Support Technician Job Trends in Yorkshire

Support Technician
England > Yorkshire

The median Support Technician salary in Yorkshire is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 132 127
Rank change year-on-year +27 -5 +139
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 70 9 70
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.78% 0.36% 1.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.93% 0.38% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 46 3 61
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,400 £23,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,625 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £28,000 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.70% +1.89%
75th Percentile £33,313 £33,875 £30,000
90th Percentile £35,000 £36,800 £32,500
England median annual salary £30,000 £31,500 £27,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -1.82%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 3,635 2,375 4,275
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 95.53% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,214 1,105 3,457
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £40,750 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,640 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Support Technician' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Support Technician job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Support Technician
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Support Technician job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Support Technician job vacancies in Yorkshire

Support Technician
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Technician in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 12 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Support Technician in Yorkshire

Support Technician
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 February 2026. 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
East Yorkshire +6 18 £32,500 +18.18% 3
West Yorkshire -17 14 £30,000 - 8
South Yorkshire -8 11 £27,000 - 2
Humberside - 9 £30,000 - 4
North Yorkshire -4 2 £26,000 -20.61% 2
Support Technician
England

Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 12 February 2026, Support Technician job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Support Technician in the job title.

1 42 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 35 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (48.57%) Active Directory
4 30 (42.86%) Azure
5 29 (41.43%) ITIL
5 29 (41.43%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (38.57%) Windows
7 25 (35.71%) Customer Service
7 25 (35.71%) VMware
7 25 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
8 18 (25.71%) Windows Server
9 17 (24.29%) LAN
9 17 (24.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 17 (24.29%) Project Delivery
10 16 (22.86%) SharePoint
11 15 (21.43%) Android
11 15 (21.43%) WAN
12 14 (20.00%) Firewall
12 14 (20.00%) Hyper-V
12 14 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
12 14 (20.00%) TCP/IP
13 13 (18.57%) VPN
14 12 (17.14%) SQL
14 12 (17.14%) Time Management
15 11 (15.71%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (15.71%) Migration
15 11 (15.71%) SaaS
15 11 (15.71%) SAN
15 11 (15.71%) VLAN
16 10 (14.29%) Entra ID

Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (24.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (22.86%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.43%) CMS
3 1 (1.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (42.86%) Azure
3 11 (15.71%) SaaS
4 10 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.43%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (24.29%) LAN
2 15 (21.43%) WAN
3 14 (20.00%) Firewall
3 14 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 13 (18.57%) VPN
5 11 (15.71%) SAN
5 11 (15.71%) VLAN
6 10 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (10.00%) DHCP
7 7 (10.00%) DNS
7 7 (10.00%) Network Security
8 4 (5.71%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (2.86%) WLAN
10 1 (1.43%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.29%) MySQL
1 3 (4.29%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (4.29%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.86%) GIS
General
1 23 (32.86%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.86%) Manufacturing
3 11 (15.71%) Advertising
4 8 (11.43%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.29%) Finance
5 3 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.29%) Retail
6 2 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.43%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.43%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) CSS
1 1 (1.43%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (30.00%) Driving Licence
2 19 (27.14%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (15.71%) Data Centre
4 7 (10.00%) Replication
5 4 (5.71%) Management Information System
5 4 (5.71%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 27 (38.57%) Windows
2 18 (25.71%) Windows Server
3 15 (21.43%) Android
4 3 (4.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (41.43%) ITIL
1 29 (41.43%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (35.71%) Customer Service
3 17 (24.29%) Project Delivery
4 12 (17.14%) Time Management
5 11 (15.71%) Migration
6 10 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 9 (12.86%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (11.43%) Mentoring
9 7 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
10 4 (5.71%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (5.71%) Data Security
10 4 (5.71%) Preventative Maintenance
10 4 (5.71%) Vulnerability Management
11 3 (4.29%) Cost Control
11 3 (4.29%) Decision-Making
11 3 (4.29%) Patch Management
12 2 (2.86%) Break/Fix
12 2 (2.86%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.14%) SQL
2 3 (4.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (15.71%) ITIL Certification
2 8 (11.43%) Degree
3 7 (10.00%) A+ Certification
4 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.43%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.86%) SLA
2 3 (4.29%) GDPR
2 3 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 34 (48.57%) Active Directory
2 25 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 42 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 25 (35.71%) VMware
3 7 (10.00%) Veeam
4 4 (5.71%) Adobe
4 4 (5.71%) Cisco
5 3 (4.29%) Apple