IT Support Jobs in Cambridge

IT Support
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median IT Support salary in Cambridge is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 64 111
Rank change year-on-year +13 +47 -41
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 29 35 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 2.94% 3.46% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.02% 4.04% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 29 25 15
10th Percentile £23,750 £25,000 £15,338
25th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £19,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,000 £20,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +46.34% -26.13%
75th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £27,000
90th Percentile £43,750 - £39,059
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £30,000 £29,000 £22,750
% change year-on-year +3.45% +27.47% -28.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 959 867 1,501
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.06% 85.59% 93.06%
Number of salaries quoted 739 408 589
10th Percentile £30,925 £30,850 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,500 £90,000 £85,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Cambridge

IT Support
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for IT Support in Cambridge

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Cambridge over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Cambridge

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 Cambridge region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 23 (79.31%) Microsoft
2 19 (65.52%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (65.52%) Windows
3 17 (58.62%) Active Directory
4 16 (55.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (51.72%) Windows Server
6 14 (48.28%) Azure
7 13 (44.83%) Firewall
8 12 (41.38%) VMware
8 12 (41.38%) VMware Infrastructure
8 12 (41.38%) Hyper-V
8 12 (41.38%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (37.93%) SharePoint
10 8 (27.59%) Mac OS
11 6 (20.69%) Public Cloud
11 6 (20.69%) iPad
11 6 (20.69%) AWS
11 6 (20.69%) Linux
11 6 (20.69%) Finance
11 6 (20.69%) Serverless
11 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
12 5 (17.24%) Windows Server 2016
12 5 (17.24%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
12 5 (17.24%) Biotechnology
12 5 (17.24%) Life Science
13 4 (13.79%) Citrix
13 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (13.79%) VPN
13 4 (13.79%) Veeam

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 16 (55.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (37.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (65.52%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (48.28%) Azure
3 6 (20.69%) AWS
3 6 (20.69%) Serverless
4 2 (6.90%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (44.83%) Firewall
2 4 (13.79%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (13.79%) VPN
3 3 (10.34%) Bluetooth
4 2 (6.90%) DHCP
4 2 (6.90%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (20.69%) Finance
1 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) iPad
1 6 (20.69%) Public Cloud
2 5 (17.24%) Life Science
3 3 (10.34%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 19 (65.52%) Windows
2 15 (51.72%) Windows Server
3 8 (27.59%) Mac OS
4 6 (20.69%) Linux
5 5 (17.24%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (17.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
6 1 (3.45%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (17.24%) Biotechnology
2 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
3 4 (13.79%) Line Management
4 3 (10.34%) Client Onboarding
5 2 (6.90%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (6.90%) Network Management
5 2 (6.90%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 2 (6.90%) Service Desk Management
6 1 (3.45%) Asset Management
6 1 (3.45%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (3.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (3.45%) Data Analysis
6 1 (3.45%) Server Management
6 1 (3.45%) Workload Management
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) MCSA
3 1 (3.45%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) GDPR
System Software
1 17 (58.62%) Active Directory
2 12 (41.38%) Hyper-V
2 12 (41.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (13.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (6.90%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 23 (79.31%) Microsoft
2 12 (41.38%) VMware
3 4 (13.79%) Citrix
3 4 (13.79%) Veeam
4 3 (10.34%) Draytek