Senior Technician Job Trends

Senior Technician
UK

The median Senior Technician salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 July 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 612 639 666
Rank change year-on-year +27 +27 +149
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Technician 149 45 218
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.091% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.10% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 106 25 188
10th Percentile £27,750 £34,100 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,813 £35,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £34,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +16.79% -0.72%
75th Percentile £41,938 £41,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £54,375 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +23.08% -5.27%

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 92,938 44,220 95,860
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 89.85% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 63,745 26,085 68,515
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

Senior Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Technician job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Technician
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Technician job vacancies in the UK

Senior Technician
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Technician over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Technician in the UK

Senior Technician
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 12 July 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 +30 137 £35,000 -12.50% 24
England +19 115 £37,500 -6.25% 24
North of England +19 44 £35,000 -4.11% 4
North West +14 28 £35,000 -6.67% 2
Midlands -18 21 £40,000 -11.11% 8
Scotland +26 20 £35,000 -12.50%
West Midlands 0 20 £40,000 -11.11% 6
Yorkshire -20 16 £35,000 -4.11% 2
South East -22 16 £30,000 -25.93% 9
South West -45 15 £50,000 +47.06%
East of England -7 11 £34,000 - 3
Work from Home 0 10 £35,000 +7.69% 2
Wales -38 10 £35,000 +1.45% 1
London -12 8 £60,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 12 July 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 featuring Senior Technician in the job title.

1 45 (30.20%) Microsoft
1 45 (30.20%) Windows
2 37 (24.83%) VMware
3 35 (23.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (21.48%) Windows Server
5 30 (20.13%) Customer Service
5 30 (20.13%) Service Delivery
6 27 (18.12%) DBS Check
7 24 (16.11%) Wireless
8 23 (15.44%) TETRA
9 20 (13.42%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (12.08%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (10.74%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (8.05%) Firewall
12 12 (8.05%) SharePoint
13 10 (6.71%) Disaster Recovery
13 10 (6.71%) VLAN
14 9 (6.04%) Hyper-V
14 9 (6.04%) Microsoft Exchange
15 8 (5.37%) Active Directory
16 7 (4.70%) DHCP
16 7 (4.70%) DNS
17 6 (4.03%) Data Protection
17 6 (4.03%) ITIL
17 6 (4.03%) Root Cause Analysis
18 5 (3.36%) Business Continuity
18 5 (3.36%) Collaborative Culture
18 5 (3.36%) TCP/IP
18 5 (3.36%) VPN
19 4 (2.68%) Continuous Improvement

Senior 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 (8.05%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (13.42%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.68%) Entra ID
3 3 (2.01%) Azure
4 2 (1.34%) AWS
4 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (1.34%) OneDrive
4 2 (1.34%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.34%) SaaS
5 1 (0.67%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 24 (16.11%) Wireless
2 23 (15.44%) TETRA
3 12 (8.05%) Firewall
4 10 (6.71%) VLAN
5 7 (4.70%) DHCP
5 7 (4.70%) DNS
6 5 (3.36%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.36%) VPN
7 4 (2.68%) Network Security
8 2 (1.34%) LAN
8 2 (1.34%) VoIP
8 2 (1.34%) WAN
8 2 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.34%) Power BI
2 1 (0.67%) MySQL
2 1 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
General
1 44 (29.53%) Social Skills
2 10 (6.71%) Military
3 9 (6.04%) Aerospace
4 6 (4.03%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.68%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.67%) Legal
7 1 (0.67%) Local Government
7 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.67%) Police
7 1 (0.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.67%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 29 (19.46%) Data Centre
2 15 (10.07%) Driving Licence
3 4 (2.68%) NHS
3 4 (2.68%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.68%) PACS
4 2 (1.34%) Educational Technology
5 1 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 45 (30.20%) Windows
2 32 (21.48%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.68%) Windows 10
3 4 (2.68%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (2.68%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (20.13%) Customer Service
1 30 (20.13%) Service Delivery
2 18 (12.08%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (10.74%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (6.71%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (4.03%) Data Protection
5 6 (4.03%) ITIL
5 6 (4.03%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (3.36%) Business Continuity
6 5 (3.36%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (2.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (2.68%) Information Governance
7 4 (2.68%) Preventative Maintenance
7 4 (2.68%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 4 (2.68%) Server Migrations
8 3 (2.01%) Decision-Making
8 3 (2.01%) Facilities Management
8 3 (2.01%) Incident Response
8 3 (2.01%) Patch Management
9 2 (1.34%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.34%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (18.12%) DBS Check
2 4 (2.68%) Degree
2 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (2.68%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.67%) Azure Certification
3 1 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (0.67%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (0.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.68%) DICOM
1 4 (2.68%) HL7
2 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.67%) GDPR
2 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 35 (23.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (6.04%) Hyper-V
3 8 (5.37%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.34%) Proxmox
1 2 (1.34%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (30.20%) Microsoft
2 37 (24.83%) VMware
3 2 (1.34%) Zoho
4 1 (0.67%) Apple
4 1 (0.67%) Cisco
4 1 (0.67%) Meraki
4 1 (0.67%) Ubiquiti