IT Support Jobs in Berkshire

IT Support
South East > Berkshire

The median IT Support salary in Berkshire is £27,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 107 123
Rank change year-on-year +22 +16 +20
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 83 87 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.67% 2.73% 2.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.80% 2.96% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 83 36 66
10th Percentile £23,200 £23,250 £21,875
25th Percentile £25,500 £25,516 £23,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £28,500 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -3.39% -1.67%
75th Percentile £37,625 £34,875 £34,688
90th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £43,875
South East median annual salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% +1.72% +5.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,963 2,942 3,280
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 92.34% 96.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,146 1,680 2,142
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.44% +4.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,034 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Berkshire

IT Support
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for IT Support in Berkshire

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Berkshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Berkshire

IT Support
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Reading +18 43 £27,000 -13.60% 8
Wokingham +12 8 £23,500 +4.44%
Slough +27 7 £30,250 +3.64% 1
Bracknell +4 7 £42,500 +54.55%
Ascot - 6 £40,250 -
Newbury +17 5 £25,000 +2.04% 2
Maidenhead +9 1 £24,000 -4.00%
Windsor -12 1 £32,500 -
IT Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 Berkshire region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 58 (69.88%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (46.99%) Customer Service
3 33 (39.76%) Microsoft
4 26 (31.33%) Social Skills
5 22 (26.51%) Active Directory
6 20 (24.10%) Windows
7 17 (20.48%) SharePoint
8 16 (19.28%) Microsoft Exchange
9 13 (15.66%) Azure
10 12 (14.46%) Firewall
11 11 (13.25%) SQL
11 11 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (12.05%) Network Security
13 9 (10.84%) Android
13 9 (10.84%) Microsoft Office
13 9 (10.84%) SSL
13 9 (10.84%) VLAN
14 8 (9.64%) Apple
14 8 (9.64%) Barracuda Networks
14 8 (9.64%) Data Integration
14 8 (9.64%) Windows 10
15 7 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
15 7 (8.43%) VMware Infrastructure
15 7 (8.43%) Project Management
15 7 (8.43%) Linux
15 7 (8.43%) Mathematics
15 7 (8.43%) VMware
16 6 (7.23%) VoIP
16 6 (7.23%) WAN
16 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Certification

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 17 (20.48%) SharePoint
2 16 (19.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (10.84%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 58 (69.88%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (15.66%) Azure
3 5 (6.02%) iTunes
4 2 (2.41%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.46%) Firewall
2 10 (12.05%) Network Security
3 9 (10.84%) SSL
3 9 (10.84%) VLAN
4 6 (7.23%) VoIP
4 6 (7.23%) WAN
5 5 (6.02%) LAN
5 5 (6.02%) NAS
5 5 (6.02%) SAN
5 5 (6.02%) VPN
6 4 (4.82%) Wireshark
7 1 (1.20%) DHCP
7 1 (1.20%) DNS
7 1 (1.20%) HTTPS
7 1 (1.20%) IMAP
7 1 (1.20%) SMTP
7 1 (1.20%) SSH
7 1 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.61%) MySQL
2 2 (2.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.61%) JIRA
General
1 26 (31.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (4.82%) Manufacturing
3 4 (4.82%) Marketing
4 3 (3.61%) Multimedia
5 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) Kafka
2 1 (1.20%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.23%) Driving Licence
2 4 (4.82%) Educational Technology
3 3 (3.61%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 20 (24.10%) Windows
2 9 (10.84%) Android
3 8 (9.64%) Windows 10
4 7 (8.43%) Linux
5 6 (7.23%) Windows Server
6 4 (4.82%) Mac OS
6 4 (4.82%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (46.99%) Customer Service
2 11 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (9.64%) Data Integration
4 7 (8.43%) Mathematics
4 7 (8.43%) Project Management
5 5 (6.02%) ERP
5 5 (6.02%) Project Delivery
5 5 (6.02%) Project Planning
6 4 (4.82%) IT Strategy
7 3 (3.61%) Asset Management
7 3 (3.61%) IT Asset Management
8 2 (2.41%) Agile
8 2 (2.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 1 (1.20%) Customer Experience
9 1 (1.20%) Presales
9 1 (1.20%) Process Improvement
9 1 (1.20%) Service Management
9 1 (1.20%) Threat Detection
9 1 (1.20%) Time Management
9 1 (1.20%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.25%) SQL
2 5 (6.02%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.82%) Bash
3 4 (4.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (4.82%) CCNA
2 4 (4.82%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (4.82%) Degree
2 4 (4.82%) MCSE
System Software
1 22 (26.51%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.61%) Docker
4 1 (1.20%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.20%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (39.76%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.64%) Apple
2 8 (9.64%) Barracuda Networks
3 7 (8.43%) VMware
4 5 (6.02%) Sage
5 1 (1.20%) Canon
5 1 (1.20%) Dell
5 1 (1.20%) Google