IT Support Jobs in Bedfordshire

IT Support
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median IT Support salary in Bedfordshire is £26,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 75 51
Rank change year-on-year +49 -24 -6
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 23 16 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 5.24% 2.16% 3.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.40% 2.55% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 23 4 19
10th Percentile £12,000 £27,750 £23,750
25th Percentile £14,750 £30,000 £28,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £32,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +1.56% -20.00%
75th Percentile £32,000 £33,938 £33,750
90th Percentile £33,750 £34,275 £39,150
East of England median annual salary £27,500 £30,000 £27,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 426 628 577
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.04% 84.64% 97.80%
Number of salaries quoted 327 316 323
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,250 £25,971
25th Percentile £32,500 £46,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £58,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.80% +24.47% -6.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £74,063 £60,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £68,750
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Bedfordshire

IT Support
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Bedfordshire.

Salary trend for IT Support in Bedfordshire

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Bedfordshire

IT Support
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Bedford +22 15 £17,000 -47.69% 2
Luton +12 3 £26,000 -5.45%
Leighton Buzzard - 1 £32,500 - 1
IT Support
East of England

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, IT 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 Bedfordshire region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 15 (65.22%) Social Skills
2 13 (56.52%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
4 11 (47.83%) Windows
5 10 (43.48%) Active Directory
6 9 (39.13%) ITIL
6 9 (39.13%) Windows 10
7 8 (34.78%) Smartphone
7 8 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (34.78%) ServiceNow
8 7 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (30.43%) ITSM
8 7 (30.43%) SLA
8 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (26.09%) Service Management
9 6 (26.09%) Incident Management
9 6 (26.09%) SCCM
9 6 (26.09%) Customer Service
10 5 (21.74%) Chat Support
10 5 (21.74%) Android
10 5 (21.74%) Apple
11 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (17.39%) Change Management
11 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (17.39%) Azure
11 4 (17.39%) Management Information System
12 3 (13.04%) Driving Licence
12 3 (13.04%) WhatsApp
12 3 (13.04%) Azure Certification
12 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (13.04%) Skype for Business
3 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (17.39%) Azure
3 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
3 3 (13.04%) WhatsApp
4 2 (8.70%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Skype
1 3 (13.04%) WebEx
2 1 (4.35%) Firewall
2 1 (4.35%) LAN
2 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.35%) WAN
2 1 (4.35%) Wireless
General
1 15 (65.22%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Smartphone
2 4 (17.39%) Management Information System
3 3 (13.04%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.35%) BYOD
4 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (47.83%) Windows
2 9 (39.13%) Windows 10
3 5 (21.74%) Android
4 3 (13.04%) Mac OS X
4 3 (13.04%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.35%) Linux
5 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (39.13%) ITIL
3 7 (30.43%) ITSM
4 6 (26.09%) Customer Service
4 6 (26.09%) Incident Management
4 6 (26.09%) Service Management
5 5 (21.74%) Chat Support
6 4 (17.39%) Change Management
7 3 (13.04%) Mathematics
7 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
7 3 (13.04%) User Experience
8 2 (8.70%) Time Management
9 1 (4.35%) Decision-Making
9 1 (4.35%) IT Strategy
9 1 (4.35%) Network Monitoring
9 1 (4.35%) Server Building
9 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
9 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (13.04%) Azure Certification
2 3 (13.04%) Degree
3 2 (8.70%) Postgraduate
4 1 (4.35%) A+ Certification
4 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.35%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) SLA
2 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (43.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 8 (34.78%) ServiceNow
3 5 (21.74%) Apple
4 3 (13.04%) Cisco
4 3 (13.04%) Remedy
4 3 (13.04%) VMware
5 1 (4.35%) Adobe
5 1 (4.35%) Citrix