IT Support Jobs in Cheshire

IT Support
North West > Cheshire

The median IT Support salary in Cheshire is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 21 78
Rank change year-on-year -35 +57 -24
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 50 92 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.27% 9.90% 2.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.37% 11.10% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 43 30 24
10th Percentile £22,700 £14,250 £12,000
25th Percentile £24,750 £20,750 £21,760
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £22,000 £25,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -13.73% +13.33%
75th Percentile £31,750 £26,250 £29,438
90th Percentile £37,300 £35,375 £35,250
North West median annual salary £28,000 £25,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +9.80% -7.27% +1.48%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,485 829 982
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.00% 89.24% 93.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,116 477 530
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,250 £24,963
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,074 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £88,750 £72,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Cheshire

IT Support
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for IT Support in Cheshire

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Cheshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Cheshire

IT Support
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Warrington -25 12 £28,500 +32.56% 2
Knutsford - 5 £25,500 -
Chester -5 4 £31,750 +92.42% 1
Congleton - 4 £27,500 -
Alderley Edge - 4 £30,500 -
Macclesfield - 4 £24,000 - 5
Middlewich - 3 £26,000 - 1
Northwich -13 2 £32,000 +42.22%
Runcorn - 2 £35,500 -
IT Support
North West

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 Cheshire region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 30 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 23 (46.00%) Social Skills
3 22 (44.00%) Active Directory
4 21 (42.00%) Windows
5 20 (40.00%) ITIL
6 17 (34.00%) Customer Service
6 17 (34.00%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (24.00%) VMware
8 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (22.00%) SLA
9 10 (20.00%) Firewall
10 9 (18.00%) MCP
10 9 (18.00%) Microsoft Office
10 9 (18.00%) VMware Infrastructure
11 8 (16.00%) Windows Server
11 8 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (14.00%) Driving Licence
12 7 (14.00%) Windows 10
13 6 (12.00%) Hyper-V
13 6 (12.00%) LAN
13 6 (12.00%) WAN
14 5 (10.00%) CRM
14 5 (10.00%) SQL Server
14 5 (10.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (10.00%) Information Security
14 5 (10.00%) Retail
14 5 (10.00%) Service Management
14 5 (10.00%) Change Management
14 5 (10.00%) PowerShell

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (22.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 9 (18.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 17 (34.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (10.00%) Azure
2 5 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.00%) AWS
3 2 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (20.00%) Firewall
2 6 (12.00%) LAN
2 6 (12.00%) WAN
3 4 (8.00%) VPN
4 3 (6.00%) DHCP
4 3 (6.00%) DNS
4 3 (6.00%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (6.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.00%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (4.00%) VLAN
6 1 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.00%) Power BI
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.00%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (2.00%) MySQL
General
1 23 (46.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.00%) Retail
3 2 (4.00%) Electronics
3 2 (4.00%) Finance
3 2 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (4.00%) Military
4 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Driving Licence
2 5 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (2.00%) Fat Client
3 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 21 (42.00%) Windows
2 8 (16.00%) Windows Server
3 7 (14.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.00%) Linux
4 2 (4.00%) VMS
5 1 (2.00%) Android
5 1 (2.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.00%) ITIL
2 17 (34.00%) Customer Service
3 8 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (10.00%) Change Management
4 5 (10.00%) Coaching
4 5 (10.00%) CRM
4 5 (10.00%) Information Security
4 5 (10.00%) Service Management
4 5 (10.00%) Statistics
4 5 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (8.00%) Project Management
6 3 (6.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (6.00%) ERP
6 3 (6.00%) Incident Management
7 2 (4.00%) Customer Experience
7 2 (4.00%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (4.00%) Decision-Making
7 2 (4.00%) Software Testing
7 2 (4.00%) Time Management
7 2 (4.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.00%) C#
2 2 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (18.00%) MCP
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (6.00%) Degree
4 2 (4.00%) A+ Certification
4 2 (4.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.00%) CCNA
5 1 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.00%) SLA
2 5 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 22 (44.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (18.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (12.00%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.00%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 5 (10.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (24.00%) VMware
3 5 (10.00%) Rapid7
4 2 (4.00%) Cisco
4 2 (4.00%) Epicor
4 2 (4.00%) Facebook
5 1 (2.00%) Citrix
5 1 (2.00%) SAP