IT Support Jobs in Lancashire

IT Support
North West > Lancashire

The median IT Support salary in Lancashire is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 53 77
Rank change year-on-year +15 +24 -20
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 50 23 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 3.89% 3.30% 3.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.19% 4.03% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 47 4 43
10th Percentile £22,489 - £21,995
25th Percentile £22,807 £20,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £23,750 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +2.56%
75th Percentile £30,000 £27,063 £38,000
90th Percentile £38,900 £28,075 £40,000
North West median annual salary £28,000 £25,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +9.80% -7.27% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 1,194 571 1,245
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 82.04% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,018 365 376
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,100 £24,125
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £31,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +10.59% +6.25%
75th Percentile £60,741 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £69,317
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Lancashire

IT Support
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for IT Support in Lancashire

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Lancashire over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Lancashire

IT Support
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Blackburn - 15 £22,826 - 3
Ormskirk - 10 £28,000 - 1
Skelmersdale - 5 £24,000 - 1
Preston -5 3 £24,000 +11.63% 2
Lancaster - 3 £27,500 - 3
Blackpool - 2 - -
Carnforth - 1 £30,000 -
Chorley - 1 £36,000 - 3
IT Support
North West

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 Lancashire region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 31 (62.00%) Microsoft
2 25 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (46.00%) Social Skills
4 21 (42.00%) Active Directory
5 19 (38.00%) Windows
6 18 (36.00%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (32.00%) Finance
8 14 (28.00%) Azure
9 10 (20.00%) Customer Service
10 8 (16.00%) Retail
10 8 (16.00%) VoIP
10 8 (16.00%) Project Delivery
10 8 (16.00%) DBS Check
11 7 (14.00%) Public Sector
12 6 (12.00%) QMS
12 6 (12.00%) Service Management
12 6 (12.00%) Service Delivery
12 6 (12.00%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (12.00%) Manufacturing
12 6 (12.00%) ITSM
12 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
12 6 (12.00%) Collaborative Working
12 6 (12.00%) Power Platform
12 6 (12.00%) PowerApps
12 6 (12.00%) Process Improvement
13 5 (10.00%) Windows Server
14 4 (8.00%) Linux
14 4 (8.00%) SQL
14 4 (8.00%) Debian

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 25 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (28.00%) Azure
3 6 (12.00%) Power Platform
3 6 (12.00%) PowerApps
4 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.00%) VoIP
2 2 (4.00%) DNS
2 2 (4.00%) Firewall
2 2 (4.00%) Wireless
General
1 23 (46.00%) Social Skills
2 18 (36.00%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (32.00%) Finance
4 8 (16.00%) Retail
5 7 (14.00%) Public Sector
6 6 (12.00%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 19 (38.00%) Windows
2 5 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (8.00%) Debian
3 4 (8.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 8 (16.00%) Project Delivery
4 6 (12.00%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (12.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (12.00%) ITSM
4 6 (12.00%) Process Improvement
4 6 (12.00%) QMS
4 6 (12.00%) Service Delivery
4 6 (12.00%) Service Management
5 4 (8.00%) Software Testing
6 2 (4.00%) Information Governance
6 2 (4.00%) ITIL
6 2 (4.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (4.00%) Time Management
7 1 (2.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (16.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (4.00%) Degree
2 2 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 21 (42.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (4.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.00%) Graylog
Vendors
1 31 (62.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.00%) CA
2 2 (4.00%) VMware
3 1 (2.00%) Barracuda Networks
3 1 (2.00%) Cisco
3 1 (2.00%) Dell
3 1 (2.00%) Draytek
3 1 (2.00%) HP
3 1 (2.00%) Sage