Senior Technical Engineer
UK
The median Senior Technical Engineer salary in the UK is £42,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 671 | 807 | 955 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +136 | +148 | +240 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Technical Engineer | 21 | 89 | 34 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.040% | 0.090% | 0.033% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.045% | 0.096% | 0.036% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16 | 82 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £33,000 | £46,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £28,750 | £36,250 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,000 | £57,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.96% | - | +35.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £55,000 | £85,000 | £66,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £61,250 | £138,750 | £137,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,000 | £45,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.67% | -10.00% | +25.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Senior Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Technical Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Technical Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Technical Engineer.
Senior Technical Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Technical Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Senior Technical Engineer
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 Technical Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 |
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| England | +129 | 21 | £42,000 | -30.00% | 13 |
| UK excluding London | +171 | 19 | £42,000 | -6.67% | 6 |
| North of England | +81 | 9 | £29,500 | -21.33% | 2 |
| Work from Home | +164 | 5 | £29,500 | -71.90% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +80 | 5 | £29,500 | -10.61% | |
| South West | +108 | 4 | - | - | 1 |
| South East | +97 | 4 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 2 |
| North West | +24 | 4 | £51,250 | +36.67% | 1 |
| London | +83 | 2 | £49,350 | -53.00% | 5 |
| East of England | - | 2 | £42,000 | - | 1 |
Senior Technical Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior Technical Engineer 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 featuring Senior Technical Engineer in the job title.
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Senior Technical Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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