 (9.52%) NHS
4 1 (2.38%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 21 (50.00%) Windows
2 17 (40.48%) Windows Server
3 7 (16.67%) Android
4 3 (7.14%) Windows 10
5 2 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) ITIL
1 14 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 11 (26.19%) Service Delivery
4 9 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (9.52%) Computer Science
6 4 (9.52%) Inventory Management
6 4 (9.52%) Mentoring
6 4 (9.52%) Service Management
6 4 (9.52%) Software Licensing
7 2 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (4.76%) Data Protection
7 2 (4.76%) Decision-Making
7 2 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (4.76%) Patch Management
7 2 (4.76%) Time Management
8 1 (2.38%) Incident Management
8 1 (2.38%) Process Improvement
8 1 (2.38%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (9.52%) Degree
2 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (9.52%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) GDPR
1 2 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.38%) QA
2 1 (2.38%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (45.24%) Active Directory
2 15 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (30.95%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (35.71%) VMware
3 7 (16.67%) Veeam