Senior IT Technician Jobs in England

Senior IT Technician
UK > England

The median Senior IT Technician salary in England is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 743 866 1156
Rank change year-on-year +123 +290 -253
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Technician 116 29 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.035% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.039% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 107 28 27
10th Percentile £26,650 £30,000 £26,050
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £34,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.35% +4.62% +3.17%
75th Percentile £37,125 £41,500 £34,500
90th Percentile £38,750 £42,000 £34,700
UK median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 89,619 75,210 137,772
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 91.22% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 65,535 49,495 75,192
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,300 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% +0.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Technician in England

Senior IT Technician
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior IT Technician in England

Senior IT Technician
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Technician in England over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Technician in England

Senior IT Technician
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
Midlands - 37 £32,500 - 2
South West +3 36 £30,655 -9.84% 5
West Midlands - 32 £32,500 - 2
North of England +29 20 £30,650 -22.85% 1
South East -4 14 £35,729 +15.25% 1
North West -10 9 £30,650 -5.69% 1
North East -11 9 £37,500 -8.23%
London +87 5 £33,750 -19.64% 2
East Midlands - 5 £28,000 -
East of England -12 4 £34,000 +13.33% 1
Yorkshire - 2 £28,750 -
Senior IT Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, Senior IT 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 across the England region featuring Senior IT Technician in the job title.

1 42 (36.21%) Windows
2 38 (32.76%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (21.55%) Active Directory
3 25 (21.55%) Social Skills
4 23 (19.83%) Microsoft
5 21 (18.10%) Windows Server
6 18 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (14.66%) Azure
8 15 (12.93%) VMware
9 14 (12.07%) Project Management
9 14 (12.07%) VMware Infrastructure
9 14 (12.07%) Google
9 14 (12.07%) Mentoring
10 13 (11.21%) VLAN
10 13 (11.21%) SQL
11 12 (10.34%) VB
11 12 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (10.34%) Degree
12 11 (9.48%) Local Government
12 11 (9.48%) DBS Check
12 11 (9.48%) Microsoft Intune
12 11 (9.48%) SharePoint
13 10 (8.62%) ITIL
13 10 (8.62%) C#
13 10 (8.62%) Google Workspace
13 10 (8.62%) Hyper-V
13 10 (8.62%) Windows 10
14 9 (7.76%) Entra ID
14 9 (7.76%) Driving Licence
14 9 (7.76%) Retail

Senior IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 11 (9.48%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (32.76%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (14.66%) Azure
3 10 (8.62%) Google Workspace
4 9 (7.76%) Entra ID
5 7 (6.03%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.86%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.21%) VLAN
2 12 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (6.90%) Firewall
4 7 (6.03%) DHCP
4 7 (6.03%) DNS
5 5 (4.31%) LAN
5 5 (4.31%) TCP/IP
5 5 (4.31%) WAN
6 4 (3.45%) VoIP
6 4 (3.45%) VPN
7 3 (2.59%) NAS
7 3 (2.59%) SAN
8 2 (1.72%) Ethernet
8 2 (1.72%) SMTP
8 2 (1.72%) Wireless
8 2 (1.72%) WLAN
9 1 (0.86%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.59%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (21.55%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.48%) Local Government
3 9 (7.76%) Retail
4 8 (6.90%) Manufacturing
5 6 (5.17%) Finance
6 3 (2.59%) Electronics
6 3 (2.59%) Social Housing
7 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.86%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.59%) .NET
1 3 (2.59%) ASP.NET
1 3 (2.59%) CSS
1 3 (2.59%) HTML
1 3 (2.59%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.76%) Driving Licence
2 7 (6.03%) Educational Technology
3 3 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.59%) Housing Association
3 3 (2.59%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.86%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 42 (36.21%) Windows
2 21 (18.10%) Windows Server
3 10 (8.62%) Windows 10
4 6 (5.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.72%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.72%) Linux
5 2 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.86%) Android
6 1 (0.86%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.86%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (12.07%) Mentoring
2 14 (12.07%) Project Management
3 10 (8.62%) ITIL
4 7 (6.03%) Asset Management
4 7 (6.03%) Customer Service
4 7 (6.03%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (5.17%) Coaching
6 5 (4.31%) Creative Thinking
7 4 (3.45%) Server Management
8 3 (2.59%) Break/Fix
8 3 (2.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (2.59%) High Availability
8 3 (2.59%) IT Strategy
8 3 (2.59%) Line Management
8 3 (2.59%) Regulatory Compliance
8 3 (2.59%) Roadmaps
8 3 (2.59%) Service Desk Management
8 3 (2.59%) Tech Ops
8 3 (2.59%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.21%) SQL
2 12 (10.34%) VB
3 10 (8.62%) C#
4 3 (2.59%) C++
4 3 (2.59%) Java
4 3 (2.59%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.59%) Python
4 3 (2.59%) VB.NET
5 2 (1.72%) Bash
5 2 (1.72%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (10.34%) Degree
2 11 (9.48%) DBS Check
3 6 (5.17%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.59%) A+ Certification
5 3 (2.59%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.59%) MCITP
5 3 (2.59%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.59%) GDPR
1 3 (2.59%) ISO 9001
1 3 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (2.59%) QA
2 1 (0.86%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (21.55%) Active Directory
2 14 (12.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (8.62%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (9.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.03%) SCCM
3 2 (1.72%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.86%) Graylog
4 1 (0.86%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 23 (19.83%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.93%) VMware
3 14 (12.07%) Google
4 6 (5.17%) Cisco
4 6 (5.17%) Meraki
4 6 (5.17%) Sophos
5 5 (4.31%) Veeam
6 3 (2.59%) Draytek
6 3 (2.59%) Oracle
6 3 (2.59%) Sage
6 3 (2.59%) WatchGuard
7 2 (1.72%) Citrix
7 2 (1.72%) Datto
7 2 (1.72%) Webroot
8 1 (0.86%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (0.86%) Dell
8 1 (0.86%) HP