Technical Support Jobs in Wales

Technical Support
UK > Wales

The median Technical Support salary in Wales is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 102 119
Rank change year-on-year +29 +17 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 7 19 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.67% 0.93% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 1.01% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 6
10th Percentile £24,945 £28,000 £30,212
25th Percentile £25,438 £30,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% -18.75% +48.15%
75th Percentile £30,225 £35,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £31,770 £45,000 £48,750
UK median annual salary £33,000 £33,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -1.49% -10.67% +15.38%

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 901 1,889 1,411
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.55% 92.60% 85.83%
Number of salaries quoted 519 1,286 806
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £26,391
25th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,104 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.12% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings that featured Technical Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Support in Wales

Technical Support
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Support in Wales.

Salary trend for Technical Support in Wales

Technical Support
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support within the Wales region over the 6 months to 12 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
North Wales +7 3 £25,875 -13.75% 4
South Wales +31 2 £27,103 -25.75% 5
West Wales +8 1 £29,944 -7.87% 1
Mid Wales - 1 £32,500 - 2
Technical Support
UK

Technical Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Technical Support 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 across the Wales region featuring Technical Support in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Customer Service
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Time Management
2 4 (57.14%) VoIP
3 3 (42.86%) Firewall
3 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
3 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) Broadband
3 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
3 3 (42.86%) VPN
3 3 (42.86%) DNS
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (28.57%) IP Telephony
4 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
5 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
5 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
5 1 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
5 1 (14.29%) Order Management
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
5 1 (14.29%) Data Collection
5 1 (14.29%) Information Management
5 1 (14.29%) VLAN
5 1 (14.29%) Network Security

Technical Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) VoIP
2 3 (42.86%) Broadband
2 3 (42.86%) DNS
2 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
2 3 (42.86%) VPN
3 2 (28.57%) IP Telephony
4 1 (14.29%) DHCP
4 1 (14.29%) Internet
4 1 (14.29%) LAN
4 1 (14.29%) Network Security
4 1 (14.29%) VLAN
4 1 (14.29%) WAN
4 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MS Access
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) LIMS
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Customer Service
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (57.14%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Coaching
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Data Collection
2 1 (14.29%) Data Entry
2 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
2 1 (14.29%) Email Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
2 1 (14.29%) Information Management
2 1 (14.29%) Order Management
2 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft