Senior Technician
UK
The median Senior Technician salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 663 | 694 | 913 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +31 | +219 | +278 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Technician | 39 | 215 | 55 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.070% | 0.21% | 0.057% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.077% | 0.22% | 0.063% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 18 | 187 | 52 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,825 | £28,210 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £30,538 | £31,225 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £35,000 | £37,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.29% | -6.67% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £42,500 | £41,000 | £42,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £42,875 | £45,000 | £49,280 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £38,750 | £32,500 | £34,308 |
| % change year-on-year | +19.23% | -5.27% | +14.36% |
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 | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
Senior Technician
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Technician
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Technician.
Senior Technician
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Technician over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Senior Technician
Top 15 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 31 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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| UK excluding London | +48 | 30 | £38,750 | +19.23% | 58 |
| England | +38 | 30 | £37,500 | +10.29% | 64 |
| Midlands | +33 | 7 | £37,500 | +20.00% | 11 |
| North of England | +8 | 7 | £37,500 | +11.11% | 17 |
| East Midlands | +42 | 6 | - | - | 5 |
| London | +93 | 5 | - | - | 15 |
| Work from Home | +65 | 5 | £42,500 | - | 13 |
| South East | +64 | 5 | £40,000 | +7.85% | 16 |
| Scotland | +124 | 4 | £40,000 | -2.62% | 6 |
| East of England | +46 | 4 | - | - | 3 |
| North West | -5 | 4 | £37,500 | +22.35% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +42 | 3 | - | - | 7 |
| South West | +71 | 2 | £34,000 | +4.62% | 4 |
| West Midlands | +25 | 1 | £37,500 | +15.38% | 4 |
| Wales | +24 | 1 | £34,000 | +4.62% | 2 |
Senior Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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.
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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: