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 to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 716 942 1130
Rank change year-on-year +226 +188 -253
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Technician 198 57 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.055% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.060% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 172 54 64
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,361 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,125 £30,125 £28,189
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +10.29% +7.94%
75th Percentile £41,000 £41,938 £41,063
90th Percentile £45,000 £49,280 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £34,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -4.41% +13.33% -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Technician in the UK

Senior Technician
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Technician.

Salary trend for Senior Technician in the UK

Senior Technician
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Technician over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Technician in the UK

Senior Technician
Top 16 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 4 May 2024. 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 +100 153 £32,500 -4.41% 45
England +186 149 £34,000 -1.89% 43
Work from Home +122 55 £42,500 +25.00% 11
North of England +57 37 £33,750 -1.63% 10
South West +8 36 £32,500 -9.09% 9
Midlands +47 34 £32,500 +10.05% 8
West Midlands +45 31 £32,500 +35.04% 3
South East +27 18 £37,087 +11.79% 5
Wales - 18 £32,500 - 3
Yorkshire +102 17 £42,500 +23.88% 6
London +123 16 £38,454 -21.97% 5
North West +17 11 £30,650 -5.69% 4
North East +1 9 £37,500 -8.23%
East of England +24 8 £35,000 +16.67% 5
East Midlands -11 3 £35,000 -3.45% 5
Scotland -66 2 £41,075 +9.53% 6

Senior Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Senior Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 63 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 48 (24.24%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (22.22%) Windows
4 39 (19.70%) Microsoft
5 32 (16.16%) Active Directory
6 31 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (13.64%) Driving Licence
8 25 (12.63%) Mentoring
9 24 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
10 23 (11.62%) Azure
11 22 (11.11%) Manufacturing
12 21 (10.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (10.10%) Project Management
14 19 (9.60%) Microsoft Intune
15 18 (9.09%) Windows Server
15 18 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
15 18 (9.09%) Degree
16 17 (8.59%) SharePoint
17 16 (8.08%) SQL
18 15 (7.58%) Finance
18 15 (7.58%) Local Government
19 14 (7.07%) Customer Service
19 14 (7.07%) Google
19 14 (7.07%) VMware
19 14 (7.07%) Disaster Recovery
20 13 (6.57%) Retail
20 13 (6.57%) VLAN
20 13 (6.57%) Entra ID
21 12 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
21 12 (6.06%) VB

Senior Technician 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (8.59%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.51%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.01%) Revit
4 1 (0.51%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 48 (24.24%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (11.62%) Azure
3 13 (6.57%) Entra ID
4 10 (5.05%) Google Workspace
5 7 (3.54%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.51%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (6.57%) VLAN
3 10 (5.05%) Firewall
4 9 (4.55%) LAN
5 8 (4.04%) DHCP
5 8 (4.04%) DNS
5 8 (4.04%) TCP/IP
6 6 (3.03%) Internet
7 5 (2.53%) SAN
7 5 (2.53%) WAN
8 4 (2.02%) VoIP
8 4 (2.02%) VPN
9 3 (1.52%) NAS
10 2 (1.01%) Ethernet
10 2 (1.01%) IP Telephony
10 2 (1.01%) SMTP
10 2 (1.01%) Wireless
10 2 (1.01%) WLAN
11 1 (0.51%) Network Security
11 1 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.52%) RDBMS
1 3 (1.52%) Relational Database
1 3 (1.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.51%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.01%) JIRA
General
1 63 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 22 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 21 (10.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (7.58%) Finance
4 15 (7.58%) Local Government
5 13 (6.57%) Retail
6 4 (2.02%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (1.52%) Electronics
7 3 (1.52%) Social Housing
8 2 (1.01%) Automotive
8 2 (1.01%) Military
9 1 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.51%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.52%) .NET
1 3 (1.52%) ASP.NET
1 3 (1.52%) CSS
1 3 (1.52%) HTML
1 3 (1.52%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.64%) Driving Licence
2 7 (3.54%) Educational Technology
3 6 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.52%) Housing Association
5 2 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.01%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.51%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 44 (22.22%) Windows
2 18 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 11 (5.56%) Windows 10
4 8 (4.04%) Apple iOS
5 7 (3.54%) Android
5 7 (3.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.02%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.51%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (12.63%) Mentoring
3 20 (10.10%) Project Management
4 14 (7.07%) Customer Service
4 14 (7.07%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (4.55%) Asset Management
6 9 (4.55%) Data Analysis
6 9 (4.55%) ITIL
7 7 (3.54%) User Experience
8 6 (3.03%) Roadmaps
9 5 (2.53%) Business Continuity
9 5 (2.53%) Computer Science
9 5 (2.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (2.53%) Creative Thinking
9 5 (2.53%) Mathematics
9 5 (2.53%) Server Management
10 4 (2.02%) Data Validation
10 4 (2.02%) Quality Management
10 4 (2.02%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (8.08%) SQL
2 12 (6.06%) VB
3 10 (5.05%) C#
4 3 (1.52%) C++
4 3 (1.52%) Java
4 3 (1.52%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.52%) Python
4 3 (1.52%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 18 (9.09%) Degree
2 7 (3.54%) DBS Check
3 6 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (2.53%) A+ Certification
4 5 (2.53%) MCITP
5 4 (2.02%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (1.52%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.01%) CCNA
7 2 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.01%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.51%) HNC
8 1 (0.51%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.53%) GDPR
1 5 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (2.53%) QA
2 3 (1.52%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.52%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.52%) SLA
3 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 32 (16.16%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.05%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.51%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (9.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.54%) SCCM
3 2 (1.01%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.51%) Graylog
4 1 (0.51%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 39 (19.70%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.07%) Google
2 14 (7.07%) VMware
3 8 (4.04%) Cisco
4 6 (3.03%) Meraki
4 6 (3.03%) Sophos
5 5 (2.53%) Veeam
6 3 (1.52%) Citrix
6 3 (1.52%) Dell
6 3 (1.52%) Draytek
6 3 (1.52%) Oracle
6 3 (1.52%) Sage
6 3 (1.52%) WatchGuard
7 2 (1.01%) Datto
7 2 (1.01%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.01%) SonicWALL
7 2 (1.01%) Webroot
8 1 (0.51%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (0.51%) HP
8 1 (0.51%) Samsung