ICT Support
UK

The median ICT Support salary in the UK is £26,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 844 922 1183
Rank change year-on-year +78 +261 -286
Permanent jobs requiring an ICT Support 50 63 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.060% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.065% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 43 48 19
10th Percentile £14,000 £15,000 £23,144
25th Percentile £24,696 £25,004 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £29,936 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.15% +8.86% -5.98%
75th Percentile £35,579 £50,000 £31,918
90th Percentile £38,250 £53,923 £32,151
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,243 £25,953 £25,235
% change year-on-year -2.74% +2.85% -32.71%

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 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

ICT Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ICT Support in the UK

ICT Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for ICT Support in the UK

ICT Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ICT Support over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for ICT Support in the UK

ICT Support
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ICT Support within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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
England +110 49 £26,000 -13.15% 9
UK excluding London +21 45 £25,243 -2.74% 7
North of England +53 16 £35,579 +37.09% 2
Midlands +7 14 £24,696 -5.65% 2
West Midlands +39 12 £24,696 +2.62% 1
East of England +20 11 £14,000 -28.24% 1
Yorkshire - 9 £35,579 - 1
North West +2 6 £36,500 +40.64%
London +148 5 £39,680 -20.64%
Work from Home - 5 £30,040 - 1
South East - 3 £26,000 - 2
East Midlands -21 2 £34,836 -33.99% 1
North East - 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 - -

ICT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, ICT 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 featuring ICT Support in the job title.

1 33 (66.00%) Microsoft
2 21 (42.00%) CRM
2 21 (42.00%) SharePoint
3 19 (38.00%) Driving Licence
4 15 (30.00%) Windows
5 14 (28.00%) LAN
5 14 (28.00%) WAN
5 14 (28.00%) Microsoft Office
6 13 (26.00%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (26.00%) Degree
6 13 (26.00%) Windows 10
7 12 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (22.00%) TCP/IP
8 11 (22.00%) VoIP
8 11 (22.00%) Social Skills
8 11 (22.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (20.00%) DBS Check
9 10 (20.00%) SQL
10 9 (18.00%) Network Monitoring
10 9 (18.00%) Windows 7
10 9 (18.00%) Housing Management
11 8 (16.00%) GDPR
11 8 (16.00%) Azure
12 7 (14.00%) SaaS
12 7 (14.00%) Software Asset Management
12 7 (14.00%) Power Platform
12 7 (14.00%) Asset Management
12 7 (14.00%) VMware
13 6 (12.00%) Mac OS

ICT Support 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 21 (42.00%) SharePoint
2 13 (26.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (28.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (16.00%) Azure
3 7 (14.00%) Power Platform
3 7 (14.00%) SaaS
4 3 (6.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.00%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 14 (28.00%) LAN
1 14 (28.00%) WAN
2 11 (22.00%) TCP/IP
2 11 (22.00%) VoIP
3 4 (8.00%) IPv4
3 4 (8.00%) IPv6
3 4 (8.00%) Network Security
4 2 (4.00%) Internet
5 1 (2.00%) Broadband
5 1 (2.00%) DHCP
5 1 (2.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (22.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 11 (22.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.00%) Finance
3 4 (8.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (8.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (6.00%) Local Government
5 2 (4.00%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (4.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 19 (38.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.00%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (30.00%) Windows
2 13 (26.00%) Windows 10
3 9 (18.00%) Windows 7
4 6 (12.00%) Mac OS
5 4 (8.00%) Linux
6 2 (4.00%) Apple iOS
6 2 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.00%) CRM
2 10 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (18.00%) Housing Management
3 9 (18.00%) Network Monitoring
4 7 (14.00%) Asset Management
4 7 (14.00%) Software Asset Management
5 4 (8.00%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (4.00%) Customer Service
6 2 (4.00%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (4.00%) Data Protection
6 2 (4.00%) Energy Management
6 2 (4.00%) ITIL
6 2 (4.00%) Operations Management
6 2 (4.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 2 (4.00%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (4.00%) Service Delivery
7 1 (2.00%) Change Management
7 1 (2.00%) Coaching
7 1 (2.00%) Mathematics
7 1 (2.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (26.00%) Degree
2 10 (20.00%) DBS Check
3 3 (6.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.00%) MCITP
4 1 (2.00%) MCSE
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.00%) GDPR
2 1 (2.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (2.00%) QA
2 1 (2.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (12.00%) Hyper-V
2 5 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (4.00%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (2.00%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 33 (66.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.00%) VMware
3 4 (8.00%) Cisco
3 4 (8.00%) Datto
3 4 (8.00%) HP
3 4 (8.00%) NETGEAR
3 4 (8.00%) Ubiquiti
3 4 (8.00%) Veeam
4 2 (4.00%) Adobe