Senior IT Technician Jobs

Senior IT Technician
UK

The median Senior IT Technician salary in the UK is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 786 911 1249
Rank change year-on-year +125 +338 -307
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Technician 136 34 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.037% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.040% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 125 33 27
10th Percentile £26,850 £30,000 £26,050
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £37,125 £41,500 £34,500
90th Percentile £39,125 £42,000 £34,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £34,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year -4.41% +7.94% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Senior IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Technician in the UK

Senior IT Technician
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior IT Technician in the UK

Senior IT Technician
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Technician over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior IT Technician in the UK

Senior IT Technician
Top 16 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 9 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
UK excluding London +39 130 £32,500 -4.41% 12
England +112 114 £31,500 -7.35% 14
Midlands - 37 £32,500 - 2
South West -1 36 £30,655 -9.84% 6
West Midlands - 32 £32,500 - 2
North of England +37 20 £30,650 -22.85% 2
Wales - 18 £32,500 -
Work from Home +61 15 £36,239 +6.59% 1
South East +5 13 £35,729 +15.25% 1
North West -2 9 £30,650 -5.69% 2
North East -11 9 £37,500 -8.23%
East Midlands - 5 £28,000 -
London +65 4 £33,750 -19.64% 2
East of England -13 4 £34,000 +13.33% 1
Scotland -66 2 £41,075 +9.53%
Yorkshire - 2 £28,750 -

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 featuring Senior IT Technician in the job title.

1 44 (32.35%) Microsoft 365
1 44 (32.35%) Windows
2 34 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 31 (22.79%) Active Directory
4 30 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (19.85%) Microsoft
6 22 (16.18%) Manufacturing
7 21 (15.44%) Azure
7 21 (15.44%) Windows Server
8 17 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (12.50%) SharePoint
9 16 (11.76%) Project Management
10 15 (11.03%) VMware
11 14 (10.29%) Mentoring
11 14 (10.29%) Google
11 14 (10.29%) Degree
11 14 (10.29%) VMware Infrastructure
12 13 (9.56%) VLAN
12 13 (9.56%) SQL
12 13 (9.56%) Entra ID
13 12 (8.82%) Driving Licence
13 12 (8.82%) VB
13 12 (8.82%) ITIL
13 12 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (8.09%) Local Government
14 11 (8.09%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (8.09%) DBS Check
15 10 (7.35%) Windows 10
15 10 (7.35%) Customer Service
15 10 (7.35%) Google Workspace

Senior IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 44 (32.35%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (15.44%) Azure
3 13 (9.56%) Entra ID
4 10 (7.35%) Google Workspace
5 7 (5.15%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.74%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.56%) VLAN
2 12 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (5.88%) Firewall
4 7 (5.15%) DHCP
4 7 (5.15%) DNS
5 5 (3.68%) LAN
5 5 (3.68%) TCP/IP
5 5 (3.68%) WAN
6 4 (2.94%) VoIP
6 4 (2.94%) VPN
7 3 (2.21%) NAS
7 3 (2.21%) SAN
8 2 (1.47%) Ethernet
8 2 (1.47%) Internet
8 2 (1.47%) SMTP
8 2 (1.47%) Wireless
8 2 (1.47%) WLAN
9 1 (0.74%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.21%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.21%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 34 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.18%) Manufacturing
3 11 (8.09%) Local Government
4 9 (6.62%) Retail
5 6 (4.41%) Finance
6 3 (2.21%) Electronics
6 3 (2.21%) Social Housing
7 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.74%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.21%) .NET
1 3 (2.21%) ASP.NET
1 3 (2.21%) CSS
1 3 (2.21%) HTML
1 3 (2.21%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.82%) Driving Licence
2 7 (5.15%) Educational Technology
3 3 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.21%) Housing Association
3 3 (2.21%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.47%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.74%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 44 (32.35%) Windows
2 21 (15.44%) Windows Server
3 10 (7.35%) Windows 10
4 6 (4.41%) Apple iOS
4 6 (4.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (3.68%) Android
6 2 (1.47%) Linux
6 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.74%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.74%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (11.76%) Project Management
3 14 (10.29%) Mentoring
4 12 (8.82%) ITIL
5 11 (8.09%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (7.35%) Customer Service
6 10 (7.35%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (6.62%) Asset Management
8 6 (4.41%) Coaching
9 5 (3.68%) Computer Science
9 5 (3.68%) Creative Thinking
10 4 (2.94%) IT Strategy
10 4 (2.94%) Server Management
11 3 (2.21%) Break/Fix
11 3 (2.21%) Data Analysis
11 3 (2.21%) Regulatory Compliance
11 3 (2.21%) Roadmaps
11 3 (2.21%) Tech Ops
11 3 (2.21%) User Acceptance Testing
11 3 (2.21%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.56%) SQL
2 12 (8.82%) VB
3 10 (7.35%) C#
4 3 (2.21%) C++
4 3 (2.21%) Java
4 3 (2.21%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.21%) Python
4 3 (2.21%) VB.NET
5 2 (1.47%) Bash
5 2 (1.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (10.29%) Degree
2 11 (8.09%) DBS Check
3 6 (4.41%) ITIL Certification
3 6 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (3.68%) A+ Certification
4 5 (3.68%) MCITP
5 3 (2.21%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.21%) MCP
6 2 (1.47%) CCNA
6 2 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.68%) GDPR
1 5 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.21%) ISO 9001
2 3 (2.21%) QA
3 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.47%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (22.79%) Active Directory
2 14 (10.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (7.35%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.15%) SCCM
3 2 (1.47%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.74%) Graylog
4 1 (0.74%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 27 (19.85%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.03%) VMware
3 14 (10.29%) Google
4 6 (4.41%) Cisco
4 6 (4.41%) Meraki
4 6 (4.41%) Sophos
5 5 (3.68%) Veeam
6 3 (2.21%) Draytek
6 3 (2.21%) Oracle
6 3 (2.21%) Sage
6 3 (2.21%) WatchGuard
7 2 (1.47%) Citrix
7 2 (1.47%) Datto
7 2 (1.47%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.47%) Webroot
8 1 (0.74%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (0.74%) Dell
8 1 (0.74%) HP