Senior Technician Jobs in England

Senior Technician
UK > England

The median Senior Technician salary in England is £34,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 680 846 1101
Rank change year-on-year +166 +255 -228
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Technician 162 50 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.058% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.063% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 136 47 54
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,074 £28,189
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £35,000 £32,849
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +6.55% +4.28%
75th Percentile £38,000 £42,000 £39,875
90th Percentile £42,438 £49,280 £70,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,849
% change year-on-year -6.67% +14.16% +4.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 84,698 78,992 134,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 91.44% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 62,716 50,412 74,905
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,066 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £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 Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Technician in England

Senior Technician
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Technician in England

Senior Technician
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Technician in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Technician in England

Senior 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 Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
South West +15 43 £32,500 -4.41% 10
Midlands +22 39 £31,250 +5.81% 10
North of England +52 37 £33,750 -1.63% 11
West Midlands +31 32 £32,500 +35.04% 7
South East +11 19 £37,087 +15.58% 9
Yorkshire +90 17 £42,500 +23.88% 3
London +103 16 £38,454 -21.97% 8
North West +4 11 £30,650 -5.69% 5
North East +2 9 £37,500 -8.23% 3
East of England +1 8 £35,000 +16.67% 5
East Midlands -19 7 £28,000 -20.00% 3
Senior Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 across the England region featuring Senior Technician in the job title.

1 47 (29.01%) Windows
2 42 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (24.07%) Social Skills
4 32 (19.75%) Microsoft
5 26 (16.05%) Active Directory
6 22 (13.58%) Windows Server
7 21 (12.96%) Driving Licence
8 19 (11.73%) Azure
9 18 (11.11%) Project Management
9 18 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (9.88%) Mentoring
10 16 (9.88%) SQL
10 16 (9.88%) Degree
11 15 (9.26%) VMware
12 14 (8.64%) Google
12 14 (8.64%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (8.02%) VLAN
13 13 (8.02%) Retail
13 13 (8.02%) VMware Infrastructure
13 13 (8.02%) Microsoft Intune
14 12 (7.41%) VB
15 11 (6.79%) SharePoint
15 11 (6.79%) Hyper-V
15 11 (6.79%) Local Government
15 11 (6.79%) Customer Service
15 11 (6.79%) Windows 10
15 11 (6.79%) DBS Check
16 10 (6.17%) Google Workspace
16 10 (6.17%) C#
16 10 (6.17%) Finance

Senior 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 (6.79%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.62%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.23%) Revit
4 1 (0.62%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 42 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (11.73%) Azure
3 10 (6.17%) Google Workspace
4 9 (5.56%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.32%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.62%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.64%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (8.02%) VLAN
3 10 (6.17%) Firewall
4 8 (4.94%) DHCP
4 8 (4.94%) DNS
4 8 (4.94%) TCP/IP
5 5 (3.09%) LAN
5 5 (3.09%) SAN
5 5 (3.09%) WAN
6 4 (2.47%) VoIP
6 4 (2.47%) VPN
7 3 (1.85%) NAS
8 2 (1.23%) Ethernet
8 2 (1.23%) IP Telephony
8 2 (1.23%) SMTP
8 2 (1.23%) Wireless
8 2 (1.23%) WLAN
9 1 (0.62%) Network Security
9 1 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.85%) RDBMS
1 3 (1.85%) Relational Database
1 3 (1.85%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (24.07%) Social Skills
2 13 (8.02%) Retail
3 11 (6.79%) Local Government
4 10 (6.17%) Finance
5 8 (4.94%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.85%) Electronics
6 3 (1.85%) Social Housing
7 2 (1.23%) Automotive
7 2 (1.23%) Military
8 1 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.62%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.85%) .NET
1 3 (1.85%) ASP.NET
1 3 (1.85%) CSS
1 3 (1.85%) HTML
1 3 (1.85%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.96%) Driving Licence
2 7 (4.32%) Educational Technology
3 3 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (1.85%) Housing Association
3 3 (1.85%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.62%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 47 (29.01%) Windows
2 22 (13.58%) Windows Server
3 11 (6.79%) Windows 10
4 7 (4.32%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (2.47%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.47%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.85%) Android
6 3 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.62%) Linux
8 1 (0.62%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
1 18 (11.11%) Project Management
2 16 (9.88%) Mentoring
3 11 (6.79%) Customer Service
4 9 (5.56%) Asset Management
4 9 (5.56%) ITIL
5 7 (4.32%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (4.32%) Data Analysis
5 7 (4.32%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (3.70%) Roadmaps
7 5 (3.09%) Business Continuity
7 5 (3.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (3.09%) Creative Thinking
7 5 (3.09%) Mathematics
7 5 (3.09%) Server Management
8 4 (2.47%) Coaching
8 4 (2.47%) Data Validation
8 4 (2.47%) Kalman Filter
8 4 (2.47%) Quality Management
8 4 (2.47%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (9.88%) SQL
2 12 (7.41%) VB
3 10 (6.17%) C#
4 3 (1.85%) C++
4 3 (1.85%) Java
4 3 (1.85%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.85%) Python
4 3 (1.85%) VB.NET
5 1 (0.62%) Bash
5 1 (0.62%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (9.88%) Degree
2 11 (6.79%) DBS Check
3 5 (3.09%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.47%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (1.85%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.85%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.85%) MCITP
6 2 (1.23%) MCP
6 2 (1.23%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.62%) HNC
7 1 (0.62%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.70%) QA
2 3 (1.85%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.85%) GDPR
2 3 (1.85%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.23%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (16.05%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (6.79%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.62%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (8.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.32%) SCCM
3 2 (1.23%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.62%) Graylog
4 1 (0.62%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 32 (19.75%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.26%) VMware
3 14 (8.64%) Google
4 8 (4.94%) Cisco
5 6 (3.70%) Meraki
5 6 (3.70%) Sophos
6 5 (3.09%) Veeam
7 3 (1.85%) Citrix
7 3 (1.85%) Dell
7 3 (1.85%) Draytek
7 3 (1.85%) Oracle
7 3 (1.85%) Sage
7 3 (1.85%) WatchGuard
8 2 (1.23%) Datto
8 2 (1.23%) SonicWALL
8 2 (1.23%) Webroot
9 1 (0.62%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.62%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (0.62%) HP
9 1 (0.62%) Samsung