Senior Support Engineer Job Trends in Wales

Senior Support Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Senior Support Engineer salary in Wales is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 October 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 79 88
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Support Engineer 1 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.12% 0.23% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.23% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £32,750 £36,525
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +11.11% +3.54%
75th Percentile £47,500 £48,125 £38,938
90th Percentile - £49,250 £38,975
UK median annual salary £43,085 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.83% - +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 732 1,286 947
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.41% 97.13% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 538 829 747
10th Percentile £25,438 £28,125 £26,391
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £46,210
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -2.62% -7.58%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.73% -8.33% -

Senior Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Senior Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Wales

Senior Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for Senior Support Engineer job vacancies in Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Support Engineer job vacancies in Wales

Senior Support Engineer
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Support Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
Mid Wales - 1 £45,000 - 2
Senior Support Engineer
UK

Senior Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 12 October 2025, Senior Support Engineer 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 across the Wales region featuring Senior Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Email Migration
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Senior Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Email Migration
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft